In one Vermont race, it is still unknown who is first. The candidates were separated by just one vote. Every vote counts! http://www.wptz.com/news/25882933/detail.html
Two or three years ago we had a tie vote for a local office in this county. I don't recall if it was settled by the toss of a coin or by cutting a deck of cards--both methods are in use here. (There might be some others, but they don't come to mind.
From my kid on FB: Car battery died. Hood latch release stuck. Can't get to battery to Jump start. Will I be clever and solve this on my own or will I spend lots of money to have someone else fix it?
Mother, I had to google this and got the above, which differs from your rolflmeo. So I ask what the e stands for. Otherwise, it seems like something you'd say. But I am sure you are not rolling on the floor.
Dusk was *lovely*! Great pink flags and banners of tangerine high up in a pale blue sky, still and serene, and then lower, veritable armies of powder gray clouds streaming very quickly from north west to south east. Denim dark now.
Scary about North Korea. IMO the South is showing remarkable restraint. But, the situation sounds, from the brief sound bite vouchsafed it on ABC World News, to be balanced on a knife's edge. Pray for peace and sanity, friends.
Also scary in its own way is all this attention being paid the Chihuahua. She's *everywhere* on the television! How can 33% of Americans think that, that, that worthless loser is qualified to be president? Are 33% of Americans really that stupid?
Left for the salt mine with a temp of 99.7. Came home with a temp of 100.6.
I have 25 hours to get better before family begins to arrive. Any other week I would have called in sick (I have only used 2 sick days all year), but I just *couldn't* ask someone to work for me this close to Thanksgiving, especially as our library director is on vacation and probably would have had to cover for me.
It suuuure is good to be home, though! Gonna go have a lie down, as Cat says.
Early though it is, I'm going to close down the computer and read for a while. Currently on an Agatha Christie kick. Over the past few days I've read The Pale Horse and A Pocket Full of Rye. Currently reading Five Little Pigs. Donno. Can't concentrate on work, though I've a fair amount of that to do. Reading holds my attention, fortunately, mysteries anyway.
We've had shots being fired for -- what is it? 55 years now? Maybe I've become numbed by repetition, but especially after Iraq and Afghanistan I really cannot see the US invading North Korea.
A little more tweaking of what I've already written and all the work on hand will be done. Then will start re-reading Brin's Startide Rising for the book discussion next month. Won't shut down the computer, though, because I'll be reading on my monitor.
Howard Dean is First!
ReplyDeleteIn one Vermont race, it is still unknown who is first.
The candidates were separated by just one vote.
Every vote counts! http://www.wptz.com/news/25882933/detail.html
Whew! That has *got* to be nerve wracking for *everyone*!
ReplyDeleteNo kidding!!
ReplyDeleteSo here's one for you, Cat!
ReplyDeleteGalactic Collision photo!
http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1044/
Two or three years ago we had a tie vote for a local office in this county. I don't recall if it was settled by the toss of a coin or by cutting a deck of cards--both methods are in use here. (There might be some others, but they don't come to mind.
ReplyDeleteThe new Harry Potter movie was OK.
From my kid on FB: Car battery died. Hood latch release stuck. Can't get to battery to Jump start. Will I be clever and solve this on my own or will I spend lots of money to have someone else fix it?
ReplyDeleteJust got this via email from my kid:
ReplyDeleteMother,
I had to google this and got the above, which differs from your rolflmeo. So I ask what the e stands for. Otherwise, it seems like something you'd say. But I am sure you are not rolling on the floor.
Dusk was *lovely*! Great pink flags and banners of tangerine high up in a pale blue sky, still and serene, and then lower, veritable armies of powder gray clouds streaming very quickly from north west to south east. Denim dark now.
ReplyDeleteThanks, listener!
ReplyDeleteGood Lord! Who needs photographs? That description is breathtaking.
ReplyDeleteMy thanks also. Quite impressive.
ReplyDeleteLol! Cat. After I done did it, I decided it wasn't too bad, and put it on facebook. But I *wrote* it for here.
ReplyDeleteGood. So I can zap over and "like" it.
ReplyDeleteBTW I enjoyed that survey thingy the other day.
Scary about North Korea. IMO the South is showing remarkable restraint. But, the situation sounds, from the brief sound bite vouchsafed it on ABC World News, to be balanced on a knife's edge. Pray for peace and sanity, friends.
ReplyDeleteAlso scary in its own way is all this attention being paid the Chihuahua. She's *everywhere* on the television! How can 33% of Americans think that, that, that worthless loser is qualified to be president? Are 33% of Americans really that stupid?
Sure. They're rePublicans.
ReplyDeleteWell, Cat, if it's any consolation the ratings for her TV show dropped 40% in the second week.
ReplyDeleteLeft for the salt mine with a temp of 99.7.
ReplyDeleteCame home with a temp of 100.6.
I have 25 hours to get better before family begins to arrive.
Any other week I would have called in sick (I have only used 2 sick days all year),
but I just *couldn't* ask someone to work for me this close to Thanksgiving,
especially as our library director is on vacation and probably would have had to cover for me.
It suuuure is good to be home, though! Gonna go have a lie down, as Cat says.
All this and Korea too. Man!
LOL Susan. Yes, I suppose that is some consolation.
ReplyDeleteNow listener, you do whatever it takes to get yourself better!
ReplyDeleteReally! I don't know what we're going to do with you.
*big hug* Sending healing vibes.
Puddle, I tagged you, listener, TC and Sis in another of the FB survey quiz thingies.
ReplyDeleteEarly though it is, I'm going to close down the computer and read for a while. Currently on an Agatha Christie kick. Over the past few days I've read The Pale Horse and A Pocket Full of Rye. Currently reading Five Little Pigs. Donno. Can't concentrate on work, though I've a fair amount of that to do. Reading holds my attention, fortunately, mysteries anyway.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Cat. I need all the healing vibes I can get. Been hanging here on the couch but am really going to take a nap now.
ReplyDeleteRe Korea:
ReplyDeleteWe've had shots being fired for -- what is it? 55 years now? Maybe I've become numbed by repetition, but especially after Iraq and Afghanistan I really cannot see the US invading North Korea.
Really hope this is just a one-day thing.
ReplyDeleteA little more tweaking of what I've already written and all the work on hand will be done. Then will start re-reading Brin's Startide Rising for the book discussion next month. Won't shut down the computer, though, because I'll be reading on my monitor.
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