Mia Northwest's Xomblurbs

An historic second in US history! Read the linked article about the 2nd Muslim elected to US Congress.

Posted on YouTube, this video makes me and my family laugh every time. The parents of these two boys have a huge hit on their hands!

This web-site is helpful for students and for the world's hungry. Apparently, a father of a student who did not do well on the vocabulary part of his SATs created this site to help his son study. Taking it a step further, he has sponsors for the game donating 20 grains of rice for every word a player gets correct. The rice is distributed via the UN World Food Program.

My kids and I play this game every day to see who can reach 1,000 grains of rice first. We are enriching our vocabulary while being involved in a program that is bigger than just us.

Thanks to the person who created freerice.com. I hope it becomes a world-wide success and it makes me think that I could do more in this world to help people.

I finally found a decent recipe for Harissa, a hot chili paste that is used in almost every food in Tunisia. It's used there just as we use tomato paste in the USA. Just a dab on my pinkie finger makes my eyes cry and mouth burn. Harissa is not for the faint-hearted! Good luck and bon appetit.

After 40 years in storage, the Isaiah manuscript will be on display for the public in Jerusalem.

Just when I thought I would be getting my stimulus check tomorrow, now it looks like it will be here in July. The error stems from not checking a box on your return or in the correct spot on an electronic return. Another coupon-clipping weekend coming up! Sigh....

Absolutely one of my favorite heroes. You can't help but feel inspired from this video from Youtube.

I'm such a huge DC fan...check out the awesome movie preview for The Dark Knight due out on July 18th.

Marvel Comics will release The Incredible Hulk movie on June 18th. Starring Edward Norton, Liv Tyler and William Hurt, this movie will be released a month before DC Comics' The Dark Knight to try to get a jump on the summer blockbuster movie revenue. Enjoy!

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull will be released on May 22nd. This is gearing up to be a great summer for blockbusters!