From the monthly archives:

May 2008

Wikio Top Science Blogs

May 29, 2008

Earlier this week I received an email from Sarah at Wikio letting me know that Mutterings of a Mindless Mommy had jumped up to #131 among their science blogs.  This may not sound like a fantastic feat but considering the fact that Wikio has over 55,000 blogs listed in 11 different categories, I was proud!  [...]

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Help for Haitian Children in Need

May 27, 2008

Julie at chezartz.com has posted a new blog entry that I wanted to bring to the attention of the readers of Mutterings of a Mindless Mommy.  Here is an excerpt from the post: The orphanage Clara & Emerson live in houses more than 300 other children and the food prices have made it difficult to [...]

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Co-Sleeping Survey

May 22, 2008

I use Google Alerts to keep up-to-date on a variety of search terms – one of the phrases in my Google Alerts is mindlessmommy.com.  Through this Google Alert I often learn of different sites that link back to my blog.  Today’s Google Alert brought me to co-sleepingsurvey.com.  There I am in the blog roll along [...]

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Stephen Wiltshire

May 13, 2008

My aunt forwards me several emails a week.  Admittedly, I don’t read them all.  This one caught my attention and I sat awestruck for over five minutes as I watched Stephen Wiltshire, an autistic savant from the United Kingdom, recreate Rome after taking a 45-minute flight over the city.  Absolutely amazing.   Okay so the [...]

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Happy Mother’s Day

May 11, 2008

Just a quick note to wish all of the moms out there a Happy Mother’s Day!  For years my sister and I have planned to take my mom out for a fantastic brunch but we’ve always remembered too late (reservations fill up quickly).  This year we were on the ball and the day reservations opened, [...]

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Asperger’s Syndrome and Giftedness

May 6, 2008

When an individual has Asperger’s Syndrome and is also gifted, s/he falls into the category of twice exceptional(2E).  The same would be of a child with ADHD and Giftedness or a whole bevy of other conditions.  A child could even have a reading learning disability but be gifted in math and thus, twice exceptional.  Twice [...]

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