True.

The day of the Fall of Kandahar from the Taliban?

True.

Yet for me the big thing is it's the seventh of the month, and thus I wecome you to LIVES ON-LINE, a monthly weblog/ezine that reflects the best in the online journal community, seperated by type. I choose from entries from the seventh of last month till today, and I give preference to journals I haven't linked to before.

All excellencies are the individual writers'----all deficiencies are my fault for picking them.

The bombs may have fallen in Pearl Harbor, they may be falling in Tora Bora, but here, there is not a bomb to be seen...even in a metaphorical sense.

All of these are doors to different psyches, different points of view, and worth reading---if you are at all interested in people.

Humor:

In "I Just Don't Know How the Amish Do It!" the ever-entertaining and often-linked-to (by me) WEETABIX (but she deserves it!) trying her hand at quilting, with hilarious results.

IN PLAIN SITE contemplates driving lessons for her youngest, in "Sacrificing Golf Carts".

The Nov. 12th entry of GOOD SWIFT KICK discusses lust in the malls, and dog shows, and escaping dogs. Read it. Trust me.

Go to TIME FOR YOUR MEDS and go down to "Foot Fetish, Anyone?" and a talk with a certain psychiatric HMO who covers foot fetishes but not suicide attempts for the clinically depressed. Talk about your Catch-22s....

In "How Can He Leave Us" the bond that should never be broken is spoken of---the most trusted bond of all---the most intimate of all relationships---the bond between a mother and the pediatrician of her children. That's from KITCHEN LOGIC.

Drama:

GOOD SWIFT KICK's Nov. 14th entry talks about finding her father suddenly old and in the throes of prostate cancer.

I just realized I can link to Rob again because he has a new name for his journal. So...I'm going to add this to the drama category, which is something you don't usually associate with Rob---"Parenting For Dummies" about the don'ts of shaking children and the do's about mother-son relationships. That's from DARN TOOTIN' and any relationship to a Ron I previously linked to is purely coincidental. Would I lie to you?

"You Shake My Brain and You Rattle My Nerves" and "Attack of Glowing Neon Brain Girl" talks about trying to see how her medicine is coping with her multiple sclerosis. That's from INSOMNIAVILLE.

"Merry December" dwells on the angst of being unemployed. That's from SUPPOSEDLY SANE.

Drama:

Slice of life:

"Weekend" chronicles her sister wanting to call 911 because she cooked, and what she really wans for Christmas---old-timey Christmas cards, the real deal. That's from SPEAKING CONFIDENTIALLY.

"Hormones and Pasta" celebrates the downs of PMS and the glories of cheese ravioli. THat's from ECHOES IN A SHALLOW BAY. Also check out "I am the Stupidest Girl Alive" where she gets her car towed from inattention. Never has the normal sounded so entertaining...

The Nov. 15th entry of JUST OFF THE SQUARE discusses life without caffeine---yes, there's hope.

Miscellaneous:

A remarkable tribute to a woman ---that both I and BLOOM COUNTY have made fun of: "Feminist" from DAILY DISSECTION. Maybe we are too quick to heap scorn on those who are really heroes---or heroines.

"A Journey of Latitude versus Longitude" from STICKY FINGERS talks about the journey of life, of being shaped by being poor when young.

"Joyful Hand Holders" reflects the everyday miracle of being in love---with someone who reflects that love back. That's from SNERKOLOGY.

Or the memory of being in love--and leaving it---in "A Letter To the Past" from SUCK IT UP.

That's all for now. Join me next month for links to doors worth opening, into unique viewpoints worth looking through...