Dad’s senior living journey – seeking information
With my dad still in the hospital, and understanding that this has been another “episode” in his ongoing battle with liver disease (which will only progress), my brother and I have been talking about suggesting to Dad that he move to an assisted living facility. This is obviously a major life change, and we are [...]
Five Questions With… Des Moines Girl
Five Questions With… is a series on DMweblife highlighting Des Moines area bloggers and their blogs! This edition features “Des Moines Girl,” a.k.a. “Cookie” – a mom with a clowning soul!
1. What’s the focus of your blog?
I started my blog as a creative outlet. I called it Des Moines 360 because I wanted to anchor [...]
Sixteen good ones I wouldn’t trade for anything
Last Friday was our 16th wedding anniversary. We celebrated with a nice dinner out at The Big Steer in Altoona and then drinks with friends.
Our wedding in 1991 was a very casual event – we were married and had our reception in the clubhouse of a local apartment complex, with music by a local DJ [...]
Five Questions With… Doug Mitchell
Five Questions With… is a series on DMweblife highlighting Des Moines area bloggers and their blogs! This edition features Doug Mitchell, who blogs at “Moments of Clarity” about business, family, current events and much more.
1. What’s the focus of your blog? (Or if you’d rather, What’s the main reason you began blogging?)
My blog was [...]
Kucinich’s crafty ploy to impeach Dick Cheney
Simplified:
1. Kucinich bypasses the normal means to debate impeachment of Cheney in the Senate, because he knows his fellow Democrats are against it, and introduces the measure with “prvileged status.” (Here’s why)
2. Democrats immediately vote to table it so it will die without debate, expecting Republicans to do the same.
3. But Republicans force the hand [...]
Snow challenges media on Freedom of Speech
I found a link over the weekend to Tony Snow’s remarks as he accepted the 2007 Freedom of Speech Award from The Media Institute.
Snow is President Bush’s former White House Press Secretary and, prior to that, was host of a news analysis program on FoxNews. In his remarks, Snow links declining newspaper, television and cable [...]