Coming off her award for

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a supporting role at the Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, Reese Witherspoon got an Oscar nomination for best actress today for "Walk The Line".

The Michigan Wolverines'

men's basketball team is ranked for the first time since 1998 and last week beat two ranked teams in a row for the first time since 1994. They are tied for first place in the Big Ten.

Back On The Winning Track

The Florida Gators' Men's Basketball team got back on the winning track yesterday beating Vanderbilt 81-58 snapping a two game losing streak.

Doug Flutie Jr Foundation

The Doug Flutie Jr foundation for Autism's mission is to aid financially disadvantaged families who need assistance in caring for their children with autism; to fund education and research into the causes and consequences of childhood autism; and to serve as a clearinghouse and communications center for new programs and services developed for individuals with autism.

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The Michigan Wolverines beat Michigan State in basketball yesterday. BIG WIN! BIG, BIG WIN!

Today I'd like to tell you about the

John Lynch Foundation. It was started by John Lynch of the NFL. The John Lynch Foundation is committed developing leaders by encouraging dreams, by providing programs that assist and motivate and by recognizing achievement and excellence.

Patricia Neal quote

When you call upon a thoroughbred,
he gives you all the speed, strength
of heart and sinew in him.
When you call on a jackass, he kicks...

Jake Plummer

is a QB for the Denver Broncos and they play today in the AFC championship game today for the right to be in the Super Bowl. He started the Jake Plummer Foundation comitted to helping sick and abused children and raising awareness of Alzheimers Disease and it's affects.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE GREATEST ACTRESS OF ALL TIME!

Patricia Neal turns 80 today. She was the star of such films as "The Day The Earth Stood Still", "A Face In The Crowd", "Breakfast At Tiffany's", "Hud", and "The Subject Was Roses". She won a Best Actress Oscar for her role as Alma in "Hud".

Reese Witherspoon

Congratulations to Reese Witherspoon for her Golden Globe award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy. She won for her portrayal of June Carter Cash in the movie "Walk the Line".

Parenting With Dignity

The Parenting With Dignity® program is a parent - education organization. Their existence is built around teaching the concepts presented in their video course, "Parenting with Dignity" - as outlined in this website. Drew Bledsoe of the NFL hepled start this one.

Children Learn What They Live

If a child lives with criticism, He learns to condemn.

If a child lives with hostility, He learns to fight.

If a child lives with ridicule, He learns to be shy.

If a child lives with shame, He learns to feel guilty.

If a child lives with tolerance, He learns to be patient.

If a child lives with encouragement, He learns confidence.

If a child lives with praise, He learns to appreciate.

If a child lives with fairness, He learns justice.

If a child lives with security, He learns to have faith.

If a child lives with approval, He learns to like himself.

If a child lives with acceptance and friendship, He learns to find love in the world.

-Author Uknown

Paula Zahn Now

is a very good show on CNN in the evenings. Check it out, it's one of the best news shows on television.

First Things First Foundation

I want to encourage you to check out this charity. It was founded by Kurt Warner of the NFL's Arizona Cardinals.

The Florida Gator Women's Basketball Team

beat Alabama 59-44 in the "5,000 Ways To Beat Cancer" game Thursday.

Congratulations to the Texas Longhorns

They won the MNC, beating the USC Trojans 41-38 in the Rose Bowl.

Oh, God, Make Me A Better Parent

Oh, God, make me a better parent.
Help me to understand my children,
To listen patiently to what they have to say
And to answer all of their questions kindly.

Keep me from interrupting them,
Talking back to them and contradicting them.
Make me as courteous to them as I would have them be to me.

Give me the courage to confess my sins
Against my children and to ask of them forgiveness
When I know that I have done them wrong.

May I not vainly hurt the feelings of my children.
Forbid that I should laugh at their mistakes or
Resort to shame and ridicule as punishment.

Let me not tempt a child to lie and steal.
So guide me hour by hour that I may demonstrate
By all I say and doe that honestly produces happiness.

Reduce, I pray, the meanness in me.
May I cease to nag:
And when I am out of sorts,
Help me, O Lord, to hold my tongue.

Blind me to the little errors of my children
And help me to see the good things that they do.
Give me a ready word for honest praise.

Help to treat my children as those of their own age,
But let me not exact of them the judgments
And conventions of adults.

Allow me not to rob them of the opportunity
To wait upon themselves,
To think, to choose, and to make decisions.

Forbid that I should ever punish them for my self satisfaction.
May I grant them all of their wishes that are reasonable
And have the courage always to withhold
A privilege that I know will do them harm.

Amen

-Author Unknown

Congratulations the the Florida Gators

Their football team beat the Iowa Hawkeyes in the Outback Bowl today 31-24.

Happy New Year!