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October 2007



Read Between the Lines

Wednesday, 31 October 2007 5:45 A GMT-05
A recent poll claims that political party affiliation informs one's views on climate change .  Personally I think they've got it backwards: more likely one's views informs one's choice of political party, not the other way around

Shuffling all over the place

Tuesday, 30 October 2007 5:58 A GMT-05
Rudy Giuliani went ahead and said the Democratic frontrunners will eventually think like him when it comes to Iraq, leaving this voter to wonder, if that were actually the case, why one would need to vote for Rudy instead?  I'm sure he'

We are the cheese

Monday, 29 October 2007 6:06 A GMT-05
Saturday was cold,windy, raw and rainy so naturally we spent the day outside spreading manure and splitting wood. Sunday was sunny, windy and bitterly cold. That night promised lows down into the 20s, so we had to brave the day to get the last of the

Wild firings

Friday, 26 October 2007 6:01 A GMT-05
Doing his Presidential duty, Bush flew to California to tour the rubble and to stage photo-ops of him with ordinary folks who just happen to have lost their homes.  Immediately upon landing he was accosted by reporters, whose very first question

Sour and Sweet

Thursday, 25 October 2007 5:49 A GMT-05
It's United Way week at work.  For the same reason I turn the channel whenever NPR affiliate channels star their pledge drives, I immediately shut down when UW comes in the door.  It's not that I'm againt NPR-- I love it-- or ag

Fall

Wednesday, 24 October 2007 5:46 A GMT-05
Yesterday morning as I left the gray sky in the west made a stark contrast with the sugar maples, which had all finally turned a brilliant shade of orange, and a clearing in the gray from the east allowed the sun to add a low morning light, the resul

Funding the puddle

Tuesday, 23 October 2007 5:54 A GMT-05
Recently Bush vetoed a bill to reauthorize and expand SCHIP by 35 billion dollars.  Among other things, he objected to the price tag.  This was par for the course for our President and no one was too surprised, but now we know why he thoug

The Washington Mall

Monday, 22 October 2007 6:00 A GMT-05
No, not this one .This one . We've often contributed to the Washington Mall, aka the Dump, officially known as the Recycling Center.  Obviously we throw our trash away there, and our recyclables, and every once in awhile we plop down some cl

Beginning to grind

Friday, 19 October 2007 5:44 A GMT-05
Yesterday at work I worked hard, fast and furious all day, but ask me what I did and I wouldn't be able to tell you.  Which doesn't bode well for when I try to put my time down in 15 minute increments on our time sheets.  Which idea

October Eighteenth

Thursday, 18 October 2007 5:59 A GMT-05
What with everything else going on we tend to lose sight of the really important things.  But we really shouldn't. None of us are getting any younger, not even the Bundle o' Joy , who turned 1/2 a year old yesterday and celebrated by spi

Annie and her Gun

Wednesday, 17 October 2007 6:03 A GMT-05
It must really stick in Ann Coulter's gullet that she keeps getting passed over for meaningful awards, but brain-dead liberals like Al Gore just seems to rake them in .  Actually I'm not sure that Ann Coulter has a gullet.  Maybe f

Nothing in Particular

Tuesday, 16 October 2007 5:59 A GMT-05
It's dark in the mornings when I am trying to get up and it's getting dark in the evenings when I try to get home, even with Bush's brilliant Push Back The Night Plan (otherwise known as that madness, Daylight Savings Time), so much of my

Time, Time, Time...

Monday, 15 October 2007 5:57 A GMT-05
Maybe it's because we measure the Bundle o' Joy's lifespan in months at the moment (6 months this Wednesday) but time seems to have picked up to a startlingly accelerated pace which makes these days fly by too quickly.  On Saturday w

English lessons

Friday, 12 October 2007 6:02 A GMT-05
Even though Ed and Elaine Brown are finally where they should be (although admittedly I--and probably they-- find it ironic that instead of simply not paying any income taxes they are now costing us law abiding taxpayers money) I continue to sneak in

Stephen Colbert is my President

Thursday, 11 October 2007 6:08 A GMT-05
Two days ago was Happy Stephen Colbert's I am America and So Can You Day .  In honor of the day, I actually went to the bookstore and bought the book, which was 30% off.  The cashier commented that she had to read it too."Read"

Death to wireless

Wednesday, 10 October 2007 6:02 A GMT-05
Don't get me wrong; I love computers.  After all, computers are my livelihood.  And there's nothing more satisfying than taking my laptop outside with a nice glass of wine in the evening and watching the fall colors fade into the ni

Funny in the News

Tuesday, 9 October 2007 6:06 A GMT-05
My entertaining tax evading friends the Browns were arrested last week while I was away.  After swearing up and down that they wouldn't be taken alive, barricading themselves in, making ridiculous statements, alienating their own supporter

Frying the Midnight Oil

Sunday, 7 October 2007 6:06 A GMT-05
There's a bunch of Agricultural Fairs this time of year, some of which are more and some of which are less Agricultural in nature, from which to choose from.  Normally we go to the Deerfield Fair , a substantial fair with all the necessar

In Memoriam

Thursday, 4 October 2007 7:02 A GMT-05
Yesterday we went down to Connecticut to attend my Uncle's memorial service.  The service was held in a Catholic church and, though I was brought up, baptized, and confirmed Episcopalean, I knew the whole service by heart.  I don't,

Phishing

Tuesday, 2 October 2007 6:03 A GMT-05
Even though it is actually Month Beginning, it being the start of a glorious (always the optimist, am I) October, at work we call it Month End, or technically, Day After Month End, which means we run around crazy llike trying to get everything done a

Fall Raspberry

Monday, 1 October 2007 5:56 A GMT-05
Sometimes doing things out of the ordinary leads you to places that you've never been to, and its neat when it coincides that the thing out of the ordinary is actually pretty normal and the place you have to go to do it is actually right by your