Observations of Planet Earth

Okay, you have all heard of the woman in California who gave birth to eight babies right? I guess that was not a record, but we can hope the human body cannot hold many more than that.
Now, before I start, let me make this clear. I don’t object to multiple births, even those induced by [...]

And a Word From Our Sponsor

A couple of days ago, I posted a writing called Sweeping out the Cobwebs. It generated a number of excellent comments, and I thought it was worth another post to explore some of them, as well as answer a couple of criticisms.
Rick Allan writes:
Sherry, I guess I understand where you are coming from regarding Benedict [...]

Death of a Virtue

Once upon a time there was a thing called honesty. You remember it I’m sure. Millions of times as a child, mother shook a finger at you and said, “don’t lie to me. If I find out you’re lying it will go much worse for you.”
Somehow that lesson has been lost. Yes, lost. Perhaps forever. [...]

Sweeping out the Cobwebs

As I listen to news and read, I am struck by things that, much as I wish I could, I cannot explain or understand. I thought I would set down a couple, in the hopes that somebody might give me an answer. They trouble me and make me wonder if I am somehow just organically [...]

I Can’t Wait for the Answers!

The question for the day: Submitted by the Contrarian, as I was innocently sipping my morning coffee.
Why is it that when it’s cold, women’s nipples get hard and men’s penises shrink?
Welcome to my world!

Amazing Grace

I guess the right thing comes along at just the right time. God is like that, popping up when you least expect him. Mired in my own black creation of life, I have been scratching frantically at habit and ritual to pull me back from the abyss that is depression. How little [...]

It’s pretty easy to know how things are going in the new Obama Administration these days. One only has to watch Foxy Noise and other such wingnuttery media and see how much they are squealing.
They seem to be squealing like the proverbial stuck pig these days, so things must be looking exceedingly good.
Last night we [...]