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Time Out for O/T – Vol. 2

Anyone else watching the hockey game between the Wings and Penguins?
What a game!

» Posted By javaz On January 31, 2010 @ 12:06 pm

As much as I’d like to boycott the station that day for airing the ad, I just cannot do it since it is the last football game of the season.
And we’re big on football in this house.

I’ve signed the petition previously, for all the good it will do.

I would think that being the Super Bowl and with people partying during the game, that once that commercial comes on, there will be a huge run for the bathrooms and the water pressure throughout the country will experience low-flow with millions flushing at the same time!

And from what I’ve been reading, Tebow wasn’t exactly popular to begin with, and this nonsense is hurting him even more.
I like what some people are saying – in that this will be the closest to a Super Bowl that Tebow will get, so let him have his few seconds of deceit.

» Posted By javaz On January 31, 2010 @ 6:48 am

Thank you , Kalima, for your wise words.
I shall do that.
I’ll send an occasional card, and if I do not hear back, well, my heart and spirit cannot be broken any worse than what it is already.

I’m not a bad person.
I just don’t get it.

» Posted By javaz On January 29, 2010 @ 9:02 pm

Okay, I want to share something before I head off to bed.
My brother that died in December, well, he and I were estranged, and it was his doing and not mine.
I love him, as I love all my brothers, and I love my brothers unconditionally.
Seems my brothers have conditions on their love when it comes to me and each other.
Anyway, my brother that died, his partner had a memorial and didn’t tell me, so I heard about it from a cousin, and that really hurt.
Then again, I am so used to my brothers hurting me, but that, when my brother died and his partner not telling me about his memorial cut very deep and hurt me more than words can ever express.
So, my husband, unbeknown to me, made a donation through the Red Cross for Haiti in my brother’s name and through them, they sent an email to Lee that told him that we made a donation in my brother’s name.
I cried when my husband told he’d done that, as it meant so much to me.
Lee sent us a thank you and the most wonderful packet from my brother’s service and for that I am so forever grateful.
Lee gave my brother a good send off and there were over 140 people attended the service.
I’m sort of in a quandary now, because I know how much Lee is hurting from losing my brother, but he was the main reason my brother disowned me.
I’ve always loved Lee, too, but he, I don’t know.
I still want to know what it is that I ever did or said to make them hate me so much.
I’m thinking after the package about my brother’s memorial, should I send Lee another card and an occasional letter, or does he hate me so much that he never wants to hear from me again?
If anyone reads this, I’d sure appreciate your opinion.

» Posted By javaz On January 29, 2010 @ 8:41 pm

Here’s a tear-jerker, 2 hankie story –

http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/2498568.html

It’s commendable that the daughter is willing to forgive her father and give him a chance.

» Posted By javaz On January 29, 2010 @ 4:23 pm

Kurt Warner retired from the NFL after playing for 12 seasons.

Leinart?
No comment.

» Posted By javaz On January 29, 2010 @ 2:38 pm

Perhaps KQ’s music thread this evening will be songs related to the moon, since tonight is going to be the brightest and biggest full moon of the year, with Mars visible to the left!

* A full moon at perigee also brings higher ocean tides. This tug of the moon on Earth also creates tides in the planet’s crust, not just in the oceans.
* Beaches are more polluted during full moon, owing to the higher tides.
* In reality, there’s no such thing as a full moon. The full moon occurs when the sun, Earth and the moon are all lined up, almost. If they’re perfectly aligned, Earth casts a shadow on the moon and there’s a total lunar eclipse. So during what we call a full moon, the moon’s face is actually slightly less than 100 percent illuminated.
* The moon is moving away as you read this, by about 1.6 inches (4 cm) a year.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20100129/sc_space/biggestandbrightestfullmoonof2010tonight

» Posted By javaz On January 29, 2010 @ 10:21 am

Yup, miss Scher and Emerald.

» Posted By javaz On January 29, 2010 @ 9:47 am

The Defense Department next week will propose for the first time a “way forward” on lifting the military’s ban on gays from serving openly, Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell said Thursday.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100128/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_military_gays

» Posted By javaz On January 28, 2010 @ 4:24 pm

With Reform Jammed, Pelosi Moves Forward On Insurance Industry Antitrust Bill

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/01/pelosi-to-move-insurance-industry-antitrust-bill.php

» Posted By javaz On January 28, 2010 @ 4:02 pm

California Senate passed Medicare for all.

SB 810, The California Universal Healthcare Act, authored by Sen. Mark Leno and sponsored by the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United (CNA/NNU), with broad support among many healthcare, community, and labor groups, will now proceed to a vote by the Assembly, which has passed similar legislation in the past. The bill would establish a single-payer system in California, modeled on the healthcare systems flourishing in virtually all other industrialized nations, where better patient outcomes are achieved at a fraction of the cost of the U.S. system.

http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2010/01/28-14

» Posted By javaz On January 28, 2010 @ 3:55 pm

Murray Hill, Inc is running for Congress as a Republican!
Because Republicans are more sympathetic to corporations!

http://thinkprogress.org/2010/01/28/corporation-election/#comments

» Posted By javaz On January 28, 2010 @ 3:39 pm

Hey, b’ito, is it raining out your way?
It’s been raining all afternoon here and it’s still very foggy.
I love this weather!

» Posted By javaz On January 28, 2010 @ 3:30 pm

It’s a progressive company, so I’m thinking they are challenging the ruling and that’s a great thing.
Yeah, the flag was excellent and apropos!

» Posted By javaz On January 28, 2010 @ 3:07 pm

I’ve been following that story, too.
Was it 549 bucks to see Palin, Bachman and the other idiots?
The real teabaggers screamed scam from the beginning, and are even more outraged at the GOP for taking over the teabagger movement!

» Posted By javaz On January 28, 2010 @ 2:43 pm

No matter what the GOP says, the teabaggers have their own purity test for Republican candidates.

» Posted By javaz On January 28, 2010 @ 2:06 pm

Thanks to the SCOTUS decision of corporations being people and money being free speech, a corporation – Murray Hill Inc. – has entered the race for Congress.

http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2010/01/27/corporation-files-to-run-for-congress-important-marketing-strategy-questions-remain-unanswered/

http://murrayhillweb.com/company/company.html

» Posted By javaz On January 28, 2010 @ 2:03 pm

I’ve a diary, so it wouldn’t be hard to do.
Have you ever seen the movie with Diane Lane – Under the Tuscon Sun?
Her problems in that movie is nothing compared to what we lived through.
And lived through with the language barrier.

I figured if Pepe could write about his new vehicle that I could write about Americans in Paris.

I will work on it, if you think it’s worthy.

» Posted By javaz On January 27, 2010 @ 4:36 pm

😆
MadLib!

Love it and understand it.

If Adlib held a gun on me, I’d be a MadLib, too!

And then to be held in customs?

When my husband and I flew to France, we brought over 2 cats and a dog, and it wasn’t a problem at all.
We had to get approved by the USDA, and it was a nightmare with the paperwork, but France didn’t have a quarantine for animals.

We went through all that, but when we landed in Paris, all we had to show were our passports, and they asked for nothing when it came to our beloved pets.

I had carry-on luggage that included litter, a small litter box, dog and cat food and bowls.

The minute we got our animals, we released the dog and placed him on a leash, and walked outside Charles de Gaulle airport, so he could pee, and then drink water and eat.

The cats were cool.
They didn’t act fazed by a 10-1/2 hour airplane ride.

It was a trip, and I would so love to tell it, but we’ve never been able to tell it, because people, even our family and friends, think we are bragging.

Do you know what I mean?

We had the worst of times and best of times, but unless we talk with those that were there with us, no one wants to hear it.

It was a culture shock and we overcame it all, and sadly, by the time we finally overcame it all, we had to come home.

I’m tempted to write about it all, but it turns people off.

Sigh.

But we were Americans living in Paris with limited French.
From learning the subways and trains, and buying groceries, or asking for directions knowing limited French.
And then getting mail and it was all in French, or opening a bank account, and how different their banks are compared to here.
And then when the phone would ring, and that was a trip.

Je ne parle pas Francais, je ne comprehend pas Francais, became my motto, and I said it quite well.

By the end though, in the ville we lived, the French were beeping their horns as they drove by, or greeting us with “Allo” when we walked.

We even were invited to parties, and they sent invitations to us in English, even though their English was bad, but we had been accepted.

It got to a point whereby French people would stop and ask us for directions, and I answered them in English.
I understood them, but for some reason did not compute in my brain that I should speak to them in French.

I loved it and treasure the experience always.

» Posted By javaz On January 27, 2010 @ 4:05 pm

~waving to Lady Kalima~ from over here, as not to go O/T!

You’re up early, no?
Hope all is well, and did Mr. FluffyWuvers arrive safe and sound and flea-free?

» Posted By javaz On January 27, 2010 @ 3:38 pm

Oh Dog, just got an email from our elderly friend that is a true-red-O’Reilly-Hannity-Beck loving Republican.
It was a joke, in very bad taste, but in the final line, which was the punchline, it blamed Nancy Pelosi for Americans NOT having health care.

Is this the new thing coming down from Republicans?
That it is the Democrats’ fault for not passing HCR?

(she’s over 80 years old, and I don’t bother, even though I’ve told her before that I do not want to talk politics with her, but she is one persistent old lady!)

» Posted By javaz On January 27, 2010 @ 3:11 pm

Hey, b’ito, have you ever heard that it’s okay to drink coffee while fasting for blood work?
As long as you drink black coffee that it won’t affect test results?
It’s like drinking colored water and caffeine doesn’t make a difference for blood work?
Just had a doctor tell us that this morning and I am so glad to hear that, because I get them headaches if I don’t have my morning caffeine fix!

» Posted By javaz On January 27, 2010 @ 1:18 pm

Well, I can’t find the cooking thread, so will ask it here.

Does anyone have an easy recipe for vegetable lasagna?

» Posted By javaz On January 27, 2010 @ 1:04 pm

Maybe Americans aren’t as easily fooled as the GOP believes.
It’s good to see that the majority of Americans are blaming the right party for obstruction and always saying NO.

From my understanding, that’s one reason Brown won Massachusetts, was that he promised to work with Democrats.

People are tired of our dysfunctional government and angry that Republicans are preventing things from getting done, or at the very least, unwilling to work with the Democrats and President to fix our nation’s problems.

» Posted By javaz On January 27, 2010 @ 12:22 pm

You’ve got to admit that having more than one lizard in your underpants is funny!
Comedic relief!
LMAO

What do you think of CBS running an anti-choice ad featuring Tebow during the Super Bowl?

» Posted By javaz On January 27, 2010 @ 12:04 pm

Next time you see that commercial for car insurance, you’ll remember this story!
Although, the lizards must have been quite small . . .

» Posted By javaz On January 27, 2010 @ 11:52 am

The imagery is just too funny!
Lizards have them little hands – refraining from jokes is difficult!

» Posted By javaz On January 27, 2010 @ 11:50 am

Agree, ArtMan.

» Posted By javaz On January 27, 2010 @ 11:39 am

It’s somewhat normal, b’ito, and thank you for asking!
It should be okay.
Has happened before and was okay.

» Posted By javaz On January 27, 2010 @ 11:36 am

Here’s a humorous story –
Man caught at airport with 44 lizards in his underpants.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100127/ap_on_re_as/as_new_zealand_reptile_plunder

LMAO.
Oh, am having to control the puns on this one!

» Posted By javaz On January 27, 2010 @ 11:33 am

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