Collecting My Thoughts

Prison sentences are a mystery to me. Yesterday we attended the funeral of a 47 year old man who had been murdered last week. It's a ...

2165 A touching Valentine's tribute The Columbus Dispatch publishes a full page of Valentine's tributes, memorials and dedications....

2164 In first light I've suggested before that I just drag the box out from under the bed, and we start reusing old Valentine, St. Pa...

2163 Dog and baby pics Since I'm not a grandmother, I can't bore you with photos of the grandkids, but I can refer you to one of ...

2162 The Marriage Gap What did we get "liberating" all those women from marriage and husbands 30-40 years ago? Poor children, ...

2161 The Break-out Meme Although I'd never heard of the "break-out meme" (the myth that Fahrenheit 911 did better in red st...

2160 Wealth Distribution The chart is missing from this on-line article in USA Today about the distribution of wealth in the United Stat...

2159 Now that was a big deal A hunter carelessly getting in the way of another hunter. It's unfortunate, but I don't consider tha...

Monday Memories Monday Memories Did I ever tell you about my green thumb? On one of my parents’ visits (they lived in Illinois and we live...

2157 When the children are tucked in their beds Family Man Librarian gets out a good book to read. And he keeps track of his reading and...

2156 No, we do not need to see this film Or read the book, for that matter. "I just read a ludicrous statement by some Christian pasto...

2155 Politics from the pulpit in black churches is a given. We've got a black newspaper in town, and if you've ever looked at it, ...

2154 And I thought our income tax was complicated! A law passed in Congress in 1994 called the Victims of Nazi Persecution Act of 1994 cr...

2153 Can't you sit like a lady? One of the Thursday Thirteens I have in mind to write is proverbs, sayings and comments from my parents ...

2152 The ACLU is after the Scouts again They've got some blogging milmoms they'll have to fight. Blue Star Chronicles for one . ...

2151 Olympic thoughts Badaunt is a New Zealander living in Japan teaching English and she had some thoughts on the Olympic skaters with th...

2150 If you film it they will come Average rate of return on investment by film rating from interview with Christian film maker Ralph Win...

2149 How not to marry a high maintenance woman Since I wrote on How not to marry a jerk , I thought I should give women equal time. A fema...

2148 Looking for a good movie to check out from the library for the week-end, or maybe for Valentine's Day? Semicolon has a list of 1...

2147 Dianne's so relieved! "Iraq war protester Cindy Sheehan announced Thursday that she would not run against U.S. Sen. Dianne ...