Sunday, December 02, 2018

My Tale of Two Messiahs

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I performed The Messiah with the Calvary United Methodist Church Festival Choir on Saturday afternoon (https://www.facebook.com/events/...
Tuesday, July 17, 2018

Contact Congress NOW

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On July 16, 2018, Donald Trump committed treason by denying Russian influence over the 2016 election and refusing to believe the findings ...
Sunday, January 07, 2018

All Gone to Look for America (Part

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Simon and Garfunkel's "America" came out in April, 1968. I always heard the chorus as "All gone to look for America....
Sunday, November 12, 2017

Our Trip to Italy: Lessons Learned and Great Restaurants

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[[Originally published on 11/12/2017 in Alien Cheese]] We had a wonderful 2 1/2 weeks in Italy this fall. It's a trip we'd been ...
Monday, October 02, 2017

Why Massacres Are ALWAYS Terrorist Act

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[[Originally published on 10/2/2017 in Alien Cheese]] Many people have a very narrow definition of terrorism -- it's always related to...
Monday, July 17, 2017

Confluence 2017 Restaurant Guide: Restaurants Between Robinson Township and the Airport

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[Originally published on 7/17/2017 in Alien Cheese] Most of the restaurants fall into three areas: Thorn Run Crossing near the Sheraton P...

Speculations on Game of Thrones [[Full of Spoilers]]

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[Originally published 7/17/2017 in Alien Cheese] While I'd been aware of George Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" for ma...
Monday, June 05, 2017

The Wonder of Wonder Woman

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Months ago, I had very mixed feelings about going to see the Wonder Woman movie. I was never a big Wonder Woman fan in the first place. ...
Thursday, May 25, 2017

Honeymooning with Wookiees - A Star Wars Story (sort of)

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Originally Published in Collision (University of Pittsburgh), Spring 2001 While my husband, Jim, may be the only man in America who c...
Tuesday, April 18, 2017

Leavetakings, Part II

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In some ways, I'm still having trouble believing that I'm writing such a similar essay just a few months after writing about my mo...
Sunday, February 26, 2017

My 2017 Oscar Predictions

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I'm running very late with this. I have seen most of the nominated movies (except for Hacksaw Ridge and Hell or High Water). I liked...
Saturday, December 31, 2016

My Year in Statistics and Life Facts

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Jim and I have been a couple for over 40 years. Wow, who'd've thought? ;-> We've been parents for 36 years and Leslie fi...
Wednesday, December 28, 2016

Carrie Fisher, Patty Duke and Me

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I never met these two famous women in my title. However, I really knew both of these talented women better than most. I absolutely idoli...
Friday, November 11, 2016

Fairness and Donald Trump

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Fairness and Donald Trump On November 10, 2016, the "real" Donald J. Trump tweeted: Just had a very open and successful pre...
Sunday, November 06, 2016

From Registered Republican to a Registered Democrat

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Many women have been writing about how their experiences with misogyny have led them to support Hillary Clinton. I whole-heartedly agre...