Farris Hassan\’s father helped him secure visa 
Blogging Baby - Jan 02 3:04 PM
Wow, the story of Farris Hassan\’s trip into war-torn Baghdad just keeps getting weirder and weirder. After his arrival at Miami international airport Sunday his mother was not willing to answer questions. But on CNN\’s \’American Morning\’ Monday she said, \”surprised that a minor could get a ticket overseas, international and visas, but I also understand his father helped him a bit.\” His dad Save to My Web

ZimmComm blog is wired for ag 
AG Weekly - Jan 03 2:02 PM
HOLTS SUMMER ,Mo. — ZimmComm Marketing and Communications recently unveiled the first blog (Web log) exclusively focused on the agribusiness world.Save to My Web

UK: Don\’t use these excuses, they\’ve been done before 
Blogging Baby - Jan 03 8:19 AM
Filed under: Child Development , Infertility , Media The Telegraph is reporting some of t he lamest excuses parents have been known to use to take their kids on vacation during the school term . Standouts include: We bought a timeshare which can only be used during school term; He (a 12-year-old) wants to major in geography when he goes to university. So we\’re going on vacation Save to My Web

Jane Hamsher: Russert Watch: The Out-to-Lunch Bunch 
HuffingtonPost.com via Yahoo! News - Jan 01 4:07 PM
I realize that a New Year\’s day \”Year in Review\” roundtable on Meet the Press is probably devoted to bloviating by design rather than happenstance, but it would\’ve been nice if someone had managed to pick up a newspaper before the cameras started rolling.Save to My Web

\”Democratic school\” to open this year in Virginia 
Blogging Baby - Jan 03 9:49 AM
There\’s an interesting experiment going on in Palmyra, Virginia: next school season, several parents will open a new \”democratic school\”. The fledging Friendship Sudbury School will have only a handful of students at the start, but each student will have input into the school\’s curriculum, budget, and hiring decisions. This is not the first time such a school has been launched: the template Save to My Web

Naming your child? Careful… Babycenter\’s watching 
Blogging Baby - Jan 03 12:19 PM
Filed under: Child Development , Lifestyle , Media All we have to say is, Gherkin ? Ce\’Qwoia ? Buddah ? In a Myr\’Acle move, BabyCenter has chosen to post several lists of what they say are the names they\’re \”impressed\” with. All these names are real , names parents who use Babycenter have selected for their real children. Really . I know they\’re real, in fact, because my own Save to My Web