Author Archives: JGB

It’s hard to know if the health care reform bill that just passed is as historic as everyone is saying it is.  I’d like to think so.  And just in case, I thought it would be appropriate to have a blog entry tonight, so I can remember where I was and what I was doingContinueContinue reading “Just so I remember where I was…”

I recently finished watching the entire run of Alias on DVD.  Naturally, I now want to be Sydney Bristow, if only because Michael Vaughn is HOT. My dad used to say I should combine my love of acting and international relations and join the CIA.  I would laugh and tell him that there’s a difference betweenContinueContinue reading “A new skill”

Today, the key to world peace was revealed to me. Pretty flattering, no?  I like to think so.I know you’re dying to know.  Here it is.Sunshine after 3 months of gray skies.  For everyone.  All over the world, all the time.   More specifically, sunshine that renders the air a perfect 67 degrees.  With aContinueContinue reading “The key to world peace”

(Self editing note to my English-teaching friends – the title of this entry used to be “I didn’t mean to call you a mushroom.  I just meant you’re a jerk that I don’t really like.”  However, I recognized the improper usage of “that” and the presence of some extraneous words.  Duly noted and corrected.) Today,ContinueContinue reading “I didn’t mean to call you a mushroom. I just meant you’re a jerk.”

It would be very easy for me, a woman who has spent more of the past 15 years single than in a relationship, to head off on a rant that would indicate just how bitter and cynical I really am.  I could easily go on forever about a fake holiday that pays homage to couples,ContinueContinue reading “Pondering a Hallmark holiday”