Growing Old Disgracefully

Tree Sweater Thanks to my #1 for ALL her amazing ideas about what her mother should be doing!! :-P

Facing Down Iran by Mark Steyn, City Journal Spring 2006 What’s the difference between a hothead and a moderate? Well, the extremist Ahmadinejad has called for Israel to be “wiped off the map,” while the moderate Rafsanjani has declared that Israel is...

Wis. Court Mulls Usage of Victim's Letter - Yahoo! News MILWAUKEE - About two weeks before her death, Julie C. Jensen went to a neighbor, shaking and crying, and handed over a sealed envelope. If anything happened to her, she said, he should give it to...

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for Shawn

Published on April 16 2006

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The Human Clock

Published on April 15 2006

This is the neatest clock! Every minute of the day is represented by a photo depicting that time. I hate to say I could sit and watch the clock for hours, but.... The Human Clock™ - A Clock Photo for Every Minute of the Day -Flowerbeds that need raking...

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Why didn't I think of this?

Published on April 15 2006

With summer approaching fast, this is something that should be on every kid's wishlist. Somebody probably made a fortune off this idea!

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Hoppy Easter!

Published on April 15 2006

Yes, I know this has been all over the Web, and in everyone's email, but I just couldn't resist when I got it in an email from #1 kid. Happy Easter, everyone!!

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I'll Do Anything

Published on April 15 2006

It's Jackson Browne night on the old iPod!! I hadn't heard this one since forever, even though it's one of my favorites from the "newer" albums. I've been listening to so much Jazz for class lately that I've been neglecting some of my favorites. Off the...

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the #$(%*% day....

Published on April 13 2006

Just a short update on the crappiest Monday I've had in a very long time. J's funeral is tomorrow in his hometown, a small farm town just outside of Green Bay. Right now, there are eleven of us who are planning to make the two-hour drive over there. We...

Lost a member of my crew today. He'd called in sick a couple days ago, and still didn't show up for work this morning. We had an uneasy feeling about this yesterday when we didn't hear from him, since the guy was a serious diabetic--multiple shots daily....