…consider this a reminder that I am off this week, getting my breast enlargeme…uh, knee surgery.
No, really. It’s knee surgery. I wrecked my knees by having the most fun ever on the volleyball court, on the ski slope, and on the baseball field, and I don’t regret it one bit.
I [...]
…thank you for all your well wishes, but I’m not gone yet and won’t be until May 25. I am taking next week off for a long-planned breast enlargement, and then I will be ba…
I’m kidding! Geez. I am going in for long-planned knee surgery that will put my kneecap back [...]
I have completely lost control of this story, and these last few days have been like attending my own wake, but:
Over the last few weeks, I and some of my colleagues put in paperwork to take a buyout at Mother Courant, and today, [...]
By William Rivers Pitt, at Truthout. Pitt writes:
I have lost count of the states in this union that are holding votes on who can get married, who can get birth control, who can get basic medical care and who can vote – or not – in this ongoing American [...]
That’s him in the middle, cracking a funny when he’s supposed to be posing for a family photo just outside our grandparents’ house in Carterville, Mo. (SaLUTE!) If you’re out and about in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, tell the old fart hey. And remind him that Mom always loved him best, and [...]
Oh! How many times we read this in my house! Thank you, Maurice Sendak, for many lovely reading hours.
Theresa put this up on Facebook, and I couldn’t resist. When I go to my final reward, I hope someone tells the truth in my obit, and we all have a good laugh.
Onward! To a bright Tuesday! (It is Tuesday, right?)
Chinese officials have said the dissident is free to apply to study aboard, a declaration that may offer a solution to a difficult international situation — and, not incidentally, give Chen and his family their freedom.
Have you been keeping up with this? The activist sought refuge in the American embassy [...]
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Dear Whatever-Your-Name-Is,
Waking up to an egregious attempt at a comment on the blog is an awesome way to start a Monday, and though I don’t usually respond, today I feel called to do so.
Dear Whatever-Your-Real-Name-Is,
You’re right. I did not post your comments, and it wasn’t because you argued me into a [...]