Growing Old Disgracefully

TV (sorta)

Published on December 30 2006

Watching President Ford's arrival at the Capitol over the internet tonight--thank god for CSpan, since I don't get to watch much tv.... so strange to see all of those people from the 70's again. Kissinger, and all the rest. All of those people who were...

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Saddam video

Published on December 30 2006

The video of the hanging is all over the internet, and was all over CNN this morning. All of the TV stations were of course careful to end the video before the actual hanging, thankfully. It's not exactly an image I want to have anyway. But it did make...

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Momma said there'd be days like this

Published on December 29 2006

Midterm in progress. Wish me luck, lol. [Update two hours later] My head is spinning. Three essays and a bunch of multiple choice questions....and I got one MC question wrong, so no perfect score for me! :-(( And the essays? Not a clue how I did. I can't...

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Cindy Sheehan is a $($^(#@)

Published on December 28 2006

I have just read an "essay" that leaves my mouth hanging open. And my stomach trying not to heave. How the H-E-double-hockey-sticks does this woman keep getting another minute or two of fame? Banana Republics: In Search of Peace with Cindy Sheehan First...

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James Lileks looks back on 2007

Published on December 28 2006

and as usual, he's hilarious. I loved his take on the next Pres election. Bolding mine. James Lileks American politics were in that blessed period between elections, but jockeying continued for the presidential spot in both parties. Hillary Clinton made...

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Pitcher-taker Woes...

Published on December 27 2006

I wrote about this the other day. I spent a little while checking out the company I had ordered from last night--and I was just horrified at the things I read. People who ordered from this company getting cameras with Japanese menus (I don't read that...

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Quickie Christmas pics

Published on December 26 2006

Me and my gangsta daughters on Christmas Day..... One day, sometime in the future, I will get a photo of the three of us in which we all look good. No gangsta signs, no crossed eyes, no CLOSED eyes, no drool.... I swear, if I have to pay for it I will...

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Letter from Baghdad

Published on December 24 2006

Kidbrudder forwarded a letter from daughter-in-law Brooke (Hi Brooke and Mark!!); who included a couple of pictures from her recent musical evening with Darryl Worley and Mark Wills (although both of these pics are of Worley, I think--not being a country...

That kiss on the cheek I gave Santa while sitting on his knee must have been what did it..... I forsee people running in terror at my approach--not because of the usual reasons, but because I TAKE PICTURES OF EVERYTHING. Canon Digital Rebel XTi Oh dear.......