My Own Thoughts

My great-grandmother on my father’s father’s side was a Cherokee Indian. I wondered when her family was forced into Oklahoma. It was in 1838-1839 on the Trail of Tears. Her parents and grandparents would have walked from Georgia to Oklahoma.

Today I learned that my great-great grandmother, Katherine Schroeder Easton, who my mother knew, died when she was greater than 100. She was the sole survivor of her village after a war in Germany. She was about seven at the time of the war. So, I think, having looked into it, that she was orphaned [...]

I voted. That’s the best I can say for the election. My hubby kindly reminded me that a Democratic congress and a Republican president should equal an inefficient government. That’s always a good thing. And Lieberman won! Yeah. However, the White House has already said they’re going to press forward with their alien pardon and [...]

Christine Fell’s Women in Anglo-Saxon England which is $41. The other book of hers, which I would like to read, is $87 and I’m not sure it is worth it. Of course, it could be an expansion of the original and might, in fact, be perfect. But since I don’t know… The Oxford Dictionary of [...]

I’m going out to a fancy dinner tonight at Chez Nous. I am looking forward to it. Even if I’m not sure what I should wear. (Sleeveless is what I was planning on, but it is cooling down. My red cape is a bit flamboyant. But maybe that would work.)

Cooler mice live longer. Low thyroid would make a person this cool. Does that mean people with low thyroid live longer? My temp is 96.8 normally.

A leading British medical college is calling for discussion of euthanasia for disabled newborns. “If life-shortening and deliberate interventions to kill infants were available, they might have an impact on obstetric decision-making, even preventing some late abortions, as some parents would be more confident about continuing a pregnancy and taking a risk on outcome.” From [...]

Warning: Do not read if you are eating or if you have a weak stomach. It’s only what goes on with teenage boys in the house, but still. Gross. My eldest came down, saying he’d taken a shower and washed his hair. His hair was greasy. So I took him into the bathroom and washed [...]

is not necessarily good writing. When I want to point that out, I will use this post to do so: “The present letter is a very long one, simply because I had no leisure to make it shorter.” – Pascal

The media (USA Today) has covered a study that found that the media promotes Democrats over Republicans. Read it here to see how much they do it.

Recently my eldest has been on my case because “many state constitutions require a belief in God in order to hold office.” Clayton Cramer comments on what that means about the religious beliefs of the Founding Fathers.

from Clayton Cramer about women being responsible for their rapes. That is wrong.

Visions and miracles don’t fit with science. And sometimes they don’t fit with religion either. As with the overwhelming majority of modern reports of visions and miracles, official Catholic sources are politely silent on whether Katie’s visions are considered “true” experiences of the supernatural. Many people over the centuries have reported such experiences, and modern [...]

My folks are taking us on a cruise for Christmas. But this article makes me wonder if we should let the boys bring their computers. One, at least, has been seized and not returned to a traveler who was not arrested when she brought it back into the US.

I’m furious with Kerry over his quote about studying hard or ending up in Iraq. “You know, education, if you make the most of it, if you study hard and you do your homework, and you make an effort to be smart, uh, you, you can do well. If you don’t, you get stuck in [...]

There are more mosquitos than I’ve ever seen in one place here now. There are bands of them, like gnats, on the greenbelts. When I open the door of the car, one or more flies in. I have bites all over. I hate mosquitos.