Two recent horrible incidents again remind me to be thankful that my kids and grandkids are safe and healthy and still here and able to bug us to pieces.
On Tuesday, a two-year-old boy drowned not too far from our house in a neighbor’s swimming pool. He’d been having fun, and laughing, and showing his family [...]
Entries from August 2009
August 27, 2009
Let’s Be Thankful That We Have Our Children…
August 20, 2009
Help!! I’ve Been Tag-teamed by My Family & I Can’t Get Up!!!…
The Problem:
Have you ever experienced the not-so-strange phenomenon of being vastly different from your other family members but still being expected to fit in and all get along and be happy?
Surely not you too???
Well, for as long as I can remember, I’ve been the square peg in my family. One sister, my brother, and my [...]
August 13, 2009
“Don’t be so HARVEY!!” – I’ve Created a New Adjective…
to be “HARVEY” – definition:
in major denial;
running away from one’s self;
afraid of ostracism;
cares too much about what the world thinks.
So…….. “Please don’t be so Harvey!”
August 8, 2009
Ft. Worth Gay Bar Bashing – How Fun is That?….
I was trying not to make judgments until the investigation into the raid on the Rainbow Lounge in Ft. Worth was completed, and now enough of it has been to say: Homophobia and LGBT discrimination is still alive and well in Texas. Did we really ever doubt it? No, I don’t think so.
This article has [...]
August 4, 2009
Censorship Laws Proposed in Iraq…
Andrew Sullivan at The Atlantic referred to a scary article in The New York Times: New laws are being proposed in Iraq which will require censoring of books, websites, television, and other media deemed to be harmful to young people and the public. The Iraqi government would be able to ban publications and websites it deems offensive, including [...]
