A Mindful Life

Aside from the failure of IndyMac Bancorp, a study that finds many coral species are threatened with extinction, and the tarnishing of a national legacy due to family infighting, that is.

Claire is ten months and three days old.
There’s a cute video on my Flickr account if you want to watch her personal triumph. What an [...]

I have 45 minutes to write this, so we’ll see what pours out.
Today
I have a beautiful nine-month-old daughter who is pulling up and longs to stand by herself. She is starting to cruise. She’s becoming more aware and more of a little individual daily. Today I am physically and mentally healthy. Today I am in [...]

more graph humor and song chart memes

George Carlin died. I relished is humor, his crankiness, and his willingness to go to the edge of what was considered good taste for the era.
Farewell.

I’ve discovered a new blog and resource portal that will become a staple of my reading: The New Homemaker. I was doing research on the origin of “Susie Homemaker” (which I’ve not yet found because I wandered off into this new discovery). From the About page:
Who is the New Homemaker? She is the person who [...]

In 2004, I posted briefly about the firing of Deborah Voigt from a role at the Royal Opera House. The reason? She was considered too fat for the role, particularly because she couldn’t fit into a little black dress that was part of the contemporary production.
She had gastric bypass surgery and has now returned [...]

Yesterday, in Stanislaus County, California
TURLOCK — A crazed man parked on a dark country road Saturday night, took a toddler from the car seat in his pickup and beat the boy to death until a Modesto police officer, dropped on the scene by helicopter, shot the man dead, authorities said.
Passers-by calling 911 at 10:13 p.m. [...]

I LOVE LOLcat stuff (I Can Has Cheezburger?). Well, there is a political site for similar humor and I couldn’t resist sharing.
see more politics and fun!

How did the first announcement even get past an editor in the first place? Did no one read it and think, “Hmmm, that could be taken another way”? Still, it made me smile this morning.
more funny fail pictures at FAIL Blog

I have found the past few days challenging. Claire, I think, is teething (I know, it’s ongoing). She has a third tooth breaking through on top, and I think a feel a fourth just under the gum. She’s quickly tired and more fussy, and exceptionally clingy with me. Part of the challenge is the emotional [...]