October 2005

Monday 24 October 2005

  • Witches Ball - The women of The Cotillion celebrate Halloween! The Salem Witch Trials of 1692 A Brief Introduction The events which led to the Witch Trials actually occurred in what is now the town of Danvers, then a parish of Salem...

Thursday 20 October 2005

  • Thank You, International Criminal Court - No. Really. Of course I am kidding. There is absolutely nothing to thank the International Court of Justice for, nor could there ever really be a compelling reason for adopting one. When the United Nations fails to pound the United...

Tuesday 18 October 2005

  • It's Time for the Cotillion - Everyone is entitled to our opinion... Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, You fritter and waste the hours in an off hand way. Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town Waiting for...

Tuesday 11 October 2005

  • King of Cotillion? - It's Tuesday, so that means it's Cotillion Day! Instead of doing a huge carnival, we're having a smaller--but no less spectacular--one today, hosted for the first time by A North American Patriot, one of our newest Cotillion bloggers! Go read!...
  • Losing my virginity, at the ball - This is my first time hosting the Cotillion Ball, at North American Patriot and I feel like a virgin on a date with Hugh Hefner -- Certain to be dirty and disheveled by the end of it!  All I...

Sunday 9 October 2005

  • 30,000 and Rising - Pakistan is suffering through one of the most destructive earthquakes in world history. When the dust clears, there will be tens of thousands dead, including many, many children. Lacking sophisticated tools, Pakistanis are forced to dig out their loved ones...

Wednesday 5 October 2005

  • Harriet Miers around the Cotillion - This isn't THE Tuesday Cotillion carnival, that one is HERE at The Gray Tie. I just threw this together yesterday at my site for some more blog reaction, and with a couple exceptions, the women of Cotillion are pretty much...

Tuesday 4 October 2005

  • Cotillion Tuesday - I haven't had the honor, yet, to host the Cotillion on The Gray Tie until today. I would like to thank the ladies for entrusting me with such a privilege. While not all the debutantes are here today it...

Saturday 1 October 2005

  • So, you want to be in The Cotillion? - We've received a lot of questions about how one becomes part of our little group of bloggers. In the interest of clarity and time (and often-fragile blogger egos), I'll explain it here....