“There is a child in every one of us who is still a trick-or-treater looking for a brightly-lit front porch.” ~ Robert Brault "Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble." –William Shakespeare, Macbeth “Halloween is the only time people can become what they want to be without getting fired.” ~ Sylvester Stallone "Trick … Continue reading FRIGHTFUL MANNERS
"Is there any truth to the expression, 'one rotten apple spoils the whole barrel'? You bet." ~ Dr. Joe Schwarcz, Director at McGill University, Montreal "One bad apple don't spoil the whole bunch, girl. Oh, I don't care what they say, I don't care what you heard." ~ One Bad Apple, by the Osmonds, 1970 “The … Continue reading THE BAD APPLES AMONG US
I don't like being lied to, so I only lie about the stupid things. White lies, basically. ~ Enrique Iglesias "The moon was all aglow and heaven was in your eyes, the night that you told me those little white lies." ~ Little White Lies, words and music by Walter Donaldson, sung by Ella Fitzgerald, … Continue reading THOSE LITTLE WHITE LIES
Barbie(s) on Pixabay "Live your dream." ~ Barbie, in The Princess and The Pauper “What makes you different just might be your greatest strength.” ~ Barbie, in A Mermaid Tale “True courage is pursuing your dream, even when everyone else says it’s impossible.” ~ Barbie, in Barbie and The Three Musketeers When I was a … Continue reading WOMEN IN THE WORKPLACE: BARBIE, THE BUSINESS EXECUTIVE (ETC. ETC. ETC.)
“We wouldn’t be seeing this giant ramp up in fire activity as fast as it is happening without climate change. There's just no way." ~ Park Williams, climate scientist at UCLA. (New York Times) “It has been a dramatic presentation of a natural disaster this week. So many people saw firsthand the increasing risks that … Continue reading SMOKE GETS IN OUR EYES
"The issue of women serving in the pastorate is an issue of fundamental Biblical authority that does violate both the doctrine and the order of the Southern Baptist Convention." ~ Albert Mohler, Ninth President of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary "It's a very tiny brain you're housing in there, isn't it?" ~ Dawn French as … Continue reading WOMEN IN THE WORKPLACE: THE CHURCH LADIES
Original Declaration of Independence as printed on July 4, 1776 - Compliments of Wikimedia Commons "...no laws bind the people but such as they consent to be Governed by.” ~ Roger Sherman "The people are the best judges who ought to represent them." ~ Robert R. Livingston "Educate and inform the whole mass of the … Continue reading HAPPY 247TH BIRTHDAY, USA – GOODBYE TYRANNY, HELLO INDEPENDENCE!
When a person can be married in the morning and thrown out of a restaurant for being gay in the afternoon, this is still wrong....This law, and the love it defends, strike a blow against hate in all its forms. And that’s why this law matters to every single American, no matter who you are … Continue reading WEDDING BELLES, REDUX
“I consider abortion to be a deeply personal and intimate issue for women and I don’t believe male legislators should even vote on the issue.” ~ Former Senator Alan K. Simpson (R-Wyoming) “Seventy-seven percent of anti-abortion leaders are men. 100% of them will never be pregnant.” ~ Pro-Choice Advertisement “Roe v. Wade and access to … Continue reading THE WORKPLACE: BOOKS, GUNS AND CHOICE – PART THREE
Only with gun violence do we respond to repeated tragedies by saying that mourning is acceptable but discussing how to prevent more tragedies is not. But that's unacceptable. As others have observed, talking about how to stop mass shootings in the aftermath of a string of mass shootings isn't 'too soon.' It's much too … Continue reading THE WORKPLACE: BOOKS, GUNS AND CHOICE – PART TWO