Archive for December, 2006

Merry Christmas

Monday, December 25th, 2006

Though I don’t prescribe to any particular religion, I grew up celebrating Christmas with many customs not at all related to Christianity and church. And, over the years, I gathered many customs of my own–some intentional, others accidentally so.
Like the one I’ll perform just before I go to bed tonight–when I turn out all the […]

Moron.

Friday, December 22nd, 2006

Now that I am on vacation, I’m going to try to finish a few musty blog posts that I’ve been meaning to get to.
The first is my commentary on a Salon article savaging Annie Liebowitz for publishing a very personal memoir of photos from her personal collection.
Karnasiewicz’s comments are a brilliant example of what often […]

When you think you’re out of Duggars, the world gives you more.

Saturday, December 16th, 2006

Just when you think there can’t possibly be anything else to be said about the Duggar family, a comment comes trickling in that raises your eyebrows right up into your hairline.
Now, I’ve been very very clear that I think the Duggar family practice–though not what I would want for myself–is something freely chosen by the […]

Another boring update.

Sunday, December 3rd, 2006

Whew, I am tired–the end of another weekend came way too fast. And I didn’t even leave the house. Dorien is also exhausted; obviously being this cute takes lots and lots of effort.
Made another attempt at clearing the yard. And, to think, I was glad because there were no pine trees here.
Last time I tried […]