( My Personal Manifesto )

Independence Day is supposed to be about celebrating what our forefathers and foremothers dreamed this country should be ( Read more... )

All the way, San Jose!

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The Moody Blues are playing at Ravinia on Friday, June 25th. Lawn tickets are $27. Can I interest anybody in joining me?

I do not, as a rule, chew gum. However, the other day I spotted a package of Wrigley's Doublemint on the checkout stand at Jewel and decided that I wanted some. I looked at the package and it didn't say "sugar free" anywhere--a good sign or so I thought. Then I hunted down the ingredients. MUCH to my surprise, it contained not only sugar but ( Read more... )

If you're a turkey eater, you've probably eaten Broad Breasted Whites all of your life. This is the bog standard turkey that you get in any store or restaurant. I've never liked that variety of turkey and hence I never eat the stuff ( Read more... )

I heard the most disturbing advertisement on the radio this morning. It started out pleasantly enough, saying that this country's family farms were our future and telling us to support family farmers. Then the jarring last line played...paid for on behalf of America's family farmers, by MonsantoThis would be the SAME Monsanto that regularly ( Read more... )

Do you own a Sigg stainless steel water bottle? If you bought it recently, you may be okay. If it's more than a year old, the lining may contain Bisphenol A, BPA. This is an endocrine disrupter as well as having a laundry list of other "potential" effects ( Read more... )

Somebody is slowly and methodically adding my name and e-mail addy to a bunch of mailing lists. I keep getting stuff I didn't sign up for. I suppose they could be springing off of each other, but it's sort of annoying and I wish it would stop ( Read more... )