I first heard about Matter of Trust on NPR. Then a neighbor also shared the story of the hair booms with me as well and I thought it worth sharing here. Just because you are one person doesn’t mean that you can’t help with the oil spill. Your donations of hair and especially nylons will help Matter of Trust make hair booms that will help soak up oil from the recent spill. Your donation is a gift and you can find out more here.

Happy gifting!

Just because I didn’t get an official Sleuthing Sunday request this week, doesn’t mean I wasn’t in sleuthing mode. I generally am. Case in point: I was doing personal stuff and came across this great NPR article on the iPad. If you are considering getting the iPad as a gift (or even for yourself) it has some interesting points in it. One thing in particular I thought was worth noting – the weight of the iPad. 1.5 pounds! This is important to consider for people who might want to use this as a gaming device or as their electronic or even for someone who is elderly and maybe has arthritic hands. It isn’t a lot of weight for a little time but holding this in one hand and typing with the other…my wrists get tired even thinking about it!

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