I've only thrown one book across the room in rage, but this book was about to be the second. I was reading a story that actually had me saying to the character "stop praying about this!" It was bad. One thing that frustrated me: making the characters sing "Happy Birthday" in a story that was set … Continue reading Truly Fictional
Author: oliveswan
All Hail the King
“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” (John Adams) When a Constitution is set up as a founding document as a limit on government (which the United States of America's is), then it follows that the people must therefore be self-governing … Continue reading All Hail the King
Feather in our Caps
America is celebrating her 239th birthday this weekend, and, like most nations, it didn't have a smooth birth. We had to fight for our freedom against the greatest western army of the time. This English were well-equipped and well-trained. The colonists were not. To the British, the colonists were ignoble and common and a British surgeon named Schuckburg … Continue reading Feather in our Caps
Dead Bees and Deadbeats
Dead bees. All over the hives. Not what my friend expected when he went out to check on his beehives. Since beehiving was new to him, he called the man who gave him the hives to find out what in the world had gone wrong. (Number 1 - You chose to surround yourself with bees!) The … Continue reading Dead Bees and Deadbeats
Semantical Clause
It's Christmastime! Which means that it's time for bloggers and tweeters and Facebook posters to make sure the world knows where they stand on Christmas terminology. So naturally I had to jump in and share my opinion about the egregious misuse of holiday phrases that I see about this time and I want to give … Continue reading Semantical Clause
Sushi Salvation
One who is full loathes honey, but to one who is hungry everything bitter is sweet. (Proverbs 27:7) That was me that day long ago. I was far from starving to death and certainly not about to waste away from malnourishment, but I was hungry. I'd been shopping in one of the largest malls in … Continue reading Sushi Salvation
My Ordered Life
The food order is so familiar it slips off my tongue easily, "Italian beef, dipped, no peppers." In Chicago, everyone has their preferred Italian beef order, and that was mine. Oh, sometimes I might get it with mozzarella, but usually, just meat and bread. That's how I liked it, and I saw no reason to … Continue reading My Ordered Life
Fruit from the Olive Tree 