 | Blog | Apr 11, 2008 |
Dick Morris, as always, is extremely critical of Hillary & Bill and their dealings with lobbyists for foreign corporations. Keep in mind they have made $109 million in 7 years, not bad pay for selling out their country. When Hillary... more  | Photos | Nov 14, 2007 |
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Cheers! Happy 4th of July! We'll be celebrating our 16th wedding anniversary--again--this time with fireworks. We have two of anniversaries because we actually got married twice (one before a JP and again a month later in church), so we have a little extra fun every June and July. Hugs, A |
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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
A taxpayer voting for Barack Obama is
like a chicken voting for Colonel Sanders.
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Hi. Wish you were online more. |
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Jay Leno: According to The Washington Post, Barack Obama and actress Scarlett Johansson are e-mail buddies. So, you got a 23-year- old gorgeous, blonde actress e-mailing a married presidential candidate. Well, what could go wrong there, huh?
Jay Leno: Not to be outdone today, John McCain admitted he had been exchanging flirty e-mails with Angela Lansbury. And there's talk of Rue McClanahan.
Jay Leno: Hillary Clinton's camp says she is not actively a seeking the vice president nomination. Passive aggressively seeking it, yes, but not actively.
David Letterman: NASA has announced a plan to take a trip to the sun. So, apparently, the search for bin Laden continues."
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Jay Leno: Well, Barack Obama took the weekend off from campaigning. He said on Saturday night he went on a date with his wife, Michelle. The nice thing is they can stay out late on Saturday nights now without having to worry about getting up to go to church anymore.
Conan O'Brien: Barack Obama said his differences with Hillary Clinton are 'infinitesimal, tiny, minute, trivial and inconsequential.' When he heard this, President Bush said, "That guy knows way too many words to be president."
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Howdy and how are ya? Today is our 16th wedding anniversary. We didn't buy each other anything because we had to go to Ace Hardware, Lowe's, and Home Depot. Ouch! But we did go out to lunch. We'll catch up on the presents after payday. They aren't important anyway--it's enough to enjoy a day together because you are still together after that many years. Besides, we're too pooped from working on the fencing these past two weeks to celebrate much. We'll catch up on that later too. |
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God bless you on this Memorial Day weekend as we remember the sacrifices of all our veterans and thank them for their service to our country. Hugs, A |
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Some Tuesday funnies for you:
Jay Leno: "Yesterday, an estimated 75,000 people attended a Barack Obama rally" on the banks of the Willamette River. And "if you believe the media, listen to this. After the rally, Barack Obama fed them all with five loaves of bread and two fish."
Jay Leno: "And the oldest serving member of Congress, former Klan member Senator Robert Byrd, has endorsed Barack Obama for president. That's got to make Hillary feel good, huh? Even the Klan guy is going, 'I'm gonna go with the black guy.'"
Jay Leno: George Stephanopoulos on ABC said that Hillary would accept the vice presidency, but under certain conditions. Like, if Barack Obama was to get really, really sick - maybe then.
Conan O'Brien: "Hillary Clinton still campaigning hard. In a speech this weekend that she just gave, Hillary Clinton said that John McCain 'couldn't be more out of touch.' Yeah. Yeah, then Hillary said, 'Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm about to win the Democratic nomination.'"
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Have a great Friday and an even better weekend! Take care, A |
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Here are the results of a poll today, and what a hoot! The question was asked, “If you were incapacitated, who would you trust most to manage your personal finances?”
Senator Clinton 9%
Senator McCain 18%
Senator Obama 8%
All three of them equally 1%
None of them 63%
Oh, boy!
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haven't seen you around for a while hope your ok |
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Conan O'Brien: Hillary Clinton says she's willing to debate Barack Obama "anytime, anywhere" and would even meet him in the back of a truck. Which is surprising, because the "anytime, anywhere, even in the back of a truck" offer is usually made by Bill Clinton.
Jay Leno: "Well, at his press conference this week, President Bush blasted Congress for not allowing oil exploration in the Alaskan Wildlife Reserve. Democrats said it wouldn't do any good because it wouldn't produce oil for ten years. You know, same thing they said ten years ago."
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Hellooooo.... Been a couple weeks now. Vacationing in the south of France? Splurging after a big night at the casino? Whatever is keeping you away, I hope it's good. |
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Funny how blithely they toss out these numbers. They only missed it by 66,000 years, given that the Flood (about 4400 years ago) is what caused the population to be reduced to 8 people! Study Says Near Extinction Threatened People 70,00 Years Ago By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID, AP Science Writer Thu Apr 24, 6:17 PM ET Human beings may have had a brush with extinction 70,000 years ago, an extensive genetic study suggests. The human population at that time was reduced to small isolated groups in Africa, apparently because of drought, according to an analysis released Thursday. The report notes that a separate study by researchers at Stanford University estimated the number of early humans may have shrunk as low as 2,000 before numbers began to expand again in the early Stone Age. "This study illustrates the extraordinary power of genetics to reveal insights into some of the key events in our species' history," Spencer Wells, National Geographic Society explorer in residence, said in a statement. "Tiny bands of early humans, forced apart by harsh environmental conditions, coming back from the brink to reunite and populate the world. Truly an epic drama, written in our DNA." Wells is director of the Genographic Project, launched in 2005 to study anthropology using genetics. The report was published in the American Journal of Human Genetics. Previous studies using mitochondrial DNA — which is passed down through mothers — have traced modern humans to a single "mitochondrial Eve," who lived in Africa about 200,000 years ago. The migrations of humans out of Africa to populate the rest of the world appear to have begun about 60,000 years ago, but little has been known about humans between Eve and that dispersal. The new study looks at the mitochondrial DNA of the Khoi and San people in South Africa which appear to have diverged from other people between 90,000 and 150,000 years ago. The researchers led by Doron Behar of Rambam Medical Center in Haifa, Israel and Saharon Rosset of IBM T.J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, N.Y., and Tel Aviv University concluded that humans separated into small populations prior to the Stone Age, when they came back together and began to increase in numbers and spread to other areas. Eastern Africa experienced a series of severe droughts between 135,000 and 90,000 years ago and the researchers said this climatological shift may have contributed to the population changes, dividing into small, isolated groups which developed independently. Paleontologist Meave Leakey, a Genographic adviser, commented: "Who would have thought that as recently as 70,000 years ago, extremes of climate had reduced our population to such small numbers that we were on the very edge of extinction." Today more than 6.6 billion people inhabit the globe, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The research was funded by the National Geographic Society, IBM, the Waitt Family Foundation, the Seaver Family Foundation, Family Tree DNA and Arizona Research Labs. On the Net: The Genographic Project: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/genographic |
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Having a new grandchild has reminded me of why I’m happy my kids are grown and has given me an idea for CBS to use on the next Survivor series. For the next Survivor, eight married men will be dropped on an island with one car and three kids per man for six weeks.
Each kid will play two sports and will either take music or dance classes.
There is no fast food.
Each man must take care of his three kids, keep his assigned house clean, correct all homework, help complete science projects, cook meals, do laundry, and pay a list of “pretend” bills with not enough money.
In addition, each man will have to budget in money for groceries each week.
Each man must remember the birthdays of all their friends and relatives, and send cards out on time.
Each man must also take each child to a doctor's appointment, a dental appointment, and a haircut appointment.
He must make one unscheduled and inconvenient visit per child to the Urgent Care center.
He must also make cookies or cupcakes for one social function.
Each man will be responsible for decorating his own assigned house, planting flowers outside, and keeping the home and yard presentable at all times.
The men will only have access to television when the kids are asleep and all chores are done.
Each man must shave his legs, wear makeup daily, adorn himself with jewelry, wear uncomfortable yet stylish shoes, keep his fingernails polished and his eyebrows groomed.
During one of the six weeks, the men will have to endure severe abdominal cramps, back aches, and have extreme, unexplained mood swings but never once complain or slow down from other duties.
They must attend weekly school meetings, church, and find time at least once to spend the afternoon at the park or a similar setting.
They will need to read a book and then pray with the children each night and in the morning, feed them, dress them, brush their teeth, and comb their hair by 7:00 am.
A test will be given at the end of the six weeks, and each father will be required to know all of the following information: each child's birthday, height, weight, shoe size, clothes size and doctor's name. They must also know the child's weight and length at birth, the time of birth and length of labor as well as each child's favorite color, middle name, favorite story, favorite snack, favorite song, favorite drink, favorite toy, biggest fear, and what they want to be when they grow up.
The kids vote the men off the island based on performance. The last man wins only if he still has enough energy to be intimate with his spouse at a moment's notice.
If the last man does win, he can play the game over and over and over again for the next 18-25 years, eventually earning the right to be called Mother!
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Back home from 11 days in Atlanta and North Carolina at last. I was greeted by overjoyed cats and dogs, saw with delight the progress of the flower and herb garden, and nearly fainted at the sight of the weeds to be pulled and grass to be mowed and an empty pantry. Had to go right back to town to get some groceries. Chores sure pile up when you're away.
Finally got to bed at nearly midnight, exhausted. Then about 1 a.m. this morning, my son called to say that they were leaving for the hospital in Austin because his wife had gone into labor. They did the C-section about 7 a.m. our time. Guess we'll be driving 70 miles down there to see #3 granddaughter, Miss Audrey, this afternoon.
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| |  | Reviews | Feb 10, 2008 |
This books takes the "Constant Reader" back to the days when Stephen was King. Well developed characters, more psychologically scary than out and out horror. A death you see coming but are hopeless to stop. Loved it! Edgar Freemantle by all... more |
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