I think this pretty well sums it up:

If you care to see what we’re looking like these days, I just got a ton of photos back from the photographer.

Slideshow here.
Oh, and my wtfwjd? sticker arrived! Now, am I *really* going to put it on my car? Hmmmm…

Paul Krugman wrote the editorial French Family Values for today’s New York Times, and I think he gets it right.
He starts out with this:
Americans tend to believe that we do everything better than anyone else. That belief makes it hard for us to learn from others.
Wow. Those two sentences sum up so much […]

I love NPR; I even describe myself (regularly) as an “NPR-junkie.” When people attack NPR as delivering news with a liberal bias, I defend it. No, no, I say; while many of the contributors may be biased, the actual reporting seems to me to be more balanced than much that’s out there […]

I’m a Ravenclaw!

I live in Colorado Springs, proud home of Focus on the Family. Think I’d get keyed if I put this on my Jeep’s back window?
click here to shop — hat tip to NinjaNun
I am *so* tempted.

I didn’t write anything about it, but last weekend at the birthday shindig at my parents’ place, I really should have requested that the TV be turned off. It was mercifully silenced once dinnertime arrived, but until then, I allowed myself to be subjected to a good hour or two of hateful screaming and […]

Survey Reveals That Teens Would Rather Be Cool Than Smart

An overwhelming majority of teens surveyed (67%) considers being called “cool” a more flattering compliment than “smart.” In addition, teen guys who responded to the survey would rather be named “life of the party” than “valedictorian” (58% vs. 27%). In fact, a higher percentage of respondents […]

From Motherhood is Not for Wimps:
“Jaelyn,” I said. “Did you hit Mary?”
She kept singing. I tapped my foot and looked at her.
“Noooo …” she finally sang. I raised an eyebrow.
“She hit me first!”
“Jaelyn.”
“WELL SHE WAS THINKING ABOUT IT!!” I would have laughed, but the notion of myself giggling naked in hotpants was enough to sober […]

I’ve said before that learning the concept of healthy boundaries really had an impact on me. Seriously, it’s such a simple concept, yet it’s one that can have life-changing effects.
A friend of mine who asks my advice on a semi-regular basis has no concept of healthy boundaries. He continually asks me for advice […]

From The Publishing Law Center, emphasis is mine:
Section 107 of the Copyright Act, entitled, “Limitations on Exclusive Rights: Fair Use,” is the statutory codification of the fair use doctrine. This judicially developed concept strives to balance the public’s need to know and be informed against authors’ incentives to create. The copyright law contemplates that fair […]

Today kind of sneaked up on me. I feel as though I should have something deep and moving to post in honor of a birthday, but you know…I just don’t.
Maybe that, in and of itself, says a lot. This year, my birthday just didn’t really seem like a particularly important event to me […]

Today I learned something. If you enter an email address along with your comments for a blog that uses Haloscan, your email address is displayed. Most comment systems I’ve seen ask you to enter your email, but it’s only visible to the site owner. I’d neglected to notice that Haloscan differs.
I learned […]

You, too, can now have a shot at being the Bride of Christ.
ROTFLMFAO. Really.