Big Sole Blog (BSB)

Nintendo is warning buyers of its new 3DS that exposure to 3D gaming could stunt eye development in children under six years old. I saw this story at CNN, where the writer says it's possible to switch off the 3D functionality. Nintendo further warns:"... everyone who plays the 3-D gaming system to take periodic breaks from the games as often as every hour or 30 minutes."It seems all visual 3D

Updated January 1, 2011: ABC News has published an article indicating Gov. Barbour may have broken transplant laws with this deal:Ethicists say suspending a prison sentence on the condition that one sister give the other a kidney is a "quid pro quo" and threatens the ethical underpinnings of living donation laws. ... Dr. William Hurlburt, a Stanford neurologist who sat on the President's Council

In this 2010 Year in Wayward Gators video, you'll see a cat take on two alligators. That would not be my cat. She runs from the sweater shaver.

CNN is reporting that R&B singer Teena Marie, known for singing with the late Rick James and also having a powerhouse voice, has died in her sleep at age 54. Her manager says she suffered a grand mal seizure earlier this year. The video below is the original recording of "Fire and Desire," her most famous duet with James and the version I bought when I was a 19 or 20 and it was new. I bought it

Coldplay's "Fix You" was playing last night in my dream, and that's probably because I heard it recently during NBC's Sing Off! finale last Monday night. The exceptionally talented Street Corner Symphony performed it with other contestants. I will buy their first CD, and I will also joyfully buy Committed's first CD. They are the group of church boys from Alabama who won the $100,000 prize and

According to CNN:The Supreme Court has again cast aside an appeal that raised doubts about President Barack Obama's U.S. citizenship, a grass-roots legal issue that has gained little legal or political footing, but continues to persist in the courts. ... The justices without comment Monday rejected a challenge from Charles Kerchner Jr., a Pennsylvania man who sought a trial in federal court

Just when I thought some Tea Party leaders could sink no lower, I learn that one of its most prominent leaders, according to the Huffington Post, is calling for the United Methodist Church to be disbanded. I take this personally since I grew up in the UMC.My grandfather and great-grandfather were UMC ministers and many of my family members are still on its rolls. In fact, I've been thinking about