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10-20-30 Virus
I saw this one over on Autumn’s Mom and Ms. Mamma, and thought I would do it myself. 🙂 The idea is, I tell you what I was doing 10 years ago, 20 years ago, and 30 years ago. Since I’m over 40, I added 40 to this meme. Feel free to join in and do this one as well, if you’re interested. 10 years ago – 1997 – I was working as an HR Assistant at a small local company, and not really loving it. Actually, I got passed over for a promotion I wanted, which led me to accepting a job that was a much better match for…
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Jolene
Jess had a post the other day about being a dorky 8-year old, and taping songs off of the radio. Back in the day, we would take our cassette player, plop it in front of the radio, and tape our favorite songs, cursing the DJ if he talked over the intro or outro (that’s a real term, ’cause I live with radio talk, so I know!). That reminded me of how my friend Jennifer and I would spend our Sunday mornings…first, I would walk to her house, which was maybe a mile or two from my house…then, I would make pancakes for us (I was 5 years older than she…
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Calling All Wordies!
I saw this over at the hidden side of a leaf.Ă‚Â Ă‚Â A fun site called Free Rice, where they give you a word with a list of 4 synonyms…you pick the right one, they donate 10 grains of rice, which are paid for by advertisers to the page.Ă‚Â Kind of like The Hunger Site, but with learning!Ă‚Â For each correct answer, the next word gets a little harder. For each incorrect answer, the next word gets a little easier. Hey, you can show off (at least to yourself), learn something, and have fun, all while helping to alleviate hunger. Fun!
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Do we need help from St. Joseph?
I saw an article on the Wall Street Journal about the huge increase in sales of St. Joseph statues spurred by the lagging housing market. Lore claims that if you bury a statue of St. Joseph in your yard, it will guarantee you a quick home sale. Um…ok, I’m tempted to give it a try. I’m ashamed to admit that, but the thought did cross my mind. Then I thought, wait, I’m willing to risk a lot worse than my home not selling by being an atheist, right? If I’m willing to risk not getting into heaven someday, I should be willing to risk not selling my home. In other…
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Waterboarding
I find Attorney General-designate Michael Mukasey’s equivication on whether the interrogation technique called ‘waterboarding’ constitutes torture or not to be deeply disturbing. Waterboarding was considered a war crime when practiced against Americans in WWII and in Viet Nam, yet for some reason, Mukasey can’t seem to make up his mind as to whether the treatment involved is equal to torture. This, from Malcolm Nance, a veteran of counter terrorism operations in Iraq: 1. Waterboarding is a torture technique. Period. There is no way to gloss over it or sugarcoat it. It has no justification outside of its limited role as a training demonstrator. Our service members have to learn that…