From the NYT: World Leaders Release Plan for Resolving East/West Rift
Mr. Annan said in a written statement: “The problem is not the Koran or the Torah or the Bible. Indeed, I have often said that the problem is never the faith, it is the faithful and how they behave toward each other.”
Also from NYT: For […]

I recently wrote a post, Our nation is falling apart. As commenter Stevo has pointed out, there’s very little factual truth in the email I received as a forward (what, am I supposed to be surprised, or something?) and grumbled about in this space.
I still agree with my assessment of (and agreement with) the […]

I haven’t yet explored the local public radio stations (but doubt I’ll ever find one I love as much as KRCC), but I found a decent commercial station while driving yesterday. When I’m north of Monument Hill in Colorado (ie, out of El Paso County), I listen to KBCO, a Clear Channel station out […]

Hints that many men don’t read profiles:
Candidate 1: Winked, rather than writing an email. Buh-bye.
Candidate 2: Wrote, and the email was at least not blatant spam mail, but it said nothing about why he was writing to me, as opposed to any other woman online. From his profile, copied and pasted verbatim:
The […]

This freakin’ cracks me up:

This? Not so much. It’s not because of the text. Honestly, I think I might have found it wryly amusing to wear while I was pregnant…IF IT WEREN’T SO GRAMMATICALLY WRONG.

“Whose my daddy?” Whose? UGH. C’mon people. If you’re going to sell something via […]

This one arrived today, in 30-point typeface. I love, love, love the woman who sent it. I hate the email. It’s supposed to be cute. It’s not. It manages to insult both men and women, then expect that we should laugh at it. Yuck, yuck, yuck.
Men Are Just Happier […]

Shouldn’t someone inform Jim thatblack just isn’t his color?
I just received (and deleted, heh) an email from Sojourners, urging me to sign up for their Politics and Spirituality conference — with this image attached.
You see, if I go to Pasadena in September, I’m cool like Jim Wallis, Anne Lammot, and whoever that other […]

Eh, more likely just an excuse to procrastinate for five minutes…
I’m starting to think I should offer profile consulting to people on match.com (men and women alike — but definitely men, since I’ve read hundreds of men’s profiles over the years). What would one charge for that, anyway?

Received:
From: tallman
To: (me)
Subject: hi
Hello….I am a 35 […]

We went to Iraq because Saddam’s supposed WMD stockpile threatened our peace. (See? We’re the Department of Defense. We’re *defending* you — this isn’t unprovoked aggression, golly, gee no! They could hurt us!)
Now, I learn that FAUXNews is already spinning some not-verified ideas (not even the facts, people) to say that […]

Do you know what really annoys me?
I mean *really* annoys me?
Being treated as if I’m an inactive slug who eats badly, because I’m still not skinny after having a child. Actually, it doesn’t annoy me. It pisses me off. It also hurts, and I find myself questioning this whole “dating” thing because […]

Photo posed with Dodge Ram truck? Check.
Photo posed with motorcycle? Check.
Sports fan who loves to watch on TV? Check.
“Likes” includes “having fun”? (Because you know, so many people *hate* having fun, after all.) Check.
Has a favorite NASCAR driver? Check.
Religion is Southern Baptist? Check.
Numerous grievous misspellings throughout profile? Check.
Ditto for grammatical errors? Check.
Ummm…did you even bother […]

Rough paraphrase of something I told my counselor last week:
Growing up, I never had a concept of myself as an adult.
Seriously, I think my first major depression (at age 26) was largely brought on by a lack of vision for myself and my future. I’d grown up expecting to go to school, get good […]

I may add a little more on this later, I may not. Whatever, it was SO nice to have a date I actually enjoyed, rather than tolerated.
From: Allison
Date: Jul 15, 2006 6:08 AM
Subject: Accolades and Apologies
Hi, (name)!
First, the accolades:

I had a blast. Seriously, what fun — I’ll pay for it on the trail […]