My Own Thoughts

He posted it was here on anysoldier.com. Dan Ruggiero’s site

Here is an updated list of items that we are asking for: Campbell’s chicken noodle soup in the easy open cans (due to lack of can openers), twinkies, Chef Boyardee ravioli, chocolate bars, Lever 2000 pure rain body wash, C batteries, vienna sausage, swiss miss hot chocolate, coffee cream and sugar, beef jerky, ritz crackers, [...]

Romance books, all of them. Although I may quit. The last two days I’ve read two bad ones. His Best Friend. Fun, but not light hearted. Undercover Babies. A good book if you like the “life isn’t always good” scenario. I don’t read romance for realism. So I didn’t like it at all. Gone Too [...]

A Millionaire and a Baby by Marie Ferrarella, one of my favorite romance writers. Cowboy Courage by Judy Duarte, who is rapidly joining my favorite list. (Which brings it to three.) Daddy Patrol by Sharon De Vita, a fun entertaining romance that looks at family impact on relationships. The Boss’ Baby Bargain by Karen Sandler. [...]

Ancient mammal dines on small dinosaur which really messes up the scientific theories. They also found a dog 20x the size they expected for the time period.

The book is on my book reading list, 14-17. It’s a fun book, but in a way it’s clearly fiction. I don’t think it is intended to be fiction and I think, for some people, it might be fact, but I think that overall it’s just not so. It says that being married and having [...]

Running on Empty, a romance novel, about a cop and a woman who has lost her memory. No one knows who she is. Or do they? Codename:Fiancee, another romance. Not as good. About terrorists and murderers and brothers. Conflict of Honors by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller. Dancing Naked at the Edge of Dawn by [...]

Broch (tower) from ancient itenerant master craftsmen. Built in Shetland between 100 BC and 100 AD. Related to Finola story

In the book Karen, the author/mother tells of whistling to her premature infant because her singing was so bad. When the infant whistled back, everyone said it wasn’t happening. Until they saw it. Because of that story I’ve always been interested in language/whistling connections. Here’s an article on a language that is whistled. They compared [...]

He was from Rhodes, born in Nicea, somewhere around 180 BC. Why is Hipparchus important? He was one of the earliest recorded astronomers. And supposedly a sculpture shows his long-lost star chart. But I don’t see why the person couldn’t have just looked at the stars as they were. According to this site the Farnese [...]

Apparently a lot more bloggers than I thought are Mac fans. Cranky Professor says he wants one of each of the new mini-Macs. They’re the size of a lunchbox. Or, as my husband out at MacWorld says, “It’s the first computer I’ve seen that would fit in a drawer.” Update: A funny on Gates’ failed [...]

Paper Clips is about a Holocaust memorial built by Appalachian children in Tennessee.

According to Snopes this is actually a real article, written just after September 11th. It was written by Cornel Nisterescu and published in Romania on September 24, 2001. “Why are Americans so united? They don’t resemble one another even if you paint them! They speak all the languages of the world and form an astonishing [...]

“Iraqi Boy Helps Lead Troops to Roadside Bomb Mosul, Iraq — Multi-National Forces from 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), were able to defuse a roadside bomb after an Iraqi boy provided them with information about it in northern Iraq on Jan. 10. Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, were [...]

I called my sister to wish her a happy 34th bday. She said thanks. She also said her husband forgot. I tried to find his work number without going through anyone we know, but I couldn’t spell it correctly. I finally gave up and called my dad. He gave me the number but asked if [...]

I’ve been selected as the Woman of Achievement for a foundation in my area. There are several, for different areas. I was nominated and won for education. At the time I was nominated I was teaching in four different ways and age groups. (College, high school classroom, middle school coop class, homeschooling.) My dean won [...]

Winds of Change points out a dissertation on the Jihad in Europe. It’s a PDF and I’m not sure how to get the URL for it fast enough. It disappears as soon as it downloads, which is fast.

According to the BBC today, the Brits recorded their worst Christmas spending of the last ten years. The BBC solicited comments on how reader’s money was spent. I spent $10 for presents for my parents. $40 for presents for both my sons. (They received another $250 each from their grandparents, aunts, and uncles.) $160 for [...]

Tax Prof has an entry on the fact that the rich are no more prepared or satisfied than I would assume the rest of us are. via Volokh

An interesting discussion of Army Innovation. Fascinating read.