Religious women - both Catholic and Orthodox, and yes, one Methodist minister - have been a tremendous influence in my life. Right now, American Catholic (mainly) Religious and (some) Nuns (NB: Nuns are cloistered and thus rarely found outside of monasteries; those women who taught you, etc. are Religious Sisters) are under threat from the Vatican ( Read more... )

I did very well today. I reported a credit card company and related collections company to: 1) Virginia's Department of Consumer Affairs (credit card company is based in VA); 2) Attorney General Douglas Gansler of Maryland (one complaint for each, because I live in MD); 3) the Attorney General of Texas (where the collections company is based); and ( Read more... )

I've been feeling rather restless and out of it for the past six months or so. It seems that my tolerance for staying in one place is about that, six months. I love to travel; even if all I get is a weekend abroad, I feel better when I come back. It compounds, for me, the sadness of not having a job in my field. Most of those jobs would involve ( Read more... )