The day after elections? Still waitin' for another chance to vote for Howard.
The wine grape harvest seems well under way here; Not quite so many tomato trucks on the roads, more and more grape trucks. Still a few garlic trucks.
My leg has recovered to the point that I am confident I won't need Norco to sleep tonight; maybe not even acetaminophen. I figure to use some liniment, though. Celebrated with a dose of a famous alpine herbal elixer from the Catskills. Very nice.
Probably I won't have to run off to the Bay Area for court this week; tied up hereabouts. We will take Naomi's kitty back to her this weekend, and probably do a little shopping and eat out some place agreeable. Maybe a chowder house?
Travel costs payment from the Navy coming through tomorrow--more generous than I had anticipated. I should have enough to afford an new MacBook Air, but I think I will wait until the next operating system update comes out (which should fix the reported battery life problem).
TTFN
Oh, maybe those characters showing up from among the "Republicans" haven't crawled out from under rocks, but have been born from spores... very long-lived, spores are.
It occurs to me that the the GOP began to lose its soul when Nixon activated his Southern Strategy. If they have no soul, they are doomed as a political party. I figure they can read the handwriting on the wall, and that explains their desperation this time around... The country probably needs another Whig Party. (But the Modern Whig Party seems to have adopted some of the same policies --e.g. States' rights) that destroyed the original Whig Party.
Interesting observation confirming reports. The Obama campaign is said to be paying attention to the responses to their fundraising letters, not sending more (and not telephoning) if a particular addressee seems, shall we say, unreceptive--in order to avoid irritating them. The GOP is said not to be capable of doing this. In my case the Obama fundraising letters seem to have stopped. For some reason the GOP thinks one of their members (evidently a well to do farmer) lives here, and they keep sending him fundraising letters--which I often answer for him. The responses I send indicate considerable displeasure with Romney and the GOP, but still the letters come.
My alarm clock went completely blank overnight. Any other Wednesday that would have been fine, but I was filling in for a coworker today and had to open the Library. I woke up 4 minutes before the Library was to open. I pulled into the parking lot 16 minutes later. A new record.
Not bad considering I also packed my breakfast and lunch and fed the kittens!
The person I was working with was already there and no patrons had yet arrived. =Whew!=
(Good thing I already had my review for this year! LOL!)
Cat, regarding the fact that Norquist came up with his no raising taxes pledge when he was 12, there was actually a Daily Show segment on that... Grover Norquist clip on The Daily Show
Hmmm... Even the kids thought the pledge was something stupid that no normal person would sign. This encouraging, though it underlines how scary Norquist is.
The day after elections? Still waitin' for another chance to vote for Howard.
ReplyDeleteThe wine grape harvest seems well under way here; Not quite so many tomato trucks on the roads, more and more grape trucks. Still a few garlic trucks.
My leg has recovered to the point that I am confident I won't need Norco to sleep tonight; maybe not even acetaminophen. I figure to use some liniment, though. Celebrated with a dose of a famous alpine herbal elixer from the Catskills. Very nice.
Probably I won't have to run off to the Bay Area for court this week; tied up hereabouts. We will take Naomi's kitty back to her this weekend, and probably do a little shopping and eat out some place agreeable. Maybe a chowder house?
Travel costs payment from the Navy coming through tomorrow--more generous than I had anticipated. I should have enough to afford an new MacBook Air, but I think I will wait until the next operating system update comes out (which should fix the reported battery life problem).
TTFN
Oh, maybe those characters showing up from among the "Republicans" haven't crawled out from under rocks, but have been born from spores...
very long-lived, spores are.
It occurs to me that the the GOP began to lose its soul when Nixon activated his Southern Strategy. If they have no soul, they are doomed as a political party. I figure they can read the handwriting on the wall, and that explains their desperation this time around... The country probably needs another Whig Party. (But the Modern Whig Party seems to have adopted some of the same policies --e.g. States' rights) that destroyed the original Whig Party.
Mum pointed out that the problem with spores is, you can't kill 'em.
DeleteInteresting observation confirming reports. The Obama campaign is said to be paying attention to the responses to their fundraising letters, not sending more (and not telephoning) if a particular addressee seems, shall we say, unreceptive--in order to avoid irritating them. The GOP is said not to be capable of doing this. In my case the Obama fundraising letters seem to have stopped. For some reason the GOP thinks one of their members (evidently a well to do farmer) lives here, and they keep sending him fundraising letters--which I often answer for him. The responses I send indicate considerable displeasure with Romney and the GOP, but still the letters come.
ReplyDeleteInteresting. Perhaps it's a small thing in itself, but a fine illustration of the difference between the parties.
DeleteOld cat, virtually unable to move, cotches and eats (part of) a mouse last night. I'm amazed.
ReplyDeleteAh, there's a conquest in him yet!
DeleteWow! Not that I approve of eating mouses, but still, under the circumstances, quite an accomplishment!
DeleteI think it may be his last hurrah. He's barely eating or drinking at this point, and hasn't even moved off of the rug all day.
DeleteSomewhere I read or heard: "If Corporations are people, then Mitt Romney is a serial killer."
ReplyDeleteHere's a very interesting article from the Guardian on the interrelation between water shortages and food production.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2012/aug/26/food-shortages-world-vegetarianism?CMP=twt_fd
My alarm clock went completely blank overnight. Any other Wednesday that would have been fine, but I was filling in for a coworker today and had to open the Library. I woke up 4 minutes before the Library was to open. I pulled into the parking lot 16 minutes later. A new record.
ReplyDeleteNot bad considering I also packed my breakfast and lunch and fed the kittens!
The person I was working with was already there and no patrons had yet arrived. =Whew!=
(Good thing I already had my review for this year! LOL!)
WOW! Superwoman!
DeleteThanks, Puddle. Interesting and scary.
ReplyDeleteLOL Susan. Well, black humor, I suppose.
Sis and I just finished filling out my absentee ballot for the Massachusetts primary.
ReplyDeleteCat, regarding the fact that Norquist came up with his no raising taxes pledge when he was 12, there was actually a Daily Show segment on that...
ReplyDeleteGrover Norquist clip on The Daily Show
Hmmm... Even the kids thought the pledge was something stupid that no normal person would sign. This encouraging, though it underlines how scary Norquist is.
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