One of the most challenging jobs as a parent is managing spring break for their children. A blessing and a curse, spring break can give your family a lifetime of fun memories and tradition or be a horror show of annoying, whining children. Here are fun ideas to save your sanity this year.
YMCA Camp – Are you a working parent? Check out the YMCA’s School Day Out programs. You don’t have to be a member to take advantage of the camp-like activities for kids, including field trips, games, arts and …

If you knew the exact date the Earth would be annihilated how would your life be different?  Now imagine having that knowledge literally from birth.  This is the position in which “Junior” finds himself in the novel Everything Matters! by Ron Currie, Jr.
This interesting book poses the philosophical question, “If the world is assured destruction, does anything really matter?”  Junior goes through his life, starting in the womb, hearing voices that inform him about events and people including the past, present and future.  He is told how his dad really lost part of …

Hold on Eastsiders, before you get your Bradley Fair-purchased panties in a bunch about this post, you should know it’s the first in a two-part “duel” between a passionate Westsider and an equally passionate Eastsider. So while we encourage you to comment away about why YOUR side of town is superior, the East side will officially get its turn tomorrow.
I was born and raised on the West Side of Wichita and I’m damn proud of it. I know Eastsiders think Westsiders are all farmers and rednecks, but it …

If you are pressed for time (and face it, who isn’t?), you may not have time to read a book a month. But if you want to keep yourself entertained and informed, there are five books you should add to your list for 2010 (if you haven’t read them already):

Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner – As someone who doesn’t like math, I think the concept behind this book and its sequel, Superfreakeconomics, is fascinating and even, dare …

When the ball drops tonight, what will you resolve to do? Losing weight and getting organized are two of the most common resolutions, but there are many more being made around the ICT. Thanks to the focus groups I have on Facebook and Twitter, several people were willing to share their resolutions with me.
Dani Stone – 1) Put myself first more often. 2) Champion VOGM (Vein of Galen Malformation), a disorder that affects my daughter, harder than I did last year. 3) Become more organized, mentally & …