Mishmash Musings

One of my favorite Coldplay songs, and an incredible live version. Check it out:

I’ve just had my hours at work cut significantly, and now my family is facing the same economic struggles as everyone else. We were doing fine up until this month, which just goes to show how quickly things can change. Anyway, if things don’t pick up again soon, it looks like I’m going to have [...]

I never go on winter vacations, but there are plenty of people who do. They generally fall into two classes: those that go someplace warm, and those that go someplace cold. When people vacation in a warm place, they come back and flaunt their perfect tans while everyone else in the office is pale [...]

My son’s seventh birthday is coming up in a couple of weeks. He’s excited about it of course, but I’m a bit worried because we’re strapped for cash these days. My hours at work have been reduced by half, and my husband hasn’t had overtime in more than a year. Yes, we’re grateful to still [...]

Barack Obama’s first State of the Union address will be tomorrow, and it’s a big one for him. The Democrats are in real trouble with mid-term elections coming up in the fall, so the prez has to find some way to get back on the people’s good side. Polls indicate that his job approval rating [...]

I know this has been rumored before, but I just read yet again that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are getting ready to split. This report was published in the NY Daily News, and despite a headline that says the rumors are “not true”, the article mostly talks about how the rumors could be [...]

Have you seen this dog rescue video footage yet? This happened in L.A., where a dog was spotted trying to get out of a flood control channel (not a river) with very steep walls. There’s no information about how the dog got in there, but a fire crew was on hand for some reason and [...]

I know I’m a day late and a dollar short here, but I didn’t have a chance to post yesterday. Let me tell you, I was at the gym last night and just about fell off the nordictrac when I heard that the underdog Brown, a Republican, beat heavily favored Martha Coakley for the [...]