So the Republicans are vowing "to fight the new health care legislation to the bitter end?" Feh. If they wanted a better attempt at universalizing health care (and it could have been much better), they could have actively participated in trying to craft the legislation, instead of trying to derail it in hopes of recapturing house seats in midterm ( Read more... )

We've gotten several inches of beautiful white, and we're supposed to get another foot of snow, and it shouldn't melt anytime soon. Skiing, sledding, and pretty! I was even inspired to revise my sonnet,

BlizzardI love milady Nature when she walks ( Read more... )

A friend of a friend posted on facebook: "Obama Rules!"

So, what did my friend post?

"Technically: Obama governs."

I love my friends!

Yesterday my company had a bowling party... I won 1 game, lost 2, and it was fun. Also, I went for my vigorous exercise (my gift to myself), and visited with friends. Today, I went to Star Trek the Reboot movie -or whatever its called- with other friends, which was fairly fun, although be ready for badly flawed science if you go see it (for the ( Read more... )

This weekend I scored a free iMac (working), a free tower Mac (undergoing testing), a free entertainment-center-on-wheels, and a free sit-and-spin, er, I mean, a free office chair ( Read more... )

I now have the TV-dvd-vcr combo working, I have the old desktop PC working, I have all but a handful of books shelved (the few I'm not sure where to put), and I have nearly emptied the living room. Tonight, while my loaves of challah are rising, I will shelve the last of the books and remove the last of the assorted bags and boxes (now mostly ( Read more... )

I can't believe the Disney folks have decided to quit making Narnia movies before Voyage Of The Dawn Treader. Personally, I'm looking forward to number 4, The Silver Chair, but I could understand if they only wanted to do the first 3, since the first and third are the really popular books, but to pull the plug after number 2 is stupid. I am ( Read more... )

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I now have a new cell phone, it is charged and ready to roll. Since I cannot find my backup with phone numbers, please feel free to give me a contact number here.

Now I just need to get the bluetooth working with my speakerphone and the hands-free earpiece...

Friday the 13th my cell phone was stolen. I feel partly to blame, since I left the bag it was inside of in a high-traffic area for far too long. Happily, I have recovered the bag, including the flash drive(!), my keycard for work, and my epipens and minor meds. In consequence, I have made an insurance claim, and should have a new cell phone on ( Read more... )

Which just goes to show that Old news is sometimes among the most important. People keep talking about how experienced John McCain is, but I think too few consider the nature of his experience.