Later today I have to compose an email that will require all kinds of things I don’t do well, skills like tact and delicacy and gentleness and interpersonal sensitivity and telling-the-truth-in-love — you know, all that E.Q. stuff.
A chilling article
Consuming Our Children Thanks to Alicia for this link.
Terri Schiavo’s brother on FOX tonight
From the Terri’s Fight mailing list: Terri’s Story on FOX News Tonight If you are able to tune in, Bobby Schindler, brother to Terri Schiavo, will appear on FOX News Live Weekend Edition tonight at 6.00pm ET. Mr. Schindler will be discussing new developments in Terri’s case as well as ongoing court actions. He will… Continue reading Terri Schiavo’s brother on FOX tonight
1421:The Year China Discovered America
Gavin Menzies, the author of the book is a retired British submarine captain who believes the Chinese reached and even colonized America around 1421 before Columbus did. He reaches this conclusion due to evidence such as many pre-Columbian maps he found which chart places like the Caribbean, North and South America, Antarctica, Greenland and Australia.… Continue reading 1421:The Year China Discovered America
Ghostbusters!
I found the source of the ghost: a Little Golden Book in which the Sesame Street characters put on a play about feelings. To demonstrate “scared”, Telly Monster cowers under the bed while other Muppets wear costumes showing scary things like tigers and thunderstorms. Ernie is wearing a ghost costume (the bedsheet with cut out… Continue reading Ghostbusters!
The Burden of Proof and the DVC
Bob, of the Republic of Virtue, is finally attempting to read that book: …until I actually read this trash for myself none of my criticisms will hold any water with the kids. Amazing how they will believe the undocumented, utterly baseless slop that Dan Brown puts out in blatant defiance of the historical record, but… Continue reading The Burden of Proof and the DVC
Possible celebrity endorsement for Kerry?
Happy Blogiversary…..
…to Mark at Vociferous Yawpings. I think we could use a happier word than “blogiversary.” I nominate Father Johansen to coin one, since he did so well with “blug.”