My Own Thoughts

I have a paper due this weekend, or Monday, whichever. It’s supposed to be twenty pages. It’s eight. I could make it twenty pages. I’ve done the hard part. But I’m not working on it. I’m freaking out about it. “I can’t do it. I don’t want to do it. It’s too hard.” What the [...]

Go to Tim Hawkins and click on “The Government Can.” Grins.

R is really missing E. He said it’s probably about control, but he is thinking about him more now that he’s gone than he did when he was here. Of course, when he was home if he thought about him they were interacting and they’d be debating politics or religion. Now he can’t talk to [...]

A student asked about a racially charged question and I noted that the student was black in order to avoid charges of racism. It was the student’s race he was talking about. However, an editor asked me to take it out because referring to him by race was jarring since I didn’t refer to anyone [...]

How to Detect Junk Science from Political Calculations Good stuff.

Too Old to Work, Too Young to Retire He has a list of other relevant blogs too.

And thinking we should do all sorts of things, like find the Cupcake place, and I see this list of 29 burger places in Houston. We’ve been to one. There’s a list of dating opportunities for R and I.

Mom went into the hospital Thursday and had two units of blood transfused. I spent the night there Friday night. Dad had a ministroke Friday morning while I was with him for Elijah’s birthday. Mom had another transfusion Saturday. I spent the night there Sunday night. Then Monday I went to lunch with Edward from [...]

National Navajo Code Talkers Day The Navajo Code Talkers received no recognition until the declassification of the operation in 1968. In 1982, the code talkers were given a Certificate of Recognition by President Ronald Reagan, who also named August 14 “National Code Talkers Day.” Read the rest at Blackfive.

I was looking up urban legends about birds and found this true story. $4000!

“Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to continually be part of unanimity.” -Christopher Morley From Katie, via Facebook.

This morning I was awoken by my alarm clock powered by electricity generated by the public power monopoly regulated by the U.S. Department of Energy. I then took a shower in the clean water provided by a municipal water utility. After that, I turned on the TV to one of the FCC-regulated channels to see [...]

Taken entirely from Blackfive From Gold Star Dad, Robert Stokely, on an anniversary: August 8, 2005 at 11:30 a.m. I received a call from Mike and we talked for 30 minutes or so. He was due home September 1 for leave and we talked about that, but then the talked turned to how dangerous it [...]

Here. My favorite is the team from Savannah, Georgia.

Raclette is now available in the United States. Black Star Farms in Michigan sells it. I’m going to be ordering some soon and having a Swiss food party. Whoo hoo!!!

We had a GREAT party tonight. We had our neighbors from across the street, nice looking young couple whom we met during the hurricane in September, but haven’t really conversed with. We had a partner from the photography studio and his artist wife. We had a bookmaker who is tech support at my husband’s work [...]

“I don’t love you anymore. I’m not sure I ever did.” His words came at me like a speeding fist, like a sucker punch, yet somehow in that moment I was able to duck. And once I recovered and composed myself, I managed to say, “I don’t buy it.” Because I didn’t. He drew back [...]

WHEN THE MUSIC STOPPED For those who are unaware, at a military theater the National Anthem is played before every movie. From a Chaplain in Iraq : I recently attended a showing of ‘Superman 3′ here at LSA Anaconda (Balad Airport in Iraq, north of Bagdad ). We have a large auditorium we use for [...]

see more Fail Blog see more Fail Blog I’ve seen them all. Some were better than others. Some weren’t fails. But… It was a fun goofing off time.

see more Fail Blog The original is not as good as “Lions in Kenya.”