The crazy lady strikes again for Sunday, July 23, 2006

Apparently, I scared Garfield today. (See her blog The Secret Life of Cats for her perspective on what I am about to describe.) Allow me to tell you how I scared her. Early this morning, I'd say about 12:30 or 12:45 or so, I became suddenly wide-awake. Now, normally, I'd attribute such a sudden wide-awake state to taking a sip of iced tea two hours before in order to wash down my bedtime meds, castigate myself briefly for being stupid enough to drink something with caffeine in it at that hour,... Sign in to see full entry.

I goofed unintentionally in an earlier post. I'd forgotten about the many child-abuse convictions of the 1980s. Perhaps the most famous court case - at least I think so - is the McMartin preschool case. As I remember this case, the children making the accusations eventually told investigators about such things as molestations, Satanic rituals, secret tunnels, and other distressing events and places. I do know that three McMartin relatives (one of whom was Virginia McMartin, the preschool's... Sign in to see full entry.

My last post dealt with the reason why former Chicago Tribune columnist Bob Greene was forced to resign in disgrace at the end of his journalism career. I recommend reading that post so you can understand just why I'm making my remarks here. In thinking about the content of that last entry, I suddenly realized that an observation made by Patrick Carnes on a tape set I once had of his is absolutely an accurate one. (Maybe it was in one of his books on sex addiction. My memory is very fuzzy. Rest... Sign in to see full entry.

This morning, while lying in bed attempting to relax (I had a very rough night last night), I ended up listening to a few minutes' worth of Rick Kogan's WGN-AM radio program The Sunday Papers. Normally, I can't stand this program. Kogan doesn't accept phone calls anymore - that's because he used to get so many abusive and nonsensical phone calls from listeners who had been (ahem) overserved the night before - and his voice just drives me crazy. Well, he got my attention this morning. He... Sign in to see full entry.