Thursday , March 28 2024

Dawn Olsen

Zero Tolerance For Crimes Against Children

I am beginning to believe that the right, might well be, right. We are living in an age of moral depravity and if I have to draw the line in the sand and choose between some very basic liberal principles that I have clung to for my 35 plus years …

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Wieners are Fascinating

You can almost imagine this topic being mentioned in the Michael Jackson case, but in this case, it’s just a mom and her little man, and there’s no creepy vibe going on. I think I was probably five or so, when I got my first glimpse at the male reproductive …

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Only Love Can Break Your Heart

How right Neil was. According to this article, a “broken heart” can cause temporary symptoms that mimic that of a heart attack. Though the effects are typically caused by extreme stress or shock, they are temporary and reversible, unlike the damage done by a real heart attack. This discovery and …

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How Bullies Are Made

My son is being menaced by an encephalitic, dimwitted, maladjusted bully. Bear in mind, my son is only 14 months old and the bully is 19 months old. While the entire concept seems absurd, rest assured this is a real problem. For the past couple months, it seems like every …

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Rewards of Parenting Short lived – or Enjoy The Early Years

It comes it every parent/child relationship – when the worm turns. Those big, bright eyes that once looked at you with adoring love begin to roll upwards, and the slight clucking of the tongue can be heard, and if you really, really focus you might even hear them thinking: “Oh …

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Always a Critic, Never the Talent

I began writing a review about Elliott Smith’s last, posthumously released album, From a Basement On the Hill, before his suicide at age 34, but then I decided that would have to wait. As I was doing research and trying to understand why such a talented guy would kill himself, …

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Capturing the Spirit

It’s that time of year when I dig deeply within my psyche and suspend all disbelief in magic and listen with my whole heart and all my senses for the jingling, tingling bells of Santa’s sleigh. Does it sound silly for an adult to still believe in Santa? Perhaps, but …

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