I smelled my first lilac of spring today. Granted, it was on a bush that maybe had 3 blossoms in bloom, but it still smelled like a lilac. Lilacs may be a late sign of spring but the smell always means spring to me. Growing up we had a lilac tree (it may have been a bush at one point, but when my parents moved into it was more of a tree), and even ( Read more... )

For friends of mine who have a religious bent. I was scanning a journal that had a pull quote "...to the consternation of both evangelicals and liberals ( Read more... )

I can't begin to express how angry the first paragraph of this article made me.

http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=45582&in_page_id=34

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I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who has come by and visited
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Ahn has surgery today at St. Joseph's on Sheridan if anyone is up to visiting. I will not have internet access so I will not be able to post that she's fine, but it is fairly minor surgery so I am not really worried. 

Jelly and Fribley both curled up on Ahn. Jelly on Ahn's chest; Fribley on the lap. Jelly is purring and Fribley is wagging her tail.

Feeling better, but sore.

Happy Pi Day!

I read a lot. But a huge chuck of what I read is crap. It's like quiet TV you can take on the train. Fun to read, but not brain expanding. Additionally, because I bounced around a bit in high school, I have gaps in my literary education (Scarlett Letter? Never read it. Walled Lake had crappy English program and did American Lit in 10th grade, ( Read more... )

When I first read about the Coulter Drama, I wanted to say something because I cannot believe how politics has  pretty much come to childish name calling.  I don't think ad hominem arguments are appropriate (or good arguments for that matter). I won't  say that my brain didn't start listing them. Because, attacking Ann Coulter  is not really about ( Read more... )