Entries from August 2009

August 26, 2009

On remembering and legacies

I remember writing something here, in this place once long ago. I was speaking of my ex and of my disappointment over how some people in our community were reacting to his affair, and the ease with which they passed judgement on him, me, our situation.  I said that I believed that we all deserve [...]

August 25, 2009

P.S.A.

I’m going to park this link here for a while.
If you drive, watch this. If your child drives, watch this with them.
It is graphic, but important.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGE8LzRaySk

August 16, 2009

Sick…over the Sunday opinions

 
This from today’s Chattanooga Times Free Press.
Medical care is important. But of all our basic needs, even medical care comes in a notch below food. Most of us could survive longer without health care than without food.
So, why not create a government-run “public grocery store option” to compete with private grocery chains, just as President [...]

August 12, 2009

Protected: Everybody shout now…

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August 10, 2009

Protected: Me thinks he doth protest a lot.

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August 9, 2009

Protected: Honest love. No pretending.

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August 8, 2009

Bon Appetit

I will tell you this, when I like a book, I rarely like the subsequent movie version of it.  Some really good  books translated into the most dreadful movies. I may never forgive the makers of  The House of Sand and Fog, or The Hours. But today I saw a movie that I liked as much [...]