My Own Thoughts

There is a lot on the net today about getting the Pope to be a human shield. People seem to think that he should be willing to die to save whatever sites the Iraqi government, who hates and despises Christians, wants. I don't know why he should be called on to go. Many of the [...]

Californians once again amaze me. Did you know it is political speech and not okay to hang a flag? From a government owned and run thing? Only in California. I was talking to my husband last night about the difference that I see between speech and action. I do not think that action is speech. [...]

Okay, I confess. I don't want folks to know what I do on my computer. Even if I might tell them if they asked. But I don't want them to know what I am doing just because I have installed their system on my computer. HOW CAN MICROSOFT GET AWAY WITH THIS? They've made a [...]

Found a great story on BoingBoing about how authors use their blogs. For those of you who don't know, commonplace books are/used to be journals where you listed interesting info, new words, well-worded quotes, etc. I have one on my computer and a few from pre-computer days.

Inside the Actor's Studio asks their famous guests some interesting questions. Thought I would answer them about myself. What's your favorite curse word? As a curse word, probably “bad word.” That's the one I try to use. What's your least favorite curse word? As a curse word, fuck. What's your favorite sound? My husband talking [...]

Wow! I have seen the topic that generates the most responses. Ucky bugs. Sarahmama.blog-city.com has been talking about dreading the warmer weather because of ROACHES. So, I've been going there, reading her comments. Other comments. Amazing. Finding people who have got these things in their dishwashers. (Doesn't that make you want to buy paper plates?) [...]

We've been living here 2 and a half years. We've been to three churches regularly in that time. We just started our fourth. Most of us are pretty happy with it. My youngest doesn't like change and wishes we had stayed at the first. However, at the third one, though the pastor kept saying he [...]

It was 18 months ago today that the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center fell. That a third suicide plane crashed into the Pentagon. That a fourth killed only its passengers and crew because they died in order to save others. I spent the day doing normal things, in between hiding from the TV [...]

Found the following info on a teacher at a California college. Kuro5hin says, “A speech class professor, Rosalyn Kahn, told students they could get extra credit for writing an anti-war letter to President Bush. To receive credit, the letter had to protest the war, and the letter had to be mailed to President Bush. (I [...]

My husband found somewhere the suggestion that you make a list of 100 things you want to do before you die. Then do them. I started the list. I am not finished. But I thought I would put some on here. Re-learn, remember, and use my Spanish. Relearn and use my French. Go to Switzerland [...]

According to this site, the Marine letter from an earlier blog is not accurate. I think they are probably right. Most of their explanations seem legit. However, I would take issue with one point. They said that names tend to drop off, not get added to when it is a real situation. I have a [...]

I have no idea if it is a real letter, but I love it. See what you think. Subject: Fwd: Marine letter Dear Dad, A funny thing happened to me yesterday at Camp Bondsteel (Bosnia): A French army officer walked up to me in the PX, and told me he thought we (Americans) were a [...]

Apparently the way to do that is write simply with short words. A study by a Stanford professor found that using long words needlessly made people rank your intelligence lower than if you used simple words to say the same thing. Amazing.

I love the contemporary worship music that is the main staple at the church we go to. One of my favorites is “These are the days of Elijah.” I cry everytime we sing it, though for different reasons. Today it was because “time of famine and darkness and sword” and I thought of the impending [...]

Went to kimmy alberts' blog. She wondered if she was going into a relationship too fast. I know some relationships work, even with a racehorse start. My parents have been married 42 years on Monday and they met in November and married in March. I met my husband in July and married in October. It's [...]

Okay. The owner calls it dollies; bratmaker but I love it. You can choose your skin color. I picked green. With long curly red hair. (I wish.) And blue eyes. (Those match.) I couldn't find a black miniskirt and high heel boots, so I couldn’t finish the look of what I wore out on my [...]

I mentioned this in passing on another blog, concerning why people are short (random thoughts). Someone asked about the family history involved therein. Grama's folks were a doctor and nurse. Her dad died in a typhoid epidemic. A year or so later, her mom remarried. A year or so later, her mom died in another [...]

I'm a big sci-fi fantasy fan. Found this link on Science fiction Book Club which gives a list of their top 50 books of the last 50 years. I've read 10. I know some of the others, from my husband having read them. But where are MY favorites? Miller and Lee's Liaden series? Gordon Dickson's [...]

I am rarely up late anymore. Most of the time I hit ten and am so yawnsome I must hit the hay. However, that chocolate and Dr. Pepper I had at eight or so must have thrown my caffeine overload switch, because it is 1 am of the next day and I am up and [...]

I am doing some research for a novel. One of the people in the book is a Celt. Based on my research, though, most of the people in Europe have some Celtic background. Marseilles was a Celtic town. So was London and Lyon. They lived in Portugal, Spain, Austria, Italy, Greece, Czech Republic, Belgium, Switzerland. [...]