I had the best evening I have had in a really long time . I went out for the evening on a date. I know this week had a really rough start for me but the ending was the best....
New research from the Netherlands shows that children raised by lesbian couples are as well-adjusted as those raised in heterosexual families. The study shows results nearly identical to similar research in the United States and Canada, according to the Rockaway Institute,...
The American Medical Student Association (AMSA), the nation's largest, independent medical student organization, representing more than 68,000 physicians-in-training, today urged the U.S. House of Representatives on Sept. 20 to pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (H.R. 2015), in order to protect...
The U.S. spends twice as much as other industrialized nations on health care, $7,129 per capita. Yet our system performs poorly in comparison and still leaves 46 million without health coverage and millions more inadequately covered. This is because private insurance...
“Universal health care is getting the attention it deserves, but unfortunately the proposals receiving the most attention ignore the ‘Big Leak,’” which is the enormous non-benefit costs incurred by health care providers who must match their billions of billings...
Ken Jordan has more signs up than anybody, but his web presence cannot be found, and he was not part of the candidate roundtable I just watched on WTCI. (Don't worry: if you missed it, it will be re-aired...
We have been enjoying using Skype to chat with Austina and various others on voice over IP. My dad just got his apartment phone in Texas and it too is VOIP. Comcast has started offering VOIP in our area. When...
The EPB board approved Fiber to the Home today, and the cable TV industry is panicking (are you surprised?). Also, there are TONS of cops swarming my neighborhood this evening (is five ounces of marijuana really worth $25,000 these days!?! I...
Ignorance?..Stupidity?..Hatred?.. Two arrested in noose incident near Jena, Louisiana I don't know. I can only shake my head. I can't imagine what people are thinking when they do things like this. The items they had in the truck with them make it sound...
"I heard somebody say, 'Where's (Nelson) Mandela?' Well, Mandela's dead. Because Saddam killed all the Mandelas." -- George W. Bush, on the former South African president, who is still very much alive, Washington, D.C., Sept. 20, 2007 (reuters)...
Today I participated in the Online Craft Club Show and Tell. Did you miss it? Oh, well... it is over on my other blog, Always, Alli. Oh, you didn't know I had another blog? Well, the blog is all about...
I don't know if these things actually clump up or if I think I'm noticing a pattern that's just not there, but it seems like the bloggers are reporting on an unusual number of clueless people today. First there are the...
Points to Ryan for predicting this. It's a real shame too. I really hope it doesn't hold up the vote on Tuesday. Get it passed, and let 'em fight it out in court. There's nothing quite like monopolies litigating away potential...
As of today, I'm back at my pre-pregnancy weight. Which is nothing to brag about, but I'm still glad to be there. I gained a little more than I should have (40 pounds) and of course I'm older than most...
Right after baby Genevieve was born, my sister and BIL's laptop bit the dust. It was fried somehow and not fixable. And while we were there the discussion of what they should get to replace it became a bit of...
It is no secret in our house that Fuller loves his PBJ sandwiches. He prefers them cut up in squares and so far has no preference in jelly. Strawberry is what I prefer, so it is usually what ends up...
When we went to Florida my parents nicely and wisely put us up in a hotel down the road from my sister's apartment. It was a Howard Johnson's and the best amenity it offered was the pool right outside the...
readings The Koran Medina Suras The Chapter of Women 4:59 "Verily, those who disbelieve in our signs, we will broil them with fire; whenever their skins are well done, then we will change them for other skins, that they may taste the torment. Verily, Allah is...
From the New York Daily News: A sophomore at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was surrounded by troopers carrying submachine guns and arrested after showing up at Boston's Logan Airport wearing a phony bomb, made partly from Play-Doh, strapped to her...
THE STORY OF ELIJAH The Sunday school teacher was carefully explaining the story of Elijah the Prophet and the false prophets of Baal. She explained how Elijah built the altar, put wood upon it, cut a steer in pieces, and laid...
I really need to get back to writing on this thing. I know I am talking to myself, but it was a good way to get some thoughts out there. Anyway, I've been thinkin' about what I want to write...
A nice, calm and respectable lady went into the pharmacy, right up to the pharmacist, looked straight into his eyes, and said, "I would like to buy some cyanide." The pharmacist asked, "Why in the world do you need cyanide?" The...
Yet another butterfly from the Tennessee Aquarium's butterfly exhibit. It's a busy morning, folks! I'm back on by feet (after being felled by a bug earlier in the week! no kidding!), so I've got tons of stuff to catch up on!...
I recently sold my old Nextel i560 phone and switched over to Sprint. I had an extra wall charger that I can't get rid of. I thought I would post it on here and if someone reads my...
I made the weekly trip to Wal Mart last night mainly for 2 reasons . First because I had ran out of stuff but the other ones was just to be able to go by and see the plane crash...
Letter from Representative John Conyers - I wanted to take the opportunity to update you on the status of the contempt of Congress resolution in the House of Representatives. As you may know, the Judiciary Committee passed a resolution before...
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