Category: Bits and Pieces

It’s the first day of summer, so I’ve got slumber party guests and I’m rushing around preparing for the bimonthly cleaning lady visit.  (And yes, I do clean my house for the cleaning ladies.  It’s a division of labor.  They don’t know where to put away all the messy things

At some point today, I passed the 1,000,000 reader mark!  That’s very cool. I know, though, that most of those hits are of the hit-and-run variety, from people who check something out and never return.  They’re good for the numbers, but not good for my soul. What’s good for my

How very Soviet of Obama: The government looking at expanding a pioneering scheme in Flint, one of the poorest US cities, which involves razing entire districts and returning the land to nature. Local politicians believe the city must contract by as much as 40 per cent, concentrating the dwindling population

Off to the races (swimming), so I won’t be near a computer for hours.  Have fun here (within the bounds of civility, of course), while I’m away.

My husband just proved that technology can touch us in the smallest ways.  Tonigh, he brought backseat driving to a whole new level.  He and I were in separate cars and he called me to complain about my driving!

I’m actually going to do paying work today, following a three week hiatus caused by both the decision and a miserable series of viruses.  As is so often the case, though, there’s lots of good stuff out there that I will recommend, and I’m always happy when you add to

If you’re a fan of the Anchoress, you may have noted that she’s been a bit hard to find lately.  Rather than having an independent blog, as she once did, she now blogs at First Things, which I see as the Catholic equivalent to Commentary Magazine. One is a conservative

It’s a duty — because, as a member of the Watcher’s Council, I have to vote — but it’s also a great, great pleasure to read the weekly submissions at the Watcher’s Council site.  Today, I get to read and vote upon the following: Council Submissions The Provocateur – ACORN’s

Men are showing good sense — they like real women, not air brushed sticks.  If only women could learn to appreciate that fact and not be intimidated by plasticized media figures.

Before I get to the news, I just wanted to throw in a little aside about birds’ nests.  They are one of nature’s small miracles and, today, I’m in a position to know.  A hopeful family has planted itself outside our front door on top of our porch light.  From

And this good news comes from Pakistan, of all places. Does it strike any of you as strange that, just as the rest of the world decides to become more economically conservative and take terrorism more seriously — because their Leftist economics and laissez faire attitude towards terrorism weren’t working

Michelle was only 21 or so when she wrote her Princeton thesis, so I’m certainly willing to give her a pass on a fair amount of stuff.  After all, few of us are polished people at that age.  As a college student, I wrote a lot of good stuff and