It was time to visit the kids. What was Christmas without them? There were bunches of 3, 5 and 6 year olds downstairs in the play room, offering far more entertainment value than the adult conversations with distant in-laws. I grabbed the colorful tube of glowsticks and descended the stairs. … … more …
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It would be a perfect moment: one of those Normal Rockwell times, capturing the wide-eyed wonder of young children entranced – not so much by an object – but by the concept beyond it. I looked over the long wands, considering each. The first would go to Elam, the youngest … … more …
– JCwire: New York City, NY Only a few months after revealing thousands of compromising emails from the Democratic National Committee, WikiLeaks has released lists of highly confidential information from above the Arctic Circle. Millions of names, along with addresses and behavioral reports, were sent to the New York Times. … … more …
JCwire Washington, D.C. Monday evening President-Elect Trump debuted a Realty TV show, entitled “Cabinet Apprentice.” The Billionaire Real Estate tycoon and former host of “The Apprentice” and “The Celebrity Apprentice” said he hopes to make an even bigger hit with the new show, airing on Fox Wednesday evenings. Rumors have … … more …
JCwire – Atlanta, GA In a press conference today, Pastor Jeremiah Pastorius revealed a surprising resurgence of faith in the United States. “This is a shift we’ve never seen in my lifetime! With so many people coming back to religion, we’re renaming the country: ‘Amen-erica!’ ” Asked to explain this … … more …
JCwire Washington, D.C. Donald Trump proffered a solution to the issue of sexual harassment today in a speech to the American Chamber of Commerce in Washington. He responded directly to criticism of his comments from 2013 when he suggested a combination of men and women in the Armed Services carried … … more …
JCwire: Salt Lake City, UT Today Donald Trump revealed a plan to add the identities of foreign terrorists to his previously announced Muslim database. In a well attended rally in Youngstown, OH, Trump explained, “I’m instructing all foreign militants – especially ISIS recruits – to sign up in my database … … more …
Jcwire, Berkeley, CA Citing an irreconcilable lack of actual science in use by current politicians, UC Berkeley Chancellor Nicholas Dirks announced the removal of Political Science from the academic curricula. “American politics has abandoned all semblance of scientific study and logic. Until we can decide whether to place it elsewhere, … … more …
This culinary adventure started the way of many such calamities: my wife had an idea. “I’m going to make a lemon desert with the Meyer Lemons from our tree.” “Sounds good, honey,” I replied, careful not to be too enthusiastic lest I get enlisted to help. With company due to … … more …
I don’t know why it never occurred to me. I mean, I studied Spanish in High School. I married a Cuban. I conversed with “mi suegra” – my mother-in-law – who spoke no English. Lived in San Francisco, and San Mateo; worked in Santa Clara. “San” … “Santa” … it … … more …