Vox

Musings, rants, rambling, general nonsense

“Well—business as usual, Mr. Ward!”

By 5 Votes

Remember that scene in Elizabeth, where Walsingham ‘detains’ the bishops he suspects will vote the wrong way – thus ensuring the queen wins her argument before the council? Not sure why I thought of that in the midst of the ObamaCare debate…. (I wonder if there is a basement under the Capital building where possible […]

Woman’s Work

In honor of Big Mike pulling this song out on American Idol tonight, I give you the original. Kate Bush – This Woman’s Work as featured in John Hughes’ She’s Having a Baby ✏

The Conscientious Objector

(cross posted at Word of Mouth Scale) The Conscientious Objector D has a great talent for finding small movies, indie gems and documentary gold. This week he found the compellingly told story of a Medal of Honor winner that NetFlix was streaming. When he put it on, I didn’t expect to be sucked in to […]

We Have A Winner

Many, many names were put on the table for our new babies – some good, some bad…some ridiculous. We tried out several combo/pair names, we tried individual names, I drove people crazy with everything that popped into my head. Which worked out for us in the end, as I apparently became annoying enough that ExurbanJon […]

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