Collecting My Thoughts

725 Today in the Obituaries. . . In the Columbus Dispatch Obituaries for January 13 a local resident "fell asleep in the Lord," ...

724 Hyphen happy editors Today's American English writing standards require far fewer commas than when I was in school. Even when I wr...

723 How to fold a shirt I haven't tried this yet, but I understand it works. How to fold a shirt .

722 Jogging my memory for exercise A reader has asked me why I don't write more blogs about our hometown. So I decided to pull out my fr...

721 Why would anyone want to be alone? He's devoted and in his face, breathing his exhaled air and ripping up dog cages like they were...

720 Stage IV Pink and Black Joanne Jacob's education blog mentions the death of Charter Schools advocate Sue Bragato who died January...

719 Advice for Democrats Dan Gerstein has a face smacking lecture for his fellow Democrats in today's Wall Street Journal . Still, h...

718 Women fall through the glass ceiling Three of the four people fired in the September "circle the wagons" CBS scandal were ...

717 So you're not a librarian? You don't have to be a librarian to enjoy Geoff's Blog Driver's Waltz , to which I've ...

716 Greetings from Iraq While posting an entry at my blog about new journals, In the Beginning , I was browsing the web page for Ohio Uni...

715 Made in Sri Lanka After tossing about $60 of groceries in the cart, and $25 of HBH (health, beauty & household) purchases, I looke...

714 NGOs worth supporting Diplomad says there are some NGOs worthy of your support. He still has nothing good to say about UN relief age...

713 Oil for Food Scandal Sunday night the report was released. And who in the media is working on Sunday night? WaPo reports quietly ...

712 Necessary Rules of Conduct for Children A photocopy of three pages of "Necessary Rules of Conduct for Children" fell out of ...

711 New book reviewer link--Deborama Deborama's book reviews is a new link I've added. Like me, Deborama actually has a number ...

710 What she loves about the South--especially Texas Ambra collects a few of the things she likes about the South at her Nykola blog . ...

709 Lawyer was surprised She was expecting a "vegetable," but instead Terri was sitting in her wheelchair, without tubes, makin...

708 Woman defies belief, but not aging A San Diego woman, Debra Scheufler, has filed a lawsuit saying she wants to make advertisers tell t...

Hand washing and physicians--the news isn't good My husband has had a cold for a week, and so far, I don't have it. Mid-week I pu...

706 Babs on Barb Babs, "Girl in Right," takes the blame and shame for Barbara Boxer in this funny post : "So I admit it....