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Other Worlds

Posted in In the News, tagged , on February 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Here we are, like fleas crawling over the face of the planet, trying so hard to see beyond our world, into the next. After reading this article about our galaxy, I feel so little and so insignificant. There may be 100 BILLION earth-like planets in the Milky Way. And there are billions of galaxies in [...]

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Good Guy

Posted in In the News, Politics, tagged , on February 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Miami banker Leonard Abess, Jr., cashed out his $60 million bonus and quietly distributed it among 399 workers and 72 former workers. When contacted by the local newspaper, he matter-of-factly stated that he’d known some of the folks since he was 7 years old and “it didn’t feel right” that he had all that money [...]

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Jindel’s Speech Parrots Obama’s

Posted in In the News, Politics, raising agnostic children, tagged , on February 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Someone tell me:  Was Bobby Jindel sitting in the back of the House Chambers furiously scribbling his response? If you read his transcript, his speech sounds remarkably like Obama’s, right down the transparency (new buzzword) of government.
 (Ahhh…cough, cough). Now, let me get this straight, the GOP, who managed to bury this nation in the largest [...]

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The first 30 days

Posted in The Environment, raising agnostic children, religion, tagged , on February 25, 2009 | 3 Comments »

I love Obama. He’s smart. He’s fair. He appears honest and trustworthy. He seems genuine. Bush was a splinter in the American psyche. He brought us down with his arrogance and simple-mindedness.
Even though our economy is a mess, we have hope at least. We have someone at the helm who can lead.
But Obama’s right….Every person [...]

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Did you know?

Posted in Politics, The Environment on February 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

….that opening up the 19-million-acre Arctic National Wildlife Refuge would only increase our oil reserves by 10%?
Is our addiction/need for oil worth the permanent damage to a fragile ecosystem?
Did you know that, in the year 1922, geological surveys indicated that the US oil supply will last only 20 years?

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CO2 Regulation

Posted in Politics, The Environment, tagged , , on February 24, 2009 | 2 Comments »

There’s been talk of regulating greenhouse gases for years, but now, with Obama in office, the talk is serious. The EPA is “set to move toward carbon-dioxide regulation“ a Wall Street Journal article states.
Of course, there are many who think regulating greenhouse gases is completely unnecessary, and others who believe a cap and trade system [...]

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Bullies

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on February 23, 2009 | 9 Comments »

Last weekend, I had the chance to spend some time with my middle-school child without his younger brother. I don’t know how the conversation started, really, but one thing led to another, and I found out my kid is (still) being bullied at school by sometimes as many as 4 or 5 boys at a [...]

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Oh Oscar

Posted in Fun Stuff, In the News on February 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »

I didn’t watch the Oscars last night. It’s just one big, extravagant back-pat for the film industry. All the attention on the wardrobes seems silly, especially in these times when many folks can’t afford necessities.

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A little break.

Posted in Uncategorized on February 23, 2009 | 3 Comments »

I haven’t posted anything in a while. My list of things to write about has grown really long even though I haven’t been blogging. I still think about it.
I became overwhelmed with my homework and with getting my house on the market and with all the “business” of raising kids. And I wondered if there’s [...]

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