My Own Thoughts

They’re bringing Ahmedinejad in to speak to the University. There are a lot of reasons why I am opposed to this. But there is only one reason I can think of that might cause Columbia to pull his invitation. So I sent an email to President Bollinger this morning. I asked why Columbia was hosting [...]

This is an article from Prevention that talks about how a woman was exhausted ill (I remember being that bad vividly.) and went to a kinesiologist. Turns out she has a food sensitivity to onions. That would be hard, but I think it would be easier than nightshades.

I’m reading on the net and found an interesting article on Positive Health in which a correlation between low body temperature and food allergies is presented. I have low body temperature, 96.8 average untreated. On my thyroid medicine, it has inched up to 97.5. But this guy is saying that maybe low body temp keeps [...]

tomato/potato are obvious. But what else should I avoid? The best list I’ve found is at the World’s Healthiest Foods. I find the name ironic, but it is helping me get healthier. The most famous food members of the nightshade family include potatoes (Solanum tuberosum), tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculentum), many species of sweet and hot peppers [...]

I’m doing BFL again. It works well and I can do it. I’ve lost four pounds so far. Haven’t measured because I seem to be having bloating from something. I am riding my bike 3 days a week, walking the dog for about an hour one day a week, and lifting weights three days a [...]

It’s not September 11th today, but still we remember. According to the website, Thomas E. Burnett, Jr. didn’t get a memorial for 2996. So I thought I would look him up. I think 2996 was wrong. There is a memorial for him. It’s at The Post Gazette. It’s also at

Remember Laura Gilly. And 2,995 others.

It’s because of things like Wired’s 9/11 post in which the evil is discussed in terms of which sectors of the country made money from the disaster. That was the most important thing. Crap. I’m not linking to it. You can go find it yourself. In the tech world, 9/11 and President Bush’s subsequent declaration [...]

Six years later. I will never forget. If you don’t remember, go here. It will remind you.

Or, if it wasn’t, it hadn’t been brought home to us quite so poignantly. Six years ago tomorrow, life changed.

I started BFL today. It’s what works best for me and I don’t want to be fat. I know I’ll never be a size 3, or even a 6, but a 10 and even an occasional 8 would be preferable to what I am now (a tight 12 or 14). So I was thinking of [...]

It has been six years. Our lives have gone on. But some things have changed. Some lives, obviously, have changed more than others. Today my church had its annual service thanking and honoring our area fire fighters. Some can never come because they actually work so far away that they can’t risk not being able [...]

I Spy riddle writing Grades 1-6 Have your class compile their poems into a class anthology. Students can create a table of contents, staple, and photocopy all the poems together. Then they may add the anthology to the school library. Students may wish to also make a book of their own “published” poems, and add [...]

They prepared meals in a characteristic sealed pottery vessel suited to long cooking times at low heat, while most inhabitants of Canaan at the time used open pots and faster cooking methods. The bones found at the Philistine cities showed that their diet was also different from those of their neighbors. While the Canaanites and [...]

and I didn’t do a very good job. A couple who are Baptist, atheist, Lakewood, seeking came into the bookstore looking for a book to tell them what Mormonism believes. I pointed out where such books were. They eventually purchased the “Dummies” and “Idiots” guides. But we talked a lot. The reason they were interested [...]

Psalm 25 Of David. I pray that E will lift up his soul to you, and put his trust in you. Do not let him be put to shame, nor let the Enemy triumph over him. No one whose hope is in you will ever be put to shame. Let E put his hope in [...]

This question has been brought home to me recently. My husband has gone to God and the word as he has not in years and his practice of daily living has changed significantly. He is gentler, calmer, and quieter. This only heightens the clarity of my anger. It doesn’t make me angrier; it just makes [...]

This isn’t just a rhetorical discussion. It’s not just about the language and the Christian heritage. I am setting up a confession here. But I want to be clear on the definitions. “Besetting sin” was common parlance in evangelical circles for several centuries until the last few decades. The concept derives from Hebrews 12:1 where [...]

A writing tip I thought was fun was Interesting Names. The author said, in part, to “begin to keep a record of interesting character names and place names.” I thought I would work on some for my Dielli story which has stalled out. I need to print it and send it to Daw. Ilir Galt [...]

Thoughtful reading on the net: The Role of Science Fiction in Questioning Faith