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Wednesday, September 13, 2006

Just tell me one more way I can (bleep) up

The word "bleep" is inserted in the title deliberately; were I to use plain English, the powers that be at Blogit would rightly complain that I had violated the terms of use. Put another way, this day started out very poorly. My husband needed to take the day off to visit a rheumatologist - a bone and joint specialist who does not perform surgery. (The bone specialists that perform surgery are called orthopedists, orthopods or orthopedic surgeons; take your pick.) He has three separate joint... Sign in to see full entry.

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The psychoceramicist's (crackpot's) way of Creating Money

There may be some people out there with access to the book called Creating Money, or perhaps you can find a used copy on some book-related website or other. I posted this review in my blog Potpourri originally; I have since transferred the content of that entry here, and deleted the duplicate on Potpourri. Creating Money is what I call a "channeled book." That is to say, Sanaya Roman and Duane Packer actually pounded the keyboard, but Orin and DaBen spoke through them. The truth is that I feel... Sign in to see full entry.

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The poison of dependency

First, to deliver credit where credit is due: This post is actually inspired by a comment left by a former Blogit member on one of MightyHolyWarrior's blogs - a blog which has been deleted. (Do me a favor and share the wealth by visiting their blogs!) In America, there is a distinct stigma associated with dependency. Our culture values those who seem to be self-contained lone wolves, especially in the business world. Even the language we use when speaking of other people implies that they are... Sign in to see full entry.

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This link (from AOL) and this link (from the Chicago Sun-Times) tell the same story: that of a man who apparently is out to kill all the stray cats in his neighborhood. The AP story posted in both places tells readers why he wants to "off" Fluffy the Stray. Fortunately, local police are investigating this man. I imagine Garfield will have something to say about this tomorrow in The Secret Life of Cats. Sign in to see full entry.

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Book Review: Light In My Darkest Night

I've been re-reading Light In My Darkest Night, about the struggle of the late Catherine Marshall to accept her granddaughter's birth defects and subsequent death from multiple organ failure. Amy Catherine Marshall, Catherine's granddaughter, entered the world on July 22, 1971. Within days of her birth, she was diagnosed with cerebrohepatorenal syndrome, also known as Zellweger's syndrome, a group of birth defects of the brain (cerebro), liver (hepato) and kidneys (renal). At the time of Amy... Sign in to see full entry.

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A tempest in a tea pot: The 2003 Blogging Wars

(I am reposting this entry from Potpourri, a blog I'm planning on either deleting entirely or revamping. I'm leaving it basically as is, except that I'm deactivating the hyperlinks to those members whose accounts have been closed, and I'm changing the references to time - I'll say "a few years back" rather than "yesterday," to reflect the fact that I'm reposting it three-plus years after I originally wrote the entry.) I was reading one of ritchie's blogs a few years back, and in that blog, he... Sign in to see full entry.

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Nostalgia TV

We recently came home from the local Best Buy outlet, where my husband purchased the first season of Green Acres. This show was a staple in my family of origin when I was young, and I think you might be surprised what sticks out in my mind about the show. The last lyrics one hears at the end of the theme song are: Ed Albert: You are my wife! Zsa Zsa Gabor: Goodbye, city life! Together: Green Acres, we are there! Look at the way those lyrics read; women wouldn't think of allowing themselves to be... Sign in to see full entry.

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New Age pablum for the reader

I used to like the Chicken Soup for the Soul series. The emphasis is on the words "used to like," advisedly. Now, that's not to say I don't believe that stories of people overcoming obstacles can't be inspirational. Nor do I say unilaterally that we shouldn't ever read such stories or learn from them. What I am saying is that the breezy, light style of the Chicken Soup books makes it seem as if everyone can accomplish things at an Albert Einstein level - that we can all be Mother Teresa-style... Sign in to see full entry.

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Holy Homicide, Batman!

The title for this post is inspired by the title of a book I actually own, as of this writing. Holy Homicide tells the stories of murders committed in the name of organized religion. The good news about Holy Homicide is that it doesn't single out one religion as being particularly bad in terms of encouraging its adherents to murder others. Hindu fundamentalists are as likely to murder others as are Muslim terrorists, and he also mentions right-wing abortion-clinic violence (often committed by... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, September 12, 2006

Separation from worldly things

I don't know if I've reposted this information in this blog or not, but I remember writing some of this entry in Potpourri a while ago. (I just haven't been able to find that entry in there.) Not that long ago, I wrote about separatism in some Protestant denominations, as it applied to the media. I noted in there that much children's programming was mere mediocre twaddle, designed for children far younger than the audience the producers claim to be aiming toward, and that this ultimately hurt... Sign in to see full entry.

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