Mother Do You Think They’ll Like This Song?

Another holiday is approaching. Tomorrow is Mother’s Day and across the nation people will be sending cards, letters, candy, flowers, email, bath salts, perfume, jewelry, scented stuff and the whole plethora of assorted gifts commercialism drives. Unfortunately this holiday doesn’t take into account the women who have lost children, are unable to have children, or [...]

By the way, which one’s Pink?

Pink is having a really tough year. First is was pink ribbons, then it was pink slime, and now pink drinks. Or at least ingredients that make some drinks, pink. For some odd reason, people are quite upset that pink food dye made from crushed up bugs has been added to food and drink items in [...]

Paranoid Eyes

A while back I posted about people’s movements being tracked without their knowledge. It is still happening and is escalating. The New York Times ran a very insightful article on How Companies Learn Your Secrets. The premise is that Target is watching what customers buy and is tailoring ads to meet their purchases. This isn’t a [...]

Vera

Does anybody here remember Vera Lynn? Remember how she said that we would meet again…some sunny day? I’ve written before about who I consider to be a hero. I’d like to introduce you to another. Meet Linda:   I don’t consider Linda a hero because she has breast cancer. That makes her a victim of [...]

Goodbye Cruel World

This commercial is disturbing. While I can see where Johnson & Johnson are going with this ad, the message of the commercial comes out wrong. I totally get the “caring” aspect of the advertisement and I personally feel hospice nurses and volunteers are heroes. Heroes. However, in addition to showing how much the nurse cares [...]

A Great Day for Freedom

Your movements are being watched and noted. And so are mine. Paranoia? Hardly. I have long been against “helpful” systems such as ADT, OnStar, and SPOT devices simply because they are nothing more than a means to track people’s movements. Oh, they do a great job in advertising how safe and convenient their products are, [...]

Time

It’s time to manipulate the clocks again and go back to normal. I really hate this daylight savings thing. It’s an idea whose time has passed (pardon the pun). Completely outlived its usefulness and needs to seriously go away. Oh I understand the original concept, allowing more hours of daylight in a “working day,” but [...]

The Happiest Days of Our Lives

Of all the holidays celebrated through the calendar year, Halloween has to be my favorite. Set aside the religious aspects of Halloween for a bit (yes, there definitely are some) and just think about the holiday itself. Is there any other time of year when giving is more satisfying? Think about it. You go out [...]

Coming Back To Life

The Mountain Ridge Paranormal Research Society has sponsored a haunted house in order to raise money for a hospital. Their theme is of an asylum haunting and the scene is at a former psychiatric hospital. Sounds like fun, right? Enter the party-poopers. Yep, these Radford University students are protesting the exhibition because it is “disrespectful [...]

Mother

I’ve read scientific articles that confirm one of humankind’s worst fears: global warming (or the newer term climate change) is happening and happening right now! “Here’s our scientific study to prove it!” the articles warn. I’ve also read studies contradicting that conclusion to posit one of their own. Articles that say the global warming panic [...]