Silent Applause
I must admit that writing in my blog has dropped off the past year, primarily due to the emergence of Facebook. It seems strange to write to my blog, as if the stadium is empty and the guests have all gone; it is so much easier to send out a quick snippet in Facebook [...]
“Disregard First Book”
One of the financial blogs I read directed me to this article about older, divorced women, and I found it breathtaking. Having witnessed many of my elders (my aunt, best friend’s mother, among others) go through this exact scenario, I realized that it explains, to the letter, what I think is missing from so much [...]
Steampunk — my new obsession
World, meet my new obsession: steampunk. Do I own anything steampunk? No. Do I wish I owned anything steampunk? YES. Like these amazing thigh-high tights. Or perhaps this super cool cake (see below).
Seriously, though; I love this cake. It’s from Mike’s Creations, which has some of the most amazing wedding [...]
Quote of the week:
From Dooce:
The Grandmommy: Not much different than The Godfather, except maybe a little less bloodshed and a ton more emotional manipulation.
Quote of the Day:
“Cash is king; I just wish the king was bigger.’’ The Boston Globe ran a story on the number of people giving cash this holiday season rather than purchasing gifts; notably, a credit union in New Hampshire offered a “Black Friday” 3-month CD with a 10% return and sold 20 times the normal daily [...]
Rant shi: The Biggest Red Herring Ever Perpetrated on the American People
#4: Global. Warming. Debate.
The global warming debate has got to be one of the most inane, worthless debates around right now. First off, let me just say — yes, I believe the earth’s atmosphere is in a warming trend, and I believe that the human population is responsible, and I’ve read James M. Inhofe’s [...]
We interrupt this scheduled ranting…
This Christmas, I am doing something I haven’t done before, even though I’ve tried: I’m making a lot of my gifts (hence the sewing machine research). I am NOT a crafty person; in fact, I HATE crafts, as anyone who worked with me in the Children’s Department at the library knows well. However, the engineer [...]
Rant san: The illusory ‘values’ option
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#3 The conservative movement represents “family values.”
A few years back, my in-laws got me a subscription to World. World is an uber-conservative magazine that claims to focus on global issues, but is really just a rag for propaganda. Yes, I said it — propaganda. This [...]