Drowning in a Sea of Gray: America’s Fading Middle Class

On: February 11, 2008

In: Introspection, Life Lessons, sharon editorial

By SHARON K. GILBERT February 11, 2008 YESTERDAY, I spent a little time shopping. With our current economic downturn, we’ve been trying to stock up on non-perishables here at the PID Bunker, so I made a run to a spate of dollar-friendly stores. Cleaning products, paper goods, low cost medicineContinue Reading

Is Obama Living on Borrowed Time?

By: Sharon

On: February 6, 2008

In: Connecting Dots, Film and Television, Politics, sharon editorial

Poster for Jonathan Demme’s 2004 remake of Frankenheimer’s 1962 original, both based on Richard Condon’s book. By SHARON K. GILBERT February 6, 2008 BEFORE I BEGIN, let me state up front that I find Barack Obama to be genuine and likeable — albeit a bit naive. And, as many areContinue Reading

‘Life after People’ — TV’s Divisionist History

By: Sharon

On: January 22, 2008

In: Film and Television, Rant, Science, sharon editorial, Uncategorized

Screen grab from HC’s “Life after People”. By SHARON K. GILBERT January 22, 2008 LAST NIGHT, the History Channel ventured into the world of the prophetic, an odd destination for a channel dedicated to that which has already happened, but then the HC has taken some distinctly non-historic, off-road tripsContinue Reading

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