MY RECENT POSTS
- Mourdock's God
October 25, 2012 03:31PM - Book Review: Murders of
Muhlenberg County
October 18, 2012 11:37AM - An Unconscionable Attempt at
Prior Restraint
September 28, 2012 04:32PM - A Killer is Released;
Bloomington, Indiana, 2012
September 24, 2012 05:29PM - The End of Nipper Lumpurr
September 17, 2012 02:33PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Cool Beans!”
January 18, 2012 05:07PM - “That you for the
beautiful, moving post. I have
tears running
down my cheeks.
I h…”
December 02, 2011 11:33AM - “Any time a person rads a
news story about an appalling
crime,
especially if
that…”
December 02, 2011 09:57AM - “I am officially jealous
now.”
December 02, 2011 09:38AM - “"If the companies d hire
the 50 somethings where does
that
leave the young
p…”
November 24, 2011 05:40PM
Laura Wilkerson's Links
APRIL 30, 2012 3:48PM
Yard Work
For the past two years I haven’t been able to plant any flowers in the yard. I almost planted some last Fall, after my father had sent me a hundred dollars for my birthday; a white garden planted in a barren triangle where two p… Read full post »
APRIL 27, 2012 3:53PM
1970 All Over Again
I adored my second grade teacher. After the horribleness of Mrs. Riney she was kind and gentle and wise and beautiful. I don’t remember her name but I do remember how I felt about her. Once, as she was walking down the aisl… Read full post »
APRIL 26, 2012 5:43PM
Today's Good Advice
I promised myself that I would post every weekday but today the laptop just disappeared the post I'd worked on for the past four hours. I don 't have the materials or the time to reconstruct it today so instead I will leave you with the writing advice I've been following:… Read full post »
APRIL 25, 2012 2:24PM
Be Aware: May Edition
May
Is
Stroke Awareness
Month
Mental Health Awareness
Month
Celiac Awareness
Month
ALS Awareness Month
Senior Wellness Awareness
Month
Hepatitis Awareness
Month
Preeclampsia Awareness
Month
Fungal Infection
Awareness Month
Neurofibromatosis
Month
Lyme Disease Awareness
Month
Asthma and Allergy
Aw
APRIL 24, 2012 5:10PM
Whatever Happened to the Welcome Wagon?
Jean-Joseph Kalonji and his wife Angelique were living the modern
day equivalent of the American Dream.
The Jean-Joseph, 61, and Angelique, 57, immigrated to the Un/
APRIL 23, 2012 11:08AM
Busted
I was, ironically, writing a paper on the Reagan-Bush drug wars
when the knock came at the door.
Peering through the peephole I saw the concave images of a
grinning/
APRIL 20, 2012 1:47PM
The Real War on Catholic Women
When I was a child we used to wear veils to Church. We didn't have to wear veils to Church anymore because Vatican II said we didn't have to but being a traditional Catholic family we continued to wear the veil just like we continued to abstai… Read full post »
APRIL 19, 2012 1:39PM
Attempted Poetry: Haiku: Silver Spoons
APRIL 18, 2012 10:23AM
Book Review: How to Archer
In How to Archer: The Ultimate Guide to Espionage, and Style and Women and also Cocktails Ever Written, (HarperCollins, 2011), world’s greatest secret agent, Sterling Archer, will pass along a lifetime of information not o… Read full post »
APRIL 16, 2012 3:55PM
I Love Ozzie Guillen
I am not much of a fan of big money sports as anyone who has read
my writings on taxpayer funded sports stadiums and their
accoutrements may have intuited. The one sports
event I do enjoy is the Kentucky Derby and that&rsq/
APRIL 13, 2012 3:33PM
What Maggie Murphy Got Wrong About Bloomington
This morning Editor Maggie Murphy was a guest on Morning
Joe discussing the most recent issue of Parade
magazine which features that publication’s What People
Earn feature.
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APRIL 12, 2012 4:00PM
A False Flag in the Mommy Wars
Once again, the Democratic Party is doing something they are
eminently familiar with; running like rats from an issue that they
should be doubling down with and surging
forth.
&
APRIL 11, 2012 2:46PM
Raising Hope With Nancy Grace
I
can't bear to watch more than a few moments at a time of Nancy
Grace’s show on CNN and even those moments must be spaced so
as to happen infrequently. I find Ms. Grace’s CNN show to be
shrill and pointless and, fr/
APRIL 9, 2012 4:06PM
A Billionaire's Good Deed
The Tivoli almost became a parking lot.
In 2005, after being closed since 1999, it was slated to be torn
down and the lot sold to a convenience store for use as add/
APRIL 6, 2012 4:37PM
Noam Chomsky Needs to Broaden His View
The Headline looked promising; Chomsky: How the Young are
Indoctrinated to Obey, but when I clicked open the AlterNet
story I was dismayed to find Noam Chomsky focusing only on higher
education. It’s not that I disagree with Pr/
APRIL 5, 2012 2:11PM
Attempted Poetry: Easter Comes Early
Buttons Caught a
Rabbit
and the rabbit
screamed
tossed in the air
and displayed
like a Trophy of War
Dragged to the Feet
Of the Emperor
Buttons Prances with
Pride
over such a fine and exotic
catch
the rabbit screams
and looks the Emperor in the
eyes
who
APRIL 4, 2012 2:36PM
A Tuesday Funeral
I try to be mindful of funerals. I never mow the lawn, or dig a
hole, while there’s a funeral going on across the way; it
just seems disrespectful to do so.
APRIL 3, 2012 5:16PM
Problems At The Indiana State Toxicology Lab
In 2008, the Indiana Department of State Toxicology labs were
handled by Indiana University as they had been since 1957. In 2008
a new Director, Dr. Michael Wagner, was brought on board. Almost
immediately, Dr. Wagner became concerne
… Read full post »
APRIL 2, 2012 2:39PM
Stalked by CitiBank
Jo had
given us some white peonies, despite having given us white peonies
last year, and I was looking for a place to plant
them.
I walked into the back yard and had a go/
MARCH 30, 2012 3:53PM
Remembering Yoshi Hattori; 1992
Before there was Treyvon Martin there was Yoshihiro
Hattori.
In 1992, Yoshihiro Hattori was a 16-year-old High School from
Nagoya, Japan studying as a Senior at McK/
MARCH 29, 2012 11:10AM
In Memory of Adrienne Rich; 2012
MARCH 28, 2012 10:49AM
Life Without Health Insurance
I’ve had this odd pain in my right shoulder for about two,
two-and-a-half weeks now. I don’t know what it is; whether I
slept on it funny or something. It’s a different kind of
pain. When I sit up it sits with m
MARCH 27, 2012 7:44PM
Some Interesting Ancestors
Recently there have been several Letters to the Editor of the local
Bloomington newspaper about the Federal mandate that insurers cover
contraception as preventative healthcare without charging the
client any sort of co-pay. The g
Kerry Lauerman
Joan Walsh
Salon.com