Feeds:
Posts
Comments

Archive for March, 2006

Forgiveness: Alexa Young

Posted in quotations on March 22, 2006 | Leave a Comment »

Forgiveness is the release of all hope for a better past. – Alexa Young

Read Full Post »

Personal Holidays

Posted in musing, tagged on March 22, 2006 | Leave a Comment »

I am intrigued by an article that I recently read about creating my own set of holidays.
After all, what are holidays other than a date that a group of people have agreed to set aside to celebrate something? I’m not aware of any rule that says that holidays have to be “official” in order to [...]

Read Full Post »

"I’m not responsible because…"

Posted in soapbox, tagged on March 14, 2006 | Leave a Comment »

This one really burns me up. I heard on the news that the defense team for an infamous criminal was planning on using the bad childhood defense. You know the defense I mean…where the defendants gets to claim that they aren’t responsible for their actions because they were abused as children.
BS, I say!

I know many [...]

Read Full Post »

Santa Clara Schools Junk Food Ban

Posted in commentary, tagged on March 14, 2006 | 2 Comments »

I heard on the radio last week that the Santa Clara foods are banning junk foods 24/7. This means no junk food in machines…but it also means no more cake and ice cream for birthdays, candy sales for school groups, bake sales, etc.

The reason given was that the school district had decided that they needed [...]

Read Full Post »

Professional Driver

Posted in musing, tagged on March 14, 2006 | 1 Comment »

I saw this on an 18-wheel Perdue truck this morning:
Driven by a professional driver.
Is this to imply that the rest of the 18-wheelers out there are driven by amateurs?
My stepfather drove trucks for a long time for Consolidated Freight. He had special licensing to pass, and many more tests than the typical car driver goes [...]

Read Full Post »

Groucho Marx: Books

Posted in quotations on March 9, 2006 | Leave a Comment »

“Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read.”
–Groucho Marx

Read Full Post »

Ironing

Posted in musing, tagged on March 8, 2006 | Leave a Comment »

My second favorite household chore is ironing. My first one being — hitting my head on the top bunk bed until I faint. -Erma Bombeck
It’s no secret at my house that I hate to iron. I don’t buy clothes that need to be ironed, and on the rare occasion that something is wrinkled, I’d rather [...]

Read Full Post »

Book Review: Crocodile on the Sandbank

Posted in commentary, tagged on March 7, 2006 | Leave a Comment »

Crocodile on the Sandbank is the first book in the series that features Amelia Peabody, Victorian lady archaeologist. This is a re-read for me, since I couldn’t find the book I wanted next in the series at the library. This book is spunky, exciting, and downright hilarious.
Title: Crocodile on the Sandbank
Author: Elizabeth Peters
Link: Amazon Link
Rating [...]

Read Full Post »

Cinderella Stories

Posted in musing, tagged , on March 1, 2006 | Leave a Comment »

We rented Cinderella this weekend for the younger crowd’s part of family movie night. I had never seen the film before, and watched it with interest. It didn’t have anything I wasn’t expecting: a girl, forced into subjugation by her wicked stepmother, is given a magical evening by her fairy godmother.
The thing that caught my [...]

Read Full Post »