The crazy lady strikes again for Thursday, September 7, 2006

I used to be on an email list called Fascinating Womanhood, a title derived from a book of the same name, written by Helen Andelin. For those who have never heard of the book, the concepts in it are similar to those in books such as The Surrendered Wife and Total Woman, two books you may have heard of (depending on what generation you belong to). Although each of these books has been influenced by the society which made it popular, the general theme is "how to become more feminine in a world... Sign in to see full entry.

I've been re-reading Leap of Faith, by Queen Noor, lately. It's one of my favorite books, and I'm here to tell you why. Lisa Halaby was a member of the first class to which Princeton admitted women. She got a bachelor's degree in architecture and urban planning in the early 1970s after spending the then-requisite amount of time in liberal-activist activities. Her father was a highly-placed member of JFK's administration, and then became the head of Pan-Am airlines until that airline went... Sign in to see full entry.

All right - this is several days late and $60 million short. I'm talking about Jerry Lewis' recent Labor Day telethon. I watched the telethon briefly when it was on, and I noticed that Lewis looked somewhat better than he did in 2003, when I talked about his health status in my blog Potpourri. He also made somewhat more money than he did in 2003 - $61 million or so, if memory serves. I don't know if I've mentioned this in other blogs, but I used to enjoy working on the MDA telethon. I would... Sign in to see full entry.

I read a story this morning on AOL about the possibility that William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy might return to the big screen to reprise their roles as Kirk and Spock, respectively, from Star Trek (known as Star Trek: The Original Series, or often TOS for short, among Trekkies/Trekkers). I have no idea how they would do this, but I would think that the blogger I'd read this morning might have a point: that they would provide an introduction to the film along the lines of telling a group of... Sign in to see full entry.

As of this writing (10:31 AM Central Daylight Time, on 9/7/2006), I have 999 hits (or unique page views) for this blog. I'm eager to top 1,000 sometime today, and I hope this post pushes me "over the edge." So far this month, I'm doing about as well as I did last month, and we're only a week into the mission. I haven't been writing as much, particularly in here, because I've been busy doing research for future entries. I hope to have a whole raftful of topics at the ready, so I can get back to... Sign in to see full entry.