I am sometimes crushed by paralyzing guilt for not posting stuff here more often. Lately, I've been trying to remember that this isn't because I've fallen into a zombified, do-nothing rut (which would have been the case in years past), but because I actually am being productive, trying o...

of my childhood home. Where I spent years 0 to 18 1/2. Why? Because yesterday morning this was going on- It was on fire. Sadness enveloped me when I read the email from my cousin. At first I could only remember the things about my brothers throughout the day - mainly stuff that was not so funny then...

Pab* and I arrived in Vegas late (the result of having left late largely due to my deciding to last-minute shop). Last minute packing meant we took everything we could lay our hands on.   We're old hands at the drive now, so it took just over four hours to get from Santa Monica to the hote...

Somalia’s governing council has voted to institute Islamic law (sharia). There are also stories tonight about the effects of Islamic law in Afghanistan and Algeria. Despite the protests of Islam’s apologists, the Muslim world is becoming more radical, not less. Thanks to Barry Rubin, C. Cantoni,...

by Cheryl Rofer My winter jasmine is blooming, and all sorts of other things are coming up or, if they were green over the winter, perking up. A couple of little cactuses that collapsed into small piles of spines over the winter are back to showing green between the spines, the iris are growing the ...

SELLER: Diane KeatonLOCATION: N. Roxbury Drive, Beverly Hills, CAPRICE: $12,995,000SIZE: 8,434 square feet, 7 bedrooms, 9 bathroomsDESCRIPTION: A classic and true example of Colonial Revival architecture originally designed by architect Ralph Flewelling, now brilliantly restored via a collaboration ...

There’s an overwhelming number of news items here tonight — almost a hundred. If you all think that this operation is becoming unmanageably large, please let me know. With all the juicy items that people send me, it’s hard to pick which ones to leave out. Thanks to Abu Elvis, C. Cantoni, CSP, ...

I think we can take it as a given that there are some issues with our current preferred modes of transportation in the United States. First off, obviously, our automobile-conscious (or should I say "automobile-fetishization"?) culture comes at a tremendous penalty to our balance of trade, given the ...

Hi there! Kara here. Just a simple girl who grew up in a Southern Baptist/ evangelical/ Methodist home south of Chicago. Then converted to Judaism through a well-known conservative synagogue in Los Angeles. I never bought that whole Holy Trinity theory. But that’s another story… My first Purim w...

This message was preached on Sunday 1st March 2009. "How to Speed up in the Supernatural". Turn in your Bibles please to Hebrews chapter 12. The series we are on at the moment is; "Faith Conducts Heaven's Influence into the Earth". Jesus said; "Father Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven, Y...