Collecting My Thoughts

1379 The neutrality of this article is disputed Well, I should hope so! If it were any more biased in choice of words [invasion, officiall...

1378 Internet access and schools You probably saw the photo story two days ago about the "riot" in Richmond VA as 5,500 people ...

1377 Gas prices My husband sold another painting--now we can buy gas to get home. What's it in your area? We paid $2.45 a gallon to...

1376 I'm good Nathan Bierma in the Tribune writes about the expression, "I'm good." "If you want to download Googl...

1375 Daughters of women Vox Lauri noted this OSU study about daughters of women who shack up are more likely to follow mommy's model. ...

1374 Good news from the back seat In 1996 federal auto safety officials recommended that all children younger than 13 be seated in the ba...

1373 Corn on the Cob tip Susan and Jim were surprised two weeks ago to learn my husband hates corn on the cob, therefore I only serve it ...

1372 A Working Poet and Realer Art Ted Kooser, as I’ve noted before , is the current poet laureate of the United States. Brad Leithauser...

1371 We've been Gorelicked "[Jamie] Gorelick sat on the [9-11] Commission and said nothing about the second White memo [D o J]....

1370 Berger Beer Big crime spree in Tiffin, Ohio--young kid imitates Sandy Berger and gets 30 days. It seems that 19 year old Daniel Aie...

1369 Eighteenth Century Politics As I mentioned before, I'm dragging the 800+ page Alexander Hamilton down to the lakefront and the h...

1368 I'm an ecological disaster And so are you. Recently I took one of those internet quizes about consuming resources, and it turns ...

1367 Apologies for World War II The Chinese demanding apologies from Japan for deaths and torture during WWII strikes me as a bit odd. No...

1366 My collection of dead links Every once in awhile I run my blog through one of those link checkers. I think I've found 5 or 6 ...

1365 Observer on abuse at Gitmo "While we observed absolutely no evidence of torture of prisoners at Gitmo, it is clear that the dai...

1364 Librarian Make-over Yesterday I caught a re-run of a Life and Style show that was featuring make-overs. The first segment was two ge...

1363 Remembering the anniversary Esther was on the subway when the power went out two years ago yesterday across the upper eastern U.S. ...

1362 Ladies, Can we talk? Ladies, when the guys put down female pols they always attack their looks--legs, waist, breasts, wrinkles, hair...

1361 Sweet Sour Mick Sung to the tune(?) of "Sweet Neo Con" Sweet Sour Mick Rocking in the chair, at the retirement home. Well,...

1360 Congratulations, Ladies Library Guy reprints an article about what the Jewish settlers have been able to accomplish in Gaza since 19...