My teenage daughter desperately wants this skirt. I told her there is no way anyone is spending $38 on that. She wants to use her own money, but her father (and I agree with him) believes $38 on that is still ridiculous. So I suggested this pattern with a Hello Kitty! applique. You would have… Continue reading Sewing Advice Please…
Schools to Re-Examine Racial Integration
WASHINGTON (June 30) – What to do now? School officials around the country are asking that question following a Supreme Court decision rejecting racial integration plans in Seattle and Louisville, Ky. The 5-4 ruling prohibited those district plans but didn’t entirely shut the door on using race as a factor when making decisions about what… Continue reading Schools to Re-Examine Racial Integration
Catholic archbishop in Fiji queries democracy push by foreign governments
Archbishop Mataca says democracy is not an end in itself but a means to higher goals which he says are freedom, good government, just laws and happy homes. He says whatever the systems of governance, democracy in its various forms or socialism, it must be at the service of humanity. Archbishop Mataca says if any… Continue reading Catholic archbishop in Fiji queries democracy push by foreign governments
Don’t love me for sentimental reasons
It is worth noting, by the way, that the most sentimental people, who are loudest against the right to wage a just war, to execute a criminal, are just the people who are most likely to be in favour of ‘putting incurables out of their pain,’ which the commandment against murder most emphatically forbids.–Hilaire Belloc,… Continue reading Don’t love me for sentimental reasons
One Shall Stand, One Shall Fall
We saw The Transfomers last night and it sucked. OK, it was slightly better that I expected so let’s get the good part out. Optimus, who was voiced by the original Optimus, Peter Cullen, recited the above line and Rosey Posey said she thought she saw my eyes tear up. That was cool albeit totally… Continue reading One Shall Stand, One Shall Fall
Eternal rest….
Please pray for the smockmomma, for her family, and for the repose of her mother’s soul.
Ratatouille
drop what you’re doing and go see this movie RIGHT NOW.