Well it’s that time of the year, when the staff over at the FL-S is busy compiling its list of the top news stories of 2008.
Will the list include the rejection of the At-Large Chairman post for the Stafford Board of Supervisors? Or the local price of a gallon of gas reaching $4.20 a gallon in July before plunging to $1.50 […]
Here we are, late in the 12 days of Christmas, with those names still on our shopping list — loved ones who are the most difficult people for whom to shop. Every year we repeat our better intentions — next year, I’m doing this in July! Next year, my husband/wife/sibling will make this decision! And then you find yourself in the department store on Christmas Eve paying too much for the sweater that she will never wear, the gift that lives on in family legend as the ugliest gift ever given.
Don’t be so hard on yourself. Stop by kybecca and pick up a bottle of wine. Follow the time-tested magic, one for the giftee, two for the gifter, three just in case you’ve forgotten someone. You can still worry if that makes you feel more comfortable — zinfandel or cabernet? California or French? You can still spend too much, if that’s how you show your love. But you could also bargain shop, completing your list in record time and providing yourself with a glass of wine to help you unwind from your one-stop holiday shopping.
‘Tis the season to be jolly . . .
Looking for the right way to encourage your adult children to develop a deep marital bond? Have you considered luring them home under false pretenses, holding them hostage, and forcing them to marry?
Dr Humayra Abedin, from east London, flew back to Britain this week after being freed by the courts.
She went to the High Court […]
From a heartbreaking profile of a recently retired family court judge in Australia:
After the mother’s death, Mullane had to examine the parenting capacities of all the disputing parties. A dispiriting picture emerged. The maternal grandfather and his partner, according to court reports, lived in a filthy dwelling on a property littered with rubbish, with an […]
This year has been a hard year for all of us. Theses are uncertain times. The real estate market is down, the stock market is volatile, foreclosures are on the rise, unemployment is on the rise, and many people can barely afford to make ends meet. And, for all of these reasons, I am giving even […]
As a kid, I always loved watching the Charles M. Schulz Peanuts characters celebrate holidays. The shows were always entertaining with Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the rest of the Peanuts gang. It was also a special treat to be able to view a cartoon on p…
All Access passes for the 2009 Rappahannock Independent Film Festival will go on sale January 16 at 7:30pm. The passes will be available for purchase at the CRAWFORD screening at a 50% discount. This will be the only opportunity to purchase tickets and these prices. Regular All Access passes will be $37.50 and student All […]
It’s been a while since I posted about a food and beer combo so I figured I’d share something we’ve served a number of times recently. This recipe comes from Kraft Kitchens. These Buffalo Chicken sandwiches are easy to prepare. They’re quite tasty, and…
A fortnightly rant, FL-S style.
Back in the day – like 18 months ago – infinitesimal movements of the Federal Reserve’s short term interest rate could effectively cool inflation or stimulate spending or job growth. With the ratcheting up or down of as little as 25 basis points (one-quarter of a percent interest) the Fed moved the economic […]
After several dry weeks this fall I didn’t think I’d miss the sun as much as I have recently. With the current pattern the Mid-Atlantic seems to be stumbling from one storm system to another, with the interim periods punctuated by either cold air dam…
