Ophelia Wyatt Caraway, a Democrat from Arkansas, becomes the first woman to be elected to the U.S. Senate. Caraway, born near Bakerville, Tennessee, had been appointed to the Senate two months earlier to fill the vacancy left by her late husband, Thaddeus Horatio Caraway. With the support of Huey Long, a powerful senator from Louisiana, Caraway was ( Read more... )

On this day in 1966, Lyndon Johnson, in his State of the Union address, commits the United States to staying in Vietnam “as long as aggression commands us to battle.” Johnson justified his position on the basis of national security and the principles of democracy and national sovereignty. Citing communist China’s intention to dominate all of Asia, ( Read more... )

Just something for my fellow geeks out there.

**Let's just suit up GW and send him in solo... that would be a hell of a sacrifice ( Read more... )

By Amelia R. Farquhar ( Read more... )

December 2, 2006 ( Read more... )

I’m not a big fan of the holidays. If I had my way we would jump right from Halloween to New Year Eve. My folks came over for Thanksgiving and again reminded me why I’m just not into the holidays. Everything has to be an event. I’m an outgoing person but compared to my folks I’m the quiet one. My youngest was playing Apples to Apples with the ( Read more... )

I'm thinking this will be the last day I post weight and food. Thinking about it this journal is just going to run on and on. This was meant to be a means to guilt/motivate me into exercising, eating less and losing weight. That may be working but its also a flood of chatter which is going to get on my friends nerves in not too long ( Read more... )

168#
Jump rope 10 minutes
turkey
cranberry relish
cranberry jelly
roll
mashed potato

chinese (beef and tomato)
dumpling
hot and sour soup
general tso
sweet and sour chicken
chocolate covered ginger

No jumping today... too much rain
168#
bowl of Grape-Nuts

turkey
stuffing
cranberry relish
cranberry jelly
yams
corn
roll
mashed potato

slice of french silk pie

BBQ venison with beans and rice