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• "LIKE" IT: Facebook Goes Public
• Posted by Opinionated MAMA • 2/2/12

Photo Martin Schoeller for Time

UPDATED February 2, 2012- Facebook goes public!  The most influencial social media network, with almost a billion users, has filed papers to become a publically traded company, and is hoping to raise $5 billion in its initial public offering.  Founder, Mark Zuckerberg will stay on as Facebook chairman and largest stock holder. 

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Originally posted December 2010

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• GROUNDHOG DAY AGAIN: Phil Says Early Spring
• Posted by Opinionated MAMA • 2/2/12

Photo AP

Punxsutwaney Phil stayed above ground and...you know what that means?  Spring will come early.  Thank goodness for those Americans living through this terrible of terrible Winters.  The groundhog forecasts a little spring in our step…so, we should be thawing out soon!

Not a second too soon for those in the Midwest and Northeast who are getting slammed by a winter storm that has shut down...

• POLITICAL BUILD-A-BEAR: Create Your Own GOP Candidate
• Posted by Deb O-MAMA • 2/1/12

The GOP field is not quite doing it for me...58% of GOP primary voters agree with me and want another candidate to enter the race?! And, I find myself imagining if I could create my very own candidate - what would he/she be like? I do like a little something-something from most of them, but none of them are the complete package.  So, want to play with me?  My ideal candidate would...

• CLEAN UNDERWEAR: Book MAMA's February Review For Kid-O's
• Posted by Book MAMA • 2/1/12

Book MAMAs review of: ALWAYS WEAR CLEAN UNDERWEAR AND OTHER WAYS PARENTS SAY ‘I LOVE YOU’, by Marc Gellman; Illustrated by Debbie Tilley

I hate to do this to you again, but in my library work wanderings doing inventory, I found this gem of a book, but I don’t think it’s going to be an easy one to track down!  Because of that, I’ve semi-summarized it below so even if you can’t find the book,...

• FEBRUARY 2012 KID-O CHANGING THE WORLD: Politi-Kid Connor Brantley
• Posted by Opinionated MAMA • 1/30/12

FEBRUARY 2012 KID-O CHANGING THE WORLD: Politi-Kid Connor Brantley

Connor Brantley is changing the world by changing the face of politics, although, he’s more likely to be using pimple cream than shaving cream on his!