I am treating myself to a morning of unrepentant surfing. Here's what I've found:

Jessica Valenti writes about PTSD after the permature birth of her daughter. 

I loved the New York Times magazine article about a dog who helps a kid with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. FAS is a huge worldwide problem. Within in the US, Alaska has the most problems with FAS and has some excellent legislation to help those kids and work on education. Hmmm. Maybe I should write about that next. 

Long work hours cause depression.

The gifts of dyslexia. 

Factoid of the Day: Facebook made $3.2 billion in advertising revenue last year, 85 percent of its total revenue.

Michael Bérubé is the hero of all adjuncts. Last week, he published an essay on the MLA website with salary recommendations for adjuncts. He wrote, "…the MLA recommends minimum compensation for 2011–12 of $6,800 for a standard 3-credit-hour semester course or $4,530 for a standard 3-credit-hour quarter or trimester course. "  See more at Copy & Paste. 

Very sad about Susan Niebur, WhyMommy.