Fat Judges Need Not Apply
regardless of political leanings, this argument makes my blood boil. did anyone mention antonin scalia's physique during his nomination process? ever? at all?! so if isn't an issue for a male justice...
View ArticleGO MARIA GO!!!
Maria Shriver knows what she wants viewers to take away from “The Alzheimer’s Project,” the four-part documentary series premiering tonight at 9 on HBO.“I would hope that they would recognize the...
View Articlethings to ponder
When was the last time you gave something special your 'all'? When did you pull so hard for a dream that you got red-faced and your hands hurt from your simple and adamant refusal to let go? When did...
View Articleif life doesn't have some challenges, it's not worth living, right?
a very different woman called madonna.
View Articleponderings
- the word 'busy' is overused as an excuse for everything under the sun, regardless if its use is actually warranted or not.- the small gestures of kindness and caring can brighten someone's day...even...
View Articlethe fountain brain dead
because it's too funny and worth sharing. i have to admit that the idea of "intentionally vacationing in a house next door to a site that is blasting rocks with dynamite all day long, every day" is...
View Article...and i wake up three years later
whoa!i got quoted in 'things we heard (or said)' and i apologize for anyone who probably told me about this and i nodded and said "yeah...great" without any understanding of what that person was...
View Articlecue the violins...
i love how the word "trustafarians" is actually IN THE URL for the article.best quote of the article?"In some cases, applicants have stormed out of the market after hearing the job requirements. “They...
View Articlethe sound of me smacking my forehead
as a former public school teacher in the state of texas and someone who went through 12 years of public schooling in texas, i feel i can say from personal and professional experience that no textbook...
View Articlerun fast the fire
my dear pal ellen lindsay is doing a one-woman show, titled "run fast the fire" as part of the midtown international theatre festival. it's one part of 'hello tomorrow' which is two solo shows put into...
View Articlecool NASA inventions
i really like these, but i know that nasa did not invent velcro - george de mestral did, but velcro did not become widely used until nasa began to use it frequently.
View Articlesee the space station, endeavour and progress in the sky tonight !!!
isaw this on chron.com and got a little giddy:"Tonight, Endeavour, ISS, and Progress will all be visible over Houston. Endeavour will lead ISS by a few seconds, followed several minutes later by the...
View Articleknife and fork lift
i'm still trying to process this. i'm not quite sure what is more ludicrous...the actual concept of turning silverware into barbells or the graphic of the guy with a football on his head sitting in a...
View Articlepowerful stuff.
At their core, men fear that women will laugh at them.At their core, women fear that men will kill them. Gavin de Becker, The Gift of Fear
View Articlefrom the huffington post
We've Forgotten How to Mourn"The death of a beloved person is such a mess, such a theft, such a halt to our lives. I am repeatedly frustrated and disappointed by our banal attempts to streamline it and...
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