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How do you pick the ten most hated people?
Reading the latest The Downward Spiral post this morning set me off. When I decide to hate people, I generally prefer not to waste my righteous indignation. I go after some biggies. If I made a historical list of people … Continue reading
Where does charity begin?
If we believe the platitudes, at home. Yet I wonder. I am roundly criticized, sometimes justly, for giving money to people who stand at the corners and highway intersections with their cardboard signs asking for a handout. As a rule, … Continue reading
Musings about Jezebel, Ramses the Great, and Red Sandals
Jezebel I’m reading a quasi-biography about Biblical bad girl Jezebel. Oddly enough, much of what we know about Jezebel isn’t in fact true. But that’s not the interesting thing in the book. The real juice (for me) is the parallels … Continue reading
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Now, I know what I want to be when I grow up. . .
Click on the pix to read one of the funniest blogs … in maybe forever. Sadly, I’m just not as funny as these ladies.
OK, I’m shallow, but
I really LOVE this hat! I wish I could wear hats like this!
I cried like a baby
from happiness. It started when Aretha sang . . . Continued when I saw the crowds on the mall And I really blubbered at this point. I think on some level I didn’t really believe this day would come. A … Continue reading
Celebrate with a sticker
You can get this sticker from MoveOn.Org.
Happy, happy! Joy, joy!
Oh, yes, we were all happy at our election watch party last night. There were collective sighs of relief, and our passports were put away. All by 11 p.m. In case, you were wondering, yes, I am still a mean … Continue reading
The tiny voice in my head
Told me that it was the first of the month and I hadn’t posted. For most people, that voice might be their conscience. In my case, it was Emma, looking her best as usual. Before I go off on a … Continue reading
Gallows humor
This quote was too good to pass up and lightened my mood. “Bush is no diplomat,” said a Democratic staffer, “but he’s Cardinal freaking Richelieu compared to McCain. McCain couldn’t negotiate an agreement on dinner among a family of four … Continue reading
