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September 2007

September 19, 2007

Questions from the email and elsewhere

Some nagging questions coming my way from email...and also my kids, my husband...the dog... What...

September 11, 2007

What do YOU remember about 9/11?

REPOST: I wrote this in January of 2006, when the NSA wiretapping program was leaked....

September 10, 2007

The blogosphere just got stupider

Sensible Mom, who wrote so well, so forthrightly, so politely and well...so sensibly, and who...

August 2007

August 09, 2007

To keep you amused, in case I disappear again

Ah, well...if you're reading this post, it means my phone/internets are out again and you're...

August 08, 2007

Modems, Routers and other Nightmares

If any of you folks are even bothering to check in here anymore to see...

August 02, 2007

Verdi In Memory of Aussiegirl

Pianogirl sent to me this very imaginative video and I loved it, both because it...

July 2007

July 23, 2007

There is nothing new about the news…

Two and a half weeks later...not much has changed, except, hopefully, me. When I left...

June 2007

June 15, 2007

Shameful puns via Fausta

Fausta, who is writing and podcasting gangbusters over at her site, sent these puns. Shame...

June 02, 2007

“Interesting that you’re not writing about it…” UPDATED

:::Scroll midway to update::: I got an email from a fellow a few days ago,...

January 2007

January 21, 2007

The week of re-posting: American Idol, Praise, Shame and Sin

Sometimes, when one becomes exceedingly busy and obligation-suffocated, it's best to simply throw one's hands...

January 15, 2007

Lamb & Dragon: Counter Terrorism with Love – UPDATED

I think I can count on my hands the number of times I have revisited...

January 15, 2007

A houseful and a project

Hopefully I will get to some blogging later today - if you've emailed me and...

January 15, 2007

Aussiegirl, Helen Schieber, RIP

After a battle with cancer that simply could not be won, our friend Helen Schieber,...

January 09, 2007

Keeping the address book tidy

Don Surber has moved his blog here. If you blogroll him, you know what to...

January 09, 2007

And I’m still not a war-blogger

I am informed that Mr. Eric Boehlert has (for the third time) referenced this post...

January 07, 2007

Sigh. This is getting dull. UPDATED

On December 19, Eric Boehlert of Media Matters wrote this column in which he selectively...

January 05, 2007

Rounding up Jamil, Band-aids and more

Nothing wrong, just a great deal of activity around here - lots of people in...

January 03, 2007

I’m a 25 and other links

That would be a "25" on this test to gauge one's political posture. A "25"...

January 03, 2007

Jamil Hussein: the mystery solved!

Ace of Spades and his commenters have all the info you need on Jamil Hussein....

January 03, 2007

A good list

I linked to lots of "new years" themed blogposts here, but only just found this...

December 2006

December 31, 2006

NY Times errs again, on the predictable side – UPDATES!

In his column Truth, Justice, Abortion and the Times Magazine the Times' "public editor" (used...

December 31, 2006

2007 – the year of no predictions – UPDATED

In 2005 Buster made his predictions, and they were so-so. in 2006, I made mine....

December 29, 2006

Tim Robbins’ “chill wind” blows via Pelosi et al

"We are all going to have to rethink how we deal with this, because there...

December 22, 2006

Comments, trackbacks and spam

My apologies to those of you who have been leaving comments or trackbacks and have...

December 21, 2006

Sir, that’s not quite what I said

Regular readers know I generally do not respond to criticisms of this blog by other...

December 19, 2006

A Red One, Please

I'm a Ford Mustang! You're an American classic -- fast, strong, and bold. You're not...

December 18, 2006

Pols who talk, YOU and more

Daisy Cutter says we have no press, and asks some interesting questions about how journalists...

December 18, 2006

Weblog Awards Winners Named

Votes have been tallied and the winners are announced!. I must admit, very few of...

December 18, 2006

What becomes a Grande Diva Most?

I have to admit this is fun! I find that I have been fortunately enough...

December 15, 2006

An Amusing Go-Round

Some funny, amusing or just interesting stuff...because I am forever thinking of you, dear readers!...