Maria Blogs

Tyler was watching some cartoon with his newest pal when he suddenly screamed “sig-ger na mami!”
Huh?
Sig-ger jan! And then, sih-ge.
Oh.
He meant “sige” (pronounced as “see-geh”), a Filipino expression which can have a wide array of meaning. Sige can mean okay, or as an expression of frustration, like when he kept throwing his cars up in [...]

Zynga has a new game on Facebook – Fishville. Do you ever notice, fishes, farms and foods seem to be major trends in game apps on FB?

Zynga has Farmville, Cafe World and now Fishville. Playfish has Restaurant City and Country Story. I guess Playfish wanted to be a little bit unique and sprouted alienesque pets [...]

Think old style black telephones.
Phenolic resins, originally known as Bakelite, was invented by Dr. Leo Baekeland in 1907, effectively the first plastic sold. Though it is not widely used in consumer products these days because of its labor intensive and brittle nature, phenolics is still widely used as an industrial component. These days, Interstate [...]

Does anyone know if Word World is on local cable? My sister mentioned having seen word world; you know, those fun gang of animals made up of letters living in word world with mr. narrator …

Tyler loves this show and it would be great to be able to record this wile we’re here if it’s [...]

I am a big supporter of the WIC Program (Women, Infant and Children Program), a federal agency which helps low income families lead healthy lives through nutrition counseling and stipend for basic nutrition needs for pregnant, new moms and children.
I was on WIC while I was pregnant and until the baby was around 15 month. [...]