The News

What should I say?

I took the last few days off from being online. I today that there are about 4396841 posts remembering 9/11 and a lot of those are pretty good. I spent time with my family yesterday, as I normally do this time of year, to reflect on how good our lives are even with everything that’s [...]

A New Era

It’s at times like this that I wish I was down in the Outer Banks, enjoying a life by the sea. Not because it’s so cold here (it is) but because it’s a good place to find a quiet place for reflection. I can’t find that here in Ye Ole Ohio. Good grief.
I watched the [...]

Running to Mommy

This is a heart warming story. A young girl with cerebral palsy was determined to walk so that she could run to greet her mother when she came home from a tour in Iraq.
Cheyenne is 4 years-old and was not able to walk without assistance the last time her mother saw her. But with [...]

No on Issue 6

Well, the election is over. Thank goodness. It was starting to get stressful around here, folks. Now it’s back to thinking about weight loss while preparing for the real fun– Thanksgiving and Christmas.
There’s more than a little cognitive dissonance with regard to the diet during the holidays. First, I have to make cookies, pies and [...]

Why not frugal?

I was thinking of politicians who use campaign money to buy really expensive clothes and jewelry for themselves. Why don’t they buy something like wholesale fashion jewelry? I’m sure there would be designers and jewelers who would LOVE to have them wear their name. Isn’t that what happens when celebrities go to award shows? They [...]

Colin Powell Endorses Barack Obama

Amazing! George W. Bush’s first Secretary of State, Colin Powell, went on “Meet the Press” and endorsed Barack Obama for President of the United States.
I have seen paper after paper (some, like the Chicago Tribune and LA Times are purportedly right leaning) endorse Obama and now this. Amazing. Powell was used by the Bush administration [...]

Other Financial Crises

As the U.S. bails out the financial districts and those that engage in futures trading can breathe a sigh of relief, Europe is facing it’s own financial crisis.
The global credit crunch deepened in Europe as government leaders pledged to bail out troubled banks and protect depositors.
BNP Paribas SA will take control of Fortis’s units in [...]