Bookpile: January 2011
The Sheen on the Silk – A rare stand-alone book from Anne Perry, one my favorite authors. This time, she’s taking us to Constantinople during the time of the Crusades. It’s a story in a world that is really foreign to us, full of misdirection, intrigue, politics and religion. We…
Not a good group member
Hmm. We went for a motorcycle ride yesterday with a group with Allen. I love riding and I love hanging with people and … I am not a good group member. It irked me to be told what side of the road to ride on. It bugged me to have…
Bookpile: December 2010
Seriously. How did I forget to do this one? Too busy with my head down, working my ass off. (Literally. I’ve lost 14 pounds since Thanksgiving. Thank you, thank you very much.) Launched a new website, worked on my quilt challenge, fleshed out a new Squidoo account, wrote some articles….
Liberals and conservatives actually want the same thing
Epiphany I had while watching last week’s Stossel and listening to Anne Coulter make absolutely no sense whatsoever – liberals and conservatives want the exact same thing. To run our lives. Liberals want to tell us how to think and talk (political correctness and hate speech laws) and take care…
In which I admit I made a huge mistake
We’re what, five days into the new year and I’m already seeing a big mistake I have made in setting goals. Argh. Every goal and challenge I set for myself was related to personal stuff. Hobbies. The things I do for fun. When you’re stretching yourself to read a certain…