http://lareinacobre.net Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:56:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So today I was browsing the mommy boards when I came across a post by a woman who works in a children's hospital. The topic was the rampant diagnoses of children with psychiatric problems like Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Well, this woman remarked on the latest dubious psychiatric label: ... http://lareinacobre.net/2008/07/17/is-your-child-odd/ I know it's been two months since my last post, and to re-enter the blogging world with a post about plushies that look like viruses and bacteria may not make much sense ... but this is just too adorable for words. I think we will definitely have to get one of ... http://lareinacobre.net/2008/07/07/who-knew-the-common-cold-could-be-so-cute/ ... that she looks like a catfish - unless you're okay with the fallout. Sometimes my husband says the darndest things, and I don't mind. Sure, I was puzzled - but oddly flattered - when he said that my face reminded him of a bee's. Okay ... what do bee's ... http://lareinacobre.net/2008/05/25/never-tell-your-wife/ And yet another new preoccupation - one as mysterious as my sudden appreciation for the color purple, and seahorses: I've become enamored of the bird songs enveloping my house during the daylight hours. The sounds aren't new, but my love for them is. Some mornings I wake up and just lie ... http://lareinacobre.net/2008/05/25/the-birds/ Quick updates - Was without computer for a week, then my grandmother (Nanny) has been in the hospital since Saturday (hopefully she'll come home tomorrow). An ultrasound last week gave us the good news of a baby GIRL.  While Baby Osuna is kickboxing her way to rock-hard abs, hubby and I ... http://lareinacobre.net/2008/05/14/sumer-is-i-cumin-in/ I've heard the questions the reporter poses - in some form or another, just change out some of the names if you want - my whole adult life (and longer). Father Phleger - who was dubbed a "black a** kisser" at one website I visited - has responses that I ... http://lareinacobre.net/2008/04/28/another-catholic-being-awesome/ I'm not quite sure what to think yet. One of my favorite novels, Blindness, is being adapted to the big screen. The cast list has me scratching my chin - it includes Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Sandra Oh, Danny Glover, and Gael Garcia Bernal. The inclusion of North Americans puzzles ... http://lareinacobre.net/2008/04/27/blindness-to-be-a-movie/ I can offer no explanation of my fondness for John Mellencamp's music ... years ago when I was a 15 year old I didn't even know any adults who listened to him, but for whatever reason, there was a connection to this prickly Midwesterner's songs. Well, John was inducted into ... http://lareinacobre.net/2008/04/18/billy-joel-keeps-it-real/ Stuff #1: Well, not only did he not know who Cyndi Lauper was, or recognize the blind, black man with braids as Stevie Wonder, but today I discovered that my husband doesn't know who Sean Penn, W.E.B. Dubois, or Langston Hughes are. Or Bette Davis.  But in all truthfulness, I'd never ... http://lareinacobre.net/2008/04/15/home-front/ I flew into Omaha yesterday to co-lead three anti-racism workshops at Prairie Star District's Annual Meeting. People here have been extraordinarily nice. Sherry Warren, the district's Youth and Young Adult Specialist, was a wonderful hostess. After picking us up from the airport, she took me and my Groundwork co-trainer, Braeden, ... http://lareinacobre.net/2008/04/12/24-hours-in-nebraska/