I don’t consider myself to be unreasonable, but shouldn’t you READ a book before you review it … especially if you are going to give it a snark-filled, snide, condescending one-star review? This is on my mind, since I recently received a vicious one star review of The Jezebel Effect based on the pseudo-reader’s ire… Read more The One Star Angst
On this day in 1537 Jane Seymour, third wife of Henry VIII, gave birth (not by cesarean section) to a little boy who would briefly rule England as Edward VI. He became the boy-king at the age of nine when his father passed away in January of 1547, and after some squabbling for power Edward’s… Read more Edward VI
Donald Trump is a liar and a hypocrite. He rants about American jobs being outsourced, yet his products are manufactured in China. He calls himself a self-made man, but he inherited more than $200 million. Worst of all, he spouts baloney about immigration when he is the grandson and son of immigrants and has married… Read more Trump SHOULD Know About Immigrants
As part of another skirmish in the war on women, some Men’s Rights Activists (MRAs) have formed a movement dedicated to trying to bully women into remaining virgins lest they never, ever marry. These MRAs are on various forms of social media demanding that all men band together and declare that if a woman cannot… Read more Cherry Bomb
Have any of you seen the movie Fed Up? It’s on Netflix now and it is absolutely magnificent. “Fed Up is a 2014 American documentary film directed, written and produced by Stephanie Soechtig. The film focuses on the causes of obesity in the US, presenting evidence showing that the large quantities of sugar in processed… Read more Fed Up
Okay, I got a beautiful review for The Jezebel Effect by an English woman who uses the name Iset on Goodreads. I don’t know if she is secretly a friend of mine IRL and I was unaware that she went by the name Iset on Goodreads, but if she isn’t someone I already know then… Read more I Love Iset Because She Loves Me
There is something very wrong when the editor of Elsevier Journal of Food and Chemical Toxicology, Dr A. Wallace Hayes, caved to political pressure and retracted a long-term PEER-REVIEWED study on the toxic effects of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) in 2013. You can read a pfd of the paper here: http://people.csail.mit.edu/seneff/glyphosate/NancySwanson.pdf The lead author on… Read more This Is Science?
I read The Shepard’s Crown, Terry Pratchett’s posthumous final book of the Discworld series, the day it was published. I am not ashamed to admit I cried while reading it and cried when I finished it. It was an ode and swansong for the series, and in saying goodbye to a major character Terry Pratchett… Read more A Bittersweet Goodbye to Discworld
Today, Queen Elizabeth II will become the longest reigning crowned head in British history, surpassing Queen Victoria’s rule of 63 years and 216 days. During that time she has always, ALWAYS tried to serve Britain in the best was she could. Personally, I think the monarchy is a good thing in general, acting as a… Read more Queen Elizabeth II Reigns Supreme
I, as I have mentioned before, have Asperger’s syndrome. That means I don’t understand a lot of human reactions or interactions or responses to facts. I am confused when people get mad or offended by facts. Opinions? Sure, those can go any which way, but facts are … factual. That’s why I am having trouble… Read more The Four Most Noticeable Arguments Against #BlackLivesMatter