Sunday, July 13, 2003A Probably Not-Brilliant IdeaI've been thinking about this "Race to the Top" that Whim has been running, and I think it is a good idea. I'm wondering if someone could set up a quarterly "Race to the Top" that will propel new and worthy blogs to the top spot, just by dint of marketing them the way that Whim has been doing. There... Sign in to see full entry.Saturday, July 12, 2003No Reparations for Century-Old WrongsIn the Reader's Digest article "Blackjack or Blackmail" (Feb 2003), Tucker Carlson quotes Robert Porter as saying that landowners need "to confront their sinful past[s]." He also states that special interest groups are attempting to force "innocent people to fight their grandparents' battles." I am... Sign in to see full entry.It Is as I ExpectedMy former spouse called this morning to say that he had no way to come and get the boys today or tomorrow, so he would have to skip this weekend. they were outside playing happily on their bikes, so I didn't tell them until they came in just before lunch. They cried. I held them. We ate lunch. I... Sign in to see full entry.Friday, July 11, 2003Unengaged Parents Are a MenaceA number of children have died in the past few weeks here in my state. Most of these children have died after being left in cars or daycare vans all day. For those who don't know, I live in the Mid-South, and temperatures have been hovering in the mid- to high 90s for the past several weeks. That... Sign in to see full entry.Thursday, July 10, 2003Veterans of Writing Contests...I Need HELP!I'm entering BOMC's new writing contest, and the rules are a bit unclear. I'm supposed to take an author's first paragraph and "continue the tale in 500 words or less." So, does that mean continue to the end, or just write up to 500 words laying out where I would take the story if I were writing a... Sign in to see full entry.More Adventures With the Surly, Incompetent ServerI went back to Perkins this morning, and I got the same server! I ordered exactly the same thing as I did yesterday, but today I left $2. Why? After all, she pulled the same stunt with the whipped cream in my cappuccino, and she was just as incoherent, inaudible, and incompetent as yesterday. Except... Sign in to see full entry.Wednesday, July 9, 2003Tipping the Surly, Incompetent Server -- What Would You Have Done?I'm a good tipper. My local sales tax is 9.25%, so I usually double it and round to the nearest dollar to figure out what to leave. That means that most of the time, my server gets at least a 20% tip, and never less than $2. Until today. I could not believe the waitress I had. I went to Perkins for... Sign in to see full entry.Tuesday, July 8, 2003Where Have All the Bloggers Gone....?Not to disparage anyone who is still here, but we seem to have lost some of our great talents in the last month. If you guys are still lurking about, please come out of the shadow-world and blog some more! Please! Kidnykid, I miss ya. I loved your posts in "Potpourri" and "I am here and I am not... Sign in to see full entry.Monday, July 7, 2003Should Happiness Be the Ultimate Aim of One's Life?"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men...are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." (from the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America) In my Answers blog, I quote the following... Sign in to see full entry.Sunday, July 6, 2003A Little Quiz for All You Parents and Former Children Out ThereDo you remember these rhymes from the past? How many of them can you identify or complete? Ladybird, Ladybird, fly away home... Mary, Mary, quite contrary... Diddle, diddle, dumplin', my son John... Jack be nimble; Jack be quick... Higgledy piggledy, my black hen.... Pease porridge hot, pease... Sign in to see full entry. |