Palintology

Why does the name Sarah Palin still infect my ears? Who is this woman and how has she stretched her 15 minutes of fame into years? As far as I can tell, she was a mediocre governor of our most desolate state, who could not handle the job so she quit. She is a quitter. Who does that? It's a governor  position for crying out loud, who can't do that?  In Alaska? Yeah, OK, she claims

Living In The Real World at McDonalds

I consider myself a social liberal, to the dismay of my family and ancestors. However, even my bleeding heart is disgusted at the thought of fast food workers making $15 an hour for pulling a basket out of hot oil when the bell rings. I understand everyone wants to make a living wage and I am socialist enough to feel that our well to do should be taxed so that we can temporarily subsidize

The Great American Lie (Or At Least One of Them)

A friend of mine was a high level economist for the government. he was rich and lived in a big house in a rich suburb of Virginia. Eventually he took early retirement, telling people he wanted to take care of the house while his wife went back to school, but in reality he simply could not stand the lies and deceit this nation is founded on. This was the early 1980's. I was young and still had

Sirius

I guess I should clean the blood off the walls at some point. First we should probably dig the grave though. We were going to bury the body in the far back of the yard but it was too damp once you dug so we decided that the area that is to be my "oasis" garden will be the spot.  I can see my dog's freshly dug grave from my study window. The gaping maw with the requisite mound of dirt

Jon Stewart Simplifies It All

Jon Stewart has a way of presenting the news in a humorous way that even us new-o-phobes can understand and no he is not super liberal, he is friends with and has as a guest Bill O'Reilly all the time. Watch and please watch the whole thing, it all wraps together nicely by the end.

Sirius

My dog is dying. I keep a positive attitude, I swear I do. A million prayers, healings and buckets of positive energy have gone out to him from friends I don't even know, wonderful people who care about this stranger and her dog,  but I sit her daily and watch him wither away, a beautiful animal turning to bones before my eyes. I am a fixer and a healer myself. I could supply anecdotes

The Sexes Pt. 2

***WARNING! EXPLICIT IDEAS AND LANGUAGE, NOT FOR KIDS*** I have been asking female friends what is important to them in a relationship and have picked the dozen most popular items. Guys this is for you. No judgment here, you do what you want but remember, our  love of sex is directly related to how we feel about you and ourselves. 1-Size does matter.Too big and its no fun. Too small

The Sexes Pt. 1

NPR had a guest the other day who was born a man and spent 12 years teaching in a university before having  surgery to become a woman, after which he changed universities and taught as the woman he now is. The point of the interview was to get the opinion of the way men and women are treated differently in society from someone who has experienced both worlds. The news was not good. As a

My Real Life Ghost Hunt

my photo from the Charleston Dungeon tour This week I was fortunate enough to be on vacation with my dear friends Dawn and her husband Bill (I changed their names to keep their privacy).  Dawn is a psychic and has been on about every ghost tour around. She and Bill invited us to go on vacation with them this year and we chose Charleston, SC. Besides the normal shopping and dining out we

The Beauty of Simplicity and The Car You Are Sick Of Hearing About

First I have to introduce you to Ginger. She is my new 2009 Mazda Miata. Ginger says Zoom Zoom. Anyone who has known me for a while knows I fell in love with the Miata at first sight in 1991. I finally was able to buy one in about 2000 but had to sell it shortly after that. My wonderful husband has helped me to buy this one, fully loaded with a Bose stereo system, heated leather seats,

Another New Era Begins

Seems people's opinions on liberals and conservatives are pretty well entrenched these days. Personally, I blame the media for creating 3 types of Americans. On one extreme we have the liberals. Liberals are thought, by conservatives, to be nothing but lazy, good-for-nothings who are too stupid or high to care about the fact that the constitution is being ripped up right in front of their

Good vs Evil

  (I will be changing the identities of the people in the article, for reasons that will become obvious) Philosophers have pondered questions on the nature of mankind since we have been self-aware. Do we have free will or are our fates predetermined? Are we big-brained animals or divine creations? Are we inherently good or naturally evil? What of all the suffering in the world?