Comments on: Evaluating Information http://www.earnestparenting.com/2008/01/21/evaluating-information/ Successes, failures, and a few funny stories about parenting. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:39:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Amy http://www.earnestparenting.com/2008/01/21/evaluating-information/#comment-645 Amy Thu, 24 Jan 2008 03:39:23 +0000 http://www.earnestparenting.com/2008/01/21/evaluating-information/#comment-645 Karen! A new piece of trivia for me. :) Thanks!! I hadn't heard that one before so I looked it up. Wikipedia says the phrase is associated with the mercury used in hat-making, but it was in use prior to the time that hat-making was an established industry so the origins are not clear. Thanks for mentioning it. :) I like learning new things. Karen! A new piece of trivia for me. :) Thanks!! I hadn’t heard that one before so I looked it up. Wikipedia says the phrase is associated with the mercury used in hat-making, but it was in use prior to the time that hat-making was an established industry so the origins are not clear. Thanks for mentioning it. :) I like learning new things.

]]> By: Karen (Karooch from Scraps of Mind) http://www.earnestparenting.com/2008/01/21/evaluating-information/#comment-643 Karen (Karooch from Scraps of Mind) Thu, 24 Jan 2008 01:58:20 +0000 http://www.earnestparenting.com/2008/01/21/evaluating-information/#comment-643 Another great Stumbleworthy post Amy. And wasn't the term 'mad as a hatter' coined because of the use of mercury in making mens' hatbands in the 19th Century? Another great Stumbleworthy post Amy.

And wasn’t the term ‘mad as a hatter’ coined because of the use of mercury in making mens’ hatbands in the 19th Century?

]]> By: Amy http://www.earnestparenting.com/2008/01/21/evaluating-information/#comment-641 Amy Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:54:00 +0000 http://www.earnestparenting.com/2008/01/21/evaluating-information/#comment-641 Oh my goodness, I STILL remember exactly where I was sitting when I read that book! It so rocked my world. What did your kids think of it? Oh my goodness, I STILL remember exactly where I was sitting when I read that book! It so rocked my world. What did your kids think of it?

]]> By: On Living By Learning http://www.earnestparenting.com/2008/01/21/evaluating-information/#comment-639 On Living By Learning Wed, 23 Jan 2008 14:28:18 +0000 http://www.earnestparenting.com/2008/01/21/evaluating-information/#comment-639 On a recent road trip, my kids and I listened to The Animal Farm audiobook. Long ago, Orwell wrote a fairy tale that points out why it's important to question authority. Thank you for a post that suggests practical ways to pose those questions. On a recent road trip, my kids and I listened to The Animal Farm audiobook. Long ago, Orwell wrote a fairy tale that points out why it’s important to question authority.

Thank you for a post that suggests practical ways to pose those questions.

]]> By: Amy http://www.earnestparenting.com/2008/01/21/evaluating-information/#comment-622 Amy Mon, 21 Jan 2008 20:11:50 +0000 http://www.earnestparenting.com/2008/01/21/evaluating-information/#comment-622 Woot! Got the colors fixed and with only 5 questions sent to Hubby...uhhhhh, I mean technical support. Woot! Got the colors fixed and with only 5 questions sent to Hubby…uhhhhh, I mean technical support.

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