that can't seem to get all of his home improvement projects done. Those "flip this House" shows and DIY's and stuff are killing me. The more I see them , the more inadequate I feel. I feel as though there isn't enough time in the day to be radio guy, website administrator, husband, Dad and home improvement guy. Now I must admit, I have a lot of projects I want to do , and I am also doing a website makeover, editing numerous video projects on my computer, playing guitar and recording it in my computer, watching hours of American Idol each week, trying to get caught up with LOST, watching hockey games, playing with the kids . . . and then there are the daily household stuff things. I need another person to be me for a while every day. Is it just ME?

Glo found this website while doing a story about video games that reviews the games and tells you the breakdown on what other parents think to the language that is in the game as well as what is appropriate for what age. Get the full breakdown at www.whattheyplay.com

J-LOVE HEWITT GIVES US 10 THINGS YOU DON`T KNOW ABOUT WOMEN...

The star of The Ghost Whisperer on being lied to and nine other things you don't know about women.
1. PMS is not a lame excuse to be able to yell at you. It's a great excuse.
2. We really can pump our own gas. It's just that we've got this fantasy of you as a '30s-era full-service station attendant.
You'd look so cute in the hat.
3. We're not complimented when you call your ex a (insert bad word here). She dated you, too. So what are we?
4. We're smart enough to know that smell is always the dog.
5. Yes, we can dish it out.
6. No, we can't take it.
7. We want to raise children. We just don't want you to be one of them.
8. Women are meant to talk and men to listen. We don't want to be fixed we want to be heard.
9. When we ask if you've had any work done, it's because we want to know what our kids will really look like.
10. When we ask you how we look, it's okay to lie when we ask you how she looks, you better lie.

from Esquire.com

Learn how to read people's thoughts by their eye movements


The eyes have this habit of positioning themselves according to the thoughts that are in your head, and other people can often understand what you are thinking about just by watching your eyes.


~~ Eye contact.

Consistent eye contact is a sign that the person is interested in the conversation.


~~ Prolonged eye contact can mean that the person is trying to intimidate and/or may not trust you.


~~ Brief eye contact indicates that the person is anxious and/or not interested in the conversation. While a total lack of eye contact shows great disinterest in the conversation.


~~ Eyes looking straight up.

Rolling the eyes upward is a gesture that often indicates contempt, sarcasm, boredom, or annoyance. If someone is rolling their eyes at you it is not a good sign. Sometimes people look straight upward when they are referring to a god, but in most cases it is meant to be condescending.


~~ Eyes to the Upper Right.

Someone who you see looking up-right (up-left from a 1st person point of view) is visualizing a remembered image. Ask someone to tell you the color of their car or describe what someone looks like and they should look up-right.


~~ Eyes to the Upper Left.

When you see someones eyes move quickly up-left (1st person top-right) they are constructing images in their head. A person looking up-left is using their imagination to put a picture together in their mind. Ask a person to imagine a large blue house filled with marbles and they should look up and to the left.


~~ Eyes to the Right.

When someone moves their eyes to the right (1st person left) they are recalling sounds from their memory. Ask someone to remember the melody to a song or to remember the sound of their alarm clock and they will look to their right.


~~ Eyes Left.

People construct sounds when they look to the left (1st person right). When someone imagines new sounds like an unheard voice, or puts together a new melody they look to the left. Ask someone to imagine the sound of a car horn underwater and they should look to the left.


~~ Eyes Down and Right.

A person looking down-right has internal dialog going on in their head. They may talking to themselves, reciting a conversation, or thinking about what they are going to say. Ask someone how their last conversation went and you will see them looking down-right.


~~ Eyes Down and Left.

If a person looks down-left they are thinking about how something makes them feel. If they are visibly happy then they may be thinking about the happiness that they feel. Ask a person how they feel on their birthday and they should look down-left before they describe it to you.


~~ Eyes Straight Downward.

A person looking straight downward is showing that they are submissive and uncomfortable. People will often look downward when they are shy and do not wish to have a conversation. Moving the eyes straight downward is often a sign of shame or embarrassment. In some Asian cultures it is customary to look downward and not make eye contact when talking to someone.


~~ Some People Are Switched Between Left and Right.


The majority of people follow these basic patterns just as most people are right-handed. However there are people who are “lefties” and with these people the left and right are reversed. So these people will look up-left when recalling visual information and down-right when thinking about emotions.


ALSO-- How To Tell If Someone Is Lying

Talk to the person, and watch how their eyes move. This will resolve the left-right reversal issue and give you a pretty good baseline for how they will behave in the future.


Simple questions are also good. “What color is your car?” is great because their eyes should almost always move up-right and it can also be easily verified. Now that we have a baseline we can tell when they are lying.


The surest sign that someone is lying is when the behavior of their eyes changes from when they are telling the truth.


For instance your friend may look right when telling you about what he remembered in class and constantly look up-right when telling you about his last vacation. However, when he tells you about the hot girl that he met the other day his eyes move up-left. You can conclude that he’s lying about the girl.


There are also a lot of people that have trained themselves to maintain eye contact while they are lying. They have learned to do this because a lot of people actually believe these liars when they maintain this eye contact. (How could I lie to you while looking you in the eyes?)


For instance, your friend always looks up-right while telling you about facts and he now looks up-right while telling you about his job. So you ask him how much money he makes and he tells you this outrageous amount while looking you right in the eyes. You can conclude he is telling a lie.

Forgive me for this rant, or not . . but what has happened that some people can't take responsibility for their actions. You screw up, you apologize, make it good, whatever. I was driving the station van today and I was at a red light, the light turned green and I ventured off into the intersection. A man coming the other way in the turn lane decided that he wasn't going to stop despite the fact that he no longer had a turn light. I was forced to stop while he continued on across my path while he flipped me off! Because I got in his unlawful way, somehow I was in the wrong. I would've been fine if he waved at me approvingly for stopping in the middle of the intersection to let him through, but his menacing look accompanied by a flip of the middle digit was too much. How much in a hurry do we always have to be that red lights mean - go faster! I know everyone is rush rush with too much on their plates, but there was one car behind me. 10 second wait tops.

Can't we all just slow down enough not to run reds or as my daughter Grace believes "speed up at yellows." Because that's what she sees everyone doing. We are firm believers that your children learn from your actions, as witnessed by my oldest Nick who has become a parrot of me. If I get ticked off at drivers, he says the same things from the back seat and starts complaining about other drivers before I can even say anything. I have to learn to bite my lip. But at least he doesn't witness me running reds or doing illegal maneuvers. I have to be real careful as he is a mental sponge, and he can't wait to drive. We are parents and lets not forget that they emulate us, and look up to us for guidance.

The number one step I have on my desk from the " A 12 step program for growing great kids" is . . .set the example, 2 is be a parent.

We got this info in about lead in toys, and water bottles with high levels of the chemical bisphenol A. Read the links and the story below.



http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/story/4090307p-4688442c.htm

From time to time people tell me "lighten up, it's just a dog," or "that's a lot of money for just a dog."

They don't understand the distance travelled, the time spent of the costs involved for "just a dog."

Some of my proudest moments have come about with"just a dog."

Many hours have passed and my only company was "just a dog," but not once did he feel slighted.

Some of my saddest moments have been brought about by "just a dog."

And in those days of darkness, the gentle touch of "just a dog" gave me comfort and reason to overcome the day.

If you too think it's "just a dog" then you will probably understand phrases like "just a sunrise" or "just a promise."

"Just a dog" brings out the compassion and patience that makes me a better person.  Because of "just a dog," I will rise early, take long walks and look longingly to the future.

So for me and folks like me it's not "just a dog" but an embdodiment of all the hopes and dreams of the future, the fond memories of the past and the pure joy of the moment.

"Just a dog" brings out what's good in me and diverts my thoughts away from myself and the worries of the day.

I hope that someday they can understand that it's not "just a dog" but the thing that gives me humanity and keeps me from being "just a man or woman."

So the next time you hear the phrase "just a dog,"  just smile, because they don't understand.

Sent to us by one of our most faithful listeners Gordon, a lover of much more than "just a dog."  Her name is Dolly.

I am hereby officially tendering my resignation as an adult. I have decided I would like to accept the responsibilities of a 5 year old again.

I want to go to McDonald's and think that it is a four star restaurant.
I want to sail sticks across a fresh mud puddle and make ripples in a pond with rocks.
I want to think M&M's are better than money because you can eat them.
I want to lie under a big oak tree and watch the ants march up its trunk.
I want to run a lemonade stand with my friends on a hot summer's day.
I want to go fishing and care more about catching the minnows along the shore than the big bass in the lake.
I want to think the world is fair.
I want to return to a time when life was simple. When all I knew about were colors, multiplication tables, and nursery rhymes. When I didn't know what I know now. When all I knew was to be happy because I was blissfully unaware of all the things that should make me worried.
I want to think that a quarter is worth more than a dollar bill because it is prettier and weighs more.
I want to think that everyone is honest and good. I want to believe that anything is possible.
I want to be oblivious to the complexities of life and be overly excited by the little things in life again.
I want to believe in the power of smiles, hugs, a kind word, truth, dreams, the imagination, the Tooth Fairy, a kiss that makes a boo-boo go away, making angels in the snow, and that my dad is the strongest person in the world.

So here's my checkbook and my car keys, my credit cards and the bills, my 401K statements, my stocks and bonds, my insurance premiums, my job, my house and the payments, my email address, cell phone, computer, and watch. I am officially resigning from adulthood. And if you want to discuss this with me further, you'll have to catch me, because -- tag! You're it!

ABUSIVE BOSSES!

Employers with abusive managers and supervisors, take note: new research shows employees working under them often rebel quietly and indirectly by slacking off on the job and handing in sloppy work. Researchers at Florida State University surveyed more than 180 employees from a wide variety of professions, asking whether they had endured a history of abuse from their bosses, then asking a slew of workplace performance questions. Employees with difficult bosses checked out in the following ways:

• 30 percent slowed down or purposely made errors, compared with 6 percent of those not reporting abuse.
• 27 percent purposely hid from the boss, compared with 4 percent of those not abused.
• 33 percent confessed to not putting in maximum effort, compared with 9 percent of those not abused.
• 29 percent took sick time off even when not ill, compared with 4 percent of those not abused.
• 25 percent took more or longer breaks, compared with 7 percent of those not abused.

... Employees who did not have a belligerent boss were three times more likely to proactively fix problems and approach their supervisors with ideas to help the company, according to the new study.

... Employees say that abuse from bosses includes put-downs in front of others, ignored emails and other correspondence and being berated.

Other finding from the study:

• 31 percent reported their supervisor gave them the "silent treatment" in the past year.
• 37 percent reported their supervisor failed to give credit when due.
• 39 percent noted their supervisor failed to keep promises.
• 27 percent noted their supervisor made negative comments about them to other employees or managers.
• 24 percent reported their supervisor invaded their privacy.
• 23 percent indicated their supervisor blamed others to cover up mistakes or to minimize embarrassment.

8 SIGNS ITS TIME TO QUIT