I’d thought about writing something on this topic, but hadn’t really figured out what I wanted to say, when I found this article on Numbers on Teen Pregnancy as a Freakonomics NY Times Opinion piece (here’s the Freakonomincs NY Times blog). I found the statistics on teen pregnancies interesting: High teen pregnancy rates remain a […]
Warning: This is going to be a political rant. If you’re Republican, come back tomorrow when I’ve gotten over my snit a bit. I’ve been a Democrat since I could vote. There was a while when I changed my party to Republican; but that was to vote for the least bad one in the primary, […]
NOTE: We forgot to post last night when we got in. We were so excited to be home, we unpacked dragged in the bags and just went to bed. This morning we got up returned the rental car, got the mail we’d had held, watered the garden (lost the lettuce while we were gone), and […]
Just a few odds and ends (some political ranting so you may want to skip. If you’re a Republican, you’re not going to be happy. Come back tomorrow instead. If you want to object to what I’ve said … don’t. These are my opinions and it’s my blog.): Finished my spool of thread. Plied it […]
I ran across this Wired article that mentioned an article in the March issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry that internet addiction be included in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Really, people get a grip. This is the kind of stuff that causes non-psychologists/psychiatrists to believe that all mental disorders are […]
We just finished watching all three of the extended movies that make up Lord of the Rings (Directed by Peter Jackson). Understand, we didn’t do a marathon — we watched about half a movie a night and finished tonight. It’s a way to unwind. However, every time I watch, my husband (Hyperion: Poor, poor, pitiful, […]
I’m sure out there somewhere is a nice blues jazz number with that this title, “Medical Insurance Blues”. However, it’s two days later and I’m still seeing red. Here’s the background. I have allergies — lots and lots of them. Basically, if you say I’m allergic to the world you’ve got it. I don’t even […]
A new study found that pollution in the air changes the scent of flowers, either masking it or shortening the distance over which bees (and others) can smell them. I came across the report and all of a sudden realized that this means big trouble for all of us. “The scent molecules produced by flowers […]