This and That

I'm slowly but surely getting things ready so I can get out of town next week. I'm one of those people who thinks she has to leave her house neat so the burglars can find everything. Blame my mother :)

* Today I took a couple hours for pampering and got a manicure, pedicure, and a facial aka 'The Remedy' and it really is good for one's soul. I don't do it often but with everything going up except my SS check, it's how it has to be. Even so, I go to the local beauty college and that saves a lot. 'The Remedy' cost me less than my neighbor Michelle paid for just a pedicure at a salon and she says that her next one will be at the beauty school. Think about it, gals if you need a treat and there's a beauty school nearby.

* Quote of the Week: "It's hard to insult the intelligence of the American people but she's (Sarah Palin) managed to do it!" -- Bill Maher.

* Jon Stewart's return was hysterical on Tuesday. Y'all can see the full episode here. I laughed so hard I cried.

* Lawrence O'Donnell weighed in with some good insights and excellent sense on he calls Sarah Palin's barely legal bus tour and The Young Turks covered it, too. What do y'all think? I think something needs to be done about her antics. Word from Alaska is that all the books coming out about her should destroy her but we'll see.



Okay, I'm all vented out for today. It was a lovely summer day (finally!) in Ohio today. Here's one of my all-time favorite singers (backed up by Louis Armstrong) with one of my all-time favorite songs by my favorite American composer!! Enjoy -- it doesn't get better than this!!!!!!



Happy Blogging!!!!!!!

Kay

Random Thoughts on the World

I had a nice Thanksgiving with my brother and his family. It was fun seeing how the little ones have grown and getting caught up on their world.

* I know some of you didn't like my Ohio State posts last week. It's something I enjoy -- especially the tradition and plain old fun. Besides, I needed a break from my blood pressure running amok with all the horrors going on on the political arena. I am NOT going to have another stroke.

* DownWithTyranny's excellent post today really sums up the GOP these days. Be sure to check out this video. I'm guessing that Barbara Bush was showing a great deal of restraint in her comment here. The Barbara Bush I remember wasn't so tactful.



If y'all can stomach it, here's Sarah's reaction on Laura Ingram (who I absolutely abhor) where she trashes all and sundry.



It left me with a lot of questions and I think y'all would agree but thats another blog.

* Don't know about y'all but I lost all interest in flying anywhere due to the TSA's awful new searches. I want to hang on to the shreds of dignity I have left. It brings to mind this old song from my college days in the '60s. I still love Stephen Stills, Neil Young. Graham Nash and David Crosby.



* The Mahalblog posted this great reading list.
It's an eye opener. Also at the same site it is written very well:

"But the teabaggers, for all their outrage, aren’t cynical enough. They’re like backwoods rubes lining up to buy what the traveling snake oil salesman is selling. And at the moment they’re the useful tools helping the more pernicious malefactors of great wealth become even more inexorably institutionalized. Palin, Beck et al. are the 21st century version of Rome’s bread and circuses — although less bread, more circus."

Sigh. Or drinking the kool-aid a la the Jonestown massacre.

I can feel my BP rising so I think I'll close and figure out what I can face from my gottado list.

Hope y'all are having a great day!!!!!!!!

Happy Blogging!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kay

Sunny Sunday Random Thoughts

It's a nice day here in the "Heart of it all", as the Dept. of Tourism called our state a few years ago and I suppose that is so because if you look at Ohio on a map it sorta looks like a heart -- albeit one that's been abused terribly. And yes, it has been. I have often thought about leaving here and did so once but I am not certain I'd fit in any better anywhere else.



Jeff and a crabby Shaughnessy got home yesterday afternoon. Poor puppy was more delighted than usual to see me because 'someone' forgot to get doggie treats and didn't stop to buy more. I sent Jeff to take a nap and took Shaughnessy for a much needed walk punctuated with cookies. Both are spoiled brats.

* His partner and his wife had a barbecue/cocktail thing for us last night and it was really nice. Today we're just chilling out and I'm actually cooking! I hope I remember how. Tommorrow it's back to reality and there's a lot we have to do this week.

* Ta-da!!!! The Groaner of the Week will be return tomorrow (Monday). Contributions may be sent to the address in the sidebar.

* If y'all haven't seen it, we highly recommend and really love "Crazy Heart". Jeff Bridges' Oscar for it was well-deserved in this beautiful film.



* Stop by The Old Hippie's Groovy Blog for an eye-opener. It really is as bad as -- if not worse than -- we thought.

* Sarah Palin's new ad about Mama Grizzlies falls flat when a body takes a look at what she really thinks of them.

Hope y'all are having a great day!!!!!!

Happy Blogging!!!!!!!!

Kay

Comic Relief and Common Sense

I get a kick out of Jesse Ventura, the former governor of Minnesota -- he always makes me laugh. He's a no BS, common sense kind of guy -- one never has to ask him how he really feels. I don't know that I'd ever vote for him but I definitely admire the way he shoots straight from the hip with a wicked sense of humor so after the "Thelma and Louise" (Palin and Bachmann) debacle in Minnesota, I needed a laugh so I went looking to see if the former governor had weighed in on this unholy alliance. I wasn't disappointed. I liked his comment on Palin being a quitter and y'all can see/hear more about it here. It's one of those things where I've had to laugh to keep from crying which seems to be the case with a lot of things going on in this country lately. Sigh.



Happy Blogging!!!!

Kay

Stuff from My Wanderings

I took some time just to wander across the net between reading blogs. Sometimes I find the darnedest stuff when I just click on a link.




Yesterday I wrote that Sarah Palin has a new book and cracked that she hadn't finished coloring the last one. Little did I know that some wags actually made one for her!!!! If you have time and money to waste, you can buy it here. And there's a 'look alike' on her first book here.

And oh yeah, The Daily Kos says Sarah's appearance on the Tonight Show was bogus. Read about it here. Interesting. I couldn't be bothered to watch -- I'm a Letterman fan.



On a bright note, on Tuesday the First Lady read "The Cat in the Hat" to school children at the Library of Congress in honor of Theodore "Dr. Seuss" Geisel's birthday which has been designated "Read Across America Day". I like that. (I would have read "Green Eggs and Ham") Reading has been a part of my life ever since I was a toddler. Both my ex-husband and I are inveterate readers and raised two more. One of my best memories was the summer when my husband and the Dynamic Duo would adjourn to the front porch after supper (on nights where our presence wasn't required at the soccer and softball fields) and he would read E.B. White's wonderful books to them. The fun part is that a bunch of the neighbor kids came to listen, too and kept coming back! Our kids were amazed to discover that their parents didn't read to them. My ex and I found that appalling.

I checked in at Crooks and Liars -- I like them because they are equal opportunity annoyers and will skewer anyone -- which is always an adventure and found this:
10 Lessons for Tea Baggers.

It's the first Friday of the month and it's a nice day so I think I'm going to head downtown to see what's going on in the the arts!!!!!

Hope y'all are having a great day!!!!!!!

Happy Blogging!!!!!!!!

Kay

Just a Few More Words . . .

I'm simply delighted a the lovely responses y'all gave re: Andrea Fay Friedman. The more I read and see about her, the more I admire her. YouTube disabled embedding but y'all can see this wonderful, inspiring video about her here. Those of you who have been with me for a long time know that I have a soft spot and appreciation for anyone who overcomes adversity because I've been there. Andrea is one of my heroes.

That said, I'm keeping it short tonight because I'm drowning in paperwork for various bureaucracies -- need I say more?

Happy Blogging!!!!

Kay

Random Sunday Wee Hours Thoughts

It's been a long exhausting and nerve-wracking week on several levels but I think I've weathered it well except for not getting a post up sooner.

* Thanks for your great comments on the Sarah Palin thing. I'm so glad you liked it and the video. Also, I'm glad y'all liked Straight No Chaser's vocal offerings. I think these guys are awesome. I ordered both their Christmas CDs as my present to myself.

* After writing the Palin post, a few light bulbs went off in my head. I remember how, despite the press' best efforts, Jackie Kennedy defended and enforced her children's privacy like a proper mother should. Rosalyn Carter and Laura Bush also did a good job of protecting their girls in the White House. However, the one who sorta surprised me was Hillary Clinton. After Bill got elected, she called Jackie Kennedy Onassis and asked for advice on how to protect Chelsea. Hasn't Sarah noticed that other women in the public eye protect and closet their children from the public instead of dragging them around on display? If she did, David Letterman couldn't talk about them. (By the way, Dave keeps his young son shielded from everyone so I figure he knows what's right in parenting.) That said, I'll probably get hate mail from Palin supporters. If it strikes me as funny and/or stupid, I'll use it as a blog post -- look for 'Just in from Wasilla' . . . LOL! If I don't like it it will be flus . . . er . . . ah . . . moderated (yeah, that's it!)to Never-Neverland.

* On the medical front, I was on the ER on Tuesday due to chest pains. Tests and blood work were run and scrips given and filled. They didn't work so I'm toughing it out. Good meeting with Dr. Krishna (hare hare) on Wednesday. Blood work on Thursday. Call from Dr. K's (hare hare) office on Friday telling me I needed to go get blood work again on Saturday and that my potassium is too high and they were sending me a diet. I got home from the lab and the mail was there and I read what I'm not supposed to eat/imbibe. I put it next to the list of all the things I'm not allowed to eat because of my high cholesterol. Guess what? There isn't a damned thing I can eat between the two. First, I cried; then I started thinking (here I go again) and realized that I've had FIVE blood tests in the past six weeks and the only thing different is the two scrips given to me at ER on Tuesday. Not a syllable was spoken about potassium on the first three. You can bet I'm on the phone asking questions on Monday.

* I don't know if this is good news or not. I have been going over what I want to do here: scouring the archives and old posts; checking for new decor; and considering new ideas for the New Year/decade. Starting tomorrow, The Groaner of the Week will return!! It will be combined with the Friday Groaner. "Why?" Y'all ask. Because my personal groaner archives is dwindling and many of the groaners from y'all are repeats. Kent McKamy sent me over a dozen groaners recently -- and all but one have been published here. I will still accept submissions and give attribution to contributors but there only be one groaner a week.

Welllllllll . . . I'm about ready to fall asleep soooooooo . . .

Happy Hanukkah!!!!!!!

Happy Blogging!!!!!!!!

Kay

That's Our Sarah!

I think y'all have heard about the on-going feud between David Letterman and Sarah Palin over a tasteless joke (Is there any other kind on late night TV?) that old Dave made about her daughter, Bristol, age 18, and the Palins went nuts. From what I can figure Dave didn't realize that that she had two daughters and his staff put up Willow Palin's photo instead of Bristol's. (Do we ever hear about her older son?) And Sarah and Todd, over-reacted and decided he was talking about their 14-year-old daughter. No surprise there -- Sarah never misses a chance to get press and, in my not so humble opinion, doesn't give a damn who, why or what or where she gets it. When a body drags her children constantly before the media things like this are going to happen.

YouTube fairly lit up with video. Dave has apologized and has since come up with joke after joke about the Palins and they, of course, are dragging it out, too. This is getting awfully sophomoric and tacky in my mind and all I'm going to do is remind the Palins of President Harry S "Give 'em hell, Harry" Truman's words: "If you don't like the heat, get out of the kitchen." I liked Harry -- we need a guy like him these days.

That said, I found this video that speaks to the situation rather well and I agree with this guy unequivocally.



This has gone on for over six months. I'm tired of it -- are you?

Happy Blogging!!!!!!!!

Kay