Collecting My Thoughts

2381 Praying about the public library Can't say I've ever done that. Here's someone who does. Now why didn't I think of...

2380 Cruciate ligament injury and repair in dogs The Wall Street Journal ran an article this week on the possible $6,000 vet bill you mig...

2379 Three foodie events Several weeks ago, someone who reads this blog suggested that I buy Trader Joe's frozen brown rice when I me...

2378 An unfortunate expression If I were going to reflect on the death of a man named Coffin, I probably wouldn't used this idiom: ...

2377 Local gas prices There's a 30 cent spread in my zip code. Here's a web site that will tell you what gas sells for in yours....

Thursday Thirteen Exercise was another Thursday 13 topic I mentioned 2 weeks ago, so I think I can get 7 exercises and 6 excuses. First ...

2375 Marriages in the news today These days with gay marriages and heterosexual serial marriages and over-blended families, it seems a bi...

2374 Another tradition disappears For Monday Memories I wrote about coloring Easter eggs as a tradition we personally no longer observe b...

Word games Jerry Freewalt wants us to stop calling illegals--well, illegals . He says the word implies lawless rebels breaking up our nat...

2372 Did "they" shut her up? The Annoyed Librarian had some good stuff going, but seems to have been found out. Seemed to get a...

2371 Decade of nightmares or his years of lost dreams? Philip Jenkins' Decade of Nightmares which redefines the 1960s to be 1964-1973...

2370 Gas Prices in Ohio If I've heard one report today on gas prices, I've heard five. But I was also printing out my blog--I...

2369 Photos of illegals demonstrating for rights they don't have and don't deserve Bridges to nowhere. Gender politics. Pork Bar...

Monday Memories Did I ever tell you about our Easter egg tradition? It's dead. This year I bought phony Easter eggs. Well, as phony as...

2367 Don't count on it This poem was posted at Sherri's site; she used to be a children's librarian, and I've learned so...

2366 Corbett National Park It's in India. Here. Ecotourism.

2365 Love your dog--in your own space If you think solving the illegal immigration problem is tough, the Columbus City Council has been go...

2364 Why? would a young woman want to desecrate her natural beauty for this look? I couldn't take my eyes off her. A gray t-shirt 3 si...

2363 Palm Sunday The choir sang two songs at two services this morning, with a small brass ensemble of 5 or 6. Much of this, like proces...

2362 The DaVinci Clubbers Stacey makes some good points at her blog about all the nonsense floating around like the DaVinci Code book an...