Author Archives: Susan

About Susan

I am a woman of strong opinion. You can listen or not, but I expect everyone to play nice and respect everyone else's right to have their own opinions. I was never much of a diarist, and I plan for this to be less about my life and more about my observations and information sharing. So let's not call this a "blog," which is a word I find a bit repellent.

RIP Ray Bradbury

Posted on 6 June 2012 by Susan

My 8th Grade math teach read the Martian Chronicles to us (yes, I said math; long story).  That was the start of my love of science fiction.  Having moved on to other authors, it’s been decades since I read his … Continue reading →

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Sad information regarding Duchess Sieglinde Syr/Nancy Goforth

Posted on 5 June 2012 by Susan

Sue Moon just posted the following on Facebook: Duchess Sieglinde Syr/Nancy Goforth has advanced cancer and is now in Hospice. If you are not friends with Sue on FB and need contact info, let me know.  They are asking that … Continue reading →

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God’s Humor

Posted on 5 June 2012 by Susan

This was received in e-mail from the husband of my college roommate: While creating women, God promised men that good and obedient wives would be found in all corners of the world.  And then He smiled and made the earth … Continue reading →

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Transit of Venus this evening (5 June)

Posted on 5 June 2012 by Susan

Transit of Venus tonight. Venus will cross the face of the Sun with respect to the Earth starting a little after 5 p.m. Central Daylight Time (Austin, TX). UT is opening the rooftop of one building for viewing with the … Continue reading →

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A Rant about Grammar and Punctuation, Part 2: The Apostrophe

Posted on 4 June 2012 by Susan

In the English language, the apostrophe (‘) is used for three things: Marking a word as possessive (Nancy’s cup) Marking missing letters in a contraction (is not – isn’t) And, rarely, marking the plural of something that is not a … Continue reading →

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Bugs and Features

Posted on 4 June 2012 by Susan

When I got married, and my husband and I moved into our new home, we had a bulletin board near the kitchen for random stuff. One of the first things he posted was photocopied cartoon drawing of a bug, shaped … Continue reading →

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President Obama was born in the United States of America. Get over it.

Posted on 4 June 2012 by Susan

I am so tired of folks getting press for a conspiracy theory regarding the birth of President Obama.  He was born in Hawaii.  It was a state of the Union when he was born.  Heck, it was a state of … Continue reading →

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Dangerous Misleading Rhetoric

Posted on 3 June 2012 by Susan

This is a full-page ad printed in Lafayette, LA’s Advertiser. When you look at this ad (click the picture to see a larger image), what do you think is being sold or promoted? Looks like hate, fear, and misinformation to … Continue reading →

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Ed and Aine

Posted on 2 June 2012 by Susan

I think Ed was fond of all animals. They were unjudging and were usually quite attracted to him. One of the “Pros” listed about moving in as his roommate was “A roomie who does not mind living with animals since … Continue reading →

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Teaching Creationism

Posted on 2 June 2012 by Susan

Teaching creationism/intelligent design instead of evolution in schools.  I don’t feel this is sensible. It happened to a friend of mine who went to a parochial private school.  When they got to that part of the natural sciences course on … Continue reading →

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