After reading another blog about a proposed amendment requiring the teaching of the constitution in schools, I could not help but recall a recent news story. How would Senator Byrd, being a Democrat, address this school decision? If Byrd's amendment passed, would we then have to declare what parts of the constitution and American history could be taught? Would we have to censor our own history? Declaration of Independence Banned at Calif School Wed Nov 24, 2004 04:12 PM ET By Dan...
As most of my readers know, I have been suffering from some bizarre neck pain. I have absolutely no idea how or when I strained my neck (call me crazy!) to this point, but here I sit in agony. Anyway, among the many "treatments" I have subjected myself to over the past week, I have several times resorted to the old stand-by BenGay. My love affair with BenGay spans decades. I wore it like a perfume during my dancing days (ballet, not stripping). I bathed in it during my pregnancy with the ...
As most of my readers know, I have been suffering from some bizarre neck pain. I have absolutely no idea how or when I strained my neck (call me crazy!) to this point, but here I sit in agony. Anyway, among the many "treatments" I have subjected myself to over the past week, I have several times resorted to the old stand-by BenGay. My love affair with BenGay spans decades. I wore it like a perfume during my dancing days (ballet, not stripping). I bathed in it during my pregnancy with the ...
So, yesterday, I was perusing the latest edition of Time magazine. For some reason, I always start at the last page and go backwards...call me crazy. The last article in Time magazine is always an op-ed piece that usually irriates me but rarely surprises me. While reading last week's aggravating piece entitled "The Battle is Over, but the War Goes On" by Michelle Cottie, I came across this paragraph: "Democrats found this election discombobulating because no matter how often they hear a...
Did you know that plaster casts of people upon their death have been made for centuries? The casts were made as mementos for the family of the deceased. The Death Mask Gallery has pictures of scores of famous death masks. Check out Alfred Hitchcock, Chopin, Pascal, Frederick the Great, Ben Franklin and more.... Creepy, but fascinating!
As everyone already knows, during this last election, exit polls showed that 20% of voters cited "moral values" as their top concern. "Desperate Housewives" is currently the #1 rated show in prime time television. Does this dichotomy make Americans hypocrites? Can you be a highly moral person and enjoy a show like "Desperate Housewives?" Maybe, there is no hypocrasy. Do people concerned with "moral values" also enjoy the entertainment value of "Desperate Housewives?" Is the issue s...
The EPA must put a stop to Mother Nature. She is polluting our air with little concern for animals, insects, and other fragile lifeforms. Mother Nature must be regulated! Mount St. Helens Is State's Top Polluter Thu Dec 2, 3:32 AM ET SEATTLE - Washington state's top polluter isn't a pulp mill, a power plant or refinery. It's the newly awakened Mount St. Helens. Missed Tech Tuesday? How to choose the right digital camera, plus the best printers and online photo services. ...
This holiday season, when so many people get hit with the "holiday blues," I will actively alter my state of mind. Reality is perception, and I believe we can consciously alter our perception. Some call it the power of the mind. I don't know about all that but here are a few things that will and will not happen to me this holiday season: 1) I refuse to become depressed. If I feel the evil of the blues sneaking upon me, I will trounce upon it. I will combat abjection with whatever arsenal I...
We need something like this for drunken bloggers, stoned bloggers, etc. I know I have made a few embarrassing comments and articles while drinking. Oddly Enough - Reuters You're Drunk...who You Gonna Call? Tue Nov 30,10:37 AM ET Oddly Enough - Reuters CANBERRA (Reuters) - An Australian phone company is offering customers the chance to blacklist numbers before heading out for a night on the town so they can reduce the risk of making any embarrassing, incoherent late-night ca...
We need something like this for drunken bloggers, stoned bloggers, etc. I know I have made a few embarrassing comments and articles while drinking. Oddly Enough - Reuters You're Drunk...who You Gonna Call? Tue Nov 30,10:37 AM ET Oddly Enough - Reuters CANBERRA (Reuters) - An Australian phone company is offering customers the chance to blacklist numbers before heading out for a night on the town so they can reduce the risk of making any embarrassing, incoherent late-night ca...
Ok, well a couple of people asked if I would post some pics. Can't post any of Zombie....he has an image of black evilness to uphold (or so he says) So here is the unflattering truth of me and the flattering truth of my children...... The Twins Jakob and Rachel Princess Rachel Handsome Jakob Joshua ""
We all know that the government could spend our money better. Cries of fiscal responsibility from both parties can be heard throughout our country. Since it is your money being spent, I would like to know what programs you would cut and why.
Recently, Taget retail stores imposed a nation wide ban on the traditional holiday bell ringers of the Salvation Army. Even as a child, I adored these bell ringers with their red buckets. I remember feeling like they were somehow a part of Santa's helpers. Today, I always give my children some money to put into the red bucket. I take the opportunity to explain to them the meaning of charity. During a holiday season, when it is so easy to get caught up with the "I want, I want, I want," the...
Hi guys and girls, it's your favorite deadzombie posting for his beautiful wife, iamheather. 'Heather' was trying to kill our pet bird last night when she pinched a nerve in her back, probably awakening one of her old dance injuries (didnt you know professional dance was a brutal, cut-throat profession?). Actually, she pinched it making sandwiches. Can you feel the mystery of life at work here? She's in intolerable pain right now, laid up in bed. The nerve is right at the base of her neck, so...
Another thing to be thankful for: At least your Thanksgiving didn't involve stabbings! Dispute over turkey blamed for stabbings By Associated Press Friday, November 26, 2004 WORCESTER, Mass. - A man was charged with stabbing two relatives who allegedly criticized his table manners during Thanksgiving dinner. Police said the fight broke out when Gonzalo Ocasio, Jr., 18, and his father, Gonzalo Ocasio, 49, reprimanded an uncle for picking at the turkey with his fingers, ...