Sick of H1N1 Notifications, School Drops Them

A midwest school district has said “we get it, kids are getting sick,” and they’re dropping notification calls to parents every time another child is diagnosed with swine flu.

The Wichita school district put out a notification (isn’t that ironic?) to parents last week that they’re calling it quits because the numbers are so high. Continue reading »

Send Your Daughter to Wife Camp - Shudder

Ah, now I know why my “hostessing skills” are off. My parents never sent me to make-over camp.

THANK GOD. Because apparently you can send your ten- to fourteen-year-old daughters to be Stepfordized, er, finished off, at a camp in Montreal this summer. Continue reading »

The Differing Shower Habits of Men and Women

Quick: Who takes longer showers, men or women?

What bugs parents the most in the bathroom?

Who changes the showerhead (it’s not magic? Just kidding …)

Water Pik, the company that brought you a little pulsating spray teeth-cleaning system that your parents bought back in the ’80s but nobody every really bothered to use, has released the results of its survey of adult bathroom habits.

“Behind the Shower Curtain” answers the above questions and many more you didn’t know you had.

First, shower length. Continue reading »