On this, the eve of our country’s birthday celebration, I am compelled to vent about the amazing lack of basic understanding of the way our government is designed that so many citizens seem to have. So, in case you also have forgotten your 5th grade Civics and/ or never watched Schoolhouse Rock on Saturday mornings, here is the US Government… Read more »
Or at least that’s what I’ve been told recently. Apparently my and my husband’s joint decision to not procreate was purely about our own selfish needs. Never mind if we donate time and money to charities. Never mind if we have great relationships with our younger family members. Never mind if we didn’t think we’d be good parents. Never mind… Read more »
Turn on any TV sitcom. Almost without fail the dad is clueless and clumsy and the mom is smart and sophisticated. And that couple’s daughters will be smarter than their sons to boot! Read any women’s magazine. You’ll find this month’s tips on getting that clueless boyfriend or spouse you have to help you out around the house, make nice… Read more »
Like everyone else I have been watching the devastation following the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Like any decent human being my heart goes out to the thousands of people who are homeless, looking for lost loved ones, injured, hungry, or hurting in any other way. Sadly, not everyone is a decent human being. At least not from some of… Read more »
First of all, I am so so sick of finger pointing, public hysteria and politics in general!!! I am so annoyed that I cannot even put together a decent paragraph about any of them right now. Please go ahead and see my previous posts on politics, taking responsibility for yourselves, and generally being an adult. They are all doubly valid… Read more »
One of the many things that have frustrated me lately is the failure of society as a whole to concentrate on the real problems we are facing as a country and a planet and instead to spend countless hours on things that really aren’t all that important. Granted, it’s not all our fault. In the most recent round of elections… Read more »
What is the deal with people deciding that their child needs a goofily-spelled name? I’m not talking about names where there are more than one socially acceptable versions already out there such as Geoffrey/Jeffrey or Deborah/Debra. I’m talking about all the other names that we as a society thought we already knew how to spell but apparently didn’t.This comes to… Read more »
I have been waging war against my face most of my life. I guess I should clarify- war against the skin on my face is a better way to put it. And lately the war has gotten worse. When I look in the mirror I first see the things I don’t like- I think most people do. I notice the… Read more »
Well apparently I wasn’t the only one who was not impressed by the billboard comparing Obama to Hitler. The thing has made headlines all over the world! Thankfully it was taken down yesterday but if you really want to know more about it just Google “Mason City Billboard”. I don’t know what was going on in the heads of whomever… Read more »
I am experiencing a post- Olympic let down this week. I wasn’t even planning on watching much of the Games but I got sucked in about day two and watched it all- skiing, skating, even curling! The only thing I didn’t watch was hockey because that really bores me (and yet I watched curling? Yes, I admit that makes less… Read more »