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According this article in Canada’s Globe and Mail based on testing done by CTV television- Many cans used for food - including baby formula- contain twice the levels of estrogen-mimicking chemical bisphenol A .

The hidden chemical in cans
High levels of bisphenol A prompted many consumers to toss water and baby bottles containing the controversial material. Now, tests conducted for The Globe and Mail and CTV have found high levels of the estrogen-mimicking chemical in canned food sold in Canada. Industry insists there is no cause for alarm; scientists are divided. But is it time to consider cutting back on canned goods?

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May 30th edition: What would you be doing right now if you didn’t have kids?

This tougher than it sounds. I cant imagine what path my life would have taken. I felt like I had “come home” with the birth of my first daughter.

If I think really hard and go back to where I was before we deiced to have kids and what road I would have travelled- I THINK I would have continued to be an entrepreneur and most likely working at Google or something Internet related. I was on the Internet before I had kids- in 1994- when there weren’t even pictures . I think somehow I would have been more and more involved and become a programmer or developer. I do that sort of thing no but not nearly that amount I would like to if there were 48 hours in a day:-)
I recently decided after contacting some lost friends that people don’t really change all that much and I think I would be doing what I do now but on a much higher level.

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Well, I mentioned in earlier posts that we are in the midst of a financial revolution in our home and trying cut back- WAY back and change the way we think about money and get rid of some debts.
One of the things I m doing is looking at our food budget. We spend about 250-ish a week on food and groceries. We don’t eat out in restaurants. (We eat in a restaurant about twice a year, but kids and I eat lunch at Costco’s often enough…).
we do spend a lot of money on fresh fruit and vegetables. My husband and kids all eat HUGE quantities of fruit. I am not sure how I am going to pare drop the food budget when so much of our food money is spent on fruit- I would say almost half of food budget- about 75-100.00 a week. I am not kidding. We can go though 1-2 crates of clementines A DAY easily.
On way i may help with budget is trying a group cooking get together- where you get together with friend ( or two) and make dinners for the month and freeze. The book we are using is The Big Cook.

Any thoughts on this? Ideas or book recommendations?

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Pissed that I missed this all Dyson vaccuum for “all floors” It is exactly what i wanted.
Refurbished Dyson DC18 Slim All-Floor Vacuum, for $279.99 + $5 shipping.. even on sale amazon has it for 398.00. *sigh*.

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We are feeling the pain of buying too much too fast. We have lived pretty much denying ourselves nothing. Well that’s not true- we are very much in the habit of penny wise and foolish. I am very good at economizing with food budget and getting great deals, where we fall apart is the big tickets stuff.

we have a normal middle class house, we have an inground pool, trailer, hot tub, tons of toys, wii, ps3, 2 cars and a motorcycle and bunch of other “stuff We all have video Ipods and digital cameras and more computers and laptops than people in the house. We live beyond our means.

We have decided to take the horse by the reigns and pull ourselves together and get rid of this lifetime habit of buying now and paying later and saying yes to each other when we should say no.
We have a a lot of debt. We also have a lot of stress. And there have been some sleepless nights at times. I can make money doing some free lance consulting work and have let that slide over the winter months.

So, now it is time to pay the piper and face reality. i am going to try and chronicle my ups an downs as honestly as I can. This week we started this in-house revolution by getting rid of stuff and selling off some of our more expensive things to pay off some loans. My husband has made the biggest sacrifice by putting up some of his beloved belongings- his motorcycle and some other collectibles that he ha spent 20 years collecting. His heart is breaking and mine is breaking watching him do it but it is the right thing to do.
I have kicked things up notch money wise.
The stress is just unreal and we have to get out of this mountain of debt before it eats us up.

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Little stickers to paste inside you text books ( mostly science books) eg.

This textbook asserts that gravity exists. Gravity is a theory, not a fact, regarding a force that cannot be directly seen. This material should be approached with an open mind, studied carefully, and critically considered.

and this:

This textbook contains a chapter about general relativity, a theory that very few scientists actually understand. And because Einstein was an atheist, it must certainly be incorrect.

Found these to be pretty funny.

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I installed the plugin that removes nofollow attribute in comments. I you post your link in comments then your links will be crawled by search engines.

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Tomorrow, Ma3,2008 is Free Comic Book Day. Get your free comic book from participating retailers.
More info here
ARCHIE’S PAL JUGHEAD—FCBD 2008 EDITION
“Night At The Entertainment Museum!”—Jughead lands his dream job as a night watchman at the famous Geppi’s Entertainment Museum in Baltimore, but some of the exhibits are not what they seem. Mysterious things happen after hours! And when the museum’s one-of-a-kind items are replaced with identical look-alikes, it’s up to Archie and friends to unravel the clues and set things right! Especially since one of those items is Jughead!

BONGO COMICS FREE-FOR-ALL!—FCBD 2008 EDITION

by Matt Groening & Various

Sample The Simpsons and Futurama in the comfort of your own comic collection with this special pocket-sized Free Comic Book Day digest edition from Bongo Comics — boasting the best in humor comics!

HELLBOY/B.P.R.D.—FCBD 2008 EDITION

by Mike Mignola & Various

To celebrate the release of Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Dark Horse Comics presents an all-Hellboy/B.P.R.D. extravaganza for Free Comic Book Day 2008! Hellboy creator Mike Mignola teams up with Hellboy: Darkness Calls artist Duncan Fegredo for a look into Hellboy’s nightmares; Mignola also teams with his B.P.R.D. team of John Arcudi and Guy Davis for a breathtaking twist to recent events at the Bureau — a preview of the events in the upcoming series The Warning; and Hellboy Universe newcomers Joshua Dysart (Swamp Thing) and Paul Azaceta (Grounded) team with Mignola for another look into the world of their B.P.R.D.: 1946 series for an adventure from the early days of both the Bureau and its most famous member! A perfect jumping-on point for new readers and a terrific treat for seasoned fans of the rich Hellboy mythos! (C: 1-0-0)

ALL STAR SUPERMAN #1—FCBD 2008 EDITION

by Grant Morrison & Frank Quitely

Two of the comic industry’s biggest superstars, writer Grant Morrison and artist Frank Quitely, the acclaimed team behind JLA: Earth 2 reunite to redefine the Man of Steel for a new generation. The first issue of the Eisner Award-winning series that Entertainment Weekly and Time magazine named one of the best comics of 2007 features the World’s Greatest Super Hero’s rescue of a group of astronauts on the surface of the sun, where he’s exposed to massive amounts of solar radiation. No one could have anticipated how he would be affected — except Lex Luthor!

PROJECT SUPERPOWERS—FCBD 2008 EDITION

by Alex Ross & Jim Krueger

Dynamite Entertainment and Alex Ross unleash Project Superpowers for the 2008 Free Comic Book Day event! In this special FCBD Edition, the creative team of Alex Ross and Jim Krueger present a special tale that connects the threads begun in Project Superpowers #0 and the seven-issue opening story arc of the series! Featuring a new cover by Alex Ross, this special FCBD Edition will not only be an essential release to connect the pieces of the entire Project Superpowers saga, but will act as an excellent entry point for the superhero series to end all superhero series! Plus, special previews of such Dynamite series as The Lone Ranger, Brothers in Arms, and more!

TRANSFORMERS ANIMATED—FCBD 2008 EDITION

This special 2008 Free Comic Book Day edition celebrates the new Transformers Animated series. In this, their first official comic book release, readers will be treated to a special 30-page story featuring the debut episode of the animated series on the printed page! See the introduction of young Optimus Prime, veteran Ratchet, and newcomers like Bulkhead, as they go up against Megatron, Starscream, and the Decepticon forces!

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