The Computer Guy has been job hunting. Honest to goodness call the headhunters, prepare the cover letters, looking for employment. After 14 years of working for his present employer, he’s had enough and is looking anywhere and everywhere for someone who needs an exceptionally brilliant (and dead sexy) computer geek. He has been sending in resumes and getting very little response. I know that this is normal. The HR departments get 100-500 resumes for every opening, I’m told. How can... Read more

What does abortion have to do with a child’s education, particularly late-term abortion? Is it a fundamental plank in the government-run schools in America? The National Educator’s Association seems to think so. Why else would they invite Dr. George Tiller, aka Tiller the Killer, to speak in their building for the Feminist Majority Foundation’s leadership conference. The NEA has endorsed abortion “rights” before, in fact their liberal bias is nothing new. They are openly in favor of promoting abortion, GLBT... Read more

There was a farmer who stepped onto a train at North Station in Boston, headed back to his home in Quechee, Vermont. Pretty soon, a well-dressed Boston banker sat next to him. A few minutes later the banker said, “You look like an intelligent sort. I’ll tell you what. Since we have to spend some time together, let’s play a game.” The farmer replied, “What kind of game do you have in mind?” “Well,” said the banker, “one of us... Read more

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Today is the Feast of the Annunciation, the conception of Jesus. Today is the day we celebrate the true miracle of Christmas, the Incarnation. When God sent His Son to be our Redeemer, he did not send a man fully grown. He did not send a chubby toddler, a la Clark Kent, to grow to manhood in an adopted family. Instead, He came as the most vulnerable and defenseless of human beings. He started, just like the rest of us,... Read more

Life is very rough when you’re three years old, very cute, and also very, very shy. This is the life of our sweet #4. The other children don’t seem to understand the concept of the word stranger as they’ve never met one in their lives. #4 is different. The whole world is full of strangers, and as much as she wishes to be ignored by them all, she’s too cute to be invisible. On Easter morning, she asked not to... Read more

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Here we are, almost at the end of Lent. It has gone by so quickly, and yet it never really seemed to get going at all. I missed going to church on Ash Wednesday because of sick children. After developing a wheat allergy with the birth of #5 last year, there wasn’t much I could give up that seemed like a sacrifice. Giving up all things wheat is tough, chocolate is easy by comparison. I gave up clutter. I took... Read more

I watched the Obama speech yesterday and hoped to hear something new. I wanted him to explain how he could spend 20 years in a church which appears to be at least partly based upon hating white people. I wanted him to explain it in a way that made sense. What he said was the same old tired excuse I’ve heard given for every racist to whom I’ve ever been subjected to listening. “He grew up in a different time.... Read more

Just in time for St Patrick’s Day, I get my own mini-windfall. My beloved husband, the Computer Guy, checked the unclaimed property division of out State Treasurer, and I had “lost” money. I have no idea how much, just that it’s over $100. Now, isn’t that a nice surprise on this cloudy rainy day? A little gold in my pocket. I don’t know how much yet, but I’ll let you know when I get the check in 4-6 weeks. Woo-hoo.... Read more