My Own Thoughts

The one, the only, the one I mostly ignored while working. I did, however, go upstairs and listen to it and watch it live for about a quarter of an hour. In that time I have to say that Kerry was very articulate. He did not fumble. I did not think his “He-he” chuckle response [...]

Tonight I am teaching my own class and subbing for another, so I won’t be home till after dinner. Tomorrow we are studying the Assyrians and Jonah in Heroes. We are also going to hear about a modern soldier in Nineveh. I have the devotional tomorrow at school. I am supposed to speak for five [...]

My dad is at Mt. Rushmore today in an RV with my mom. He turns 64 today.

1. R recognized that I had been hurt and helped me deal with the long term consequences. 2. He makes me laugh. When we first met, we chased each other around a building trying to write on each other. And we were in our mid twenties. 3. He studies. Right now he’s reading a book [...]

Dutch by Birth, American by Choice talks of his father who experienced the Nazi concentration camps when he was only ten. Someone You Should Know tells amazing stories of armed service personnel the world over. They are people we should know and people we should be thankful for. Why we should have gone to war, [...]

I have read many articles and blogs recently suggesting that Americans no longer know what the issues are because they feel that their vote does not count. Although I hate to say this, didn’t they hear the response to the Florida election? Every single vote counts. But I am not so sure that all of [...]

My eldest has a strong grip on Buddhist and Hindu theology. I didn’t know he had it and I am still not quite sure where he got it. Perhaps we need to work more on Bible, which is a subject I have not worked on with the boys in years. He was asking questions just [...]

Apparently it is not sufficient for Wired News that evolution is taught in the school system as a fact when it is, according to even the most vehement evolutionary scientist, simply a theory. Now they are upset that another theory will be taught. This is the theory of Intelligent Design. This article argues that Darwin [...]

This is the fourth day in a row that I have experienced fairly severe headaches. My eyes hurt, my head hurts. It is not any fun. Sometimes drugs help, sometimes they don’t. I am definitely part of my family, because I put off taking medicine until the pain is debilitating. I’ve taken 16 Naproxen in [...]

I’ve been looking at Monster and at Houston Jobs for computer work for R. He’s tired of work, hating it and his boss. I’ve also been looking for teaching positions that are full time in the area. There are some available. The real problem is that we’re too rich and spoiled. Our lifestyle requires at [...]

I feel like I need a vacation. I worked yesterday. I worked today. I work tomorrow. Sunday I can’t skip evening service, because Jeff’s doing the study and we need to be there for that. I am, however, not teaching Sunday morning, so I can skip that. Maybe I will. Except that it’s change Sunday [...]

Yesterday the server was down. Today my husband’s server is down, because they are moving. I hate not being able to ichat him about whatever is going on when I am home. We can’t even talk about substantive stuff. Ugh. I miss the internet.

“Some Americans believe journalists are guilty of political bias.” That’s a direct quote. From the Christian Science Monitor. If only some Americans believe that, we’re a lot more stupid than I have given us credit for. The article talks about bloggers, not in a glowing way. And I think they don’t give as much support/encouragement [...]

I am having trouble being as strict with my diet as I should be. I am being careful, though. I have done 3 weightlifting sessions and 4 aerobics in the last eight days, so I am right on track. I was down to 154.8 again. I would like to get below that and actually have [...]

This is a blog belonging to a Jewish screenwriter who this last year watched his son die of lung failure. It is the haunting, extremely articulate expression of loss and pain. I skipped service tonight because I had grading to do and because the topic for the panel discussion was losing a spouse. Did God [...]

I was reading a Moxie Post from September 17th. Read the comments, too, although some of them tend to get out of hand. These didn’t. But I wanted to comment without giving my email address. Couldn’t do it. Even though I gave my URL, which is legit, I couldn’t post. I don’t want to give [...]

We read Dr. Feynman’s article, “The Relationship of Science and Religion,” in class on Tuesday. Quotes from it can be found here. Today I find that a small journal has published an article on intelligent design. I am looking forward to reading it as soon as I finish grading papers and doing the evening’s dishes. [...]

The Telegraph says the Italian who passed on the fake uranium intelligence was paid to do so by THE FRENCH. Fox says Chirac blames Bush for stamping out poverty. 110 countries signed a nonbinding initiative that does squat. But since we didn’t sign it, we are trying to keep people poor. Another story reiterates the [...]

According to this opinion article on Fox News, poverty levels in America generally describe families who own their own homes, have air conditioning, at least one car, a washer and dryer, a microwave, two TVs, a VCR and/or DVD player, and get cable or satellite. Wow. That must mean I’m poor. The average “poor” in [...]

One of my problems with being a homeschooling mom is that I hate it when the kids whine. So sometimes we get behind just because I can’t stand to hear them. Eventually, of course, we make the work up, most often by working in the summer as well. They can’t move forward unless they have [...]