Category: Open Threads

Honest to Gawd, I think summer vacation is making my brains evaporate.  It’s not just the endless small interruptions and tasks.  Those are fixtures in my life.  Nor is it the fact that the kids and their friends are around non-stop.  Indeed, having the friends around is a good thing,

Normally, I open one of these posts by apologizing for not blogging because, honestly, I really meant to blog.  Not this time, though.  I’ve been letting my brain go fallow this weekend.  Aside from it being the dog days of summer, meaning that the politic scene is running stupid, but

I’ve got lots of news stories in front of me that are fascinating in one way or another.  I just haven’t figured out yet what I want to do with them — and I’m on my way to join a friend for lunch.  Since this particular friend is Don Quixote,

Off for a family outing, which will mean being away from my computer today.  Have a happy Sunday and, if you feel so inclined, have fun with this open thread.

[Since I’m repeatedly updating this post, I’m going to keep it at the top of the blog, at least for a while.  There are other, newer posts below.] What a morning for interesting reading (and, in my next post, I’ll put up the Watcher’s Council submissions, which are also great). 

I have had an absolutely lovely couple of days — and I will tell you more about them when I have time — but I have been up to my whatsis doing things both lovely and ordinary.  This state of perpetual motion will continue through Sunday night.  I may be

I won’t be blogging until this afternoon, because I am going on a very exciting field trip with one of my children.  I’ll tell you about it later — assuming, of course, that it is as exciting as it promises to be.  If I’m bored out of my mind, you

Getting my life back in order following a three day weekend.  Will blog later, I promise.

The recession has been a mixed blessing for me.  On the one hand, I’ve had almost no work.  And on the other hand, I’ve had almost no work.  You see, while I miss the income, it’s been an incredible relief to have some time.  My family keeps me plenty busy,

Yet another swim meet, so I’ll be incommunicado blog-wise for a while.  Hope you all are enjoying a great Saturday. Meanwhile, I’ll leave you with something from an age of sophisticated lyrics: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKgUq5dziEk[/youtube]

Sleeping in a little (whoo-hoo!), cleaning, swim meets — so goes my Saturday.  If you find yourself with a little free time today, please feel free to weigh in here.

I’ve been writing a long post for a while but, since I’ve been interrupted every 5 or so minutes, I am not making the progress I would like.  I’m going to work out now, clear my head, and (I hope) come back refreshed and able to wrap up the looonnng

I’ve got to get some papers to court today, so blogging won’t happen this morning.  Until I’m back:  Happy Flag Day!

Today is a perpetual motion day.  For those of you who have more time than I do, fill up the empty spaces in the comment boxes!

I’ve got a lot of inchoate thoughts wandering around in my brain this morning, so I thought I’d share with you the links that fascinate me — and you shouldn’t be surprised if some of them morph into full blown posts later. Many, many years ago, when Holland had just