Penalties of Stay-Home Parenting
I have often felt, both as a stay-home mom and as a mom with a career, that there are a number of indignities heaped upon women solely because they also happen to be mothers. I stayed home with my children for four years because I felt it was important enough to justify the loss of […]
Sick and Tired of Politics! Especially the Third-Parties!
Okay, I am officially sick fo the Presidential election and all the politicking surrounding it. Can we stop now? Can we have a few days of quiet and peace before next Tuesday? Sadly, it ain’t gonna happen. And the saddest bit is, some wacky thing is liable to happen between now and then — just […]
Superstition or Religion? Where Does the Person of True Faith Stand?
True Christianity has on work gloves and snake-boots. It wades in and attacks problems while relying on God for strength to persevere through whatever difficulties may occur. …true faith removes a person from the tyranny of fear and allows the person to live in peace.
Was It The Bride’s Gun, Or the Groom’s?
A wedding party in Serbia caused a two-seater sports plane to crash, seriously injuring the two men riding in the plane—neither of whom, incidentally, appears to have had a pilot’s license. How on earth did a wedding party cause an aircraft to crash? They were shooting their guns into the air and shot through the […]
Apotemnophilia—Now That’s Bizarre
I first became aware of this very unusual disorder some years ago, after scanning through a medical journal looking for information on a completely different topic. I was both fascinated and horrified. What would make an otherwise normal and healthy person want to have a healthy and functioning part of his body removed? Apotemnophilia, you […]
Wrong House Destroyed — Demolition Crew Facing Unemployment
A lady in Phoenix might have been homeless tonight after a demolition crew tore down her house by mistake. The AP reports that the demolition crew was supposed to tear down the house across the street, but poorly marked house numbers made it difficult for the demolition crew to identify the house they were to […]
Remembering
I wasn’t a blogger in 2001, so I don’t know that I’ve ever posted anything about where I was and what I was doing on this date five years ago. At that time, I worked for a pilots’ union. This union served the flight crew of a major global cargo carrier. It was around 7:45 […]
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