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Haiti Earthquake: Day 2

Just a few thoughts, as I watch CNN’s Anderson Cooper report.
There is nothing to do, and there is everything to do.
The current problem is one of not enough resources. As I watch a family of men trying to extract a young girl, 13 years old, I cannot help but wonder: what is going through their [...]

Haiti Quake Gallery

My heart is truly in pain, looking at these pictures. Please donate $10 to the Red Cross by texting the word ‘Haiti’ to 90999, or $5 to Wyclef Jean’s “Yélé Ha&itrema;ti Earthquake Fund” by texting YELE to 501501. Click the Yélé image to visit Wyclef’s site.

Obviously, this is only a preliminary Gallery. I will add [...]

Minority Report in the Land of Obama

Like most of America, I waited with baited breath for the expiration of the infamous “First 100 days”, an arbitrary deadline during which we expect to measure the mettle of new presidents.
Although a few things were disturbing near the end of that time period, I (and most Americans, I think) gave him high marks for [...]

From the Kitchen: Sourdough Starter

I first made sourdough starter back in 2000. I remember because that was the year right after we got married, and we nursed that baby for so long, my husband used to joke: “If ever it dies, we’ll know we’re in trouble too!” It became a running joke between us.
This is the recipe [...]

Ninety-Nine… One Hundred Days!

I want you to hold your government accountable. I want you to hold me accountable.
~Barack Obama
Ok, we will!
~PolitiFact.com
100 days after taking on the mantle of the Presidency, it’s time (at last!) to do just that.
Like most everyone, I imagine, I’ve been watching what President Obama has been up to. Trying to remember that [...]

Two Hundred Sixty-Six

Over the weekend, new allegations have surfaced in connection with the treatment (or mistreatment) of terror “suspects”. Among them, the treatment of Abu Zubaydah, presumed Al-Qaeda operative, who was subjected to this treatment a shocking 83 times, and Khalid Sheikh Mohamed, confessed planner of the September 11th attacks, who was waterboarded a stunning [...]

Stephenie Meyer’s “Twilight” Series

It’s been a while since I’ve read a book that dragged me in from word one and held me, mesmerized, entranced, unable to let go. For a time, I lived in Meyer’s version of Forks, Washington.
A lot of Stephen King stories have done that, of course. There’s a reason why I’m a big [...]

A Depressing Anti-Depression Stimulus Package

(UPDATE: I’ve added a link to the current stimulus package, H.R. 1, as passed in the House on 27 Jaunary, 2008. It’s a full PDF text, all 647 pages of it. May comment on it later, as I’m currently attempting to pour over it).
As the economy continues tit’s downward spiral amid news [...]

And the Truth Shall Set You Free

Tonight, hundreds of thousands of people (if not a million or so) are braving the freezing temperatures of Washington, D.C., in celebration of the passing from the old to the new. The Bush family is, presumably, spending their last night at the White House tonight, before “checking out” around 11:00.
As the vast majority of [...]

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