Collecting My Thoughts

2861 Terrible tragedy in Canada I've been watching the terrifying footage of the Canadian campus where a gunman shot many students. ...

2860 Matt Lauer and Debra Lafave Why is he even giving her the time of day? Would she have been interviewed if she were ugly? Find your...

2859 If the election were today, Joe would win easily According to Survey USA Election Poll #10179: Independent Lieberman 13 Points Atop ...

2858 Get out of my way, dude I have a hair appointment at 9:30. Need to leave the drive-way at 9:15. There is a gravel truck parked at ...

2857 You just don't say this in a small town Right Murray? Sylvia? Amy? "Last month, New York Times Sunday Styles columnist Bob...

2856 Bloggers and journalists I've never confused the two--i.e. the little people like me and the alpha bloggers, especially when I l...

2855 Paragraph Farmer had this conversation with his pastor. My pastor and I had the following exchange before Mass yesterday. "Frank...

2853 Middle of the night with the conspiracy theorists As I mentioned about a week ago, I've been sleeping in the guest room with my ...

2852 Heading back for "old math?" Someone in the Ohio Department of Education (or whoever hands out teaching licenses) noticed ...

2851 Congratulations, Median Sib Carol, who writes the blog Median Sib has recently returned from a lovely trip in Alaska where she got m...

2850 Lincoln Museum Last night our book group discussed Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin. Our discussion leader had recently visit...

Monday Memories: Carpenter Ants It was our first spring in our new home. We just couldn't believe our good fortune. A gorgeous baby gi...

2848 What is your blog worth? Why I can't imagine, but I clicked on it. And that's how web sites make money, by getting you to go...

2847 Would you list your birthdate on a job application? In the USA, that is a big no-no. Your vita, or CV, or application shouldn't...

2846 A 9/11 collection "Never did I imagine that we would remain free from further attacks, and for that, I blame the Bush Administ...

2845 My score is dropping I think it is because I just cleaned my office and don't have any food in here. Or maybe because I had to ...

2844 Triple the fun Cathy is a school teacher and she lists this as one of her pleasures this past week. It was fun, clean, and smelled g...

2843 Lessons in pie baking After all these years of declaring myself the second best pie baker east of the Mississippi (my mother was #1)...

2842 Do your eyes get misty when you meet an old friend, especially one you thought was dead? That's a bit how I felt when leafing th...

2841 Rep. Pryce tongue tied on immigration? To listen to Deborah Pryce's reelection ads, you'd think Ohio doesn't have an ill...