Month: December 2009

  My aunt is a poet.. poetress?… and wrote this.  I though that I’d share with you (with her permission of course): Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my insurance I keep. But if it’s

"If ever a time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin."   Samuel Adams, 1776 This post is dedicated to

I wake up at 5:30 and roll out of bed.  I’m in Plainfield about 90 minutes south of Chicago.  The weather the night before called for snow and we got a solid 18 inches overnight.  They’ve done this before though

  This was written as a response to a FaceBook thread that I started complaining about folks forcing Christmas to be more Secular and inclusive.  I wanted to share… I got an email reminding me to say "Happy Holidays" instead

We regret to inform you (ok, not really) that you are terminated! I haven’t really looked at this in detail but found it intriguing enough to share early. Very interesting idea. http://goooh.com/

  I’ve decided to write a post about this because it’s been all over the news today.  I don’t pretend to have a good argument because in my view there is no argument.  In this I am right.  I know

This is a post that I started writing but never completed.  It must have been about eight months ago because I don’t do the job described here.  I still work for the same company and I do similar work though

  In most places where I have a profile picture (facebook, etc).  I’ve temporarily changed that picture to the following:   The thin blue line in memory of four slain officers in Washington and thousands of others that are out

  Historic.  Everything is historic. Black presidents, healthcare debates, weather, wars, women’s issues, men’s issues, gay rights, economic issues… you name it and it was a historic year for it.  The one place that everyone seems to miss placing it