I first came to Ames, Iowa for a summer internship in May of 1995 on a scholarship for women engineers. My life, as usual, didn’t follow the normal path, and I ended up graduating 2000 miles away at a different university with a degree in English. I’ve been back twice, but never for [...]
You may have noticed that, in the tweaking of my site, all of the paid postings are gone. I applied to become a BlogHer advertiser and cannot do this while doing paid postings. I hadn’t done one in some months, so I suppose it is no great loss.
I loved the paid postings. [...]
We’ve been traveling and last night we stayed at Liberal Inn in Liberal, Kansas. Matt, we stayed there especially for you, I just want you to know that. I felt your presence there in the sign that said: Pheasant hunters! Please do not bring your bird dogs or dead pheasants into your [...]
Or, shall I say, it’s about how to carry multiple bras at one go. A problem we all have, I must say.
But really — Dave Barry may have retired his column, but he still puts out his gift guide! This year, among the bra-g, I enjoyed seasoned shot — shotgun shot that [...]
Continue reading about It’s not about the Golden Compass, I promise. It’s about breasts.
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Another article on the Golden Compass.
Protest over ‘Golden Compass’ loses its point
By Jeff Strickler, Star Tribune
Photo by Matt Dunham, Associated Press
Plans by a Catholic group to boycott a new movie appear to be fizzling after the church’s own reviewers praised it.
An effort among some Roman Catholics to boycott the movie “The Golden Compass” is looking [...]
