Category Archives: Random Musings
Life imitating art
This morning I was getting ready for work by loading up my pockets with my wallet, comb, keys, cellphone, mp3 player, and security badge, then picking up my personal bag, my work laptop bag, and my lunchbox. It occurred to … Continue reading
Thug tactics in Gaza?
A friend of mine has been wondering why there is seems to be so little to corroborate a few reports claiming to show Hamas purposely endangering civilian lives during the recent clash with Israel. Here’s one explanation: http://www.worldaffairsjournal.org/blog/michael-j-totten/hamas-threatened-reporters-gaza
To opine or not to opine
There is a writer I’ve come to know over the past few years, and thought him to be a good guy. I even liked the novel of his I read, though I haven’t gotten around to reading more yet. But … Continue reading
It’s quiet. Too quiet.
I accidentally left my mp3 player home today. Suddenly I’m aware of just how much I rely on it. Music, besides providing some ambient sound, is my caffeine, my mood enhancer, my brain cleanser. Today I needed it to be … Continue reading
Blame society
A Facebook friend of mine regularly laments how society is continually critical of women who don’t fit the ideals of appearance, weight, fashion, etc. At the same time, this same friend’s posts of late have increasingly employed profanity and vulgarity, … Continue reading
Question authority or not?
A friend of mine recently posted a link to an article about how historians are trying to rework the curriculum to catch up with the times, so to speak. This is causing a great deal of concern and criticism by … Continue reading
Has it been three years?
Next week marks the third anniversary of our move to Sandy from Boise. Time is a strange thing; it’s relative, warped by our own perceptions. The time we’ve lived here seems both incredibly short and incredibly long. It’s short because, … Continue reading
Web wanderings: Newsworthy stuff
It seems most of the US media are pro-Hamas these days, as most news stories on the conflict in Israel read like they were taken directly from Hamas press releases. Fortunately we do have other sources to which we can … Continue reading
Thunderstorms
I’m multi-tasking to write this post. It’s actually the night before this gets posted, and I’m working from home, waiting for a multi-step process to get to my step so I can “work my magic” and tell everyone everything went … Continue reading
I keep hoping
I want to post. I really do! But everything I want to say takes time to write–time I just don’t seem to have right now. Okay, I’ll amend that. It takes time I’m not willing to give up for it … Continue reading