Normally I go for something wacky and funny for my holidays, but today is an important one so I’m choosing to share it sans jokes. Today is World MS Day. We all know people who lived with or are currently living with MS. My mother in law had MS for 35 years. She was an amazing, strong woman who… Read more »
Today is Memorial Day. Today is a day to honor those who gave their lives fighting for our country. It’s not Veteran’s Day or Armed Services Day, but I digress…… On this Memorial Day I find myself wondering what those men and women who died in the line of duty would think of the United States today. We are more… Read more »
Today is DNA day. As a science nerd I’m loving this! Today we celebrate 2 important events in the history of genetic science – the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA by Watson and Frick in 1953 and the completion of the human genome project in 2001. It is impossible to understate how important the discovery and mapping… Read more »
Recently much as been made of the factoid that Vice President Mike Pence follows the “Billy Graham rules”. There are actually four rules, but the first one is the one that gets all the attention- the one about interactions with women. Simply put, Mike Pence, arguably one of the most powerful men in the world, refuses to be alone with… Read more »
I have a lot of friends who sell a lot of things though direct sales/ multi-level marketing companies. Thankfully, most of them have learned that 15 social media posts a day doesn’t do anything but annoy people. Same thing with adding people to groups without their permission- not cool. But there are lots of other, sometimes more subtle ways… Read more »
Recently there have been reports from Iowa Tourism that some people who were thinking of visiting my fine state have changed their minds. Why? Because of recent awful, racist statements made by 4th District Congressman Steve King. I’m here to tell you is to come visit Iowa anyway. I’m here to assure you that Steve King absolutely does NOT represent the… Read more »
I have written about being a misunderstood Christian multiple times before. Alas, the problem has only gotten worse lately, and quite frankly it’s mostly because the only Christians many non-Christians see are the “Evangelicals”, This term used to simply mean someone who was a member of one of the more conservative church bodies, but lately has become synonymous with homophobia,… Read more »
I admit it. I’m a hypocrite. Last week I wrote about the importance of NOT constantly arguing online and logging off when you need to. If you missed it (I was having publishing issues) you can read it here: http://beckypalmer.thecomputerguy.bz/2017/01/give-peace-a-chance-online/ Excellent advise, right? Too bad I didn’t follow it. In spite of my best intentions I did indeed insert myself… Read more »
If you are anything like me you are sick to death of anything and everything political. Seems like you can’t log in to any social media site without witnessing- if not actually getting into- an all out brawl. Even the simplest, most innocent observation can turn ugly in the blink of an eye. Why are we doing this to ourselves?… Read more »
My intent for today’s post was to write about the women’s marches that took place last weekend and the bizarre backlash against them from women. And I’m not referring to the backlash against hate speech, vandalism or littering – those are all valid points. I’m referring to women who genuinely don’t see why anybody was marching at all because they… Read more »