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	<title>stumble-upon &amp;laquo; WordPress.com Tag Feed</title>
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<title><![CDATA[Finita la pausa da Stumbleupon! Credo che qualcuno se ne sia già accorto]]></title>
<link>http://lascatoladipandora.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/finita-la-pausa-da-stumbleupon-credo-che-qualcuno-se-ne-sia-gia-accorto/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:08:25 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>gabrielem</dc:creator>
<guid>http://lascatoladipandora.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/finita-la-pausa-da-stumbleupon-credo-che-qualcuno-se-ne-sia-gia-accorto/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[così festeggio assieme a voi il mio rientro su SU, permettemi il giuoco di parole ;D che dir&#8230; ]]></description>
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<p>così festeggio assieme a voi il mio rientro su SU, permettemi il giuoco di parole ;D<br />
che dir&#8230; se non che questo post è sponsorizzato da niente di meno che: <a href="http://suorbernardina.splinder.com/post/7911108/comment/59994830">suorbernardina</a>!</p>
<p> <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' />  <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' />  <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' />  <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' />  <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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<p>P.S.</p>
<p>vi ricordo che Gekissimo regala un ingresso gratis al convegno GT:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.geekissimo.com/2009/11/23/geekissimo-ti-regala-lingresso-al-convegno-gt/">http://www.geekissimo.com/2009/11/23/geekissimo-ti-regala-lingresso-al-convegno-gt/</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Escrituras part deux]]></title>
<link>http://arnaldojavier.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/escrituras-part-deux/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:27:25 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>arnaldojavier</dc:creator>
<guid>http://arnaldojavier.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/escrituras-part-deux/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Sigo encontrando cositas de estas en StumbleUpon y además, Karina quedo encantada con el primer post]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Sigo encontrando cositas de estas en StumbleUpon y además, Karina quedo encantada con el primer post y me envió unas cuantas. So aquí van algunas más.</p>
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<p><a href="http://arnaldojavier.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/tumblr_ktfn2fcf471qzuhd2o1_500.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-160" title="tumblr_ktfn2fCF471qzuhd2o1_500" src="http://arnaldojavier.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/tumblr_ktfn2fcf471qzuhd2o1_500.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="500" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://arnaldojavier.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/tumblr_ktewymxfun1qasns8o1_500.png"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-161" title="tumblr_ktewymXfUn1qasns8o1_500" src="http://arnaldojavier.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/tumblr_ktewymxfun1qasns8o1_500.png" alt="" width="500" height="662" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://arnaldojavier.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/mistakesfuckupquotecolourimagelife-d7610427f812fec19f20d771804beeb7_h.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-162" title="mistakes,fuck,up,quote,colour,image,life-d7610427f812fec19f20d771804beeb7_h" src="http://arnaldojavier.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/mistakesfuckupquotecolourimagelife-d7610427f812fec19f20d771804beeb7_h.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="400" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://arnaldojavier.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/quoteeternallifequoteswordsstatement-d29b80b54940c649ec95ac3f486c5cd6_h.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-163" title="quote,eternal,life,quotes,words,statement-d29b80b54940c649ec95ac3f486c5cd6_h" src="http://arnaldojavier.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/quoteeternallifequoteswordsstatement-d29b80b54940c649ec95ac3f486c5cd6_h.jpg" alt="" width="405" height="500" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://arnaldojavier.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/goodicantmessagephotographpolaroidwords-6cd5018b64eae3f25c57f6da9a65ef73_h.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-164" title="good,i,cant,message,photograph,polaroid,words-6cd5018b64eae3f25c57f6da9a65ef73_h" src="http://arnaldojavier.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/goodicantmessagephotographpolaroidwords-6cd5018b64eae3f25c57f6da9a65ef73_h.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="298" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://arnaldojavier.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/3447102194_a765b474a7.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-165" title="3447102194_a765b474a7" src="http://arnaldojavier.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/3447102194_a765b474a7.jpg" alt="" width="354" height="500" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://arnaldojavier.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/20080331195305.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-166" title="20080331195305" src="http://arnaldojavier.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/20080331195305.jpg" alt="" width="423" height="500" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://arnaldojavier.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/20081103191100.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-167" title="20081103191100" src="http://arnaldojavier.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/20081103191100.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="500" /></a></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#0000ff;">PALABRAS MÁS SABIAS QUE LAS MIAS! JAJA</span></strong></p>
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<title><![CDATA[stumble and fall]]></title>
<link>http://filthyfrenchthings.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/stumble-and-fall/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:49:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>L.</dc:creator>
<guid>http://filthyfrenchthings.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/stumble-and-fall/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[for four years now, ever since andrew&#8217;s magical intervention in my computer, back at deerfield]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>for four years now, ever since andrew&#8217;s magical intervention in my computer, back at deerfield in 2005 (my soul graduating class) i have been a stumbler. if you are a serious stumbler, like me, you know that this is a soul-(and time-)consuming part of your every day life. stumbeupon is an add-on for mozilla firefox, and if you don&#8217;t have mozilla firefox, go get it, because it kicks every other browser&#8217;s ass. if you have no idea what i&#8217;m talking about, please, oh please, RTFM or GTFO the internets.<br />
far from a love-love relationship, stumbling makes me happy, sad, angry, and a procrastinator. there are days that SU insists i be political and only takes me to sites that talk about the environment or cancer or some shit. other days, there is nothing but idiotic college pranks videos. but mostly, SU is my friend. it helps me take my mind off things. i have discovered many wonderful sites and resources thanks to SU, like <a href="http://www.cracked.com/">cracked.com</a>, and <a href="http://www.badassoftheweek.com/list.html">badassoftheweek.com</a>. both are similar in their humor: fratboy like, just like me. in the sea of <a href="http://www.zefrank.com/">zefrank</a>,<a href="http://memeparty.com/"> memeparty</a> (NSFW), <a href="http://www.dickipedia.org/dick.php?title=Main_Page">dickipedia</a>, countless art, queer and feminist blogs, and awesome lists of awesome online free books that i will never read, i spend my days discovering the internet and adding massive amounts of useless pop culture information to my brain. that and perez hilton.</p>
<p>teh internets are a place of 5% useful information, 10% funny cats, and 85% porn. speaking of porn, for all you non-connoisseurs of the internets, <a href="http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/Rules_Of_The_Internet">rule 34</a> states that if it exists, there is porn about it. if you don&#8217;t believe me, type ANYTHING followed by the word porn or sex into google (filter off, of course), and you&#8217;ll be disgustingly surprised. also, the internet is a very racist and chauvinistic place. i cannot tell you the number of times i have stumbled upon a motivational-poster-themed picture of very young girls and some reference to jail bait. it&#8217;s disgusting and hot at the same time, which makes me hate myself a bit. but that&#8217;s kind of the <em>raison d&#8217;etre</em> of porn. make you horny and self-hateful.</p>
<p>anyway, enough with my ranting. here are some pictures i have stumbled upon throughout the years (i save the good ones)</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-124" title="1-18" src="http://filthyfrenchthings.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/1-18.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="568" /><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-125" title="does_he_look_like_a_bitch" src="http://filthyfrenchthings.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/does_he_look_like_a_bitch.jpg" alt="" width="404" height="582" /><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-127" title="story-1" src="http://filthyfrenchthings.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/story-1.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="801" /><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-128" title="soldiers" src="http://filthyfrenchthings.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/soldiers.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="291" />that last one is a <a href="http://postsecret.blogspot.com/">postsecret</a>. and for all of you too afraid to ask where the free porn is, merry christmass!</p>
<p><a href="http://youporn.com/">porn</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.tnaflix.com/">porn2</a></p>
<p>happy masturbation!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Abraham Lincoln- A life-by Michael Burlingame - Unedited Manuscript by Chapters]]></title>
<link>http://piodalcin.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/abraham-lincoln-a-life-by-michael-burlingame-unedited-manuscript-by-chapters/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:41:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>piodalcin</dc:creator>
<guid>http://piodalcin.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/abraham-lincoln-a-life-by-michael-burlingame-unedited-manuscript-by-chapters/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[http://www.knox.edu/Academics/Distinctive-Programs/Lincoln-Studies-Center/Burlingame-Abraham-Lincoln]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Book Seer]]></title>
<link>http://mhgdblog.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/the-book-seer/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:44:17 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>hainesmorgan</dc:creator>
<guid>http://mhgdblog.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/the-book-seer/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve just finished my fifty-eighth (or something like that) book of the year and now I am sans]]></description>
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<p>I&#8217;ve just finished my fifty-eighth (or something like that) book of the year and now I am sans reading material and have not a clue as to what to look for next. Luckily for me, I <a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/" target="_blank">stumbled upon</a> (quite literally) <a href="http://bookseer.com/" target="_blank">The Book Seer</a>, a new book suggesting app for the web from <a href="http://aptstudio.com/" target="_blank">Apt Studio</a>. Simply enter in the last book you read and it&#8217;ll suggest some stuff for you to read next.</p>
<p>The developers are still working on how to add more content as some of the more recent, hyped books (a la <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Twilight-Saga-Book-1/dp/0316015849" target="_blank">Twilight</a>), the Seer will suggest nothing. But for other, lesser media-crazy books, the suggested reading list can number into the high double-digits. Not a bad thing for us bookworms!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[10 things I love Sunday ]]></title>
<link>http://kendrajkphotography.wordpress.com/2009/11/15/10-things-i-love-sunday/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:24:19 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>kendrajk</dc:creator>
<guid>http://kendrajkphotography.wordpress.com/2009/11/15/10-things-i-love-sunday/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Something new I hope to continue each week. Lots of bloggers do this, I&#8217;ve noticed. A weekly ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Something new I hope to continue each week. Lots of bloggers do this, I&#8217;ve noticed. A weekly &#8220;what I love&#8221; or &#8220;interesting things around the &#8216;net&#8221; so I want to try it.<br />
Spread the love of other artists, crafters, bloggers! </p>
<p>1- Butterfly Necklace from <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/Flowerleaf">FlowerLeaf </a>on Etsy<br />
<a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=26074038"><img alt="" src="http://ny-image0.etsy.com//il_fullxfull.100839840.jpg" title="Blue and Green Butterfly Necklace " class="alignnone" width="375" height="600" /></a></p>
<p>2- itty bitty puppies and kitties<br />
I became addicted to <a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/home/">stumbling </a>puppies and kitties this week<br />
 <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/98302444@N00/740179944"><img alt="" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1365/740179944_b328506d01_o.jpg" title="Almost There" class="alignnone" width="640" height="426" /></a><br />
<a href="http://media.picfor.me/001817EA/00562-animals-animal-cute-cat_large.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://media.picfor.me/001817EA/00562-animals-animal-cute-cat_large.jpg" title="Kitty in pocket" class="alignnone" width="550" height="343" /></a><br />
<a href="http://fikreesprojects.deviantart.com/art/i-m-always-here-for-you-139387480"><img alt="" src="http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs50/f/2009/279/8/7/877aa3d09e6c0560786b9b9a75ecc3ff.jpg" title="i&#39;m always here for you " class="alignnone" width="500" height="500" /></a></p>
<p>3- Different Candle making techniques<br />
<a href="http://www.candletech.com/techniques-and-ideas/water-balloon-luminaries/">Water Balloon Candles</a><br />
<a href="http://www.candletech.com/techniques-and-ideas/water-balloon-luminaries/"><img alt="" src="http://images.candletech.com/albums/userpics/10002/normal_luminaries1.jpg" title="Water Balloon Candle" class="alignnone" width="250" height="237" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.candletech.com/techniques-and-ideas/hurricane-shells/">Hurricane Shells </a><br />
<a href="http://www.candletech.com/techniques-and-ideas/hurricane-shells/"><img alt="" src="http://images.candletech.com/hurricanes/images/hurricane1.jpg" title="Shells" class="alignnone" width="258" height="287" /></a></p>
<p>4- A game called &#8220;<a href="http://www.freewebarcade.com/game/speed/">Speed</a>&#8220;</p>
<p>5-<a href="http://www.home-designing.com/2009/05/craft-room-home-studio-setup">Organized Craft Rooms</a><br />
I want mine to look that pretty and organized!<br />
<a href="http://www.home-designing.com/2009/05/craft-room-home-studio-setup"><img alt="" src="http://www.home-designing.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/sewing-room.jpg" title="Craft Rooms" class="alignnone" width="512" height="340" /></a></p>
<p>6-<a href="http://kendrajkphotography.wordpress.com/2009/11/14/acrlyic-lift-new-technique/">My new art technique</a><br />
<a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=34516252">The Acrylic Lift</a><br />
<a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=34516252"><img alt="" src="http://ny-image2.etsy.com//il_fullxfull.102517134.jpg" title="Acrlyic Lift" class="alignnone" width="446" height="650" /></a></p>
<p>7-<a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=34496945"> Mario Mushroom Christmas Ornaments</a><br />
So cute!<br />
<a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=34496945"><img alt="" src="http://ny-image3.etsy.com//il_fullxfull.102450791.jpg" title="Mario" class="alignnone" width="640" height="480" /></a></p>
<p>8- Photography by <a href="http://www.tommillea.com/">Tom Millea</a><br />
<a href="http://www.tommillea.com/Lovers.html"><img alt="" src="http://www.tommillea.com/Images/Lovers/LOVERS-2a.jpg" title="Lovers" class="alignnone" width="642" height="438" /></a></p>
<p>9- <a href="http://www.spitefulcritic.com/2009/06/hold-on-ive-seen-this-before-how-star-wars-star-trek-the-matrix-and-harry-potter-are-actually-the-same-movie/">How Star Wars, Star Trek, The Matrix and Harry Potter are all the same movie </a><br />
So funny, and so true<br />
<a href="http://www.spitefulcritic.com/2009/06/hold-on-ive-seen-this-before-how-star-wars-star-trek-the-matrix-and-harry-potter-are-actually-the-same-movie/"><img alt="" src="http://www.spitefulcritic.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/harrypotterlightsaber1.jpg" title="Star trek, star wars, harry potter, the matrix" class="alignnone" width="550" height="539" /></a></p>
<p>10- Cute personalized name paintings from <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/justbunch">JustBunch </a>on etsy<br />
<a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=33587119"><img alt="" src="http://ny-image1.etsy.com//il_fullxfull.101922841.jpg" title="name" class="alignnone" width="342" height="456" /></a></p>
<p> <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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<title><![CDATA[Good News About Your Strong-Willed Child: Building Positive Dynamics (9/10)]]></title>
<link>http://azoptimist.wordpress.com/2009/11/14/good-news-about-your-strong-willed-child-building-positive-dynamics-910/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:50:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Arizona&#39;s Optimist</dc:creator>
<guid>http://azoptimist.wordpress.com/2009/11/14/good-news-about-your-strong-willed-child-building-positive-dynamics-910/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[How would you describe your family dynamics?  Critical, achievement-oriented, efficient?  Warm, secu]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:justify;">How would you describe your family dynamics?  Critical, achievement-oriented, efficient?  Warm, secure, caring, stimulating?</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Which would you prefer?  Which would you strive towards?</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">The latter, most likely.  We all thrive in warm and caring environment &#8212; children, especially.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">So, how do we get there?</p>
<ul style="text-align:justify;">
<li>Meet Needs—Give attention, security, a sense of belonging, touch, affection, and stimulation.</li>
<li>Know Your Child—Play!  Be a good listener.  Spend deep, quality time.  Enjoy your child(ren).</li>
<li>Believe in Your Child—By doing so, parents provide opportunity and courage for her to fulfill your new, positive expectations.</li>
<li>Allow Independence—Teach your child to think and take personal responsibility.</li>
<li style="text-align:justify;">Remain Calm and Detached—Empty ourselves of anger, resentment, fear, and guilt.</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Here are concepts in action:</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Child:    </strong>I got a bad evaluation from the teacher today.  If she was any good, I’d ace this class! (<em>Negative invitation</em>)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Parent: </strong>So she’s good at preventing her students from learning?</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Child:    </strong>Well, she doesn’t help me learn!</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Parent: </strong>So what would help you learn and do well in her class?  (<em>Positive invitation/Problem-solve</em>)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Child</strong>:    I don’t know, maybe a tutor.  (<em>Response</em>)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Parent:</strong> We could find a tutor for that class, but what about missed assignments?</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Child:</strong>    Yeah, I’ve missed some.  I’ll finish them.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">As always, thanks <a href="http://www.amazon.ca/Good-News-about-Strong-Willed-Child/dp/0310486114">Dr. Reynolds</a>!  <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"> <a rel="#someid1" href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http://azoptimist.wordpress.com/%26title%3DThe%2BArticle%2BTitle" target="_blank"><img src="http://cdn.stumble-upon.com/images/120x20_thumb_blue.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a><a rel="#someid1" href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http://azoptimist.wordpress.com/%26title%3DThe%2BArticle%2BTitle" target="_blank"></a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Good News About Your Strong-Willed Child: Achieving Emotional Stability (8/10)]]></title>
<link>http://azoptimist.wordpress.com/2009/11/13/good-news-about-your-strong-willed-child-achieving-emotional-stability-810/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:22:11 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Arizona&#39;s Optimist</dc:creator>
<guid>http://azoptimist.wordpress.com/2009/11/13/good-news-about-your-strong-willed-child-achieving-emotional-stability-810/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Your intellect may be confused, but your emotions will never lie.&#8221;  (Robert Ebert) Do y]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:justify;"><em>&#8220;Your intellect may be confused, but your emotions will never lie.&#8221;</em>  (Robert Ebert)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Do you agree or disagree?</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><em>We can&#8217;t take our emotions for granted.  They govern our behavior, even when we don&#8217;t realize it.  Immature families, especially when under stress, communicate that feelings are wrong.  Family members react to each other.  The overriding message is, &#8220;You shouldn&#8217;t feel what you&#8217;re feeling.&#8221;</em>  (Dr. Randy Reynolds, child psychologist)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">I hear ya!  Emotions—especially strong ones—intensify and magnify issues.  Emotions, at times, finger point—&#8221;It&#8217;s your fault, not mine!&#8221;  </p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><em>&#8220;Emotions, however, when handled appropriately, can promote positive change.&#8221;</em>  (Dr. Reynolds)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Really?  How?</p>
<ul style="text-align:justify;">
<li>Empathize.  Validate your child&#8217;s feelings but stand firm on your decision: &#8220;It sounds like you&#8217;re frustrated because I won&#8217;t let you wear jeans today.  I know that&#8217;s hard for you, but I&#8217;m not going to change my mind.&#8221;</li>
<li>Discipline, don&#8217;t punish.  Discipline is patient and goal-oriented; punishment is motivated by anger or reactivity.</li>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"> What else?</p>
<ul style="text-align:justify;">
<li>Affirm, acknowledge, respect, create a sense of belonging, and appreciate each other.  Full emotional tanks give members room to express themselves.  Relax.  Enjoy simple pleasures.</li>
<li>As families mature, they shame each other less; respond to each other more.  They listen to others without reacting.  They assert without antagonizing.  Families set realistic expectations.  They know they&#8217;re interdependent, and flex with the normal stresses of life.</li>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">&#8220;Learn to own your feelings.  Don&#8217;t blame others when you communicate.  Begin sentences with <em>&#8216;I&#8217;</em> messages, not &#8216;you&#8217;.&#8221; . . . &#8220;&#8216;<em>I feel . . . when . . .&#8217;</em>&#8220;</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Empathize, affirm, discipline, &#8220;I&#8221; messages—Thanks Dr. Reynolds! <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"> <a rel="#someid1" href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http://azoptimist.wordpress.com/%26title%3DThe%2BArticle%2BTitle" target="_blank"><img src="http://cdn.stumble-upon.com/images/120x20_thumb_blue.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a><a rel="#someid1" href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http://azoptimist.wordpress.com/%26title%3DThe%2BArticle%2BTitle" target="_blank"></a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[If You are Sleepless]]></title>
<link>http://packofpaparazzi.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/if-you-are-sleepless/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:11:53 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>packofpaparazzi</dc:creator>
<guid>http://packofpaparazzi.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/if-you-are-sleepless/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[by Ruru Pilapil Nice one.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Random Stuff]]></title>
<link>http://arnaldojavier.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/random-stuff/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:10:30 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>arnaldojavier</dc:creator>
<guid>http://arnaldojavier.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/random-stuff/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&nbsp; La mayoría de los días paso muchas horas en el internet. por lo menos un 50% de ese tiempo es]]></description>
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<p>La mayoría de los días paso muchas horas en el internet. por lo menos un 50% de ese tiempo es leyendo todas mis subscripciones en el reader, otro 40% en facebook y el restante 10% en StumbleUpon.  Así que muchas veces encuentro muchas moronidades como las que posteo aquí. So, aquí va otro batch de sites y fotos interesantes.</p>
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<li><a href="http://www.somethingstore.com/index.html" target="_blank">The Something Store</a> &#8211; El concepto es que pagas $10 y te envían algo sorpresa.</li>
<li><a href="http://youshouldhaveseenthis.com/" target="_blank">Greg Rutters&#8217;s definitive list of the 99 things you should have already experienced on the internet unless you&#8217;re a loser or old or something</a> &#8211; el nombre lo dice todo jaja.</li>
<li><a href="http://soytuaire.labuat.com/" target="_blank">Labuat</a> &#8211; El grupo Labuat se tiro este videíto para su canción &#8220;Soy tu aire&#8221;</li>
<li><a href="http://www.mroblivious.com/index.html" target="_blank">Mr Obliviou</a>s &#8211; Amo los dibujos de Mr Olivious sobre todo el de Rock Meets Cloud</li>
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<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-141" title="rockmeetscloud" src="http://arnaldojavier.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/rockmeetscloud.gif" alt="rockmeetscloud" width="509" height="663" />&#8220;</p>
<p>Como siempre, pongo alguna fotito, so aquí van unas cuantas:</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-143" title="design002" src="http://arnaldojavier.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/design002.gif" alt="design002" width="510" height="250" /></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-144" title="hide-behind-the-moon by Tebe Interesno" src="http://arnaldojavier.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/hide-behind-the-moon.jpg" alt="hide-behind-the-moon" width="510" height="637" /></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-145" title="macro-aedd22f0ed310ef5d842e0b42d1b1f0c_h" src="http://arnaldojavier.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/macro-aedd22f0ed310ef5d842e0b42d1b1f0c_h.jpg" alt="macro-aedd22f0ed310ef5d842e0b42d1b1f0c_h" width="500" height="335" /></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Good News About Your Strong-Willed Child: Gaining Respect (7/10)]]></title>
<link>http://azoptimist.wordpress.com/2009/11/08/good-news-about-your-strong-willed-child-gaining-respect-710/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:24:19 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Arizona&#39;s Optimist</dc:creator>
<guid>http://azoptimist.wordpress.com/2009/11/08/good-news-about-your-strong-willed-child-gaining-respect-710/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Which would you honor &#8212; obedience or respect? Obedience &#8211; &#8220;Do it!  I said so!]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:justify;">Which would you honor &#8212; <em>obedience </em>or <em>respect</em>?</p>
<ul style="text-align:justify;">
<li><em>Obedience</em> &#8211; &#8220;Do it!  I said so!&#8221;</li>
<li><em>Respect</em> &#8211; good listening + trust + give children two choices you can live with</li>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><em>Respect</em>, bar none!  I can&#8217;t <em>make</em> anyone do anything <em>willingly</em>.  You can&#8217;t make me, either.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Yet, when under intense stress, I find myself demanding unconditional <em>obedience</em> from my children, not <em>respect</em>.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">It&#8217;s time to change &#8212; to recognize and minimize counterproductive behaviors. </p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">How, <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Good-News-About-Your-Strong-Willed-Child-Paul-Moede-Randy-Reynolds-Paperback-1995_W0QQitemZ341249230652QQcmdZViewItemQQ_pidZ133834QQmediaitemZ1QQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item4f740a073c">Dr. Reynolds</a>?</p>
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<li>
<div style="text-align:justify;"><em>Respect</em> grows when parents <em>listen</em> instead of just hear.  Value what your child says and attempt to understand his reality and his feelings.  Reflect (&#8220;So what you&#8217;re saying is &#8230;,&#8221; &#8220;I see you&#8217;re &#8230;&#8221;).</div>
</li>
<li>
<div style="text-align:justify;"><em>Respect</em> requires <em>trust</em>.  A child cannot trust the parent who does not listen.  Personal responsibility and interdependence &#8212; each person doing his part to keep the relationship healthy &#8212; is essential for building trust.  Hold children accountable.  Communicate with conviction, &#8220;You can do it!&#8221;                                                                     </div>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Okay, but I <em>need</em> concrete tools.  <em>How</em> do I continue building trust and earning my children&#8217;s respect?</p>
<ul>
<li>
<div style="text-align:justify;">Talk directly with the person &#8212; child or adult &#8212; who upsets you rather than to someone else.</div>
</li>
<li>
<div style="text-align:justify;">Too overwhelmed to talk?  Find a neutral third-party to coach you.</div>
</li>
<li>
<div style="text-align:justify;">Child/Parent conflict?  Encourage your child to talk directly to your spouse; not through you.</div>
</li>
<li>
<div style="text-align:justify;">Do not rescue or interfere with your spouse&#8217;s parenting, even if you disagree.  Discuss differences privately.  Form a united front.</div>
</li>
<li>
<div style="text-align:justify;">When you discipline, spend one-on-one time with your child.  Secure your bond with him. </div>
</li>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">THANK YOU, sir! </p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">We humans &#8212; regardless of education level, status, wealth, or lack thereof &#8212; are all equal; messed up emotional creatures! </p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><em>Save face.  Discipline with dignity.  </em></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Can&#8217;t wait to enjoy my family today! <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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<title><![CDATA[The Cure]]></title>
<link>http://stateofmyunion.wordpress.com/2009/11/07/the-cure/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:41:54 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>joshuajdrew</dc:creator>
<guid>http://stateofmyunion.wordpress.com/2009/11/07/the-cure/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t know who has and who hasn&#8217;t been introduced to  my friend &#8220;Stumble Upon]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>I don&#8217;t know who has and who hasn&#8217;t been introduced to  my friend &#8220;<a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/discover/activity/" target="_blank">Stumble Upon</a>&#8220;, so let me dissolve any tension in the room by introducing you all <em>formally</em> to the most distracting computer program of all time. When using Stumble Upon, after programming in your personal search preferences, the program will take you to a random website by simply clicking a button. This is actually a lot more fun than it sounds and way more addicting than any human being can handle. Nicotine and Crystal Meth are easier to quit than &#8220;stumbling the internet&#8221; is at four in the morning. It will take away your ability to study, destroy your love life and make your normal sleep patterns a thing of the past. I&#8217;m here to offer a remedy, or if you will, a sacrifice on your behalf. I will do it for you. That&#8217;s right, I&#8217;ll give up my free time and I will find you interesting sites in my newest segment, &#8220;Let Me Stumble For You.&#8221;</p>
<p>1. We are living in dismal times. If for some reason you wanted a reminder of <em>just </em>how dismal things are I found a &#8220;map&#8221; of the unemployment in our country. It shows the unemployment differences throughout the country and compares it<!--more--> to years past as well. If you&#8217;re in a good mood and don&#8217;t want to ruin it &#8211; you might want to skip off to number two. If you are having an OK day and don&#8217;t mind it getting ruined by a 23-year-old with too much free time then you can read about it <a href="http://flowingdata.com/2009/11/04/unemployment-2004-to-present-the-country-is-bleeding/" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
<p>2. Lord of the Rings nerds unite for this link. It&#8217;s actually pretty boring but it&#8217;s a cool looking picture of the <a href="http://www.designunder.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/upside_down_world_map_1600x1200.jpg" target="_blank">Earth on a map upside down</a>. It looks like an old treasure man &#8211; actually would probably make a cool background. Doesn&#8217;t serve any practical purpose but I&#8217;m not <em>here </em>for any purpose.</p>
<p>3. We, ironically, waste so much money <em>printing</em> money and I&#8217;ve always wanted to know just how much. Yes, I think about things like this when I&#8217;m bored&#8230; Actually now that I think about it, I think of things like this all the time. Regardless, I found a guide to the <a href="http://www.visualeconomics.com/the-value-of-united-states-currency-in-circulation/" target="_blank">money in our country</a> and how much of it is in circulation. Might make you think twice about picking up those pennies &#8211; apparently  a lot floating around in those pools.</p>
<p>4. If you either love shopping or you&#8217;re just a glutton for punishment you probably like going shopping on <a href="http://www.retailmenot.com/blackfriday/" target="_blank">Black Friday</a>. The long lines, the miserable people, and the failing checkout systems might actually bring a little Christmas cheer to some people. God knows I love it. It&#8217;s never too soon to start keeping an eye out for the best bargains of the year. I found a place that lists all the deals as soon as they&#8217;re announced. Perhaps you should bookmark this one because, like it or not, Thanksgiving is only 19 days away people.</p>
<p>5. Ok let&#8217;s end the night with a little comedy. We all love to laugh at other people&#8217;s stupidity &#8211; I&#8217;m here to embrace <em>and </em>facilitate that. Enjoy folks &#8211; you&#8217;ll sleep better now that you didn&#8217;t have to &#8220;stumble&#8221;. You&#8217;ve learned your pointless facts for the day and gotten some <a href="http://www.baconbabble.com/index.php/2009/11/02/is-common-sense-dead/" target="_blank">cheap laughs</a> too. If you ask me that compensates for all your sins. Then again I wouldn&#8217;t me ask <em>me </em>but that&#8217;s <em>your </em>fault in the first place.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Music &amp; Stumbling]]></title>
<link>http://chantalstanford.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/music-stumbling/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:45:37 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chantal Stanford</dc:creator>
<guid>http://chantalstanford.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/music-stumbling/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Today, I was peacefully browsing along. All was well and quiet. Then suddenly some xylophone music s]]></description>
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<p>Today, I was peacefully browsing along. All was well and quiet. <strong><span style="color:#ff6600;">Then suddenly some xylophone music starts playing. </span></strong>So now I&#8217;m frantically looking through my 20 something tabs to try find the abomination and shut it off. I can&#8217;t find anywhere to turn off this music, and I&#8217;m not really even sure which page it is as there isn&#8217;t any indication anywhere that there is even music&#8230; <em>I had to close everything.</em></p>
<p>Don&#8217;t put music that automatically plays on your pages. It&#8217;s nothing but annoying &#38; infuriating.</p>
<h2><span style="color:#800000;">Whatever you do, do NOT put heavy metal music as the page load music.</span></h2>
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<h2><span style="color:#800000;font-size:small;"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:#000000;font-size:x-large;"><strong>Anyways.</strong></span></span></span></h2>
<p><span style="color:#800000;font-size:small;"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="color:#000000;font-size:x-large;"> </span></span></span>I stumbled upon: stumble upon (Ba da boom ching).</p>
<p>I had heard of this site before, but a friend directed me to it again today. It is one of the better sites to <em>use up spare time. </em>Not just a time waster, but a useful time waster. You can input your area of interest, then it will take you to sites that relate in some way to that area. Often uncovering gems that you would come across no other way.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Give it a try, it&#8217;s quite fun.</p>
<h2 style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#ff00ff;"><span style="color:#30f30b;">&#62;&#62;&#62; <a title="Stumble Upon" href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/" target="_blank">Stumble Upon</a> &#60;&#60;&#60;</span></span></h2>
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<title><![CDATA[después de un wikén intenso]]></title>
<link>http://arnaldojavier.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/despues-de-un-wiken-intenso/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:17:41 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>arnaldojavier</dc:creator>
<guid>http://arnaldojavier.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/despues-de-un-wiken-intenso/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Halloween no puede haberse pasado mejor! Bueno, si puede, pero éste está pretty up there! jajaja Muc]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Halloween no puede haberse pasado mejor! Bueno, si puede, pero éste está pretty up there! jajaja Mucho party, disfraz caluroso con cojones pero tan y tan perfecto (thanks Dan!), disfraces cabrones, ver a mucha gente que no veia hace tiempo, lo jugetona que fue la noche, muchas cosas. En verdad que no me quejo. Good memories para halloween 09.</p>

<p>Así que ahora empezó noviembre.</p>
<p>Después de un wikén tan intenso como el pasado tengo que admitir que me alegra mucho. Llega noviembre y ya empieza a oscurecer más temprano, ya se siente el ambiente navideño en todos lados y ya no pasamos por los calores del verano.</p>
<p>Me da risa cuando la gente dice que en Puerto Rico no se siente el cambio en temporadas, por que no es la verdad. Quizá no sea tan marcado como en USA o en España, pero si se nota.  No te das cuenta en marzo &#8211; abril cuando empieza a azotar el calor? O ahora como en octubre que ya oscurece como a las 630pm y no hace tanto calor como en los meses anteriores?</p>
<p>Noviembre se ve como un mes prometedor. Empieza el frio y las noches largas, el concierto de The Killers, llega Where The Wild Things Are al cine y Thanksgiving.</p>
<p>Ay Thanksgiving! Creo que es mi 3er dia favorito en el año (después de Navidad y Halloween). Bueno, 4to día favorito por que también esta mi cumpleaños. Dios mío que rica es la comida de thanksgiving! El pavo, el stuffing, el flan de calabaza de abuela. Na mas de hablar de esto se me hace la boca agua. También es que llega Thanksgiving y es el comienzo oficial de las navidades hasta enero cuando acaban con las fiestas de la calle.</p>
<p>No se, pero ya que tenía el blog en el abandono aquí pongo un poquito de todo.</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#0000ff;">Música:</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="color:#0000ff;">Descubrí este grupo hace poco y estoy enamorado de esta canción so aquí va.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#0000ff;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBt9sxTailQ" target="_blank">Passion Pit &#8211; Little Secrets</a></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#00ff00;">Websites:</span></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:#00ff00;">Passiveaggressivenotes.com</span></a><span style="color:#00ff00;"> &#8211; Demasiado funny. Hay par de ideas buenas.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">Diseño:</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="color:#ff0000;">Estos </span><a href="http://www.sonicfabric.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;">garments</span></a><span style="color:#ff0000;"> hechos con la cinta de los cassettes viejos. Algo peculiar es que cada uno tiene un sonido especifico creado por el diseñador.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#e105f9;">Arte:</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="color:#e105f9;">Encontré esta escultura hecha por el artista Robert Bradford y quede enamorado por su uso de algo tan cotidiano para crear al mejor amigo del hombre. Además que está tan cute!</span></p>
<p><img class="alignnone" title="Robert Bradford Puppy" src="http://www.highsnobiety.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/robert-bradford-front.jpg" alt="" width="540" height="500" /></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#ffcc00;">Escrituras:</span></strong></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-135" title="words-3eb8f29b41052f5ab86f4e8a8fef9071_h" src="http://arnaldojavier.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/words-3eb8f29b41052f5ab86f4e8a8fef9071_h.jpg" alt="words-3eb8f29b41052f5ab86f4e8a8fef9071_h" width="250" height="500" /></p>
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<link>http://arnaldojavier.wordpress.com/2009/10/28/favorites/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>arnaldojavier</dc:creator>
<guid>http://arnaldojavier.wordpress.com/2009/10/28/favorites/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Ayer por la noche no tenía mucho que hacer so me puse a ver las páginas que tenia en los favorites. ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><img class="size-medium wp-image-107 alignleft" title="tweedlebop_pumpki" src="http://arnaldojavier.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/tweedlebop_pumpki1.jpg?w=204" alt="tweedlebop_pumpki" width="204" height="300" />Ayer por la noche no tenía mucho que hacer so me puse a ver las páginas que tenia en los favorites. Tengo que admitir que me paso dándole command + d (esto es bookmark en safari) cuando veo algún site que me gusta para así volver y bajar la canción o ver el video o la foto. Lo que sea.</p>
<p>Otra admisión es que en las computadoras me gusta tener las cosas bien sencillas. Osea, en el Google Reader no me gusta tener nada unread y en mis inbox de email tampoco. Así que como tengo un montón de favorites en mi Safari decidí que iba a ir borrando los que tengo pero no sin antes compartirlos. Este será un continuing post para seguir poniendo el reguerete de cosas que tengo.</p>
<p>Sooooo, aquí van algunos de los que estan primero en la lista.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.mypeople.com/sing/index.html" target="_blank">Make my people sing</a> &#8211; Esto es para cuando uno esta completamente aburrido. En realidad no tiene mucho uso, pero es fun <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> </li>
<li><a href="http://www.neave.com/" target="_blank">Neave</a> &#8211; Este programador o lo que sea tiene tantas cosas cool, algunas útiles y las otras simplemente divertidas. es una buena manera de perder tiempo. Yo creo que mi favorito es Neave Webcam.</li>
<li><a href="http://audiomap.tuneglue.net/" target="_blank">TuneGlue</a> &#8211; Para los amantes de la música como yo, este site esta cabrón. Pones algún artista o canción que te gusta y te hace un mapa conceptual de artistas o canciones parecidas.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.zefrank.com/v_draw_beta/index3.html" target="_blank">VoiceDraw</a> &#8211; el nombre lo dice todo. Necesitas un microfono.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.yourfonts.com/" target="_blank">Font Generator </a>- Mi mamá y yo amamos este site. Te da la habilidad de crear un font para tu computadora usando tu letra. Es BIEEEEN COOOL!</li>
<li><a href="http://www.fold-your-shirt.com/" target="_blank">Fold your shirt </a>- Quiero aprender a hacer esto! jaja</li>
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<p>Y que no se me quede alguna imagen que haya encontrado por ahí.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-110" title="Day &#38; Night " src="http://arnaldojavier.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/732.png" alt="73" width="510" height="382" /></p>
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<link>http://arnaldojavier.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/escrituras/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:41:58 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>arnaldojavier</dc:creator>
<guid>http://arnaldojavier.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/escrituras/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Usando StumbleUpon me he dado cuenta que hacen mucho este tipo de arte, mas bien, es como tipografía]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><span style="color:#0000ff;">Usando StumbleUpon me he dado cuenta que hacen mucho este tipo de arte, mas bien, es como tipografía con refranes.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#0000ff;">Aquí van algunos de los que más me han gustado.</span></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-92" title="6a00d83451d48a69e200e550e61c8a8833-800wi" src="http://arnaldojavier.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/6a00d83451d48a69e200e550e61c8a8833-800wi.jpg?w=300" alt="6a00d83451d48a69e200e550e61c8a8833-800wi" width="300" height="206" /></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-93" title="6TVaz38Mgfe86y0q5TijqEgGo1_500" src="http://arnaldojavier.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/6tvaz38mgfe86y0q5tijqeggo1_500.png?w=300" alt="6TVaz38Mgfe86y0q5TijqEgGo1_500" width="300" height="300" /></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-94" title="206~The-Path-Is-Not-Straight-Marion-Winik-Posters" src="http://arnaldojavier.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/206the-path-is-not-straight-marion-winik-posters.jpg?w=300" alt="206~The-Path-Is-Not-Straight-Marion-Winik-Posters" width="300" height="300" /></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-95" title="2004_iusedtothinkicouldchangetheworldbutnowithinkitchangeme_02" src="http://arnaldojavier.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/2004_iusedtothinkicouldchangetheworldbutnowithinkitchangeme_02.jpg?w=300" alt="2004_iusedtothinkicouldchangetheworldbutnowithinkitchangeme_02" width="300" height="286" /></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-96" title="20090130171643" src="http://arnaldojavier.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/20090130171643.jpg?w=298" alt="20090130171643" width="298" height="300" /></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-98" title="124033916587915" src="http://arnaldojavier.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/124033916587915.jpeg?w=300" alt="124033916587915" width="300" height="129" /></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-99" title="1250443733977777" src="http://arnaldojavier.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/1250443733977777.jpeg?w=300" alt="1250443733977777" width="300" height="225" /></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-100" title="inspiration,messages,poster,quote,quotes,text-4aa5ae2f98f6638d4397cab0add4d63b_h" src="http://arnaldojavier.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/inspirationmessagesposterquotequotestext-4aa5ae2f98f6638d4397cab0add4d63b_h.jpg?w=298" alt="inspiration,messages,poster,quote,quotes,text-4aa5ae2f98f6638d4397cab0add4d63b_h" width="298" height="300" /></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#0000ff;">PALABRAS MÁS SABIAS QUE LAS MIAS</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#0000ff;">jajaja</span></strong></p>
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<link>http://webnomena.com/2009/10/22/cognitive-dissonance-post-does-social-media-made-it-hard-to-share/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:15:39 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Keren Dagan</dc:creator>
<guid>http://webnomena.com/2009/10/22/cognitive-dissonance-post-does-social-media-made-it-hard-to-share/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Mashable, Techcrunch, Gizmodo and Huffington Post posts are re-tweeted over and over again. Brian So]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://usingit.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/image2.png"><img style="display:inline;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;border:0;" title="image" src="http://usingit.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/image_thumb2.png?w=184&#038;h=206" border="0" alt="image" width="184" height="206" align="left" /></a> <a href="http://www.mashable.com" target="_blank">Mashable</a>, <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/" target="_blank">Techcrunch</a>, <a href="http://gizmodo.com/" target="_blank">Gizmodo</a> and <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/" target="_blank">Huffington Post</a> posts are re-tweeted over and over again. <a href="http://www.briansolis.com/" target="_blank">Brian Sollis</a>, <a href="http://sethgodin.typepad.com/" target="_blank">Seth Godin</a> and a couple more bloggers’ posts are all over Twitter and other social media channels. Even traditional news and media publishers now have vast social media presence.  I can only praise the great quality of these bloggers, thinkers, thoughts leaders, reporters and analytical brains. I have one small observation: <strong>lately, social media and twitter in particular, are making it actually hard for me to share yours!</strong></p>
<h3>Few observation:</h3>
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<li>It is hard for me to share links from the sources mentioned above. When I see it, the link is already shared so many times, and across so many social media outlets, that there is no point for me to share it again. It seems as if these blog posts are everywhere almost as soon as they come out.</li>
<li>It is getting hard to find the second and third tier of bloggers. Maybe here lies the new potential for services like blog and twitter search engines. Give me the option to exclude the top 10, 100, 1000 most known/shared blogs.</li>
<li>This is why I don’t like Digg but I do like StumbleUpon!</li>
<li><strong>I like to get to know some bloggers from </strong><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">the new long tail</span> – the bloggers from the old one seems to move up to the bell area and joined the mass media.</strong></li>
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<p>The irony is that sharing is one of the Social Media corner stones.</p>
<blockquote><p><strong>Cognitive dissonance</strong> (from Wikipedia) &#8211; is a psychological term describing the uncomfortable tension that may result from having two conflicting thoughts at the same time, or from engaging in behavior that conflicts with one&#8217;s beliefs, or from experiencing apparently conflicting phenomena.</p></blockquote>
<p>Do you share more or less lately? How do you find more interesting bloggers?</p>
<p>picture credit <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oddsock/">oddsock</a></p>
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<link>http://alexandrastoian.wordpress.com/2009/10/21/i-love-ted/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:29:29 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>alexandrastoian</dc:creator>
<guid>http://alexandrastoian.wordpress.com/2009/10/21/i-love-ted/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/rory_sutherland_life_lessons_from_an_ad_man.html]]></description>
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<link>http://yoursearchassistant.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/a-comprehensive-guide-to-stumbleupon-how-to-build-massive-traffic-to-your-website/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:08:33 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>C. A. Kobu</dc:creator>
<guid>http://yoursearchassistant.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/a-comprehensive-guide-to-stumbleupon-how-to-build-massive-traffic-to-your-website/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[http://www.doshdosh.com/a-comprehensive-guide-to-stumbleupon-how-to-build-massive-traffic-to-your-we]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://www.doshdosh.com/a-comprehensive-guide-to-stumbleupon-how-to-build-massive-traffic-to-your-website-and-monetize-it/" target="_blank">http://www.doshdosh.com/a-comprehensive-guide-to-stumbleupon-how-to-build-massive-traffic-to-your-website-and-monetize-it/</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Can I Really Put This In The Dishwasher? - 65]]></title>
<link>http://theweedfeed.wordpress.com/2009/10/18/can-i-really-put-this-in-the-dishwasher-65/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:35:56 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>theweedfeed</dc:creator>
<guid>http://theweedfeed.wordpress.com/2009/10/18/can-i-really-put-this-in-the-dishwasher-65/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I don’t usually web surf that much, so I cant really give you an accurate rating for this site, beca]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-544" title="dishwasher" src="http://theweedfeed.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/dishwasher.jpg?w=150" alt="dishwasher" width="150" height="150" /></p>
<p>I don’t usually web surf that much, so I cant really give you an accurate rating for this site, because I don’t know what it is in comparison to other websites; so, if any of you veteran stumbleuponers can give me a more accurate rating, I’ll be really happy with you.</p>
<p>Anyway, I was checking my email one day and a link to this website showed upon on the website’s homepage. It said “Throw These Boots In Your Dishwasher.” So naturally I had to click on it. But before I did I read the blurb that accompanied the headline and photo. It ended with ‘Plus, it can cook!’ If I weren’t already convinced that I had to go to that site, this would have definitely convinced me. So I clicked on it, and went to the site and it’s just a list of crazy shit that you can wash in your dishwasher and some shit that you can’t put in your dishwasher. That’s how thorough these guys are, they predicted possible misperceptions that you could have about the article, and decided to pre-empt the seven most probable misperceptions. That’s how thorough these guys are. About shit you can put in your dishwasher. These guys are more thorough about accurately reporting what you can put in your dishwasher than all the major news networks are about fact-checking healthcare. The dishwasher people are the more dedicated reporters in the United States. That itself is hilarious. Plus, you can cook salmon in the dishwasher now. That basically means that if you had a giant thanksgiving dinner and it’s like, huge, and you don’t have any more silverware left, you can just cook salmon while cleaning your plates. If you think about it, there’s nothing really that significant about that, it’s just a funny concept.</p>
<p>Anyway, I hope all of you will realize exactly how versatile your dishwasher is after reading this article.</p>
<p>http://www.realsimple.com/home-organizing/cleaning/kitchen/you-can-put-that-in-the-dishwasher-00000000022437/?xid=yahoobuzz-rs-101709&#38;xid=yahoo</p>
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<link>http://blog.travelpod.com/2009/10/13/stumble-and-facebook-your-photos-and-videos/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:01:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>starlagurl</dc:creator>
<guid>http://blog.travelpod.com/2009/10/13/stumble-and-facebook-your-photos-and-videos/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In case you haven&#8217;t noticed yet, there are new buttons on all the photo and video pages. Use t]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>In case you haven&#8217;t noticed yet, there are new buttons on all the photo and video pages.</p>
<div id="attachment_3265" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 460px"><a href="http://www.travelpod.com/travel-photo/starlagurl/33/1252944572/welcome-to-iqaluit.jpg/tpod.html"><img class="size-full wp-image-3265" title="stumble" src="http://travelpod.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/stumble1.jpg" alt="Use the StumbleUpon and Facebook buttons to share photos and videos" width="450" height="273" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Use the StumbleUpon and Facebook buttons to share photos and videos</p></div>
<p>We&#8217;re trying something out for a bit. If you click those buttons you can review the photo/video for StumbleUpon or post it to your Facebook wall.</p>
<h2 style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://www.travelpod.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=33231">Let us know how you like it</a></h2>
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<title><![CDATA[Stumbleupon and suddenly, Advil is no longer so attractive]]></title>
<link>http://thelamblog.wordpress.com/2009/10/13/stumbleupon-and-suddenly-advil-is-no-longer-so-attractive/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:13:27 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>thelamblog</dc:creator>
<guid>http://thelamblog.wordpress.com/2009/10/13/stumbleupon-and-suddenly-advil-is-no-longer-so-attractive/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Before I really get to say anything I just want to mention this morning I accidentally crushed an Ad]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Journal Post:  Social Media Overload]]></title>
<link>http://findinggirlfriday.wordpress.com/2009/10/10/journal-post-social-media-overload/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 12:30:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dawn Dickson</dc:creator>
<guid>http://findinggirlfriday.wordpress.com/2009/10/10/journal-post-social-media-overload/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[By Dawn Dickson Van Ness Share this Post Digg Twitter Stumbleupon delicious Facebook MySpace Google ]]></description>
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<h3 style="font-size:18px;font-weight:normal;font:normal normal bold 1.5em/normal tahoma, arial, sans-serif;color:#808080;margin:0 0 8px;padding:0;">Share this Post</h3>
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<p>I hardly know where to start, and that is the point.</p>
<p>With so many choices and so many &#8220;brands&#8221; engaging audiences with social media, and so many people already with a feed of some sort, whether it is their Facebook friends&#8217; status updates, the breaking news, a new product line, or all of the above.</p>
<p>Everything has a fan page and a group from Starbucks, to CNN, to Walmart and Harley Davidson!</p>
<p>Additionally, if you are a budding journo or writer of any kind, there is the all the advice:  how to engage your target audience, how to have a web presence, how to make a strategic social media plan for your small business, and why you can&#8217;t survive without online social media.</p>
<p>Does anyone else feel we are in a fun house of mirrors when newspapers and magazines have blogs with sharing features? Because, writers, we are there.</p>
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<p>It just appears ridiculous that newspapers and magazines, which have official online pages with all sorts of sharing and commenting features already, now have blogs about the publication that can be shared and commented on too!</p>
<p>But then <em>everyone</em> is doing it.</p>
<p>And because <em>everyone</em> is doing it my nature is <em>not</em> chomping at the bit, but pulling at the reigns with rebellion.</p>
<h4>WHAT I DON&#8217;T LIKE ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA NOW</h4>
<h3><span style="color:#339966;">It has become so easy to share . . . </span></h3>
<p>It has become so easy to share that sharing has become the equivalent of the forward&#8211;the email that your contact sent to everyone in their contact list because Naked Santa Dancing was so funny or because they wanted to remind you that they love you with hearts and think of you even if they never actually write one personal email in over a year.</p>
<p>May you offenders of friendship hang your heads in shame!</p>
<p>Some of my contacts are so indiscriminate that I have used a filter in order to <em>not</em> see what they wanted to share.</p>
<h3><span style="color:#339966;"><span style="font-size:large;">It is not easy enough to share&#8230;</span></span></h3>
<p><span style="color:#339966;"><span style="font-size:large;"><span style="color:#000000;">It is not easy enough to share across different social media.  I have some journo friends on Facebook and some on Twitter, so when I want to share an article or witticism, in the past I had to post and repost (which I didn&#8217;t most times). </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#339966;"><span style="font-size:large;"><span style="color:#000000;">Now some sharing is resolved with TweetDeck which enables me to have multiple accounts which have different focuses . . . or is that foci? </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-size:small;">With the multiple accounts, friends, families and contacts can subscribe (or better yet in some cases, not subscribe) to my feed and I can be more judicious about what I share to who.</span></span></p>
<h2><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="color:#008080;">Sharing Effectively takes a degree of organization . . .</span></span></h2>
<p><span style="font-size:xx-small;">Sharing effectively takes a certain degree of organization, and generally, the general public is already struggling with organization in their everyday lives, myself included. </span></p>
<p>I&#8217;ve made it an objective or a task to organize my sharing and to be judicious, but to expect if from others is unreasonable.</p>
<p>More explicitly, to expect organization, focus, and judicious sharing from your fast living, highly stressed, multi-tasking audience who have lives to maintain, is unreasonable.</p>
<h3><span style="color:#339966;">Because of the assault instigated by social media provocateurs, mega brands, and the stupid . . .</span></h3>
<p>Because of the assault instigated by social media provocateurs, mega brands, and the stupid, we now live in a society where competing for attention has gotten to such a level as to be a constant drone.</p>
<p>And because of the spam campaigns waged with social media and the hype campaigns proliferated by those who would sell that strategy, the audience, myself included, is becoming more distant even though social media is in the palm of our hands.</p>
<p>So we have 1. too many options, 2. too many options that do not cross communicate, and 3. an inattentive audience created by mass marketing.</p>
<h2><span style="color:#800000;">So what is to be done . . .</span></h2>
<p>I&#8217;ve decided that . . .</p>
<ul>
<li>Slow and steady will win the race.</li>
<li>A real connection to a niche group is more work but more satisfying and effective.</li>
<li>I want to create awareness with my OSM, be sought out, and be tuned into, therefor, no spam.</li>
<li>Hope that TweetDeck will inspire more collaboration between OSM networks.</li>
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<link>http://arnaldojavier.wordpress.com/2009/10/09/random-pictures/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 06:13:49 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>arnaldojavier</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[He encontrado uno de los mejores sites del mundo. Se llama Stumble Upon. Es como un toolbar que le i]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><span style="color:#0000ff;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">He encontrado uno de los mejores sites del mundo. Se llama<a href="http://stumbleupon.com"><span style="color:#00ff00;"> </span></a></span><span style="color:#0000ff;"><span style="color:#00ff00;"><strong><a href="http://stumbleupon.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:#00ff00;">Stumble Upon.</span> </a></strong></span></span><span style="color:#0000ff;">Es como un toolbar que le instalas a tu computadora y tiene un botóncito que dice stumble y te lleva a páginas diferentes en internet. Gracias a esto he encontrado tantas cosas extrañas, divertidas o curiosas que queria compartirlas. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#0000ff;"><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="color:#ff00ff;">Imagenes:</span></span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#0000ff;"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-42" title="If you are sleepless" src="http://arnaldojavier.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/17march2008.jpg" alt="If you are sleepless" width="500" height="653" /></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#0000ff;"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-43" title="All about the hat" src="http://arnaldojavier.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/hitchap.jpg" alt="All about the hat" width="510" height="349" /></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#0000ff;"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-45" title="urban forest" src="http://arnaldojavier.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/zoom.gif" alt="urban forest" width="510" height="543" /></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#0000ff;">BTW, no tomo crédito por ninguna de las imágenes que estoy poniendo aquí! Se que alguien las hizo aunque no tengo ni idea de quien! jajaja</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#0000ff;"><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Sites:</span></span></strong></span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="color:#0000ff;"><a href="http://anaface.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#00ff00;">Anaface</span></a><span style="color:#0000ff;"> &#8211; este site toma una foto tuya y analiza tu belleza o como ellos le llaman un &#8220;Facial Beauty Analysis&#8221;. Yo saqué 9.03 jaja</span></span></li>
</ul>
<div id="attachment_46" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 520px"><span style="color:#0000ff;"><img class="size-full wp-image-46" title="FBA" src="http://arnaldojavier.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/fba.png" alt="Facial Beauty Analysis for Arnaldo" width="510" height="389" /></span><p class="wp-caption-text">Facial Beauty Analysis for Arnaldo</p></div>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.leekspin.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#00ff00;">leekspin.com</span></a><span style="color:#0000ff;"><span style="color:#00ff00;"> </span>- Este site habla por si mismo! jaja</span></li>
<li><a href="http://www.questfortherest.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#00ff00;">Quest for the rest</span></a><span style="color:#0000ff;"> &#8211; En este site lo que hay es como un jueguito eterno clickando en diferentes puntos de la imagen. Toma un tiempito pero es bien divertido. </span></li>
</ul>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="color:#ff6600;">Otras cosas:</span></span></strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.toxel.com/tech/2009/04/18/innovative-two-way-doors-by-venetian-celegon/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#00ff00;">Diseño</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://bohemian8bit.ytmnd.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#00ff00;">Nintendo style Bohemian Rhapsody!</span></a><span style="color:#0000ff;"> (Btw, amo esta canción. Queen ROCKS!)</span></li>
<li><a href="http://illusion.scene360.com/art/1281/paper-made-typography/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#00ff00;">Tipografias con papel</span></a><span style="color:#0000ff;"><span style="color:#00ff00;"> </span>- Preeeetty!</span></li>
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<p><span style="color:#0000ff;">Poco a poco seguiré encontrando cosas raras o curiosas por ahí y las pondre. Ta-Ta!</span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Good News About Your Strong-Willed Child: Firm Foundation. Don't Rescue. Get A Life. (10/10)]]></title>
<link>http://azoptimist.wordpress.com/2009/11/15/good-news-about-your-strong-willed-child-firm-foundation-dont-rescue-get-a-life-1010/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:23:56 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Arizona&#39;s Optimist</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s natural for parents to become overly involved in their children.  Family is important; ho]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:justify;"><em>It&#8217;s natural for parents to become overly involved in their children.  Family is important; however, when parents look for their identity needs to be met in their children &#8211; meaning, purpose, challenge, and joy &#8211; family friction and codependency take over healthy family dynamics. </em> (<a href="http://www.amazon.ca/Good-News-about-Strong-Willed-Child/dp/0310486114">Dr. Randy Reynolds</a>, Child Psychologist)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">In other words, parents, don&#8217;t live through your child.  Get a life.  Work on issues, challenges, dreams, goals . . . Hmm . . . Much easier said than done. </p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Taking risks, changing, (possible) failure . . . they CAN be scary.  It&#8217;s easier to blame someone else (e.g., a strong-willed child) for life&#8217;s difficulties than own up to our deficiencies.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">But life&#8217;s lessons we choose to ignore will resurface until we learn.  Do we learn them now, later, or never?</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Healthy parents, healthy kids &#8212; happiness!</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/a_yW3152Ffc&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/a_yW3152Ffc&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">I want to LIVE my life; my goals.  I want my family, too!  Gonna get &#8216;em all! </p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">CHARGE!!!  <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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