It’s a Girl

Today our company had it’s traditional Christmas dinner. They call it “dinner”, but it’s served at lunch, and you still only get the standard half an hour to bolt it down before you have to be on your way. Roast beef, mashed potatoes with gravy, green beans with almonds and cheesecake for dessert. I detest…

Monday has arrived, and signals the end of The Socialist’s semester break. The first eight weeks of his summer schedule have him teaching at the college Monday through Thursday nights. I’m not sure I’d like this as a long-term schedule, but I have to admit that I’m looking forward to having early summer evenings to…

Ooh! Ooh! Ooh! Just got email – USA channel is having a Monk marathon on New Year’s day! Monk on USA Network I’ll miss the morning episodes, but that still leaves the evening after I get home from Scranton. This absolutely rocks!

I was thinking about my situation at work this morning. It occurred to me that a compromise is nothing more than a solution to a problem then ensures that neither party gets what they want. ***************************************** This weekend the Christmas tree vendors started assembling their road side stands. The trees themselves have not yet arrived,…

Ah, the siren call of the well-turned phrase. Who can resist an argument when it is summarized as: The Right to ChooseChoose LifeRight to DieRight to LifePro-lifePro-choiceThe Culture of Life This newest call to arms, “The Culture of Life,” is all the more remarkable because it actually introduces an entirely new word into the vocabulary…

Yesterday most the trees in my area simultaneously gave up on the idea of holding onto their chlorophyll reserves. With the exception of the walnut trees (who had surrendered leaves and nuts a few weeks back), the trees revealed their leaves’ underlying colors yesterday. We were to have one day of peak leafing this year;…