http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Charles+Crookenden Travel Charles Crookenden Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=296290&ca=Travel “We go to VIP room” instructed my companion, uttering a phrase that I would rapidly get accustomed to hearing. Over the course of the next two weeks and 28 restaurant meals, I ate in the main restaurant precisely three times. The remaining 25 meals were served “in VIP room” that had three things in... Family Concerns Charles Crookenden Sat, 31 May 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=257854&ca=Family+Concerns “Should I buy a compound or a stereo microscope for my child?” is perhaps the most frequently asked question to the staff at The Microscope Store, LLC. For those who do not have children already fascinated by dissection, blood cells and smears, the answer is almost always, “Buy a stereo microscope”.... Parenting Charles Crookenden Fri, 30 May 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=257792&ca=Parenting “Look Daddy...Wow…that’s so cool!” Parents are used to hearing such exclamations from their children when referring to video games, superheroes, cheap impulse-buy toys at the grocery store and, as they get older, clothing and hairstyles designed to cause maximum parental disapproval. The fact that o...