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Who Wants My Money Now?
Sometime last year I started getting emails from the Washington Times. For those of you not currently or previously drowning in politics (lucky you!), the Washington Times is a right wing rag — Fox...
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A Is For Algorithm
You will be surprised to learn that I didn’t plan on posting about this. I figured that anybody who has ever read my blog knows precisely where I stand on this issue. So I left it in that barren...
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Everybody Hates Birthdays
It’s Duncan’s First Birthday! There are presents! There are treats! There are new things that squeak! And there are these damn hats. What’s with these damn hats? Now that he’s a year old, Duncan is...
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Do I Hear Five?
On May 29, 2011, I was fifty-four and a half years old. And I was seriously irritated at the GOP in Congress. You see, they had announced that they were going to take away Medicare from those then...
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The End of My Rope — Again
Just like three years ago, I am anxiously awaiting the Supreme Court’s decision on the Affordable Care Act. Three years ago, I was fairly certain that the right-leaning Court would deem Obamacare...
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The Flip Side
As I mentioned last night, after I rudely posted a link to one of my old blog posts in a comment on Art’s blog, Pouring My Art Out, I started chatting with my blogging buddy Trend, of TrentLewin.com...
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I am NOT Joseph McCarthy. Really!
The history surrounding the history of Joseph McCarthy, the late Republican senator from Wisconsin, is enough to make a “freedom of speech” lovin’ woman like me shudder. I’m sure it is no coincidence...
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This Sums it Up Nicely — NSFW
As I often do, I’m snagging something else from my bloggin’ buddy, Father Kane over at The Last of the Millenniums. Because, really, I haven’t seen such a good summary of why folks have guns in a...
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My Candidate for Speaker of the House
I understand that things are a bit wonky over there in the GOP-led House of Representatives. And by “wonky” I mean “ungovernable.” So I figured I’d offer the GOP a suggestion: Whaddaya think? Am...
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Tush Technology
You guys know that I’m all about news. You guys also know that I’m all about bathrooms. Today, I am about bathroom news. Eat your heart out, Fox News! Today, I am, well, not proud to tell you about...
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Other Useful Technologies
One of my favorite things about blogging, is that often, my bloggin’ buddies often give me the opportunity to tell stories that I don’t have the opportunity to tell. Like this one. Now you know that I...
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Customer Service
Today, my son Jacob is taking his very first airplane trip alone. So of course I woke up wondering if John and I had told him everything he needed to know before hand. It was a very early morning...
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We Are Not Alone!
Last week, I read Bloggess Jenny Lawson’s new book Furiously Happy. Furiously Happy deals with Jenny’s mental health issues, how she copes with them, and, importantly how they help make her the person...
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Am I Too Late for the Debate Debate?
Sorry guys. I’ve let you down. I know that you rely on me for news. And I failed you. I haven’t written a single word about the GOP candidate kerfluffle on the debate and all those mean questions...
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Hey Doc? Do I Have To?
You know, there may be a good reason why the GOP hates science. Sometimes it is just plain gross. As a dog lover, my “gross-me-out-the-door” threshold is actually quite high — I can stand some pretty...
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Your Number
It was the only story Dad told us about the missions he flew when he was stationed on the USS Monterey , an aircraft carrier, during WWII. Oh boy did we have fun, Dad would say. We’d go out on …...
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Mom’s Most Memorable Meal
Today as I prepare a million different dishes for Thursday’s feast, I thought I’d share (for a second time) another family story, about the year my Mom forgot her turkey. I’m pretty sure you’ll buy...
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Yup. Let’s Fear 3-year Old Syrian Refugees.
Yes, it is much better to give in to manufactured terror from folks we don’t know, than terror from the very same folks — the ones with guns and ‘God on their side’ who keep killing people. To donate...
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The NY Times — Right on Target
On the front page of today’s New York Times is an editorial I could easily have written. If I could write that well. If I worked for the NYTimes. If I had millions of readers who’d nod and say “Right...
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