The crazy lady strikes again for Friday, August 25, 2006

We medical geeks have two - count 'em, two - medical shows to watch. I'm not talking about Grey's Anatomy or Scrubs; I'm talking about ER and House, MD. Ah, heaven! Both ER and House, MD have enough medical terminology in their respective scripts to satisfy even the most geeky of us. I would have loved these shows in high school; back then, I had to be satisfied with drooling over Johnny Gage in Emergency!. (That alone dates me more than I'd like to admit in public. I take after my mother - I... Sign in to see full entry.

I took a three-hour break while my daughter coopted the computer to work on Liz's Journal. (Extra note: It's her birthday, not mine. Make sure you put "Liz" in the subject line of any comments you might want to make to her on Liz's Journal.) I spent the majority of that break basically vegging out, watching TV. But I did get some housework done - enough to concern my daughter. The corner of the kitchen I was cleaning was dirty, and I dug up an interesting nest full of cockroaches in the process.... Sign in to see full entry.

I'm not talking about anything entitled The Lighter Side, nor do I plan on doing anything that might be termed "on the lighter side" (that is, humor or a "fun" topic) in this entry. Instead, I am talking about what constitutes "the lighter side" on television, particularly daytime TV. It seems as if daytime TV is geared toward traditional women's interests - relationships, makeup, fashion, and so forth. These topics bore me silly; besides, I have definite views about some of these issues, and... Sign in to see full entry.

This article (just click on the words "this article") talks about the political influence of the Religious Right (the conservative, Protestant-influenced movement which came to prominence in the late 1970s, and took credit for the election of Ronald Reagan to the American Presidency). It discusses the difference between the various strains of Protestant thought - the fundamentalists (particularly fundamentalist separatists like my former neighbor, the Baptist minister), the evangelicals, and the... Sign in to see full entry.