Language Goddess Musings

Poll Fatigue

2008-01-16T21:37:00.001-05:00

And another pet peeve.....not only for me, but for a lot of people, apparently: the faux knowledge given by endless polls.

I don't know if signing another petition is the answer [see below, and you decide]; I just know that next time I'm contacted by a telephone pollster, or see another of the endless requests to "vote for your candidate" online, I will follow Nancy Reagan's advice and "just say No".

The only poll that counts is the one in November 2008.

Sign HuffPost's Say "No" to Pollsters Petition! - Politics on The Huffington Post

Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape in the new year.

Women for Women International

2008-01-14T16:55:00.001-05:00

This organization helps women help themselves. These are women who have lived through horrific experiences due to violence and war in their countries. Women for Women International, through their sponsors -- both corporate, and individuals like me -- gives these women a chance to be more than victims. WforW provides literacy classes and training, medical help and much more. Bottomline: WforW gives them hope. I'm proud to be a supporter.

http://www.womenforwomen.org/

R&R

2008-01-04T13:12:00.001-05:00

No, not Rock & Roll this time. Rest and Relaxation.

It's been a hectic, but wonderful holiday season -- on overdrive.

Many visits and quality time with friends and family.

But now I'm looking forward to being a beach bum for a few days.

St. Croix, here I come!

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"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle."
~Philo ~ first century Jewish mystic

Mummery

2008-01-02T02:22:00.001-05:00

Mummers rock!

Happy New Year~

2007-12-31T01:18:00.000-05:00

"New Year's Day--Now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual.
~ Mark Twain

Quotes

2007-12-27T04:06:00.000-05:00

Henry van Dyke writes:
“Are you willing ... to own, that probably the only good reason for your existence is not what you are going to get out of life, but what you are going to give to life; to close your book of complaints against the management of the universe and look around you for a place where you can sow a few seeds of happiness ... to make a grave for your ugly thoughts and a garden for your kindly feelings ...? Then you can keep Christmas.”

When one person suffers from a delusion, it is called insanity, When many people suffer from a delusion, it is called religion. ~ Robert Pirsig

What the mind doesn't understand, it worships or fears. ~ Alice Walker,author (b. 1944)