Bornfamous

The trouble with having a lot of distractions is that it’s hard to focus. Oh wait, that would be the definition of ‘distraction’, wouldn’t it? Well, look up ‘distracted’ in the dictionary and you’ll find a picture of me, cooking, doing laundry, shopping and following my disabled roommate around.
It’s not that I resent her [...]

NYTimes.com: 7 States to Sue E.P.A. Over Standards on Air Pollution

War Planners Speak of the Risks

Last Monday, I took the bus to Robby’s new school and signed the papers to transfer him back to his old online home unschool. All the homework was getting to both of us.
On the way back, who should get on the bus but Tony, who I thought I’d never see again [though I kinda knew [...]

CNN.com - Poets to gather to protest war with Iraq

NY Times: A New Power in the Streets [must register to read]

If you’re against war on Iraq, please read and sign this antiwar petition

Student Loans Are For Suckers

Underground coal fires stoke global warming

Behind Roses’ Beauty: The Poor
“As Ecuador’s roses radiate romance around the world, the poor toil despite headaches and rashes for the wealthier of the world.” [Full story]

I deleted my archives in a housecleaning fit a while ago, so I can’t link to my post back in November about Mr. Youngstud. Bad choice of nicknames, because it trivializes him in a way that I would certainly object to if he were to refer to me as Ms. Oldthing, so I won’t be [...]

As the United States ramps up for invading Iraq, we should know that we are sending our troops into the most toxic battlefield on earth. And should those soldiers suffer the huge number of disabilities that Gulf War I vets do, they can expect their government, in the words of U.S. Rep. Christopher Shays (R-CT), [...]

Bornfamous: hey cuz - long time no chat
my fave cuz: hey sweetie!
bornfamous: :o]
cuz: bornfamous: want the latest on rusty [aka the ex from hell]?
cuz: oh dear - what now

President Bush’s plan to vaccinate 500,000 health care workers against smallpox is getting off to an unexpectedly slow start as hundreds of hospitals and thousands of nurses across the country say that they will not participate.”
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Thanks to increasingly strict “fair use” laws, corporations can make websites that criticize their policies simply disappear.
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