GREAT BIG BUNNY THREAD

Here's the bunny I painted on the bathroom wall Thursday evening,
named in honour of my niece Rebecca's Great Big Bunny, who 
recently passed on to the great rabbit hutch in the sky.

I painted it in anticipation of a visit from Granddaughter*in*NC
over Labor Day weekend.  More critters to come.  XOXOXXX

P.S.:  I sent the picture to niece Rebecca and she wrote back:
"Aw, he even looks like Great Big Bunny!!! Very nice!!" 

I feel pleased and honoured!  ♥  listener

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(¸.•´     (¸.•´    .•¸¸.•¨¯`•HAPPY ANNIVERSARY RENEE & DEMETRIUS!!

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Happy Birthday, Paul in Illinois

Some birthday videos for you, li'l bro!





This one's not a birthday song, but it made me giggle.








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OPEN THREAD

Have at it.


. . . . . . Hey Hey! Someone we know about turned
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Ally's ANC count is staying around 100, but her platelet count is around 4 (four)
where 150-250 is normal, so she needs another transfusion...this may be #7, so far.

♡♡♡♡♡ Thanks so much for the vibes and prayers and candles!!! ♡♡♡♡♡
http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=ALLYS

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DemocracyFest coming August 16

Thank you Subway for sending in this post--Renee

DemocracyFest is less then 3 weeks away!

DemocracyFest is an event that started from an idea posted right here on Blog For America! The 5th Annual DemocracyFest will be held August 16-17, 2008 in Dulles, VA (just outside Washington DC).

Get your tickets at a $20 discount today! There's only 4 days left to get your tickets at the discounted rate of only $95!

http://www.democracyfest.net/

The DemocracyFest schedule includes many exciting trainings, speakers and entertainers again this year! Plus lots of networking opportunities to socialize with like-minded liberal activists.

Democracy For America (DFA) will conduct trainings for activists on subjects including Canvassing & Phone Banking, Working with the Media, Event Planning, Mobilizing Young Voters and Fundraising. Speakers this year will include Gov. Howard Dean (speech free and open to the public), Jeffrey Feldman, Jim Dean, Charlie Grapski, Nathan Gonzales, and more! Entertainers will include Subway Serenade, Bobby Kendes, and more! Plus, there will be parties late into the night on both Friday and Saturday nights!

Check the DemocracyFest schedule on our website often as we will be adding more details and speakers/entertaine rs as they are confirmed:

http://www.democracyfest.net/Schedule

We look forward to seeing you there soon!

The DemocracyFest Team

David, Ellen, Jessica, Laurie and Quintus

http://www.democracyfest.net/

P.S. Can't make it to DemocracyFest this year? Please consider making a contribution to fund our scholarship program and future DemocracyFests. Click Here!

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Happy birthday, Beatrix Potter

From the Wikipedia article:

Helen Beatrix Potter (28 July 1866 – 22 December 1943) was an English author, illustrator, mycologist, and conservationist who was best known for her children's books, which featured animal characters such as Peter Rabbit.

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Seen in the grocery store parking lot

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Speaking of lighthouses

I thought it was funny to run across this right after a comment by SusanD reminded me of Monday's prayer tower post.



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Open thread/shared items

Gotta run, but here's a new thread, and a few new things I've shared via Google Reader.

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Open Thread Ramblings

Actually went to the mall yesterday. Something I try to avoid at all costs, but I was desperately in need of clothes (and actually found some, yay).

Anyway, at the entrance to the women's restroom I saw this

It's been a while, but I realized that must be a "nursing lounge". Yep, that's what it was.

Sure, the rocking chairs are nice, but the ambiance leaves much to be desired. I know I wouldn't care to eat there.

Have I mentioned lately that I really miss the days when my kids were little. The whole "parent of teenagers" experience is leaving me a bit...

(melancholy)


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Comment threads

...can be found that-away.

This entry has been posted for information purposes only, without a comment link. To join in the most recent thread/discussion, click here or scroll down to Cat's post "Butter Not Guns" and click the comment thread there.

Butter Not Guns

In this morning's news, I came across the following:

Israel-Hamas Standoff Deepens Water Woes
The Christian Science Monitor's Rafael D. Frankel reports: "Five hundred yards south from where hundreds of children play in the water next to this refugee camp, a pipe spills 20 million liters of raw sewage into the Mediterranean Sea each day. Between 105 and 120 million liters of sewage are generated daily in Gaza. Of that, only 20 million liters are fully treated, while another 40 million liters are partially treated. The rest flows raw into the sea, storm drains, and a massive landfill north of Gaza City, which spans 4.3 million square feet. The resulting pollution has sullied not only the seawater, but also the aquifer below Gaza, causing a severe shortage of potable water and putting the population at risk for a range of illnesses."

What I want to know is, rather than providing Israel with armorment to slaughter Palestinians and bulldozers to destroy their towns and villages, why isn't the U.S. donating or providing at reduced cost to the Palestinians of both Gaza and the west Bank materielle, equipment and expertese to build sewage treatment plants and other inferstructure to help improve their quality of life?

Doing so would be commencerate with vonted U.S. ideals. It would also go a very long way towards improving foreign, especially Arab and Muslem, attitudes towards the United States.

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Prayer Tower

A few weeks ago there was an article in the print edition of The Other Paper about the Calvary Temple Lighthouse at I-71 and Morse. I've passed it many times, but could never read what the sign said, and I really had no idea what was up with that.

In that article, I learned that the tower was (ahem) "erected" in lieu of a steeple, because steeples are pagan. And phallic.

I held onto the paper, intending to write something about it, but the paper seems to have gone missing. Probably lined Zoe's cage at some point. Too bad, because there was some funny stuff in there about the sailor mannequin's clothes getting blown off in a storm. (Reaffirming my belief that Godde has a sense of humor.)

Here's a mention of the tower in Roadside America.

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Don't blink

Outside the gym are these metal statues. I always thought the girl looked particularly horrified, as if she realized, a fraction of a second too late, that she was being frozen for all eternity in this position. But then Demetrius saw a Doctor Who episode called Blink, and said it made the statues seem even more diabolical to him. I never watched the whole episode, but I've seen enough of it to get these words in my head whenever I pass the statues on my way to the pool.

Don’t blink. Don’t even blink! Blink and you’re dead. They are fast…faster than you could believe… don’t turn your back…don’t look away, and whatever you do, don’t blink! Good luck.

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Friday night open thread

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Netroots Nation

I've added a feed to the latest comments on Twitter about Netroots Nation--it's in the left sidebar. Apparently Howard Dean is about to speak at a rally. Also, watch the shared items for blog posts related to Netroots Nation happenings.

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Speaking of Gizmo

Recent comment from Subway Serenade.

Speaking of Gizmo, I've been having some breakthroughs with my other Gizmo over the past two weeks, and it has do with something most folks take for granted.

Ever feel a tingle? Or the "spark" between lovers? I've found that when that inner tingle happens, your heart is actually creating more electrical charge. That charge is distributed to the outer nerve endings and this is what produces the tingle.

In my work using the heart tuner, I've found that when I can sustain amplitudes above 80 milivolts per second, I can consciously produce the tingle.

This is the same tingle that occurs when the chests of the two butterflies in game touch for sustained periods. I've come to the point where I can produce the tingle when playing the game by myself.

When most people feel this tingle, it tends to be localized. It may spread across the back and shoulders, or down the arms and legs, and it soon goes away.

My theory is that the heart can produce and sustain that tingle throughout the neural net, and it can be consciously directed to do so.

So everybody feels the tingle every day, but they never knew that it has a far deeper meaning within the heart's own electrical field.

What happens when the heart consciously ignites its entire neural grid? What if a bunch of hearts did that together.

Stay Tuned.

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Tuesday Open Thread

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The Cover of the New Yorker

Apparently there is quite the buzz about the cartoon on the current edition of the New Yorker. To me, it seems like it's intended as an over the top parody of the way Michelle and Barack Obama have been portrayed by some. Your thoughts?

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Another Open Thread

By the way, here's a link to the article about Darwin and Lincoln.

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