Thursday, February 05, 2015

Reviving the "25 Things About Me" Meme

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It's probably the ultimate in navel-gazing, but what the hell. I responded to the meme in early 2009, I've added some additional c...
Monday, November 03, 2014

Why To Vote in the Mid-Terms

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It's simple - anyone who tells you "it's not worth voting since all politicians are the same" is lying ! Are the Demo...
Friday, September 12, 2014

Don't Stay In a Relationship When Someone Beats You

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I have always known about abused women because, as early as in high school, I knew girls who were beaten up by their boyfriends. As much as...
Tuesday, February 18, 2014

What City Has the Most Bridges and Why Is This Fact Unfindable on the Web?

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I am a trivia fanatic. I grew up glued to College Bowl, Jeopardy and almost memorizing the '70s version of the Guinness Books of Worl...
Sunday, January 12, 2014

Live in Southcentral PA & Know a Person with a Dark-Colored Ford Ranger XLT Pickup with Recent Damage?

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Just read of a tragic gun murder in Pennsylvania, yet another example of crazy people having access to guns. If you live in southcentr...
Saturday, December 14, 2013

Remembering the Newtown Kids on the First Anniversary of Their Murders

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The 1st anniversary after the #newtown murders - remember the kids shot that day, as the NRA-owned Congress does not care - WE DO! #WeAreN...
Friday, December 13, 2013

Twitter Hashtag - #FirstThingIBoughtOnline

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Started a Twitter hashtag in honor of this most commercial of seasons: #FirstThingIBoughtOnline: 3-year old cheddar cheese @CabotCoop 12/19...
Monday, October 21, 2013

Facebook Was Broken for Me Today (10/21/2013)

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When I wake up, I check my mail, Facebook and Twitter. All was well this morning. Ran some errands and was back around 9am. Everything e...
Thursday, October 17, 2013

Never Forget: These Senators Voted for the United States to Default on Its Debts

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As you consider who to vote for in future elections, remember these Senators voted for the United States to default on its debts. @TomCo...
Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Thinking About Convention Codes of Conduct

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In the "old days" (about 1976 or so), there was an informal Fannish Code of Conduct: Do Good Do No Harm Throw a Good Room Pa...
Saturday, October 05, 2013

Hate the Republican Shutdown? E-mail Your Tea Party Rep/Senator EVERY DAY

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I live in a reddish area outside of Pittsburgh, so my Congressman, Tim Murphy and Senator, Pat Toomey are both pretty solidly Tea Party (th...
Saturday, September 28, 2013

Think About This Country's Financial Obligations [[An Open Letter to Congress]]

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I originally published this on Facebook on July 12, 2011 at 12:35pm. However, it pathetic that our "talk-lots/do-nothing" Congre...
Monday, September 16, 2013

In Praise of Police When They Protect and Serve and Not When They Murder the Public

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I've been extremely troubled by a rash of police pre-emptively shooting people, generally black men. Isn't the slogan for police ...
Monday, July 15, 2013

Things I'm on the Fence About

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I'm generally an independent person, but the Republican party has gone so far to the right over the last 20 years that I haven't v...
Tuesday, July 09, 2013

My Uterus - a Look Back

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Wouldn't you know that during the year after my hysterectomy, public discussion of the uterus is more popular than ever? Despite my...
Tuesday, July 02, 2013

Fighting the Rapislators

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Did you know that we now live in a country where some of the states are now legislating state-sponsored rape while gagging doctors' ab...
Tuesday, June 25, 2013

My Approach to Following Accounts on Twitter, X BlueSky and Spoutible

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(last updated 11/22/2024) Under Elon Musk, Twitter...err X was rapidly going downhill. It became "MuskyTwitter" and stopped b...
Friday, June 14, 2013

Who Voted in the Senate to Protect Military Rapists?

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There has been an epidemic of reported rapes in the military over the last few years. So what does the Senate Armed Services Committee de...

Remembering the Newtown Kids on Father's Day

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On Mother's Day, I stumbled over a lovely essay by one of the Newtown Mothers...and it made me want to remember each of the kids. I wo...
Sunday, May 12, 2013

Remembering the Newtown Kids on Mother's Day

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On Mother's Day, I stumbled over a lovely essay by one of the Newtown Mothers...and it made me want to remember each of the kids. I wo...