Rainy days.

Its days like these when I’m glad I don’t have my dream house by a river or lake.  It hasn’t stopped raining here in Atlanta in what seems like ages.  (There has been a reprieve today but we’ll see if it lasts.)  We are pretty lucky though.  Our house is dry and as far as [...]

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The Baby Fiasco.

I‘m sure most of you have read about the woman, Nadya Suleman, from California that just had a set of octuplets on January 26th.  It’s probably quite old news by now, but as the story develops, I can’t help thinking about it.  It’s fascinating to me to see how my personal feelings of the situation [...]

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Super Sunday!

Wow!  Congrats to the Pittsburgh Steelers for making it to the Super Bowl!!

My family comes from a long line of Steelers fans.  My Grandma, my dad, and now my sister is probably the biggest fanatic of them all…bless her little “Terrible Towel” carrying heart.  Granted, I’m not quite so devoted, but I know I had [...]

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COWS!

A post about all things cows…

Cows in the News:
So, there is all this hubbub about how cows all over the world align themselves to magnetic North.
Joe and I were talking about it in passing and he said…”Maybe they are just trying to keep the sun out of their eyes.”  I love that idea.  It just [...]

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Should I stay or should I go…

Well, there have been some interesting developments at my apartment complex.  It has become quite a common occurrence to see the police outside asking questions and filling out investigative reports.  The residents were informed that there was ONE attempted/forced entry break-in last week… which made me feel a little uneasy, but then Joe and I [...]

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Um…we don’t take Discover.

So I’m pretty sure we all are aware of the crazy industry that is the wedding industry.  Well, as I’m perusing the news I stumble upon this article and I couldn’t help myself from sharing…
“JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Guests at an Israeli wedding hall can now insert a credit card into a machine at [...]

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News of interest…

Well, its the Friday of finals week for students at Georgia Tech and elsewhere. My sincere best wishes go out to all of you…
…of course I say this as I giddily have been planning for a Christmas party all week rather than spending it cooped in a library studying. These are the [...]

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“Say NO to AUTO”

Atlanta is in a bit of a water crisis. Recently, it was reported that we have less than 90 days of water left in reserves. Now, granted, I have no ability to validate how accurate that number is, but it still has everyone freaked out around here. Everyone is coming [...]

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Censorship in West Virginia

First let me apologize for the utter lack of content as of late. I hope to not be so negligent in the future, but in all honesty, its probably going to happen again.
Moving on, I read this article and wanted to share some thoughts. As a fan specifically of the book “Beach [...]

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Fire in the skies.

I’m sure most of you have seen the fires going on in Southern California. Having lived there and currently having so many friends there, I feel somewhat connected to the situation. I just can’t, however, imagine looking out my window and seeing this….not really being able to discern what are the [...]

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