Open Thread
I was unavoidably detained this morning, far from my computer. I’m catching up with things now.
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Tuesday mid-day round-up and Open Thread
I’m having an existential anxiety day, which has seen me reading compulsively, but scared to write. In my little lizard brain, as long as I just read the news, it’s distant and abstract. It’s the act of processing and disseminating the information that makes it seem all too real, and
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Not to make you feel less fortunate than I am or anything, but I won’t be blogging for a few hours today because I’m going to hear Daniel Hannan speak!! Even better, I’ll be going with Charles Martel. Yay! While I’m gone, please consider this an Open Thread. I can
Continue readingSaturday night round-up (the moron edition) and Open Thread
I did something today that I very seldom do: I went clothes shopping for myself. I spend an inordinate amount of time shopping for everyone else in the family, but between shopping fatigue, denial about my post-baby figure (although I’ll concede I was too thin pre-babies), and the ridiculous amount
Continue readingThe round-up I meant to do yesterday
I got so taken up yesterday with my post asking if Obama is truly deranged that I never got around to sharing with you all the great material I found. Some things, however, only improve with age, so here they are. ** 1 ** When I was in Norway last
Continue readingMalaysian jet shot down open thread
My hair stylist was working his magic on me when I heard a newly arrived customer mention a downed Malaysian jet. I thought it peculiar that she should speak of it today when it had vanished so many months ago. It was so peculiar in fact that I braved my
Continue readingWednesday night mostly (but not entirely) Middle East round-up and Open Thread
Just some stuff that wandered across my screen: -1- Brendan O’Neill pulls no punches: It’s no coincidence that the rage against Israel sounds remarkably like anti-Semitism. This is an article that I shared with my “real me” Facebook friends, as I’m sharing dozens of other pro-Israel pieces. This time around, the
Continue readingMonday at dusk round-up and Open Thread
There’s a study out saying that owning a dog will make you look 10 years younger. I’ve got two dogs. Does that mean I look 20 years younger? I doubt it, but I know that owning dogs makes me at least 20 years happier than the next person. 😉 ** 1
Continue readingTuesday morning round-up and Open Thread
Last night we watched the most recent episode of John Oliver’s new HBO show, Last Week Tonight. I was interested in what Oliver’s take would be about the two top news events of the past week: Hamas’s terrorist action and Israel’s military response; and the refugee crisis on America’s own border. Oliver,
Continue readingMidday Monday round-up and Open Thread
Lots of places to go and things to do, so this will be a brief, but still meaty, round-up of interesting things: ** 1 ** If you’d like to see Obama fisked, read this. ** 2 ** Netanyahu abandons platitudes and says what need to be said: He will not
Continue readingLate Saturday afternoon round-up and Open Thread (with lots of pictures and videos)
My new washer is so efficient that (a) I’ve gotten the greater part of two-and-a-half weeks’ worth of laundry done in a few hours and (b) my old dryer is performing better than ever. Yay! I was also able to spend the time in between loads finding all sorts of
Continue readingSaturday afternoon clean laundry round-up and Open Thread
After a month living with a broken washing machine, I finally got my new one today. I feel revitalized. I also have a few things I’d like to share with you…. *** The problem with toppling taboos is that, once you’ve started, it’s hard to justify stopping. Take incest, for
Continue readingFriday afternoon round-up and Open Thread
A friend sent me an email yesterday: Today I see the Pres says Congress needs to do something about immigration. But I seem to recall him also saying this: “With or without Congress I am going to act on my own. I have got a pen and I have got
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Can you believe that I haven’t even looked at the headlines today? The day started way too early when one of the little Bookworms got a migraine. We take those migraines very seriously, since failing to do so can lead to a trip to the ER. By the time the
Continue readingMidday Thursday round-up and Open Thread — the illustrated edition
I found myself in possession of so many excellent videos and posters that I thought I’d bundle them all into one post. First, easy ways to understand events in Israel: And second, random stuff, with everything from people power, to Obama bashing, to raising children, to driving safely:
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