Parenting: A Modern Democracy (not!) or a Medieval Papacy?
Sun, 5/09/10 – 8:10 | No Comment

“This house IS NOT a democracy!” How many times did you ever hear your parents say (or scream) that? And how often do you say it now?

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GenX Pandora

Lizzie and Jane are on the cusp of GenX. We continually search for our spot (past and present) in the great game of generational generalization.

Heretic Chicks

Spirituality as continually redesigned by Lizzie and Jane

Inside The Box

Lizzie and Jane’s brewing stew of back and forth trouble that hasn’t yet been loosed upon the world…

Lists upon lists upon lists

Because there’s nothing you can’t put on a list

Outside The Box

Everything else Lizzie and Jane are thinking about…

Jane and Lizzie and “The Unlikely Disciple”
Sun, 22/03/09 – 18:21 | 2 Comments
Jane and Lizzie and “The Unlikely Disciple”

JANE  I am a frequent, if not daily reader of Salon.com and the other day I came across this article.  It was an excerpt from the book, The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner’s Semester at America’s …

Accidental Christian Reading, a Conversation With My Rabbi, and a Correction or Two
Sat, 21/03/09 – 17:16 | No Comment
Accidental Christian Reading, a Conversation With My Rabbi, and a Correction or Two

JANE I love to read.  I don’t get to read as much as I’d like, because I am a mom.  Laugh all you will, but I miss my hour long commute into The City by …

Here It Goes Again…
Wed, 18/02/09 – 23:25 | One Comment

While we are posting fun videos…      This is one of my all time favorite YouTube videos.  How could you not be happy, bouncy and full of smiles, listening to and watching this?   …

Cathedral of Praise
Sat, 14/02/09 – 14:03 | 2 Comments
Cathedral of Praise

I promised to write more about Ken Follett’s The Pillars of the Earth, and (having just listened to the last chapter of the splendid, sparkling, accent-rich audiobook version narrated by John Lee), I think that …

Oh No You Diin’nt! Facebook Edition (or Jane & Lizzie’s List of Things That Are Really, Really Wrong)
Sat, 31/01/09 – 17:52 | 8 Comments
Oh No You Diin’nt!  Facebook Edition  (or Jane & Lizzie’s List of Things That Are Really, Really Wrong)

JANE Here’s the thing about Lizzie’s and my criticizing things on Facebook that are just plain wrong: Lizzie is far more discerning and intelligently, constructively critical about Facebook activity (and probably Facebook in general, sigh).  …

My Sister Gargamel
Thu, 29/01/09 – 8:53 | No Comment
My Sister Gargamel

Yesterday, my youngest sister–the "christener of Snow Cat," to whom I referred in my last post as "Gina,"–exchanged blog links with me.  Clearly, we were both in happy writing mode as the snowflakes fluttered down …

The Things that Distracted Lizzie Last Week
Wed, 28/01/09 – 13:26 | Comments Off
The Things that Distracted Lizzie Last Week

LIZZIE Jane dazzled me with her distractions.  When Jane is distracted, expect a wealth of links and funny pictures of Dick Cheney looking somehow both sly and precious.  My distractions, I’m afraid, will never qualify …

The Things That Distracted Jane Last Week…
Tue, 27/01/09 – 7:48 | No Comment
The Things That Distracted Jane Last Week…

Jane: So Lizzie, how has the past week been for you?  We’ve both been busy and spoken/texted a bit less than usual.  I’ve been feeding my internet/news fix with all sorts of interesting observations and …

Where have you gone, Bishop Robinson?
Mon, 19/01/09 – 1:35 | No Comment
Where have you gone, Bishop Robinson?

And here’s to you, Bishop Robinson, Jesus loves you more than you will know. …

Hello, My Name is Jane, and I am a Political News Junkie
Fri, 16/01/09 – 20:12 | No Comment
Hello, My Name is Jane, and I am a Political News Junkie

Jane:  I don’t know about you, Lizzie, but I have become a political news junkie.  The Internet has created a surge in creatures like myself, the blog-obsessed who can’t go half a day without logging …