Yesterday my husband made an apple pie. This isn't an abnormal thing: in our 30 years of marriage he's baked nearly ALL the apple pies. Once, early in our marriage I made one, but he sniffed that it wasn't as good as his mother's. Wrong thing to say, dude. I declined to be the one making them ever since. He wants pie, he makes it himself. Happily, ( Read more... )

I started reading a popular twelve rules book, but couldn't quite get through it. The author, Jordan Peterson, thought himself very wise and insightful, but he wasn't particularly wiser or more insightful than me. It was a bit amusing, but more for twenty-somethings than me. He felt like one of those professors who thinks he is a captivating ( Read more... )

Reading my Facebook feed a few minutes ago I thought an link was titled "Pogram" when it was actually "Program ( Read more... )

The first thing you need to know if you are ever going to go to Rome is to book a guided tour of the Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel and Saint Peter's Basilica. The line to buy tickets was excruciating. The line to pick up your guided tour headset was nothing. Like, none. We just walked in ( Read more... )

If someone believes something you don't believe, is it right to make sure you don't purchase their services ( Read more... )

There's a picture going around on (my extremely leftist) Facebook flist that says, "Religion is like a penis.  It's fine to have one.  It's fine to be proud of it.  But please don't whip it out in public and start waving it around.  And PLEASE don't try to shove it down my children's throats."

Having been raised as the daughter of a Jew and a ( Read more... )

When I was a child I liked to watch "Hogan's Heroes" on TV.  I liked the ingenious American Captain Hogan with his leather jacket and smile that reminded me of my paternal grandfather's.  I liked the way the Germans weren't really all that mean.  "I see nuthink, I see nuthink" always made me laugh.  I enjoyed the adventures of their nightly forays ( Read more... )

( The stark, unyielding Ten )

Yesterday was a sunny day.  B. went out to look at the hive and... the bees were gone.  The Queen who had been spotted on mating flights was gone.  The workers who had been making cheery cleansing flights were gone.  The comb had a few dead bees - head down in the comb - but was otherwise fairly okay looking.  No bears, no obvious infestations, we ( Read more... )

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