Collecting My Thoughts

I first posted this on June 10, 2008. Since tax time is nearing at the same time that we're experiencing unprecedented consumption of o...

I've loved my Barnes and Noble lined 6 x 9 journal, with a sewn binding and a cover photo by Mark Barrett. He must be one of the most f...

Everything is still true today. Can be downloaded from Internet Archive . Comments are rather amusing and naive at that site.

Come join us! Kristine was awesome today. Really worked our arms. In the old days, I had no trouble touching the floor bending over. Now, ...

Sorry guys. The state legislature owes the pension funds. Unions have a lot more clout than students. This is not a pretty picture. Terry S...

Have you ever seen the book "14,000 things to be happy about" by Barbara Ann Kipfer ? I picked up a copy years ago at a used book ...

According to Glenn Beck's radio show, President Obama has mentioned the war 3 times in 2010--twice in a single sentence during back to b...

Now that's a sobering experience. Heard Glenn in the car this morning; he was reading Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA...

The addthis widget : Anyone else having a problem with the "Share" widget? This blog's been loading slowly and slowly wiggling...

California college students are protesting a tuition hike of 32% brought about by the compensation packages won from the state by the public...

Perhaps you've read the various reports this past week on methane being released into the atmosphere from an area of the East Siberian S...

The census form for our summer home came before the letter at our permanent residence (tied to the door, not delivered by mail). Most of the...

"University Police have confirmed the identities of the victims and suspect in a shooting that occurred on campus earlier this morning....

I bought three Lady Alice apples Saturday for $1.49/lb. A fruit website describes them: "Lady Alice was discovered as a chance seedling...

According to an article in the WSJ this morning by Ellen E. Schultz, Congress (that would be Democrats, btw, who won Congress in 2006 in cas...

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) is one of three left wing think tanks funded by the Democracy Alliance which is funded by ...

Democrats are taking a huge risk asking their followers to listen to conservative hosts on talk radio and call in their scripted opinions. ...

A lot more than you're told. CATO figures the per pupil cost in Washington DC is $28,170, and in Los Angeles $25,208. Those aren't...

That sounds really scary unless you realize that our research and technology have extended the lives of people who would have died of differ...

For this headline : " John Patrick Bedell: Did right-wing extremism lead to shooting? Authorities have identified John Patrick Bedell a...