Wednesday, May 2, 2007Office Romance?There's a time when you have to evaluate your behaviour based on the reactions that it gets from other people. There's a person in my office who, it is widely believed, is hooking up with another person in my office. The guy is a perennial flirt. He's even flirted with me, which I KNEW wasn't... Sign in to see full entry.Sunday, April 29, 2007I've Turned into a Old Woman...Overnight. I am SO sore from the walk yesterday. I did a lot of moving today to work the stiffness out, but I'm still feeling it. My bum and my legs are achy. They didn't appreciate being made to run the vacuum and walk about with the duster. But they complained even when I was sitting, so they just... Sign in to see full entry.Saturday, April 28, 2007SerendipityI ran into a former co-worker and friend today.... only I almost didn't. After the 5K, a friend and I went to Philly Connection for lunch. It was lovely, and we spent a long time, lingering over our cheese-steaks and sodas. And resting our tired feet. Finally, though, we got up to leave. My friend... Sign in to see full entry.Friday, April 27, 2007Stupid Parent of the Year AwardOkay, in my opinion, Alec Baldwin is a complete idiot. Sorry, he's a good actor and all, but he hasn't got brain one. You're in the middle of a nasty custody battle over an eleven-year-old girl. Your ex is claiming that you are cruel and abusive, and therefore you should not have custody or... Sign in to see full entry.Thursday, April 26, 2007The Wreck Still Haunts MeI was in a bad wreck in July 2005. We still haven't settled the case, as I'm still being treated by two different people for the after-effects. I spent about an hour on the phone this morning with my lawyer's paralegal, going over the case and what happened. And what effects I am still suffering.... Sign in to see full entry.Monday, April 23, 2007Help Save Chocolate!The FDA is considering a change to the standards used to qualify whether a food is, or is not, chocolate. Current rules require cocoa butter and cocoa solids, while allowing other additives like milk solids and milk fat (for milk chocolate). The proposed changes would allow other fats in place of... Sign in to see full entry.Friday, April 20, 2007A Just VerdictThe verdict is in, and the jury has found Mary Winkler guilty of voluntary manslaughter. Essentially, that means that, while she did kill Matthew Winkler, she did not do so with premeditation and she had just provocation for what she did. It was a tragic accident spawned by the desperate... Sign in to see full entry.Thursday, April 19, 2007Why I Believe Mary WinklerAfter watching and listening to Mary Winkler's testimony yesterday, I am more convinced than ever that this is an abused woman who either shot her husband in self-defense or who accidentally discharged a gun while trying to scare an abusive man into leaving her alone. I have walked very far down the... Sign in to see full entry.Wednesday, April 18, 2007What's Happened to Our Society?A lot of people are asking this question these days, in the wake of the ever-increasing lethal violence on our nation's school and university campuses. Call me arrogant, but I think I can tell you why we are suddenly seeing kids and young adults using deadly force against their peers. About 50 years... Sign in to see full entry.Friday, April 13, 2007A Double StandardI've been trying to get away from the Don Imus situation all week. But it keeps swirling around in my mind, so I'm going to spout off my thoughts to make them go away. What Imus said was ugly. Unkind. Rude. Wrong. He took his shock-jock behaviour too far. I do not dispute that the words he applied... Sign in to see full entry. |