Collecting My Thoughts

His money outlived him I've heard or read the name "John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation" tacked on to many stories,...

Leadership and girls Last night at dinner we talked about how we would advise a young woman going into our career field. One woman was a l...

Kiss a librarian, hug a book?

Adoptees begin with Chapter 2 This was Rapper DMC's testimony in January about the need for changes in the the New Jersey law that prev...

My Valentine Dinner Party Last night I hosted a dinner for three friends and I just finished the wonderful Godiva chocolates one brought as...

Great one-liners Elizabeth Wurtzel, a democrat who says she hasn't decided yet, got off some great one-liners in today's WSJ articl...

Friday Family Photo--Big Hair Remember the big hair of the 80s? This photo was probably taken on Easter, 1988, when we all had hair--lots ...

Thursday Thirteen--13 principles of life 1. A clear conscience should never be confused with a bad memory. 2. Sweeping the room with a gla...

Another special Valentine Vic Grace has a wonderful "love the second time around" story over at her blog. Bring a hankie .

A special valentine for you I don't think I could say it any better than Emerald Eyes has--a list of favorite love songs, mature though...

Three word Wednesday, 73 The 3 words today are girlfriend imagined slight. This should almost write itself. I always think of Suze Orman...

Limbaugh on Obama Rush said, "Obama says nothing better than anyone in my life time." The next caller claimed to be a 33 year ol...

Some of us need to move The U.S. is divided into 3,100 counties. Of the top 30 counties that have received billions in disaster aid, 22 of...

Heath Ledger, Accidental poisoning? Unless it's your pet Lab that will enthusiastically eat the wall board with a pillow for dessert, n...

Gay black men have disproportionate rates of HIV A recent article in JAMA (Jan 23, 2008) tries to sort through the puzzling statistics of H...

Monday Memories--Berkeley, whose side are you on? I'm a California ex-pat, according to the Bear Flag League bloggers (see my links). S...

understand glamor. Thank you Beyonce. 2008 Grammy awards And congratulations to one of my favorite groups, The Band , for their life time a...

4622 Dead tree or cyber winged budgets? Ruth Marcus of the Washington Post is not so thrilled that the 2009 budget is digital instead of...

4621 Temporary and contract workers--their health Is it the regulations or the personal behavior that cause "contingent" workers t...

Cats can learn new behavior My cat ignores the cat and dog commercials on TV. They apparently don't sound real to her. But the other ...