I got a invitation from a friend on facebook. She’s deleting one profile to start a new one, I guess because she had a bunch of friends on her old one that she doesn’t like. This online practice has always amazed me. I used to run into it on journal sites. I never sought-out friends [...]
I’ve been following the terrible events in Japan closely. It’s terrible, but I was surprised by how deeply I’ve been affected. The horror that they’re still experiencing and will experience is tremendous. I could go on and on. But, then I saw a bunch of facebook posts (not from MY friends) posted on websites saying [...]
So several people have posted that they’ve started eating healthy and it’s expensive. It is possible to eat healthfully and relatively cheaply, but it requires time and planning. SO if you’ve never planned a week of groceries and meals, it can be a tough proposition. Hints: Go with whats in-season. Farmer’s Markets are fantastic resources, [...]
Must be the world has a vendetta against me, because two advice columns I read today had people writing in about how to help fat kids. Here’s my advice – butt out. These people worry because someone is fat and they watch them over-eat, but they don’t bother to think maybe something is wrong emotionally. [...]
Friday, February 25, 2011
I’ve been watching this pretty good documentary on Auschwitz. I’ve become, in my more recent years, more and more of a history buff. It started as an obsession with cults and religious groups and serial killers. And then someone might have told me I was “worse than Hitler,” which would have been funny if it [...]
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Hello, my friends. And may I wish you a happy valentine’s day weekend. People get really touchy about Valentine’s Day. I don’t understand why. Here are the complaints I usually hear. I’m single. Boo-hoo. My response: Well, do something for yourself. Booze, food, gadgets, girly stuff, whatever. Donate the money you would spend on someone [...]
I wrote an entry yesterday and Michael said it was a horrible guilt trip for my parents. Which is why I almost didn’t write it and am currently considering “un-writing” it. I think it’s important to remember that I subscribe to the “every parent fucks up their child” view of life. One day M and [...]
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
I’ve put off writing this entry for a long time for a lot of reasons. Primarily, I don’t want to be misunderstood. So I’m smacking a big, old warning sticker over this entry to emphasize two points. Yes, my parents sometimes spanked/hit me. Many kids have this experience. It does not make a parent a [...]
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Seriously. He’s right, I’m wrong. And I’m okay with that. I withdraw my “Inflammatory Crap” blog-entry. But I can’t leave it at that, because he made me remember a discussion with my dad. I was 13. I was depressed. I bemoaned the state of the world. And my father told me, “Bad shit will always [...]
I’ve been thinking. Whatever happened to politicians being politicians and activists being activists. Let me break it down. Activists get shit done. They focus on one problem or one section of a problem and they work their asses off to solve it. Eventually, when they find a solution that works in multiple arenas, they convince [...]