My Own Thoughts

BAD: Constructive Curmudgeon says The Supreme Court just ruled that a college or university may deny a student group official status if that group does not allow homosexuals as leaders. BAD: Stop the ACLU says that people are going to quit signing petitions. In an 8-to-1 decision, the high court said public disclosure of referendum [...]

I have a headache today. I am sure it is because I did not sleep well, after hearing about the stroke my mother had. I do not know where the apostrophe is on the Swiss keyboard. The y and z are transposed. The @ sign is on the G and needs the alt key to [...]

I am in Switzerland. I got an email from my brother that said that my mother had a stroke this morning. I got the email and went, “Oh my goodness. Oh my goodness.” The OC girls who were here asked what was going on. They brought me a tissue, gave me a hug, and went [...]

Australian “Angel” Saves Lives at Suicide Spot about a man who watches for the suicides, smiles at them, and invites them in for tea. The Love Letters of John Wooden. He’s been writing his wife of 53 years a letter each month on the anniversary of her death. He’s been doing it for 25 years. [...]

So I went to both Migros around the house. I bought toilet paper, because I thought we were out. There was some, but I’ll be here another week, so… I also bought yogurt and bread for the Smiths. I don’t think I got the right one of either kind, but hopefully they will be okay [...]

Steve Martin sings with the Steep Canyon Riders. It’s hysterical. I found this at Happy Catholic.

I am in Switzerland and at dinner we have discussed the Swiss system, which chooses in the sixth grade whether you will go to college or not. One of the teachers of my friends’ children said that he can tell in kindergarten which class they will be in. BigArmWoman says that Americans can tell in [...]

Sippican Cottage had the piece, “For Dorothy.” I recommend reading it. I was trained to pull men whole from their mothers, like some Greek deity on a vase. It’s about a nurse who works with soldiers.

The Common Room has a post on The Goblin and the Empty Chair, which makes the book sound like something I would adore. So I am going to purchase it. Now I have purchased it. It will be home when I get there. Yeah!

I haven’t finished watching it, but I am putting it here so I can find it again. Math Curmudgeon says it’s hysterical. Both he and the speaker say young children and pregnant women should not watch it.

I am having a great time in Lausanne. Here is 7 hours later than Houston, so I stayed up until 7 pm so that I could avoid the jet lag issues. It seems to have worked fairly well. My sister bought our tickets first class. I love flying first class. I tell you what, if [...]

Staff Sgt. Edward Rosa reads the Bible and extends a cigarette to Pfc. Jorge Rostra Obando, who was stunned by an explosion in Afghanistan’s Arghanab Valley. One comrade was killed and two injured in the blast. Pfc. Rostran asked the sergeant to read Psalm 91, a favorite from his childhood. (Ricardo Garcia Vilanova for The [...]

66 years ago today, D-Day. Thank you to those of you who fought during WWII… and those who have fought since.

I love this house. It seems to be very similar to the house that Dielli lives in. Discovery News has a slide show about the dig.

This is incredibly important for low socioeconomic students. When low-income students are given books to read during the summer, they read more, a Florida study found. This summer a large-scale study in seven states will look at whether book giveaways can stem the usual “summer slide” in reading skills. USA Today’s Greg Toppo asks: “Can [...]

Right on the Left Coast quotes from the Washington Examiner about the government’s working paper on the “reinvention of journalism.” Apparently the working paper thinks that the newspapers have a right to the news they report: Copyright protects an author’s articulation of facts, but not the facts themselves. State law versions of the “hot news” [...]

All persons present should face the flag, stand at attention and salute on the following occasions: 1. When the flag is passing in a parade or review. The salute to the flag in the moving column is rendered at the moment the flag passes. 2. During the ceremony of hoisting or lowering the flag. 3. [...]