Monthly Archives: May 2010
What’re you saving it for??
My parents used to joke that they didn’t know why they made such a point to vote in every election, since they usually arrived together but always left having cancelled out one another’s votes. Growing up, I never spent much time considering … Continue reading
Commencement
I’m just back from watching my nephew graduate from high school. It was, for our area, a large graduating class–580-some-odd members– and boy, was that roll long. Also, I am amazed at just how many friends and loved ones 580-some-odd teenagers … Continue reading
Wow, Facebook really has me wound up today…
From FB, today: A link to a (youtube) video in which a man whose credentials are not presented discusses how the Constitution of the United States is designed to subvert our rights. The (theoretical) right in question is the right to consent to … Continue reading
On (not) Equating Religion with Virtue
From FB, today: “…in between elections, these spineless, godless, socialists are able to foist immeasureable destruction to the country and our American way of life.” Oh, hell. This is the kind of crap that I hate to see in the … Continue reading
Best Regards to Bret Michaels
So here we sit, my husband and me, talking about this site as I work on it, and what I might blog about today. I offer a few of today’s headline topics: Texas adopts history curriculum changes, Bret Michaels aims … Continue reading
On Language, Class, and Long, Lovely Musicals
From @nprnews, via Twitter: “Happy Eliza Doolittle Day!” Indeed! Now, quick: who is Eliza Doolittle? If you are my friend KG, you probably know, because I once forced you to sit through a full-length, AMC-restored My Fair Lady, in the … Continue reading