This past week saw me busy working, hosting a string of out of town guests and attending graduation ceremonies for some friends.  And what little time I did choose to spend online at home was dedicated to getting my new website running, which still doesn’t look very good.  Ergo, I have not been blogging and

“Smears perpetuate propaganda, hate” by kasey henricks “I’m not voting for Obama because he’s a Muslim.” How do you respond to a comment like that? I wish I could say this is a comment I overheard in one isolated instance, in jest or on TV, but it’s not. I’ve heard this statement on numerous occasions from different people, and

  A while ago when Zoe was still an infant, we got a gift in the mail: An stuffed interactive electric Barney. That’s right: none other than that wonderful purple and green dinosaur, equally loved and hated by parents and children everywhere (perhaps a little more hated. A simple YouTube search should verify

I had a dream last night. It was one of “those” dreams. The premise isn’t important (I don’t even remember it). I just remember walking down a crowded street in Manhattan in my BVDs. At first thinking it was normal and then, with increasing dread, realizing it was anything but (unless you are this

On national security McCain wins. We saw how that might play out early in the campaign, when one good scare, one timely reminder of the chaos lurking in the world, probably saved McCain in New Hampshire, a state he had to win to save his candidacy - this according to McCain’s chief strategist, Charlie Black.

OK, it’s time for an break from our regularly-scheduled goofiness.  My melon is about to explode, and I can’t afford therapy… not sure I really want to go back there, anyway.  I was doing pretty good until I got confused. I’m going to write a bit about my wiring in my brain.  I think I know myself

As soon as someone tells me they’re sick, regardless of how well or how little I know them, they are questioned harder than a witness to a crime scene. I have to know the details of what kind of sick they are and what the symptoms were. Is it just a cold? Do they have a

As I write this blog entry, I’m calming down from a mild to moderate panic attack. I’m still shaking and shivering. My face feels warm to the touch. My breathing is irratic but that’s starting to slow down. My heart is no longer racing. This time I didn’t cry but the thought of “never eating

Non-emetophobics don’t  realize how many times references to vomiting - whether it’s scenes showing the act, the sounds of it, or just references to it – pop up in TV and movies. As a mild to moderate sufferer of emetophobia,  it doesn’t bother me that much when I see or hear this on a screen any

After many days with heavy rain and chilly temperatures, we finally have perfect weather for the Memorial Day weekend. I was feeling great all day and even treated myself to a sundae at Baskin Robbins. Like many nice days I took Maya (my Golden Retriever) for a swim at Tyler Park. It wasn’t until the