Category: Bits and Pieces

Reading the news today — markets collapsing, Israel in the cross hairs, mass unemployment — I hastened to my calendar.  It’s supposed to remind me of deadlines, but it apparently forgot to tell me that today was going to be the Apocalypse.  I would have groomed better if I’d known

Radio host Lars Larson teamed with Kurt Van Meter, a country western singer/songwriter (and police officer), and managed to make an upbeat song cataloging all of the scapegoats Obama has lined up to take his falls.  I think it has chart potential. Hat top:  Hot Air

After reading this headline, which reports on a very real tragedy, the only reaction I had was “Duh!  You think?”  Getting murdered by your husband is kind of a giveaway that things aren’t right at home:

One of my daily reads is Keith Koffler’s White House Dossier.  His posts now have a new feature:  you can report each and every one to AttackWatch.com.  How cool is that?

I met someone recently who is working to “save” an African tribe that has been determined to have the oldest genes in the world. That is, genetically, they are closest to our common, prehistoric ancestors than any other people in the world. I put “save” in quotations because I’m a

I was reminiscing with my sister about years past, and our conversation wandered over to the love of my life.  This was a tragic love, one of completely unrequited passion.  I met him when we were both young lawyers.  Looks-wise, he was unexceptional, neither handsome nor ugly.  But within ten

In a skinny-obsessed society, it’s interesting to read about a woman whose love life has completely dried up now that she’s skinny.  As a morbidly obese person, she attracted men who find big women, and women who eat, appealing.  I would suspect her of just trying to get attention were

I’m trying something new:  nested comments, which means that you can write a reply directly to a comment, rather than just having all comments appear in the order posted.  Let me know if you like this, or if it makes things messy and confusing.  I’m actually of two minds about

My good friend Navy One started blogging just a few months ago, with a verve and elegance one doesn’t often see in a neophyte. Today, he takes a look back at his blogging, and wonders whether he approached this serious calling with the proper reverence. You should check it out

The tiny victory:  Oakland’s Museum has canceled an exhibit of illustrations by Palestinian children showing their torture at the hands of Jews.

What it is, isn’t really clear! Consider me absolutely floored by this article on Sarah Palin, appearing in the Liberal Temple of Orthodoxy, the New York Times. It’s actually a fair assessment of something that Sarah Palin said that was neither remarked upon by Liberal Media, nor by the Conservative

I don’t know where I stand on the godliness scale, but I have achieved cleanliness.  I tidied, dusted, vacuumed, steam cleaned the carpet, and scrubbed the floors.  There’s still dust around (it’s a dusty, doggy, kid, husband kind of world), but I think I managed to rout about 80% of

Since I’ve been whining about migraines recently, it seemed fair to give you guys an update.  Today, I visited with a neurologist who specializes in migraines.  She talked to me for a little while to confirm that I do actually have migraines and not some other type of headache (and