Collecting My Thoughts

2040 A letter from home Capt B, one Marine's view in Iraq, describes what it is like to get a letter from home . "But what I wil...

2039 A silly meme for Monday I saw this at Eamonn Fitzgerald's Rainy Day . 1. My uncle once: served bravely in WWII, but died in the ...

2038 Homeless--can we find a better word? Dr. Helen addresses the topic of homelessness in this post. She comments on what I've ofte...

2037 Bits of metal and plastic in my life My life has been falling apart. A few days before Christmas one of the kitchen cabinet doors s...

2036 My librarian's hat Let me pause here to put on my librarian's hat. If you want to check further than internet rehash of the sto...

2035 Republicans may disagree but I think it is time to get the TV cameras out of the judicial hearing rooms. Yes, I know you love to see...

2034 Society won't want to hear this For years we've known the dangers of older women and pregnancy, and now it appears the older...

2033 Win a prize from Cordelya Cordelya's blog turned up on the new member list of Homespun bloggers this week, so I took a look. Sh...

2032 Serves Twelve--or two if you're lucky The weather has turned cold again in Ohio after several days of balmy 60s. Yesterday the ...

2031 Would more aid change things? "Under President George W. Bush, America has dou­bled its development assistance to $19 billion i...

2030 Marine says they're winning There’s an interview at Blackfive with a proud Marine, Capt B , you’ll not want to miss. Not only does...

2029 Daniel Henninger the Wordsmith He's a male Ann Coulter. I swear. "Reasonable people can disagree on the views of these cons...

$38.00 per gallon for coffee makes gasoline look cheap. This is from Blogger Boy at HIStalk , a blog about health care information techno...

2027 The Friday Paint Along Although it isn't exactly a New Year's Resolution, I do want to get back to my painting. After all, ...

2026 As best I can I'll avoid all the Friday the Thirteenth references as best I can, but Nathan Bierma, whose column on language I e...

2024 Ted Kennedy's dog Someone e-mailed me today after reading my Ted Kennedy scum bag post that he had a dog named Splash, and wasn...

2023 United Way Although I retired five years ago, the Office of Human Resources at the university keeps my name label current--they send...

2022 More storage In December we were pitching things out and rearranging and repacking things (we've been here 4 years). Today at M...

2021 Why Mrs. Alito cried Imagine having a gas-bag, womanizer, alcoholic, bantam rooster-brained killer, still living on his father'...

2020 Was thinking the same thing Beth and I are on the same wave length today about Teddy. "I can't hear him speak, especially in...