A Mixed Bag
As late as the 19th century it was common practice to use goats as a wet nurse for human infants. An 18th-century account Valenze found of a hospital … Read more
Blogs
Various blogs, featuring humor, oddities, news and interesting items.
Lost Journal: Choice of Team Captain is off the Beaten Track
By Tim Mollen Journal entry: May 14, 1986 (age 17) “Tim, I want you to be one of the captains of next year’s team.” This was the most … Read more
Coming Attractions
Anonymous is in the news a lot lately. They are a part but not I hasten to add, by any means all of the Occupy movement. They have … Read more
The Corporatocracy Is the 1 Percent
By Carl Gibson, Reader Supported News In October of 2003 Steve Jobs first learned that he had pancreatic cancer. His doctors and family members urged, even pleaded with … Read more
Lost Journal: Belabored Phone Conversation is a Test of Friendship
By Tim Mollen Journal entry: May 18, 2004 (age 35) I went through my Microsoft Outlook contacts this afternoon, looking for old friends that I hadn’t caught up … Read more
Curse of the Were-Donkey
It is often said that no one is ugly at closing time. Such evidently was the case for the Zimbabwe man who was arrested while having intimate … Read more
Justifiable Karma
In the old testament it was ‘An eye for an eye’. In Jesus’ time the message was ‘Turn the other cheek’. So what do we have in our … Read more
Another Metaphor for America
(Photo from the flooding in Bangkok found in http://twentytwowords.com/) Be seeing you.
The Unpatriotic Act: Ten Years Later
by Stephen Rohde, Truthout The USA Patriot Act became law ten years ago today. Bearing the awkward name, Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to … Read more
