Rant scratchy: Truth or War
My number two rant about certain conservative politics:
Jesus loves you. God Bless America.
Let’s go to war.
I see a lot of people these days talking about how we shouldn’t have gone to war in Iraq, and strangely, some of them are the same people who accused me of disloyalty and being unpatriotic to my country [...]
Top rants for this November — Rant ichi
Lately I’ve been looking for a sewing machine, and in doing so I’ve come across a lot of conservative (female) blogs. I find it curious to read these types of blogs, since this is my mirror image — so much the same, and yet everything flipped the other direction. So, I decided to [...]
Saving Handmade Toys
I’ve been noticing this issue about handmade toys floating around the blogosphere and I finally figured out what it is: The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA). Apparently this bill was written with the issues about lead in toys from China in mind, but what it does is force anyone selling a toy to [...]
From my “Friend”
(P.S. Mom, this is not real.)
My Kind of Principles
Marti and I spent a long time tonight talking about politics, about who is principled and who isn’t, or if “principled” even really applies to politicians. But one thing is clear: I’m a Democrat because of my principles, and because I believe that more Democrats share those principles than Republicans. It took me [...]
Political Humor
I get wayyyy to worked up over politics, and tonight, just as I was fuming over certain things (like why teenage pregnancy is suddenly no big deal to certain political groups) I saw this great video by Steve Colbert.
I also found a supremely interesting article by the associated press, which can be read here, about [...]
More Incredible Friends
Sometimes I think that I’ve become an underachiever in life; then I take a look at what my friends are up to, and I know I have. There’s J., putting child molesters away as a forensic nurse in the north; S., studying to be a nurse after 7 years in the jungles of Thailand; [...]
Dare I Post This?
I found this article posted on Fark.com, and couldn’t resist re-posting it here. I know this is a hot button topic, but a boot camp simulating border crossing is just…cool. I totally want to do it.
Watching the video took me back to a game I played as a kid, called Christians [...]
Oil — the non-profit venture
Occasionally I run across really funny stories in the personal finance blogosphere, and I have to thank Boston Gal’s Open Wallet for posting this video of Stephen Colbert talking about gas prices. Enjoy!
More of my famous friends
On our road trip, we stopped to see Sande and Margo McNabb in Ames, IA. Sande and Margo are dear, dear friends of mine. They are also Maya and Ben’s honorary grandparents (their two children never had any children of their own). Sande “adopted” me around my second year of college. [...]