This month’s theme is “birthdays”, and the carnival just keeps on growing. Looks like yet another large collection of posts!
Head over to Issue Knitting and check for yourself! It should give us plenty to read for the weekend.
Doc Searls has spent the last few days with his mother in the hospital. While he was back in North Carolina he also went through and found old photographs from his parents place and scanned them into his laptop. You can see the galleries he’s starting to put together that chronicle his mother’s life here….
One of the common statements I hear from survivors who are losing hope is that “things are never going to change”. They assume that because they are struggling, and have been struggling, that they always will. Well if you feel that way, you might be reassured to know that even the general population is pretty…
I’m currently sitting in O’Hare airport, waiting to board a flight that I once thought I would never be capable of getting on. I’m flying to Dublin, Ireland tonight, a place I’ve always wanted to visit. For years growing up I’ve always faced two obstacles to this trip. Obviously, finances being one, but also a…
Pin I was conversing a few weeks ago about how our minds work. In a nutshell, it’s been shown, time and time again, that the human brain is hardwired to find patterns, even when they aren’t there. Basically, when new information is introduced to us, our brain tries to fit it in with what we already…
Convicted child killer disputes warnings Again, much like the Megan’s Law cases, I have to ask, if this man is so dangerous that you have to harass him and warn everyone in town about him, why was he ever released from prison? Aren’t early releases determined by whether the prisoner has been rehabilitated? If he…
If you read here regularly, you probably know that I’m a big hockey fan. It’s easily my favoite sport, and I follow it pretty closely. Needless to say, I’ve been following the story of Dan Snyder this past week, and unfortunately, the story has an even sadder ending, as he died from his injuries yesterday….
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