Author Archives: Susan
Ignorance can be deadly – Highway edition
While the majority of commercial drivers are safe drivers, an alarming percentage stopped in a recent inspection effort by the TXDPS yielded what I consider to be alarming results. Below please find the results of the most recent Roadcheck inspection … Continue reading
Bad Facebook!
In case you haven’t heard, Facebook changed all default e-mail addresses over the weekend to @facebook .com addresses. You will need to go to your profile to change it back. This was particularly annoying to me since I prefer to … Continue reading
“John Carter”
Went to see John Carter last night. I had a friend try to talk me out of it because of its poor box office, but I had a wonderful time. Granted, I am a relatively easy to please and entertain … Continue reading
Inciting Violence, Part 2
It was a radio personality this time. He wanted to stop a bus full of nuns and pistol whip them for making a comment with which he disagreed. He has since, according to his website, apologized to the nuns. I … Continue reading
Dreams are so ephemeral
I had an interesting story idea in a dream. Something about crossing defect testing with vacation Bible school at my church. But I couldn’t find my pencil on my headboard and by the time I got a pen out of … Continue reading
Some “comedy” is not funny
The 24/7 Comedy Radio Station came to town last fall. I listen to it pretty exclusively in the car when I’m in town (the signal is too weak to receive far out of town). What I’ve discovered is that what … Continue reading
My cousin is on the front page of Forbes magazine!
He’s written an article titled Microsoft Win8 Tablet Is NOT a Game Changer. The article explains that it was never meant to be, what a game changer is, and gives a pretty interesting discussion on the history of game-changing innovation … Continue reading
If you don’t believe in the “War on Women,” don’t read this.
I came across this wonderful YouTube post today. There is nothing unsafe about the visual. However, it is NOT work safe in the audio. As an additional warning, I was totally unable to watch it without letting out a loud … Continue reading
Daniel in Captivity
It’s been a busy week. I’ve been a “tribe leader” at Vacation Bible School. It’s been a lot of fun and a lot of work. I’m quite tired and the songs we’ve been teaching the children are going through my … Continue reading
Lions of Ansteorra – Duchess Willow de Wisp
Having lions appear in various places in my life in the last week (depictions and references, not live ones) has got me ruminating on the Lions of Ansteorra. I’ve been blessed to call friend several of these wonderful people. Others … Continue reading