My Own Thoughts

I actually found several that are available if I replace “writing” with “composition.”

The original is here. Disclosure: The speaker is my husband.

Yesterday I took the day off. Though I had less than 1500 calories, I had 100 grams of carbs. My sleep last night was often interrupted because of pain. And this morning I hurt so much I could barely move. Remember that. Refined carbs are not good for me in large numbers.

July 6= 30 minute walk, 2 sets of ab boot camp July 7= 40 minute walk, chest exercises – 2 for 20, 12, 8 at 5 lbs July 8= back exercises- 1 set for 20, 12, 8 at 10 lbs July 10= shoulder shrug 10 pounds and shoulder press at 5 pounds- 3 sets for [...]

Most goal-oriented achievements: Kept list of eaten food (1100-1220 a day) Exercised five days this week (not quite finished with that, but will have done) Least fun experience: When I went to Dad’s to check on the bathrooms and the purple bathroom was leaking through the kitchen fixtures. Thankfully it had not been leaking long [...]

Democrats and oil and gas Big Lizards asked Is Stupid the new Cool for Democrats? He discusses some Reuter’s reporting, some Durbin discussion, and takes issue with both. It is quite well developed and well written. Thus, if we take Durbin’s comments seriously (and why should we? it’s Dick Durbin), the deal Senate Democrats offer [...]

Moon water has been found. Using a new, highly sensitive technique to determine the chemical makeup of the samples by measuring charged particles, the team was able to find minute amounts of water in the moon matter. “We developed a way to detect as little as five parts per million of water,” said Erik Hauri, [...]

Friends of mine have spent the last four years turning an idea into a reality and that reality is a 24-hour house of prayer in Austin. Ultimately, they would like to see the prayer room occupied 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The city of Austin, they believe, is broken and longing for [...]

It’s a word cloud of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, chapter one.

“The dragons of legend are strangely like actual creatures that have lived in the past. They are much like the great reptiles which inhabited the earth long before man is supposed to have appeared on earth. Dragons were generally evil and destructive. Every country had them in its mythology.” (Knox, Wilson, “Dragon,” The World Book [...]

A student lent me three books to read. One I was not too impressed with. Be More Chill was a cross between The Game and Animorphs, but for teenagers. There was a little too much sexual stuff in it for me to enjoy it, because it was teenagers and because one of my students lent [...]

from a petition from a British man who has been held up at gun point twice. England Murder Rate 1987 – 1.19 per 100,000 people. 2002 – 2.03 per 100,000 people. (70.5 percent increase) United States Murder Rate 1991 – 9.80 per 100,000 people 2006 – 5.70 per 100,000 people (41.8 percent decrease ) England [...]

I love the stories about stupid criminals. It’s funny, in a way that shouldn’t be, but is. However, Redstate has a story about a criminal who broke into a van to steal from it… but when he found it had what appeared to be a bomb, he drove it away- putting it safely where fewer [...]

Obama says he agrees with the majority in Heller v. DC, but his actions don’t match his present rhetoric. There’s even a video of him giving different opinions on the same topic. Obama changes his mind on gay marriage. Obama on abortion. Or you can read another view on it. Or, go to Betsy’s Page. [...]

I am permanently getting rid of an additional thirty-five pounds of unwanted body fat. March 10 172.4 (I started at 78 pounds of fat.) 43-34-43 My waist is bigger than my ribs. th 23.5 calf 15 upper arm 13.5 wrist 6.75 neck 14 June 7 39.5-32.5-41.5 th 22.5 calf 14.5 upper arm 13 wrist 6.5 [...]

An acrobat and two others were killed and a pre-horse/horse-analog was also sacrificed in Syria about 600 years before Dielli. Fine silver jewelry, the remains of a dog along with its water bowl, and other animal remains were also found in the building. The researchers think some kind of natural disaster may have led to [...]

Egyptian town during Dielli’s lifetime: The Tell Edfu site includes a public town center that was used for collecting taxes, conducting business, recording accounting, and writing documents. The discovery paints a picture of a relatively advanced system of society during ancient times, with commerce playing an intricate part of daily Egyptian life…. These towns were [...]

Could you pass the latest citizenship test? My son asked me some questions from this one at lunch the other day. You can take the test at MSNBC. I made a 95%.