My Own Thoughts

My husband had a photograph published in a national magazine this month. Gothic Beauty. It’s a full page photo. I am very proud.

I’ve been wondering if the bird flu problem is real. I think if it is you should prepare. But I wonder if it is. Junk Science says it’s not.

He insists that since there is nothing on the French rioting that there is not really anything much going on, outside the suburbs of Paris. It’s not a huge conflagaration. If one paper says 394 cars, one says 657 cars, and one mentions no cars, then of course no cars were burnt. Of course, the [...]

My husband claims that I read too many/only right wing blogs. I am surprised to hear this. I have seven “only idiots would even think ID is possible” and two “Bush is an idiot” and one “anyone who thinks this is a homophobe.” The news I get is from Wired (computer science centered, but definitely [...]

Two lines of an alphabet have been found inscribed in a stone in Israel, offering what some scholars say is the most solid evidence yet that the ancient Israelites were literate as early as the 10th century B.C. “This is very rare. This stone will be written about for many years to come,” archaeologist Ron [...]

230 years today. Thank you all for your service. May God protect you and your families as you continue to work to preserve the freedoms we have in this country.

The son of a friend and the brother-in-law of a friend is in Operation Steel Curtain. His mom’s so upset about it she wasn’t able to come to Ladies’ Bible Class today. God, keep them safe. Let them find and control the bad guys. Bless the three who have already been wounded and the family [...]

A five year old announces the difference to the temporary Bible class teacher. Bless the teacher and the little girl.

down people’s throats. According to Orac knows the Department of Health and Human Services requires that you MUST use Microsoft Windows in order to apply for a grant. And there’s noise that such a requirement will be expanded in other parts of the government. Our government is requiring that we use proprietary software. That’s horrible. [...]

but I didn’t get a purple finger. I hadn’t realized that I was emotionally attached to those purple fingers till I pulled out of the parking lot and realized I didn’t have a thing to show that I had voted today. I’ll remind my students at the college to vote today. The Ladies’ Bible class, [...]

Popular Science tells us what the ten worst jobs are. I’m not so sure that dancing with a robot is that bad. Directed there byBlogotional

My Life as a Military Spouse has the address for a soldier, shot twice by a sniper in Ramadi, who would like to receive letters. Especially letters and pictures from kids. I guess we’ll be doing this on Friday at SF. Lots of kids. Some who like to draw. We can write letters. I’ll get [...]

No, not my mom. But Dr. Andy has a post on fatal and near fatal reactions to foods today. Just in time for some extended scary reading. One of my students wrote last year on working in the restaurant industry. And he wrote of a woman who died in the restaurant from anaphylactic shock from [...]

My sister’s baby does not have Downs. Thank you, Jesus. But the tumor that is in the uterus with the baby is growing. I would like that to stop. Now. And disappear. My mom is in the hospital. It turns out to be a major allergic reaction that could have killed her. Wouldn’t have liked [...]