tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35623302011-11-12T14:33:04.786-05:00It's Certainly Timewhat it's time for is up to you--GTnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2631100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-23873880170184709632009-01-11T11:50:00.000-05:002009-01-11T11:51:11.335-05:00test postCarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09258129822155063800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-37338323938265502052009-01-01T19:08:00.001-05:002009-01-01T19:10:53.390-05:00My New York age is "38"This New York age puts you-generally speaking-into the young category. That's what you were hoping for, right? Run and tell your friends. Then get drunk (as usual). Then sleep it off. Then pop an Adderall. Then come back and consider experimenting with a more mature type of New York life (just once in a while). Have you ever been to the Village Vanguard or the Living GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-64695353165244224592008-11-01T10:49:00.000-04:002008-11-01T10:50:12.660-04:00Barack O'LanternGTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-69060850998514345402007-11-22T23:16:00.001-05:002008-11-13T06:45:26.739-05:00GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-30911319900957449412007-10-23T20:27:00.001-04:002007-10-23T20:27:41.395-04:00Van Jones on Green EconomyGTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-917538324912900152007-09-23T08:58:00.000-04:002007-09-23T09:00:29.336-04:00I love Phil Collins!GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-57792039018535165812007-08-18T08:42:00.000-04:002007-08-18T08:48:59.725-04:00Reading: Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert.No, not the girl from Little House on the Prairie, that was Melissa.next, I want to read the Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama.because I'm considering giving up hope on the American version of the word hope.GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-53289688488383234872007-08-18T08:39:00.000-04:002007-08-18T08:42:13.634-04:00You know how you want to go into the Blogger template and just do a little "tweek?" well, Lucy, you've really done it now. Somehow, I have glitched off the entire header of my blog in addition to messing up the margins. I'm thinking I'm going to have to save the template code and then dump everything into a new template to get things under control. what a mess!. . . .GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-7715386288245389482007-06-24T12:22:00.001-04:002008-11-13T06:45:26.861-05:00GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-15198647276014246492007-06-24T11:40:00.000-04:002007-06-24T11:41:08.173-04:00Technorati ProfileGTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-28256209696234028392007-06-02T16:35:00.001-04:002008-11-13T06:45:26.973-05:00GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-6872827645854992552007-05-27T12:10:00.000-04:002007-05-27T12:19:03.047-04:00There's a place called the Creative Thrift Shop where Lynn and Diego del Sol work from a space in the Williamsburg neighborhood in Brooklyn, seeking out emerging artists and serving up a rotating menu of art to a culturally ravenous audience. But they also take the show on the road, curating more than 20 roaming exhibitions a year. And exposure isn't limited to museums, either—Creative Thrift GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-47491199621430692142007-05-12T12:05:00.000-04:002007-05-12T12:20:56.715-04:00As most of you know, I have continued my love affair with the Segway despite its numerous disappointments and inadequacies.Recently, I found an electric tricycle at a pricey $350030 mile range, at top speed of 15 mph (solar canopy optional)I figure my Matrix gets around 29 mpg, let's round to 30I drive 70 miles per week around town, let's round to 100at $3.00 per gallon of gas, it costs me GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1168814984823046322007-01-14T17:40:00.000-05:002007-05-12T12:21:23.580-04:00Oh, yeah, that's what I'm talking about. The heck with the Segway, give me an airborne scooter of my very own.The AirScooter II, a personal helicopter designed for recreational use, weighs about 300 pounds, can travel at about 55 knots (approx. 63 mph) and costs about $50,000.GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1168716952089153852007-01-13T14:33:00.000-05:002007-01-13T14:37:37.126-05:00SaturdayGTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1166927863472753742006-12-23T21:30:00.000-05:002006-12-23T21:37:43.493-05:00name that tune? or at least hum it into Nayio's Humming Search which claims to be able to identify songs by listening to you (not me) hum a few bars. GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1166927408538853042006-12-23T21:25:00.000-05:002006-12-23T21:30:08.620-05:00. . .and there was music, iPod has external speakers, handsfree devices, pillows that serve as headphones, pockets sewn on sleeves to snuggle in and now, there is a reason to have one. The OhMiBod pulsates to the rhythm and volume of a song on an iPod. Note: do not take through airport security.GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1166883441967645192006-12-23T08:57:00.000-05:002006-12-23T21:40:49.203-05:00The weather outside isn't frightful, in fact it's downright warm, though rainy.Holiday tips from the papertiger a site dedicated to helping those hopeless folks (come on let's all carol together, we know we are) who struggle to even begin to think about being organized.Take a pad of paper and a pen, and get away from thenormal chaos (e.g., Starbucks, a bookstore, or your car?) Hmmm. . .my car is GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1164380625796582922006-11-24T09:53:00.000-05:002006-11-24T10:08:40.290-05:00Thanksgiving turned out to be a mixed day only if you count not having any central heat in the house. Even though our New Yorkers couldn't make it due to moving to yet another box in the city, we managed to uphold traditions. The turkey, rubbed with a $1.00 on sale "Turkey Rub" and olive oil was cooked to perfection, since I remembered to remove the tin foil tent a few minutes for browning GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1163213780214855062006-11-10T21:53:00.000-05:002006-11-10T22:02:48.176-05:00It was dark, even though the hour was early.I was dropping off my youngest (and yes, last) son at the fair to meet some friends. A racket thundered above the roof of the car. A helicopter is landing in the fair? yes, I said, they seem to be giving helicopter rides. Then, in the moment all parents become someone else, I said, "don't go on that. there's always some helicopter ride somewhere GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1158441130617081522006-09-16T17:11:00.000-04:002006-09-16T17:12:10.633-04:00 Dianne Rehm show 11/01/0511:00 Andrew Weil: "Healthy Aging" (Knopf)Alternative health guru Dr. Andrew Weil offers a prescription for how to age gracefully. He explains how the body ages and gives practical advice to help you achieve and maintain the best health throughout the lifelong process of aging. Healthy Aging"Tumeric and ginger, good anti-inflammatoriesBREATHE! 2 mins a day changes the GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1158419119094005852006-09-16T11:05:00.000-04:002006-09-16T12:46:13.230-04:00When we have left Iraq, what will our immigration policy be?GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1157247853419255262006-09-02T21:37:00.000-04:002006-09-02T21:50:30.733-04:00I'm feeling pretty cosmopolitan today, Saturday morning errands. Hauled myself out of bed to get to the Sprint store at the time of its opening, thinking that I'd get right in and the tech would look at my phone which now powers on and off repeatedly all by itself. Unfortunately, when I drove up about ten minutes before opening time, there was a line of six or seven people crowded by the door,GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1156087289438733552006-08-20T11:20:00.000-04:002006-08-20T11:21:29.453-04:00"In case of rapture, pack a snack,'cause we'll be left behind." Meg BarnhouseGTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1155268379674832122006-08-10T23:51:00.000-04:002006-08-10T23:53:38.730-04:00hokey smokes, Bullwinkle! Can it be? If I say, will I jinx my set-up? Does the wireless network actually----WORK???wonder . better not say too loud.GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1154555291843048652006-08-02T17:35:00.000-04:002006-08-10T23:50:54.556-04:00If I sat in a comfy armchair with a exactly cool, 1/2 cream latte and had nothing to do for the next hundred years but consider the possibilities, I would never, NEVER, have thought of blogging pigeons.GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1149960540313577392006-06-10T13:18:00.000-04:002006-06-10T13:30:32.310-04:00=WHAT??? Is wrong with you people? Oh, you know who you are. Give me a break, why would someone your age act like my 7th grade date, Jerry Van Gorp? [yes, well, with that name, you would have suspected something, but what did I know?] I would recommend the hermitage for you. take my advice, please!GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1149568559963199312006-06-06T00:32:00.000-04:002006-06-06T00:36:00.500-04:00Conversational SpanishHaving taken conversational Spanish II, taught at the local community college, I realize that unless I really learn those pesky verb conjugations, I’ll always sound pretty illiterate, speaking only in present tense!See more progress on: Learn SpanishGTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1147097838289107732006-05-08T10:14:00.000-04:002006-05-08T10:17:18.306-04:00You're drudging thru life, can't make up your mind. Everything is soooo hard. Get over yourself! The decision machine moves you off your butt and back into action. Or maybe it's just a chuckle over morning coffee. Either way, it's worth a minute. Like your Momma said, "It couldn't hurt!"GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1147013352999794672006-05-07T10:44:00.000-04:002006-05-07T10:49:13.016-04:00After catching a few episodes of the American Inventor, I'm rooting for the man with the gyroscope infant car seat. My nomination for the greatest invention of the recent decades are two and both auditory. The wireless headset enables me to listen to music or TV in peace. However, the number one props goes to the little foam ear plugs that reduce sounds by many decibels. Yes, peaceful TV GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1146490754420081232006-05-01T09:37:00.000-04:002006-05-01T09:39:14.436-04:00Kitchen Sisters Hidden Kitchens is an on going series of sound-rich stories on NPR's Morning Edition that explores the world of street-corner cooking, hidden kitchens, legendary meals and eating traditions -- how communities come together through food.GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1146429744141533402006-04-30T16:37:00.000-04:002006-04-30T16:42:24.160-04:00From Daily CandyA.I.M.v. To actively ignore messages from annoying chat buddies while blaming the server for the lost connection.bee breakn. The act of sneaking off to the bathroom in the middle of dinner to scroll through one’s BlackBerry.block-listedadj. Permanently banned from all modes of virtual communication.casev. To use the jarring style of ALL CAPITAL LETTERS in an e-mail. Also known as GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1144616499194328102006-04-09T16:59:00.000-04:002006-04-09T17:01:39.196-04:00GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1144616199252491132006-04-09T16:54:00.000-04:002006-04-09T16:56:39.253-04:00GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1144616041765725232006-04-09T16:48:00.000-04:002006-04-09T17:03:18.806-04:00GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1144615702798948812006-04-09T16:26:00.000-04:002006-04-09T16:48:22.866-04:00GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1144585141666513882006-04-09T08:18:00.000-04:002006-04-09T08:21:01.833-04:00A rabbit is like a furry goldfish, unsuitable as a domestic pet. There, boys and girls, I've said it. GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1144170598910727632006-04-04T13:05:00.000-04:002006-04-04T13:13:53.810-04:00Word of the Day for Tuesday April 4, 2006 is definitely a word worth incorporating into the everyday.brummagem \BRUHM-uh-juhm\, adjective:Cheap and showy, tawdry; also, spurious, counterfeit.But demanding that publishers replace their brummagem wares with books which embody Kunin's "high standards of excellence" would be a promising -- and cost-free -- way to begin.-- Betty McCollister, "A GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1142773040460207022006-03-19T07:54:00.000-05:002006-03-19T07:57:21.646-05:00gethuman.com is providing a public service to everyone in America. How to get a real live person on the customer service line of any company is a near impossibility. Here's some tips that help get through the eternal press one through 334 without getting to talk to anyone. My last call to Sprint PCS, I gave up after 20 minutes on hold.GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1137074368191398182006-01-12T08:53:00.000-05:002006-01-12T08:59:28.200-05:00January is National Get Organized Month, act accordingly. GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1136754541922897072006-01-08T16:08:00.000-05:002006-01-08T16:10:26.636-05:00You scored as Existentialist. Existentialism emphasizes human capability. There is no greater power interfering with life and thus it is up to us to make things happen. Sometimes considered a negative and depressing world view, your optimism towards human accomplishment is immense. Mankind is condemned to be free and must accept the responsibility.Existentialist100%Cultural Creative94%GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1136173169464485322006-01-01T22:33:00.000-05:002006-01-01T22:39:29.480-05:00The upside of cooking a turkey for Christmas day is turkey sandwiches through New Year's Eve. The downside is transporting the damn thing to my son's house in the back of my Matrix. The groove on the floor of the back filled with turkey juice, which subsequently congealed into a thin line of brown gelatinous mess. Yuk.GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1134347303698901602005-12-11T18:42:00.000-05:002005-12-11T19:30:46.500-05:00It seems in my arrested development, I did two things this week that I have never done before, that most women have done years before me.What are those things? One, I had my hair professionally colored, trading the price of four manicures for a session with the colorist.Two, I had a couple of hours to burn waiting for my son at the mall and no interesting movies to view. I did a bit of Christmas GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1133186908044039492005-11-28T09:00:00.000-05:002005-11-28T09:11:34.610-05:00Happy Birthday Jon Stewart!What? Senator Bill Frist and other GOP blocked The Boss from getting his props? The originator of Born in the USA? My Hometown? The poster boy for the working class hero?the New York Post reports:"The chamber's G-O-P leaders refused to bring up for consideration a resolution to honor Springsteen's long career and the 1975 release of his iconic album, 'Born to Run.'"GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1131476595844342942005-11-08T14:03:00.000-05:002005-11-08T14:03:15.860-05:00This Is My Life, RatedLife: 7Mind: 8.5Body: 8.6Spirit: 8.4Friends/Family: 6.3Love: 2.5Finance: 5.4Take the Rate My Life QuizGTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1131406624564141172005-11-07T18:32:00.000-05:002005-11-07T18:38:28.366-05:00Fall. Another beginning of the season that slides downhill growing speed until it bumps to a stop on January 2nd. Fall. I'm becoming convinced that Amy Sedaris has the right idea.GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1131048072251049032005-11-03T15:01:00.000-05:002005-11-08T14:07:21.756-05:00streetchGTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1130174216583927032005-10-24T13:16:00.000-04:002005-10-24T13:44:50.326-04:00How Do I Mail-In My Secrets?I am convinced there is an Internet site for everything. And, almost convinced that anything one thinks of can be made into a book, ex: Found Magazine, Suggestion and now Post Secret. This site invites you to anonymously contribute your secrets to PostSecret. Each secret can be a regret, hope, funny experience, unseen kindness, fantasy, belief, fear, betrayal, eroticGTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1129916291751729702005-10-21T13:38:00.000-04:002005-10-21T13:38:11.783-04:00Making a yummy lunchMaking a yummy lunch today, I noticed the cheese I was slicing boasted to be the first runner-up in the United State Champion Cheese Contest. I didn’t know there was such a thing, more importantly, why wasn’t I eating the cheese that was the contest winner? Would I boast that I was the first runner-up in anything? Perhaps, no, definitely, the Iron Man Marathon.GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1128960683934352362005-10-10T12:02:00.000-04:002005-10-10T12:11:23.940-04:00How to Remove Those Bush/Cheney and "W" Stickers From One's Car1. Apply a solution of 1 c. rubbing alcohol and 1 c. water in a spray bottle. Squirt the sticker with the solution and allow it to soak in for a few minutes. Rub the sticker off with your fingers. Wash the area with mild soap. Tips: Never use a metal scraper or anything abrasive on your car's finish; try a plastic putty knife instead.GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1128710568710683242005-10-07T14:40:00.000-04:002005-10-07T14:42:48.716-04:00How Blogs Work in 7 Easy Pieces by Roland Tanglao. GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1127607419171560762005-09-24T20:16:00.000-04:002005-10-02T17:23:32.163-04:00VIVID COLORS AS BLOGIf you want to build a ship, don't herd people together to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.--Antoine de Saint-ExuperyGTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1126717852744168602005-09-14T13:07:00.000-04:002005-09-14T13:13:42.196-04:00 When she admitted that the new xB Scion was rather cute, afterall, I suggested that she should begin to question her taste in men. GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1126616838163817252005-09-13T09:02:00.000-04:002005-09-13T09:08:34.663-04:00and now for something totally frivolousBest Career for Your Zodiac Sign?CareerBuilder.comEveryone glances at their horoscopes once in a while. We love to be amazed when they seem to describe us to a "T" and simply ignore them when they don’t pertain to us at all. After consulting the stars (along with www.findyourfate.com), here is a list of zodiac signs, along with their characteristic GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1126465116873636022005-09-11T14:56:00.000-04:002005-09-11T16:44:06.793-04:00got your blinkers on?the London Times reports on September 11, 2005:"George W Bush isn’t that person. If that isn’t clear by now, you have blinkers on. And, ultimately, he’s the one responsible. He campaigned fundamentally on his ability to run the country in wartime, on emergency management, on protecting Americans from physical harm. That was his promise. It was swept away as the waters floodedGTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1126107994349656392005-09-07T11:46:00.000-04:002005-09-07T11:46:34.376-04:00I can feel it its coI can feel it, it’s coming. Fall. This morning, going out the drive, the air was that discernible tad of difference, just a hint of cooler weather to come.GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1125860186865756322005-09-04T14:56:00.000-04:002005-09-04T14:59:15.553-04:00GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1124987154872528872005-08-25T12:23:00.000-04:002005-08-25T12:29:05.173-04:00GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1123431541798158002005-08-07T12:14:00.000-04:002005-08-07T13:22:09.996-04:00EMMA'S REVOLUTION played in the SUUSI bookstore, on stage at Cabaret in Blacksburg, VA. and on my headphones on the plane home."one x 1,000,000 = change" is the debut CD from emma's revolution, the duo of award-winning, grassroots activist musicians, Pat Humphries & Sandy O, whose songs have been featured on NPR's "All Things Considered" and Pacifica's "Democracy Now!" A musical uprising of truthGTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1120595295436130262005-07-05T16:23:00.000-04:002005-07-05T16:29:39.700-04:00I awake. rain. Clearing skies, sunny. rain. sun. rain. sun. Weatherman says, "It's gonna clear up for tonite's fireworks!" sun. rain. sun. clouds. sun.I take eldest son to work, late afternoon, sunny, blazingly hot. Buy fireworks at a little stand, a variety pack, so no one can complain. Skip the sparklers this year, need bigger and louder. Pick son up from work @ 8:30 p.m. clear skies at our GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1120519029931639942005-07-04T19:13:00.000-04:002005-07-05T16:30:27.620-04:00So, we took our science knowledge to create Deep Impact and collide with a comet 83 million miles away. I understand that we are collecting information about the beginnings of the solar system, but doesn't it just seem like a bunch of guys wanting to smash something?GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1120423992318000982005-07-03T16:24:00.000-04:002005-07-03T16:56:13.066-04:00Sunday, watching the rain come and go and trying to discern a pattern, wondering if the fireworks will get rained out tomorrow. Listening sporadically to repeats of the Live 8 concert, catching some of those I missed last night. Wondering if I really shouldn't stop obsessing about the margins in my mobile blog and do some work. Daydreaming about the Blue Ridge Mountains and SUUSI. Now on the GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1119053069429267752005-06-17T20:04:00.000-04:002005-06-17T20:04:29.436-04:00suwanee GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1119049028721952272005-06-17T18:57:00.000-04:002005-06-17T18:57:08.726-04:00uncle GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1119048908123539142005-06-17T18:55:00.000-04:002005-06-17T18:55:08.126-04:0005/2005 GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1119049981309779002005-06-17T18:43:00.000-04:002005-06-17T19:37:21.590-04:00the inevitable march toward the end - one of the Fishhead boys, Joe, claimed before "his time" whenever that is. I remember walking a very drunk Joe around and then watching him go thru a fire pit in the side yard at the Fishhead mansion. He spoke to the street signs and named his youngest Rockin' Bob. His huge form was gentle and his demeanor, when sober, quietly funny. His wife Jeanne could putGTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1110984200851528102005-03-16T09:39:00.000-05:002005-03-16T09:43:20.853-05:00Today's morning news program included a segment on cooking individual meals for your pet rather than opening that can or bag. Canned cat food is currently made to appeal to the pet owners who have the ability to bring home those cans and operate the opener. But, if we really want to please our cat's palate, why don't they have bird and rat flavor?GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1108818646096730412005-02-19T08:09:00.000-05:002005-02-19T08:13:38.920-05:00SOCIAL INSECURITYPeople have been saying for weeks that the president's privatization plan will cut benefits. Now all Americans can log on to democrats.gov and find out how true this is.So how much you will lose under Bush Privatization. GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1107193819145868972005-01-31T13:47:00.000-05:002005-01-31T12:50:19.146-05:00Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending. -- Carl Bard from Worldofquotes.com
GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1107191963782824782005-01-31T13:09:00.000-05:002005-01-31T12:19:23.783-05:00wisdom from writer Kathryn Petro:
DANGEROUS: What’s for dinner?
SAFER: Can I help you with dinner?
SAFEST: Where would you like to go for dinner?
ULTRA SAFE: Here, have some chocolate.
DANGEROUS: Are you wearing that?
SAFER: Gee, you look good in brown.
SAFEST: WOW! Look at you!
ULTRA SAFE: Here, have some chocolate.
DANGEROUS: What are you so worked up about?
SAFER: Could we be overreacting?
GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1105040595706819672005-01-06T14:43:00.000-05:002005-01-06T14:43:15.706-05:00aurora - one month GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1104617776602402322005-01-01T17:16:00.000-05:002005-01-01T17:16:16.603-05:002 GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1104611292704656092005-01-01T15:28:00.000-05:002005-01-01T15:28:12.703-05:00Aurora Q. Gill born 12/3/04 GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1104611048115542772005-01-01T15:00:00.000-05:002005-01-01T15:24:08.116-05:00Happy New Year blah, blah, blah
Can you imagine a year that you would like to relive? Without the knowledge of outcomes in subsequent years, was there a year so great that it'd be worth reliving?
GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1103662670102757082004-12-21T15:55:00.000-05:002005-01-01T15:33:30.760-05:00The possible only cure for the common cold may be the chocolate chip cookies that are now baking in my oven. The first cold in many years, I am annoyed and congested. and, yes, it's cold outside. so much for sunny Florida.
GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1102897893604933672004-12-12T19:29:00.000-05:002004-12-12T19:33:45.466-05:00I'm not trying to lead the bah humbug chorus, but what other time of year and what other religion bellows its music from every venue from pre-Thanksgiving through Dec. 26, or any other time of the year for that matter? I can't escape. It's every restaurant, every store, the gas station, the rest room, the bookstore, everywhere, everywhere, everywhere, more!
GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1099505364842545122004-11-03T13:03:00.000-05:002004-11-03T13:09:24.843-05:00All morning I have been too depressed to think. It's a good thing others are formulating a vision. After reading democrarcy for america and the dailykos, I turned to The Nation and found a palatable perspective from David Corn. Below is an excerpt. It's true - 1/2 of the country didn't vote for Bush. That's the place to start:
"The good news: America is a divided nation. Despite the pundit GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1097940885895753492004-10-16T11:32:00.000-04:002004-10-16T11:34:45.896-04:00I met Kathy Keeley the other day and learned about her organization, Count Me In champions the cause for women's economic independence by providing access to business loans, consultation and education. The first online microlender, Count Me In uses a unique women friendly credit scoring system to make loans of $500-$10,000 available to women across the United States who have nowhere to turn for GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1096646448898121682004-10-01T11:58:00.000-04:002004-10-01T12:02:17.340-04:00Day one post-debate # One Sing along: "I'm so dizzy, my head is spinning, like a whirlpool, it never ends."EVERYBODY! "I'm so dizzy. . ."GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1096294727474827462004-09-27T10:18:00.000-04:002004-09-27T10:18:47.473-04:00Home on the Treasure Coast GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1096292730067385292004-09-27T09:45:00.000-04:002004-09-27T09:45:30.066-04:00VERO BEACH GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1096288462882500332004-09-27T08:34:00.000-04:002004-09-27T08:45:20.496-04:00
palmbeachrain
I know it's hard not to be completely obsessed with hurricanes following the night of the fourth, with Jeanne passing through our neighborhood as a tropical storm. The birds and insects go a little nuts once the barometer starts to fall, way before any rain or wind hits. The tree frogs and a dragon fly decided my garage was a safe place to be and the birds were calling "Hey, GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1095786552947646122004-09-21T13:05:00.000-04:002004-09-21T13:11:35.053-04:00QUIT WHINING!
"Enough of the handwringing! Enough of the doomsaying!. . .Stop with all the defeatism, OK? Bush IS a goner IF we all just quit our whining and bellyaching and stop shaking like a bunch of nervous ninnies. " See the full text of why you should stop whining and keep doing at:
michaelmoore.com
GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1094841197591270262004-09-10T14:33:00.000-04:002004-09-10T14:33:17.590-04:00sunny FLA GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1094579971847938782004-09-07T13:59:00.000-04:002004-09-07T13:59:31.846-04:00arundhati roy GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1094480366669645432004-09-06T10:18:00.000-04:002004-09-21T13:21:05.686-04:00But, I don't wanna be a red state! It seems we are more of a purple state, the result of combining red and blue. . .GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1094479922097126442004-09-06T10:07:00.000-04:002004-09-06T10:12:02.096-04:00the Blogger people tell me that a "bug" ate the last 1/2 of my links page. aaarrgggghhh!
Oh, well, while waiting for the hurricane the size of Texas to hit, we in Florida are reminded: "Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts." Senator Daniel Patrick Monynihan. Just the facts, ma'am @ Fact Check.org
GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1091376376425465302004-08-01T11:54:00.000-04:002004-08-01T12:06:16.426-04:00[See my 5/18/04 post for background]
Early in July the House of Representatives voted to overturn restrictions propsed by the President on the things American could send to their family members back in Cuba.
Evidently a coalition of Democrats and farm-state "free trade" Republicans voted to block Bush's policy to further restrict trade and travel with Cuba. However, the vote last year to endGTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1091191488384161962004-07-30T08:42:00.000-04:002004-08-01T14:10:27.236-04:00What would Obama do? Read his entire speech from the Democratic Convention at Brad Delong's "Wow. Our Next President After Our Next President. Sign Me Up."
GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1091190335451273942004-07-30T08:15:00.000-04:002004-07-30T08:25:35.450-04:00DECLARE YOURSELF
GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1090591433138240732004-07-23T10:01:00.000-04:002004-07-23T10:03:53.140-04:00http://www.codepink4peace.org Need we say anything more?
GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1086701737542445352004-06-08T09:20:00.000-04:002004-06-19T11:37:54.103-04:00During the summer reruns, I usually ignore the TV for the outdoors and some quiet reading under the trees in my yard. Somehow, last night I stumbled into the Sci Fi world of 5 Days to Midnight a mini-series on the Sci Fi channel.
The intriguing thing about the premise is the way we all have been conditioned by books and movies over the years. A character sees a future event, then sets out toGTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1086361008100403622004-06-04T10:53:00.000-04:002004-06-04T10:56:48.100-04:00World Changing
Wow! The web site promises
Models, Tools, and Ideas for Building a Better Future and delivers. Grab an extra large cup of your favorite beverage, you'll be there a long time!
GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1086175983354816132004-06-02T07:02:00.000-04:002004-06-02T07:41:11.973-04:00Regrettably, those of you who are annually nine to fivers don't get to enjoy the change in rhythms of those who either are still in school, teach or who have kids in school. For us, the summer shifts the gears of every day routine into lower drive and we get to look around a bit.
Last night, the first rain in many weeks had everyone in our neighborhood happy. With a neighborhood boy in tow, GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1086008021474358872004-05-31T08:42:00.000-04:002004-05-31T08:53:41.473-04:00Early on Memorial Day, enjoying a cup of coffee and vanilla soy milk.
Appreciating the fact that I can buy Fair Trade Certified™ Coffee in my local supermarket as well as at my local natural foods grocery. The $3 - $4 we spent on a cup of latte at the local bistro is equal to the amount a coffee farmer earns for the entire day.
Fair Trade is designed to help small-scale coffee farmers GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1085967071941190872004-05-30T21:28:00.000-04:002004-05-30T21:33:07.310-04:00The Clean Air Villains of the May 2004 are:
REHNQUIST, AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER
From the web site Clean Air Trust:
"(Washington, D.C.) - The non-profit Clean Air Trust today named Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist and American Electric Power (AEP) the "clean air villains of the month" for May 2004."
"The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio is scheduled to hear GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1085891962044998012004-05-30T00:39:00.000-04:002004-05-30T00:39:22.043-04:00cranky lady GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1085836910061525112004-05-29T09:14:00.000-04:002004-05-29T18:51:37.426-04:00Even though you think you've slept around, you've probably never slept at the Jules' Undersea Lodge, in Key Largo. GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1085499946175115202004-05-25T11:44:00.000-04:002004-05-25T11:45:46.176-04:00the Wendy's sign said: "We're making the best better."
Should that be we're making the better best?
If it's already best, how can you make it better?GTnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3562330.post-1085320158714420382004-05-23T09:36:00.000-04:002004-05-23T09:49:18.713-04:00The Written Word -- Quote a Day
4/26/04: Voice
"The good writer develops his own voice, her own voice. You just can't do that if you don't listen to yourself. And the best way to listen to yourself is to read to yourself -- out loud. Listen for the cadence -- or the discordance. Listen for the beat -- and the offbeat. Listen for the rhyme and the reason. Sometimes, you'll hear the jarring word,GTnoreply@blogger.com0