by Jan Bear | Dec 2, 2004 | Uncategorized
Dr. Sanity explains Bush Derangement Syndrome: This psychological defense mechanism is referred to as ‘displacement’. One way you can usually tell that an individual is using displacement is that the emotion being displaced (e.g., anger) is all out of...
by Jan Bear | Dec 1, 2004 | Uncategorized
Portland’s alternative weekly ran a feature story on Evangelicals this week. Its slant was “They’re here, they’re having an effect, and we’d better get to know them.” The writer, Zach Dundas, came across like an anthropologist...
by Jan Bear | Dec 1, 2004 | Uncategorized
What do you get when you drag $165 million through a trailer park? A new presidential library that looks like an enormous single-wide mobile home on stilts.
by Jan Bear | Nov 29, 2004 | Uncategorized
He climbed on the bus with a slow gait, walking with a cane, lumbering up the steps of the bus, which knelt for him at the stop. He was in his 70s, I think, quite fat, too heavy for his muscles to carry. He wore a black beret at a rakish angle, and carried a...
by Jan Bear | Nov 28, 2004 | Uncategorized
I didn’t know I was going to take a vacation when I pushed “Publish Post” last Monday, but that’s what it turned out to be. The odd thing is, the longer I stayed away from blogging, the less I had to say. It will be a few days before I work...
by Jan Bear | Nov 22, 2004 | Uncategorized
Our dog Sadie has a thing about light. When the sun on a watch dial sends light glimmers dancing across the wall, Sadie jumps for it. We call the game “Kill Tinkerbell,” and it has afforded us a lot of cheap entertainment. Well, last week, our daughter...