The NCAA Basketball Playoffs started this week. It’s my spring break, spring cleaning, the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat. This week’s dose
Author: Sheila Penelope Thorne
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Saint Patrick’s Day: A Parade, A Loophole and a Slave
Saint Patrick’s Day, unmistakable bright kelly green and drunken revelers. Have I really done 10 years of blog posts and never wrote on this? In
You’ve Come a Long Way Baby*: History, Credit Cards and Banned Books
That’s a mistake. It makes a point now, but not 50 years ago. The main character in The Women is about to leave home in
Trash Talk: New York, Healthcare and Indulgence in Stupidity
New York has a trash problem. Unlike other major cities, there aren’t trash containers to roll to the curb or the big industrial dumpsters. The
The Country – Nashville, Texas Hold’em and Anticipatory Loss
If you have never surfed before, you can watch videos, you can read about it, you can watch people do it, but until you get
The Super Bowl: Shared Experiences, 80% and Cheerleaders
It’s easy going to events by myself. I’m surrounded by people who want to be there. About 80% of the time, there is someone who
Balancing on Unstable Surfaces 