Collecting My Thoughts

Pieces of string too short to use There's a story, apocryphal most likely, that when cleaning out the home of an elderly deceased woman...

Why our college faculties are so liberal It may not be what it seems. Some campus faculty are 100% liberal/progressive; the least liberal m...

Texas and Ohio, Clinton and Obama I just shake my head in disbelief when I see these ads. I finally told my husband he had to hit the mute...

The MCC Mailing list It's a lot easier getting on a mailing list than getting off. After the Tsunami, I sent relief money to the Mennon...

Sleeping with cats Actually, I only sleep with one cat, and she has certain habits. In the evening, she will only sleep on my husband...

A poem for today's dilemma From a story I heard at the coffee shop today. Health Insurance Woes Look at me strut and show off my stuff....

I thought it was a cheap shot lie Those right wing talk show hosts--at it again, misreading or misquoting, I thought. No woman with an Ivy...

Heeding the warnings Driving to the bank this morning after my walk, I pushed the radio buttons and got that monotonous recorded weather ch...

4688 George W. Bush is right about a lot of things Not that right is popular. Not that right doesn't bring unintended consequences. No...

Grain into gas tanks for the global warming hoax, the unintended consequences. WaPo reports: "Soaring Food Prices Putting U.S. Emergen...

Does AD/HD really exist as a disorder? It's been a busy day. I walked about 45 minutes inside the church for exercise, then walked th...

An economist looks at illegal drug costs Boston University Economist Jeffrey Miron argues on University of California TV that legalizing dr...

Not an urban legend, unfortunately Guest blogger today is my high school classmate Jon (without an h as he always reminds me). He sent alo...

Luther on marriage When I stare at the shelves of our bursting church library, the words "stuff and fluff" come to mind. So I ch...

And adults can? I've been seeing some pretty far fetched political ads based on nothing but hope and change. But a lot of people are fa...

Don't question Obama's faith There are lots of reasons not to support Barack Obama, but I'm sure sick of the back biting and sn...

Obama on student debt Have you ever analyzed one of those loosey-goosey MSM articles on student loans and debt or tried to figure out a cam...

The Prescription Drug Plan Guest blogger today is Murray (aka Jack). I do not use this plan. This is his experience and actual corresponden...

The white guilt that will elect Obama It's not about 18-19th century slavery and reparations; we've killed more Africans just by t...

What's eating you now? Our local Channel 10 provided a very interesting investigative report last night about dental implants, caps and...