Collecting My Thoughts

3818 Helicopter parents That's a term for parents who hover. I thought I was the world's most hovering Mom, but I was a novice. ...

3817 Tighty whities Are tight, shorter length jeans back in style for all guys, or just gays? I saw a photo on the fashion page in WSJ of ...

3816 A Mother's Day post Joan has a great Mother's Day post today--stop by and enjoy it. I'm not a "goal setter," (I...

3815 Sometimes I have trouble with English, too Perhaps we shouldn't be too surprised if newspapers are shrinking or folding and people...

Friday Family Photo Here it is. The new bed, with the new bedspread, and the new wall color. Not quite finished yet. The bathrooms stil...

3813 Casual Friday Circus On Friday I get "the best dressed" award. There's just no competition. Today I had on navy, non-f...

And now, from the folks who poisoned our pets From Medscape.com: "May 8, 2007 — Healthcare professionals and others who compound medic...

Sopranos, Sex and the City and Albrecht About a year ago, Chris Albrecht and Jeffry Bewkes, riding high with the success of smarmy, sexy H...

Thursday Thirteen--My Book House The carpenters and painters have left, and we've got most of the dust corraled (always, always turn ...

3809 New issue of City Journal The Spring 2007 issue is up and ready--you won't be disappointed. Andrew Klavan’s witty “ The Big White...

3808 Get a Chihuahua? A friend stopped to chat at Panera's and she told me she hadn't been to Bible study recently because she was...

3807 The case for vegetarianism Not that I would, but medically, it makes sense. It's an impressive argument. Some extremely common co...

3806 Reasons to homeschool Parents who choose to homeschool put in a lot of work and hours, but I think they get back more than they give. ...

3805 Never forgive The United States forgave Japan's war debts years ago, decades actually. But now Guam wants compensation for the o...

3804 Mort and me It's phone tag in cyberspace. I occasionally drop by the blog, Octogenarian , written by a retired journalist living th...

3803 God Bless America ‘God Bless America’ We hear George Bush say it regularly; in fact in all our imported US TV and films, the phrase ‘...

3802 The Kansas Tornadoes Have you seen the photographs of the flattened Greensberg, KS? Then before they could even pull people out of the...

3801 Porn again Christians? You can go to this site for all the details and follow the links to come to your own conclusions. I'll just...

3800 Book club selections for 2007-2008 In May our book club meets at Barb's lovely home. It has never looked more lovely that last ni...

Monday Memories--The Stereopticon There are so many memories in this photo I almost don't know where to begin. The room is the north li...