http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/editormum/Thoughts, essays, poems, and literary wanderings about whatever is foremost in my mind at the moment.<p><p> <i>If you would like to express your appreciation for this blog by leaving a "tip," please click on the donation link below.</i><p><p> hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/editormum/576777And no, I don't mean the stout. If I have to drink beer, please make it a Guinness. Perferably an extra stout, but I'll settle for the regular stuff if extra isn't available. No, it's the world record people. Not that I mind making note of who is the fastest mile-runner or the longest word in...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/editormum/572027L'shanah tovah tikatev v'taihatem to my gentleman readers, and L'shanah tovah tikatevi v'taihatemi to my lady readers. May you be inscribed and sealed for a good year. Today is Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. Share apples and honey with your family and eat a pomegranate today. The honey...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/editormum/570720If you haven't been reading gomedome 's series of stories about life in the Frozen North, you're missing out. This first one is here, and it starts rather abruptly in the middle of the action. But over the ensuing posts, gomedome masterfully fills in the missing pieces of back-story. This is...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/editormum/568155I was interested to learn of a new book that is coming out shortly, and to discover the author's blog. I have long been concerned about what schools are doing to our little boys, and much of her writing confirms my fears and observations. What she reports is why I began home-schooling my sons...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/editormum/568002Hey, everyone! Despite the media focus on Sarah Palin, guess what? The Presidential campaign is OBAMA vs. MCCAIN. One of those two will be living and working in the White House. Biden and Palin are the go-alongers. (Funny how we haven't really heard all that much about Biden in the blogosphere or...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/editormum/567120I"m really fed up with these people who are saying that just because Sarah Palin has young children at home, she should not accept the nomination to be Vice President of the United States? Would they say the same if her husband had been named as McCain's running mate and Sarah was just gonna be...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/editormum/564148I want a new choice put on the Presidential ballots. I know this was made into a movie ages ago -- think it starred Eddie Murphy -- but I am really serious. I think "None of the Above" should be on the ballot for EVERY presidential and senatorial race. The rules would be that you'd have the...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/editormum/563603So what about this Swedish wrestler? ( Story ) I thought the Olympics was all about good sportsmanship. Guess I was mistaken. Apparently we Americans haven't cornered the market on bad manners after all. He got the medal, interrupted the award for the next medalist to shake hands, and then walked...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/editormum/561717I have to tell you about this site, because I LOOOOOOOOOOVE it. If you are a bibliophile, you need to use this site. If you have scads of books in your house and not even a clue of what they all are, you need this site. If you have duplicates of books because you forgot that you already have that...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/editormum/560196Another infant has died because she was left in a car. In 100-degree weather. Most tragic is that many of these people "forgot" that their child was in the car. When the temp outside is 100, the temp inside of a car can exceed 150 degrees in less than 15 minutes. Most kids who die after being...