Monthly Archives: August 2012

Election Warning

Posted on August 30, 2012 by elroyjones

Generally my vocabulary is extensive enough to adequately describe my intentions and observations. I am sorry to report that this election season has precipitated a sinking of the bar to the lowest common denominator, for that I am doubly sorry. Just … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged courtesy, Election 2012, Language | 19 Comments

Fox Facts

Posted on August 30, 2012 by elroyjones

Knock me over with a feather! I watch Fox News from time to time in an unsuccessful effort to control my liberal bias. I was looking for interpretations of Paul Ryan’s speech at the convention when I found Sally Kohn’s fascinating, … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged Election 2012, Fox News, Paul Ryan, Sally Kohn | 27 Comments

As She Sees Them

Posted on August 29, 2012 by elroyjones

Judith Atwood is a woman of a certain age, living her life and revealing the progress she makes along the way. She blogs prolifically, and intimately, the way she’d talk with us if we stopped by to visit. She calls … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 11 Comments

Television Salvation

Posted on August 29, 2012 by elroyjones

My husband has wanted a TV in the bedroom for our entire marriage; well, almost, there was that euphoric newlywed term where he thought we’d whoopee forever. He’s almost fully recovered from that psychotic episode. So we’ve been here on … Continue reading →

Posted in Marriage | Tagged Atheist, Humor, Personal, True Love | 28 Comments

Faultless Best

Posted on August 27, 2012 by elroyjones

I read Marion Winik’s Telling this weekend. It resonated. She writes about being out all night, doing acid, with her sister, arriving home as her mother is having a morning cup of coffee. Marion tells her mom that they’re tripping … Continue reading →

Posted in Human Condition | Tagged Experience, Humor, Mum, Personal, Writing | 31 Comments

David Brooks on Paul Ryan

Posted on August 27, 2012 by elroyjones

A bit of enlightenment on the process in the Land of Make Believe. The greater good transcends ego and ambition. Ryan dropped the ball. David Brooks writes about what could have been if the Simpson-Bowles deficit reduction plan had gone … Continue reading →