Americans' problem with anyone not like them |
I watched a segment on ABC's "Nightline" last night (Monday night, the 15th), coming across the program via channel surfing, and I saw just how positively ugly many Americans can be (and how cocky the...
Posted by on Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:10:00 GMT |
A potpourri of thoughts |
Well, I had lots of fun with myself yesterday. All I did was pull out my vinyl (records) and enjoy the artwork and the music (duh!). Lots of great memories, but only of a more carefree time in my li...
Posted by on Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:11:00 GMT |
Happy Birthday, Sharon! |
Can't believe it's been this long since I last posted on this blog, but 2009 turned out to be an incredibly insane year - especially the last third of it. From September to the last day of December, ...
Posted by on Sun, 24 Jan 2010 14:07:00 GMT |
My childhood officially died today |
Have you ever anticipated a moment in your life that will truly define the ending of one thing and the beginning of something else? That moment just happened to me not a few hours ago when my mother c...
Posted by on Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:00:00 GMT |
Almost there. Just ... a ... little ... bit ... more. |
It was encouraging, in a very sad way, to see that the Brazilian Air Force found some debris in the Atlantic last night on the route taken by Air France Flight 447. It was also scarier than hell to r...
Posted by on Tue, 02 Jun 2009 07:15:00 GMT |
The letdown continues |
Today marks two whole weeks that I've been back from gorgeous Constantinople/Istanbul (longer than I was there) and I'm still feeling the letdown of not being there. I've been battling a sinus cold a...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Jun 2009 23:41:00 GMT |
FINALLY - Istanbul! |
Constantinople/Istanbul rocks! I believe I'm more in love w1th Istanbul than any place in particular (except Italy). Despite the city's populat1on and the fact that it's very active, it's a very cle...
Posted by on Wed, 13 May 2009 14:26:00 GMT |
And with two days to go... |
I sit here and read utter garbage about the poor, sniffling right-wingers who feel so left out of the process (never mind how they hijacked it for the past 8 years) that they have to have their little...
Posted by on Tue, 05 May 2009 11:33:00 GMT |
Counting down the days! |
Wow! What a semester this has turned out to be. I have only two more classes left, a Study Day, and then my finals and that's it. The only other thing is our last group meeting on Friday, May 1st t...
Posted by on Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:10:00 GMT |
The Sons of Italy close to closing? SAY IT'S SO! |
The March 16th, 2009 issue of the Sons of Italy Times newspaper is one that's worth saving. To see that this organization is on the brink of closure gives me a warm, tingly feeling. Yes, many of us ...
Posted by on Sun, 29 Mar 2009 12:42:00 GMT |
