Posted in Gratitude on January 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I read lots of blogs because I love to read and they inspire me - I also enjoy the feeling a part of a community. Still, in this two dimensional universe it is easy to read, and forget, what your fellow writers are experiencing.
Until today - I discovered The Liar’s Diary [...]
Posted in family on January 28, 2008 | No Comments »
I have been thinking lately about how we live - our family lives, our community lives. Critics point fingers at divorce (rightly so in my opinion) arguing that broken families make poor community building blocks. And again, I must say there is merit to this argument.
Once upon a day, when God was a [...]
Posted in banking, economy, overdraft fees on January 24, 2008 | 4 Comments »
No economic incentive package will make enough of a difference to affect the long term well being of the working class poor. The problem is so far beyond what a tax rebate will help. Why? Because the only industries left in this country are money lending or credit reporting. Think I am [...]
Posted in economy on January 17, 2008 | No Comments »
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and President George Bush want to get cash to the people - quickly - especially those with low and moderate incomes, presumably by slashing the key interest rate. Like cheaper credit is going to filter down to moderate and low income families - let’s get real.
The rich are getting richer [...]
Posted in Gratitude on January 14, 2008 | No Comments »
Five Husband’s post on the Shaker Heights incident was picked up by the Plain Dealer’s Blog 5 feature. Check it out here.
Posted in Gratitude on January 6, 2008 | No Comments »
The glitter and glitz (such as it was) of the holiday season is over. The magnificent fourteen inch snowfall gifted to me on New Year’s Day is only a slushy memory. The day is gray gray gray. My mood is not good - the news over the past several days has been grim. One story [...]
Posted in Gratitude on January 2, 2008 | No Comments »
Comic reprinted courtesy of xkcd.com.
Posted in Gratitude, holidays, tagged Dick Clark, New Year's Rockin' Eve, stroke, Whole Foods on January 1, 2008 | No Comments »
Or maybe not.
Last night I was astonished to find that “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” had been edited to down to allow regular programming, including the normal Monday evening newscast. New Year’s Eve used to be sacred in terms of programming, as was Saturday morning, but now it seems we must be updated every [...]
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