#IceBucketChallenge up to $41.8 million! More than $10m in donations a single day!

http://www.alsa.org/news/media/press-releases/ice-bucket-challenge-082114.html

Considering the government spends a mere $80 million per year in research for ALS, this campaign is a HUGE win for the fight for a cure!

For those of you who believe this challenge is nonsense, consider the fact that this funding may just provide that edge in finding a cure! We can only hope!

Thank you to all who have supported the A LA Association thus far, and if you’re still on the fence about the challenge, now is the time!

Go home cat, you’re drunk! via The Huffington Post

What a way to start winding down a long night’s work! Funny stuff.

Children and their responsibilities

We just finished having one if the usual talks we’ve had many times over with our son. The talk usually consists of a consequence, followed up by making him take care of his “chores” or responsibilities.

While we had a friend living with us, we had split up a set of chores between all of the kids… pretty simply, if a floor, walkway, or seating area had anything on it that shouldn’t be there, it needed to be taken care of before anything else (like playing the Xbox).

Today, our son neglected every responsibility he has, and proceed to the Xbox just after getting dressed for school, and again when they got home about 30-minutes ago!

Perhaps pouring up a white board again with the listing of his responsibilities will help him “remember”, then again, having a “chore list” pop up when he logs in to the Xbox would be even better. Perhaps I’m on to something!

I come to wonder, what would old school parents do in this situation? … Time to call my mom and ask!