Update and Assorted Nonsense

I've been a very busy old gal!!! Today is (hopefully) to be "catch up" day unless life gets in the way as it is wont to do.

* It's Ground Hog Day and Punxatawney Phil predicted six more weeks of winter. However, Buckeye Chuck says that we're gonna have an early Spring. Here in Ohio we've not had much of a winter so we'll see. I predict that it will snow on my birthday in April.

* Y'all know that I love the Foundation where I get my medical care. I got a call last Friday from their lab to schedule the latest test and she said, "I noticed that you already are scheduled for a mammogram on Tuesday. If you can, let's schedule your carotid ultrasound for 1:15 -- just before it -- is that okay." My answer? "Not only yes but Hell yes!" Organized and considerate people rank high on my list.

* The first calls from Dr. Maria's office came in early Wednesday and I missed them because I slept in a bit. I'm not tied to my cell phone like so many folks are these days. So when I finally looked at it, I called back and spoke with her nurse. It was a good news/bad news joke. The good news is that my mammogram was good. The bad news: my carotid ultrasound showed "significant narrowing" in those arteries and they had me scheduled for an appointment with the thoracic surgeon next week -- the earliest appt. they could get me. Just what I needed. I'm telling myself that I can't worry about it until after I see him but still . . . I'm pretty worried about it.

* Our local Occupy movement is alive!! I'm glad!!! The bad news is that their email addy doesn't work and comes bouncing back and I'm trying to figure out how to get in touch with them. Argh.

* Despite our state's dire unemployment stats, Ohio is cutting everyone's food assistance significantly. Eating healthy isn't hard enough with the price of groceries rising by leaps and bounds so those idiots in the Governor's office and Statehouse are making it worse. I'm thinking of calling my reps and telling them that they have to take me to lunch once a week until they restore my assistance.
It's just another reason that John Kasich will be a one-term governor.

* A huge standing ovation to the 10,000 Hoosiers marched from their Statehouse to the site of the Super Bowl in Indianapolis yesterday in protest against Governor Mitch Daniels' "Right to Work" law. Rumor has it that the NFL Players' Association (prolly the richest union workers in the country) is considering some form of protest. This could get pretty interesting.

* My favorite economists are the MIT guys at The Baseline scenario. They show how every single Republican candidate's plan will increase the deficit and y'all can read it here. How do you spell hypocrisy? GOP.

* Mitt Romney doesn't care about poor people. Yeah, we all knew that but he actually said it in less than two minutes. He obviously doesn't get that a lot of middle class folks got demoted and are now poor!!!



* Who in the hell would name a kid Reince? What he said (in 1:36) was not only disgusting and a big fat lie but the delight and giggles at his childish idiocy really showed what the Republican Party has become and it ain't pretty!



Hope y'all have a great day!!!!

Happy Blogging!!!!

Kay







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Occupy the Supreme Court!!!!

This came in this morning from The Other 98% (of which I'm a member) as they "celebrate" the second anniversary of Citizens United and I simply had to share it. Enjoy!!!



Support the Amendment!!!! Corporations are NOT people -- no matter what Romney says!!!

Happy Blogging!!!!

Kay

Update: Assorted insanity and Deranged Computers

Another day in the paradise I call life. My computer has been misbehaving terribly and, thus far, I've been unable to purge the gremlins by the usual means. Sigh. Hopefully, tomorrow the troops (aka the ex)I've called in will be able to locate the little devils and destroy them. Needless to say that this hasn't helped my mental and physical health at all at all. In technical terms, I feel like you-know-what. I do thank y'all for coming by to visit and hopefully, I'll be getting caught up with all y'all soon.

So the best I can manage is a few random thoughts and, hopefully, interesting stuff in the midst of trying to get a few things done here, I'll get caught up with y'all soon.

* Here's a really awesome photo of those creative participants at Occupy San Francisco. (Are you there, Jan?)

* I am appalled at the Penn State debacle. Yeah, I'm a college football fan but as the mother of two college athletes (not football), I know a bit about the NCAA and the 'dynamics' of its rules and at this point I'm thinking of the 'scandal' last year at Ohio State when a couple players traded their championship rings for tattoos and culminated in their leaving and the coach being fired. The Penn State debacle is definitely worse and that anyone is defending anyone tells me that there is something very, very wrong. The fact is that it's Ohio State Michigan week and I'm not doing my usual silliness here. I might put up a "Good Luck" piece later but that will be it -- just my take but I think it be tacky. I still love my Buckeyes (and hope they win) but the past week reminded me what's really important.

* Dylan Ratigan, who I've been watching a lot lately, had this piece on a new initiative to get money out of business and you can see it here and and sign on and/or donate here,

* Kudos: In the light of all the recent attacks on the "Occupy" by police there are some cops who remember that they, too, are part of the 1%. When the protestors set up in Cleveland, the cops donated some tents to the Occupiers. If you have ever been in downtown Cleveland in November, you know the bitter, cold winds that Lake Erie brings.

* Here's Bill Maher with a short (1:01) video on the Republican debates. If you get the vapors over profanity -- don't watch it.




Well, I really have to muster some energy so it looks a human lives here. Hope y'all are having a great day!!!!

Happy Blogging!!!!!!

Kay