Resolutions 2011
Haven’t made them yet. If I get really behind there’s always Chinese New Year in a couple of months. I did find a good starter list at the ‘Society for the Confluence of Festivals in India’ where they not only have their resolutions up, but will help you start the New Year laughing. * Just [...]
Happy 2011
Best wishes in the New Year for all, especially our readers and a special thanks to all who comment on our site and keep it lively. My neighbor called me up to tell me that there is an apparition in my back yard. This smiley face just appeared in the snow, no footprints, no sign [...]
That’s Un-American!
Via Democratic Underground, news that the City of Paris might ban SUV’s. Denis Baupin, a Parisian environmental official, told RTL radio anyone who had an SUV should “sell it and buy a vehicle that’s compatible with city life. I’m sorry, but having a sport utility vehicle in a city makes no sense.” Next they’ll be [...]
An Open Letter to Mac McClelland
[Since I posted this, Mac McClelland has written about the great risks, physical and emotional, that she braved in order to report from the crisis zone of Haiti. I thank her for her courage and wish her success in her life's work and a peaceful heart.] It’s the dark of the year, and time for [...]
Child Protection
Rev. Anne Grant has an alarming op-ed about the failure of the child protection system to fulfill its mandate to put the welfare of the child first. From ProJo.com… We have a new chief judge of the Rhode Island Family Court, Haiganush R. Bedrosian, so it is time we banished the ghost of Dr. Richard [...]
Scientific Advance Brings New Hope
Angela Christiano is a researcher on the front lines of hair promotion and preservation. My mom and her mother had hair loss from a young age. I have a cousin also who lost all of her hair. Ironically, hair is a big part of my family’s life. My grandfather was a barber in Italy and [...]
More and Better Predictions
Still searching for some credible psychic forecasts, but the field is pretty thin. Someone named Nikki from the Toronto Sun says that the year will be ‘up and down’, there might be earthquakes and celebrities will get married. And Michelle Obama will have twins. Maybe. I give Nikki credit for being specific, but Michelle Obama [...]
Africa Lights the Way
In the dark and cold season, with the snow blowing and a wind that cuts like a knife, here’s some warm and shiny news from Kenya… KIPTUSURI, Kenya — For Sara Ruto, the desperate yearning for electricity began last year with the purchase of her first cellphone, a lifeline for receiving small money transfers, contacting [...]
Wages O’ Sin
Just a typical 20-year-old girl who might go to college. A good girl who made a bad choice, but now talks to teens about abstinence. Bristol Palin bought a house with $172,000 in cash. God bless America, land of opportunity. If only more young people would follow her example. In related news, Nadya Suleman, aka [...]
Benefactor to Mankind
And to womankind. A scientist has succeeded in growing hair follicles in the lab. So far this advance is only making rats fluffier, but a cure for baldness cannot be far behind. If only my dear grandmother had lived to see the day.
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