May 4th, 2009
Rockford actor Steven Johnson, 18, may meet President Obama in June when Johnson receives a medallion as one of 20 students nationwide being recognized for Presidential Scholars in the Arts awards. Obama may be on hand to congratulate the scholars at the White House ceremony.
Johnson is a senior majoring in theater at the Interlochen Arts Academy, a boarding school, in Interlochen, Mich. A Rockford native, he attended Boylan Catholic High School in Rockford his first two high school years. Read more about him here in my April 6 blog post.
Johnson will perform with other scholars at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. For a complete list of the 2009 Presidental Scholars, go here.
May 4th, 2009
Man tries to stop Madonna adoption hearing
Malawi’s highest court deliberates on case amid paternity dispute over girl
Nowhere in this AP story posted at cnn.com do I read about when DNA testing will be ordered. Wouldn’t that answer this paternity question immediately?
May 4th, 2009
You know how it is when you get a tune stuck in your head.
My solution to the swine flu outbreak is to play these twists on nursery rhymes on public address systems at employers and schools nationwide, a la, Big Brother-is-watching-you style, or more aptly, Nagging-Mom/Grandma-is-watching-you style:
1) “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star”
Twinkle, twinkle little star, look how clean my two hands are,
Soap and water, wash and scrub,
Get those germs off, rub-a-dub,
Twinkle, twinkle little star,
Look how clean my two hands are.
2) (To, “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”)
Wash, wash, wash your hands
play our handy game
rub ad scrub, scrub and rub
Germs go down the drain.
(repeat)
Of course, for you brainiacs, here’s a doctor’s commentary on cnn.com that explains why washing your hands is the big answer to fighting swine and other flu viruses.
