I'm not sure if people have seen this or not yet but it's pretty cool.  Each person, all over the world, is able to choose for whom they would vote if they were voting in the United States' presidential election. 

Once you've voted, you can see the results of how the entire… Read full post »

Lately, thanks to old friends finding me on Facebook, a midlife crisis of sorts has been ignited within me.  After all, what better way to be reminded of your own glaring inadequacies than to suddenly have successful friends emerge from your past and find you online?  While it’/… Read full post »

In what is feeling like the longest election year ever, we’ve heard plenty of adult commentary about the presidential election, but what do kids have to say?  I’ve collected some snippets from two of my own children (ages 8 and 12) as well as a couple of borrowed kids (ages/… Read full post »

She came from a trailer park; one of ten puppies born to an unusually large but shy white female miniature schnauzer and an unusually small but personable male miniature schnauzer.  Mama wanted nothing to do with anyone.  Papa would have gone home with anyone who gave him a pat on/… Read full post »

Dear Senator McCain,

I need your help.  You see, I’m a voter who’s desperate for change, but with both you and Senator Obama promising it, how can I know which of you truly means it?

It might be helpful for you if I told you a bit about myself and how… Read full post »

I don't understand why everyone is so worried about the economy.  People say that there's nothing safe to invest in and credit lines everywhere are frozen.  Credit crisis, schmedit crisis!  There's plenty of things to do with your money and lots of ways to earn more.   W… Read full post »

I have a really weird talent.  I find four-leaf clovers.  All the time.   I rarely look for them on purpose unless I want to impress my children.  I usually find them when I’m doing other things such as working in the yard or waiting for the b… Read full post »

There it was, right in the middle of my email, between my coupons from Borders and an assignment from work:  a name from my past.  There was a momentary who the hell is this? reaction followed by the realization that an old boyfriend from high school had just looked me/… Read full post »

“When we have a toothache, we know that not having a toothache is happiness.  But later, when we don’t have a toothache, we don’t treasure our non-toothache.” 

-Thich Nhat Hanh

Today was a great day. 

The weather was just right: not too ho… Read full post »