Want to know how to "disappear" a population? It's easy if you just follow the strategy of the Bush administration and FEMA. Where are all the people of the 9th Ward? No one seems to care anymore. After all, most of them were just poor African-Americans, the population of least interest in the Republican sphere of reference.

Orphans, matriarch or patriarch - whatever we want to call ourselves, there comes a time when we just have to go it alone. In some odd ways, it can even have a few benefits.

No wonder there's a fight about gay marriage - what if the divorce statistics for gays are lower than heterosexuals? Then whose got the high ground on family values?

Negativity fills our lives in this moment in time - money worries, mortgage rises, oil and food costs escalating out of control. Take a day off to think positive and clear your mind, everyone needs a vacation and this is one from stress.