Hooters & Dancing Till Dahn.

First the feel good story of the week a week early. One man's journey to find the person that saved his life:

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2009/10/more_than_60_years_after_the_r.html

Now on to a somewhat controversial subject. A man that writes a parenting blog took his wife and eleven year-old son to Hooters after the son's football game. He then wrote about the experience on his blog. He was hammered by posters. He also received support. At first I was in the "it is the wrong thing to do to take a boy that young to Hooters" camp but after reading his defense in a column in today's USA Today I am not so sure. Read the column here:

http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2009/10/column-sex-ed-and-a-trip-to-hooters-.html

Now on to Dancing With The Stars. This was without a doubt the best performance week this season. The dancing was just top notch. The judges, even Len the Grouch, were really nice. If memory serves me correctly the lowest score was twenty-one. Three stars tied for the high score. If the performance shows continue like this the audience will come back! Now on to the results show. Highlight was the tribute to Michael Jackson with the professionals dancing to Thriller using all the famous Jackson moves. Top notch entertainment. The lowlight was the elimination of Natalie. It should have been either Louie, Aaron, or Michael. I hope one of them goes next week.

I am looking forward to Top Chef tonight and maybe this is the week Robin goes. Or maybe the guy whose goat she gets the most, Michael I will go. Remember tonight it is restaurant wars.

Questions for the day. Is Hooters an appropriate place to take an eleven year-old boy? After reading the dad's reasoning, does that change your mind? And would you search for over sixty years for the person that saved you life?

TODAY'S TRIIVIA:

Yesterday's answers:

Mr. Mom, Tootsie, and Young Frankenstein. Besides all had Teri Garr in them.

General Electric Theater, Death Valley Days, and The First Patsy Awards were all hosted by Ronald Reagan.

A balloon, a cork, and a question can all be popped.

Angel, Ribbon, and Glass are all waterfalls.

Monkey wrench, mason jar, & Morse Code were all named after their inventor.

Today's Who Am I?

Born in New York in 1830 I was an attorney, politician, educator and author. I worked for for women's rights before the term feminist was not in use. I overcame many social and personal obstacles related to gender restrictions. After college, I became a teacher and principal, working to equalize pay for women in education. In 1879 I became the first woman to be allowed to perform before a legal body. I also ran for president of the United States. I started teaching by age 14 and married my first husband at age 18. My first husband died five years into our marriage, three years after our daughter was born. I was left with no money and quickly realized that I needed a better education to support my daughter and I. I graduated with with honors in 1857 and soon became the headmistress of a school. I found that whether I was teaching or working as an administrator I was paid half of what my male counterparts were. In 1866 we moved to Washington D.C., as I believed it was the center of power in the United States and would provide good opportunities to advance in the legal profession. I remarried to an older man in 1868. We had a daughter together but she died before she was two. I was refused admittance to one law school as the staff believed I would be adistraction to male students. I later was admitted to what is now e George Washington University Law School) along with several other women. I completed my studies in 1873 though the law school was unwilling to grant a diploma to a woman. Thanks to President Grant's interference I received my diploma later that year. I an anti-discrimination bill to have the same access to the bar as male colleagues. From 1874 to 1879 I lobbied Congress to pass it. It was signed into law by President Rutherford B. Hayes. It allowed all qualified women attorneys to practice in any federal court. In my later life I was a well-respected writer. I strongly believed in working for world peace co-editing a journal called The Peacemaker. I in 1917 and was buried in Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C. Among by awards is several communities were named after me, a merchant marine ship was named after me and in in the nineteen eighties I was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame. My inscription reads: "Using her knowledge of the law, she worked to secure woman suffrage, property law reforms, equal pay for equal work, and world peace. Thriving on publicity and partisanship, and encouraging other women to pursue legal careers, She helped to open the legal profession to women." Who Am I?