for the last few years i have been mildly interested in indian music, sitar specifically. j.fox got me into christian indian music like aadadhna. its an instrument which is complicated and difficult to get a hold of. sitar players study...
It’s October! Aside from being GFTS’s birthday month and Halloween, October is also Breast Cancer Awareness month. I’m not complaining. Too many women in my family have faced breast or ovarian cancer. It’s good to see headlines like this, especially...
a lot has been going on lately, most of which could have their own entries. in summary:
Michelle’s grandmother Alice (after whom we named our daughter) passed away recently. Michelle was very close to her, so it’s been hard. we took...
According to Churchill, I’m cold-hearted for being a conservative in my twenties, but I have a soft spot for our furry friends.
Dogsindanger.com is a sick twist on helping shelter animals, but it captures the sad fate of many dogs across...
A faithful reader followed the sandwich recipe I posted a while back and sent me a photo of the finished result. Yum yum! I made a new sandwich this afternoon for lunch: Today's excellent sandwich consisted of: * 1 slice oat bread...
Ok so everyone knows I actually conquered my fear of the sewing machine and completed 3 pillow cushions for my porch swing . I made them using 3 different materials and mixed the front and back side of them and...
by Jesse Jackson Nine million children go without health insurance in this country. A broad bipartisan majority in both houses of Congress, including such rock-ribbed conservatives as Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah and Chuck Grassley of Iowa, voted to expand the...
The gap between America’s richest and poorest is at its widest in at least 25 years, with the wealthiest taking home a record share of the nation’s income that exceeds even the previous high in 2000. According to recent data from...
United Nations - Despite its enormous wealth and highly advanced technology, the United States lags far behind other industrialised countries — and even some developing ones — in providing adequate health care to women during pregnancy and childbirth. The U.S. ranks...
We're gonna be coming out with a B-sides album whilst waiting for Better Walk Than Ride Like That is being mixed. It's gonna be called Hide The Lightning. There are hundreds of tunes from the past five years that haven't...
Will ALL these toys being recalled, i guess now, we just have to take our kids to play outside to ran around or something and get rid of the toys and some cribs, playpens etc. I took Rehema to...
M42-The Great Orion Nebula Panorama on 10/14/07
The other day I got up early and got some shots of the Great Orion Nebula (M42). I was so thrilled by this fantastic deep sky object that I decided to get up early...
I haven't been purchasing the print edition of the Sunday NY Times very often lately. At $5, it's a lot of money to pay for a newspaper. With a mountain of laundry to do today in prep...
Friday night Amy and I hosted another ARTpARTy and the turnout was great again despite the fact that some good friends could not attend. We had some very unique pieces of art and at the end of the night everyone...
The president mischaracterizes congressional efforts to expand the SCHIP program. http://www.factcheck.org/print_bushs_false_claims_about_childrens_health_insurance.html ...
In this article we examine two examples of what we call "fact-free" advertising, which we see in abundance. These ads seek to associate the candidate with a string of positive words and images but are void of specifics. Voters should...
How should a right-wing homosexual vote in the upcoming primaries and caucuses? Imagine this: You are a gay man or a lesbian woman who just can't stand Democrats. Maybe you are rich and you don't want anyone to raise your...
Monday night in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., the religious wing of the Republican Party hosted a Values Voter Debate, but none of the top-tier Republicans came. Why did Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney, Fred Thompson and John McCain dodge a chance to...
Hmm... it seems Auburn may be reverting back to their old offensively inconsistent ways. Fortunately, Arkansas was without Marcus Monk, or the game could have easily gone the other way.Oh well, a wins-a-win. Now it's time to get ready for...
If you look at the current presidential campaigns, all of the candidates, both parties, their campaigns/associates, the debates, moderators, pundits, talking heads, TV shows, blogs... and all of their associations, you will see that campaign-financing is easily the most important...
Here's a video crash course on election fraud for those of you who are waking up to the fact of election fraud but can't find anything in the mainstream press. ( Professor Steven Freeman of the University of Pennsylvania, author of...
Among the most important public health advances of the past century has been the development of potent vaccines against dangerous and life-threatening illnesses. Polio, tuberculosis, and measles quickly come to mind. Through a process of inoculation, a small dose of...
The birds that come to your feeding area become part of your family as surely as your dogs and cats. You actually bond with some of them and are able to communicate with them. A perfect example was my one-legged cardinal...
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