Noun: titivation - sprucing up; making decorative additions to
Noun: fashion - Something, such as a garment, that is in the current mode
Noun: frippery - 1. Pretentious, showy finery. 2. Pretentious elegance; ostentation. 3. Something trivial or nonessential.
Women’s interest with clothes and appearance starts young…and seems to be hard-wired ( for most, but not all females). For my three year old, [...]
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Titivation, Fashion and Frippery
Posted in Ponderings, Theology on July 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Interviewing the American Worker- part 1
Posted in Ponderings, tagged The American Worker, The Nanny State, Unemployment Benefits, Welfare Benefits on May 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On Tuesday, Rome interviewed five people for warehouse jobs. If hired, these folks would be doing order fulfillment and packaging of orders for shipping. His boss gave him three math questions to ask each interviewee.
How many inches are there in a foot?
How many square inches are there in a square foot?
What is a square?
The purpose [...]
The Samovar
Posted in On-Line Scrapbook, Photos for Grandparents, Ponderings on May 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The day before Mothers’ Day, we went to Babushka’s house for tea. Out came the samovar. Now, a full and proper samovar needs to have both a tray for collecting ashes and a chimney to help with air-flow. We have neither the proper tray nor the proper chimney.
Roman filled the tube that goes down the [...]
Hooey (Part 1)
Posted in God, Hooey, Ponderings, Theology on April 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last Fall I saw most of part 1 of Zeitgeist the movie. Now I enjoy things which encourage discussing subjects that are not usually discussed. So I’ll give it over to the movie for accomplishing that. For those of you who don’t know, part 1 of Zeitgeist is an anti-Christian treatise which basically says Jesus didn’t [...]
Our Economy And That Of My Children
Posted in Ponderings on February 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Too Early to Declare Even Partial Victory over CPSIA H.R. 4040
Posted in Ponderings on January 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It looks like action is still going to be needed on this one.
A very good analysis
New York Post Article
Hmmmm.
Posted in Food, Parenting, Ponderings on January 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I think sleep deprivation causes hallucinations. In the last couple of weeks, at about 1 pm in the afternoon, I gain the absolute conviction that my local metropolis is going to be overcome by zombies unless I consume milk chocolate. Me being superwoman and all, I have to do my duty to save mankind. And I’m willing. I’m [...]
Congress Needs To Work On Its Law-Writing Skills
Posted in Ponderings on January 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Thursday, we got a reprieve from CPSIA H.R. 4040, kinda of. The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA H.R. 4040) makes it illegal to sell toys (and other items) which don’t show proof of unit testing for lead. The law, passed by Congress in 2007 and by the Senate in 2008 , mandates lead testing for ALL items intended for [...]
Where Have All The Chicken Thighs Gone…Long Time Passing?
Posted in Ponderings on September 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Where have all the flowers boneless, skinless chicken thighs gone-long time passing? Where have all the flowers boneless, skinless chicken thighs gone…a long time ago?
You know there are some blog entries that one’s foreign-born spouse won’t comprehend without extensive YouTube visits.
So where have they gone? Are we exporting them to some other country? They used [...]
The Obituary of Sense, Common
Posted in Ponderings on September 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Nicole over at Taming Lions wrote this.
http://taminglions.blogspot.com/2008/08/obituary-of-sense-common.html
I enjoyed it immensely.
