My Own Thoughts

The boycott idea isn’t new. Found this article from 99. No wonder A&F ditch the media blitz. It’s been no big deal to them. Even the racial slurs tee-shirts didn’t get them into much trouble. Andr when Mothers Against Drunk Driving objected because the catalog had alcoholic drink recipes and rules for drinking games, A [...]

I went to Fox News where a picture appeared. I glanced at it. It looks like a woman from the 70s. Maybe someone I knew in grade school who was my mother’s friend. I looked at the text to the left. It was Michael Jackson. I agree with my English 3 students that he wins [...]

According to this article, kids who have been educated with and about guns are more likely to be careful with them and to use them correctly. And students have saved the day several times, a fact discussed on instapundit.

I realized that I posted abouthomeschooling mom’s questions and didn’t post my answers. Concern: My child WON’T write (cries if I ask him/her to write only a few sentences–and I’ve even told them what to write about; or, s/he won’t make the deadlines I set; or, says s/he HATES writing, etc.) Response: Children won’t learn [...]

Homeschooling: Pros and Cons was just me letting off steam. However, I am still getting responses to it. Some well thought out and fascinating. Here are the most recent. Children will socialize somehow. It is in our nature as human beings. The homeschool associations provide plenty of opportunity for socialization. The things I saw missing [...]

According to an international report there was no increase in France’s restriction on religion in 2002. That’s good. In 2000 they went to town. According to this report the assembly passed a bill that legally dismantles unpopular religious groups and imprisons members who attempt to rebuild them. The Council of Europe had this to say. [...]

According to Reuter’s Health diabetes’ risk can be id’d easily. “Identifying who is at risk of diabetes and a number of other health concerns may be as simple as measuring waist size, according to a new report. U.S. researchers found that people who had relatively large waists and an excess of fats in their blood [...]

1. Do you enjoy the cold weather and snow for the holidays? I do enjoy the cold weather. I love snow. But I live in the Houston area and there’s just not much snow here. 2. What is your ideal holiday celebration? How, where, with whom would you celebrate to make things perfect? My ideal [...]

I think if I were voting for Miserable Failure, I wouldn’t vote for Hillary Rodham-Clinton. I mean, she did sit there and talk through the 9/11 address the president gave. We got to watch that on national television. Really, being totally disrespectful to the president of your country and the dead is not exactly enough [...]

Reuters Health reports that a quarter of a teaspoon of cinnamon will help diabetics. A study showed that taking just that much for forty days dropped glucose, fats, and cholesterol up to 30 points. That’s great news for diabetics. It’s also good news for those who are potentially at risk for developing diabetes. Both my [...]

I feel as if there is a drain on me somewhere. Energy is flowing out and not coming back in. I haven’t done much, but I feel worn out. I’ve done less than I normally do and I just don’t have any energy. Today I was driving home from my parents and had to fight [...]

I cannot believe it has been so long since I have written. It seems like I have not got much to say and that I am too exhausted to say what I might anyway. In the last week I’ve given finals. Graded one set. Gotten my hair done- that took 5 hours, not including the [...]

We are having a costume party. I want to go as someone elegant and sexy. Apparently that’s hard to do in a size 12 body. (Yes, I’ve slipped from my size 10, but I am doing Body for Life again.) We went to a 20,000 sq ft warehouse and mostly what I discovered was that [...]

I spent $3000 and three weeks buying Christmas decorations last year. But they weren’t for me. They were for my folks’ house. My mother had an operation in late summer/early fall and had offered her home for the Christmas Tour. So it had to be decorated. It was absolutely fantastic, if I do say so [...]

I can’t believe it has been over a week since I wrote. Then again, it feels like forever since I wrote. Wednesday afternoon, you know, the one before Thanksgiving, my mother called at 4 pm and asked if I could host the dinner. I said, yes, if I went to the grocery store immediately. She [...]