Back from the Black Miasma.: " I feel as though I've settled into discourses in my academic life that I can follow and add to, and most importantly that I can make use of in my life and in my world. "
On my out of work tongiht I saw an open office door and stopped by to say goodnight. The occupant noticed my computer bag and said it looked Finnish. I said that I aspired to be Finnish. I thought for a second (just a second!) and said."I want to go to Finland so I could learn to do a Lapp dance."
From SNL via Lilah:
"A new poll shows that 66 percent of Americans think President Bush is doing a poor job of handling the war in Iraq. And the remaining 34 percent think Adam and Eve rode dinosaurs to church."
"A new poll shows that 66 percent of Americans think President Bush is doing a poor job of handling the war in Iraq. And the remaining 34 percent think Adam and Eve rode dinosaurs to church."
George W. Bush, 11/1/02
These people don't have tanks. They don't have ships. They hide in caves. They send suiciders out.
Molly, Mom and I went up to Redding on Saturday for Thanksgiving at Jay's. My sister, Lynne and her kids were there as well as all of Jay's wife's family. 20+ people.Jay decided to experiment (with 20+ guests! How brave!) and deep-fryed his turkey. After dinner, my nephews cleaned my clock in Halo. I'm not all that good with the computer version and I have no experience with joy-sticks and it showed. The pool game went better - I beat my 12 year old niece. :-) The next morning we checked out the Sundial Bridge. Follow the link; I won't try and explain it. tons-o-fun.
Lilah came home from Santa Cruz tonight. She has (sort of) orange hair. She said that in Santa Cruz no one noticed, but at home here in Elk Grove, at the Bel Air, everyone was looking at her. Fortunately she has only been cast out of Santa Cruz for a few days.
Dad sent me this Thanksgiving story three years ago.
I found another cartridge and dad wired it to the tree, so hopefully, this one is more permanent. I wonder if we can make its maintenance part of the deed. :-)
A Christmas TaleWay back in 1973, newly moved from Ohio, a young Lee Hinde tied an empty vintage WWII cartridge casing to a tree limb in the back yard of his new home. Left from among the belongings of his cousin Lee Grimm, it had now, for the family's first Christmas in California, become A Cartridge in a Bare Tree. (Of course, what else.)Several times in past years his father had, while mowing the yard, noticed the the cartridge was missing from the tree. As a result of decaying string that held it, it had fallen to the ground. New string always replaced the old and the cartridge hung again, remaining there Christmas after Christmas.In November of 2002, 29 years from it's first Christmas, it once again fell to the ground. This time, instead of being noted as missing from the tree, it lay on the ground covered with the Fall leaves. The cartridge was found there by the lawnmower, and first noticed by Lee's father as the mower hurled it 50 feet through the home's window and down the length of the family room. It was later found resting by father's easy chair. Unfortunately the fine old cartridge was cut, sliced and badly nicked. Having survived 60 years and World War II, it was now time to retire.Not incidentally, Lee's dear old mother (poetic license) was watching TV in the family Room at the time the projectile came flying through. Luckily it missed her! And luckily also, while being sprayed with flying window glass she was uncut. To say she was startled and concerned would however be an understatement.Glass covered much of the Family Room, and small pieces may well be found in odd places for months to come. On the positive side, other than the broken window, no actual harm was done.Now the broken glass has been cleaned up, the yard mowed by father while mom a trip to the glazier made, the window replaced and the window screen left with it's hole as a reminder of the day the Cartridge in a Bare Tree made an early Christmas visit.Happy Thanksgiving
I found another cartridge and dad wired it to the tree, so hopefully, this one is more permanent. I wonder if we can make its maintenance part of the deed. :-)
John is liking his 'upscale dining'. I myself was treated to a nice lamb stew today in a rather upscale locale. Today was hit-the-road-jack day. The morning in SF, where it was quite nice and then lunch in Menlo Park. Tomorrow is all in Sacto. A little this, a little that and some prep for Turkey day.
Here's a nice summary of the veractiy of the Bush administration's current lie-fest.KnightRidder
"ASSERTION: In his speech, Bush noted that 'more than a hundred Democrats in the House and the Senate - who had access to the same intelligence - voted to support removing Saddam Hussein from power.'CONTEXT: This isn't true."And, lord help me, the Democrats are actually fighting back. I wonder who woke them up.
"ASSERTION: In his speech, Bush noted that 'more than a hundred Democrats in the House and the Senate - who had access to the same intelligence - voted to support removing Saddam Hussein from power.'CONTEXT: This isn't true."And, lord help me, the Democrats are actually fighting back. I wonder who woke them up.