Out with the Old, In with the New

2009 December 31
by MushBrain

For better or worse, and it’s mostly worse, here’s the decade in review:

Best wishes to all for a new decade filled with peace, happiness, and good health! And universal health care, while we’re at it!

To a New Year!

2009 December 29
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by MushBrain

I don’t usually read USA Today. And generally a column that suggests religion is the answer to the world’s problems would invoke an “I don’t feel like getting angry today” response in me and would be skipped. But I had 24 hours to kill in a car this week. And our hotel was kind enough to give me a complimentary USA Today to help with that. So, happily, I stumbled upon this column read more…

Ignorance is Angry

2009 December 17
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by MushBrain

Personally, I like the pen mightier than the sword. And seriously, Laura Ingraham? Seriously?

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Lost and Found

2009 December 6
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There are many ways to describe it: recovering Catholic, lapsed Catholic, ethnic Catholic. I can relate to all of these labels. It wasn’t always that way. I was raised in a faithful, church-going family. And not just Easter and Christmas. Every Sunday and every holy day of obligation, including my birthday on All Saints’ Day, there we were sitting in mass. I went read more…

25 Things I Am Thankful For (In No Particular Order)

2009 November 25
by MushBrain
  1. a healthy and happy daughter
  2. a wonderful loving husband
  3. the opportunity to be home with my daughter every day
  4. a large family that manages to keep in touch despite distance
  5. many great friends, who make me laugh every time I see them
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The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family (Book Review)

2009 November 19

I finally finished reading The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family by Annette Gordon-Reed, and I certainly recommend it to anyone who is looking for a good historical read. read more…

Justice For All

2009 November 17

As you’ve most certainly heard by now, the DOJ announced last week that Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (KSM) will be tried in federal criminal court rather than a military tribunal. The specific court that will be the venue for KSM’s prosecution is located in lower manhattan, just a few blocks from the site of the terrorist attacks KSM is accused of masterminding. read more…