I know who I will pass this on to.

It does speak clearly to that fact that Bloggers are being taken seriously, but I wouldn't have fathomed how many people are in jail for thier content.

I'm really surprised that Italy's democracy allows for that. I checked out the link, too.

I agree with that. I just don't know how it would happen.

I've noticed not seeing any acorns in our yard this year, but this explanation seems to make sense. I do recall hearing something like this in biology as well.

I think this is an interesting concept that I would like to research. Sometimes I feel like I can't remember important aspects of different parts of my life, but if I created more structure, it could possibly help. Interesting.

I do agree that social interaction and imaginative play should be the priority, but anyone with 2 or 3 year old knows that a little TV (or computer time) can bring much needed sanity and down time. I think it would be fine if the time was limited to, let's say, a 1/2 hr per day, so it was not the focus of his play time. We all have a lot of opinions even though he didn't ask for our opinion about whether he should get this for his son. He simply asked what about what kinds. Here's my two cents.