***whack! whack! whack!** (*horse whinny*)
I've posted it on Facebook, the old biz blog, and Myspace....but have you seen my new business blog?
then you must.
Because it makes me really happy.
Go admire our handiwork. :)
http://tamminowackphotography.com/blog/
And then rejoice!! Because in a few weeks this blog will be public again and you can add it to your blog reader list. :) yay!
Monday, September 29, 2008
Friday, September 26, 2008
Um.....yikes.
I know, I know....I can't get away from it.
I think it's a sign of being OLD when you become increasingly interested in politics and quote sources and articles from CNN on your blog. But I'd like to just keep telling myself that I'm not old, just more informed and socially conscious.
Regardless.....I find it alarming that this person could be the next VP (and likely POTUS) of the United States.
Go ahead and bring on the flaming, all you McCain supporters.....
Watch CBS Videos Online
And this one had steve and I laughing until we wet our pants last night.
Well, not really.
But it's funny whether you're a donkey or an elephant. :)
Enjoy
I think it's a sign of being OLD when you become increasingly interested in politics and quote sources and articles from CNN on your blog. But I'd like to just keep telling myself that I'm not old, just more informed and socially conscious.
Regardless.....I find it alarming that this person could be the next VP (and likely POTUS) of the United States.
Go ahead and bring on the flaming, all you McCain supporters.....
Watch CBS Videos Online
And this one had steve and I laughing until we wet our pants last night.
Well, not really.
But it's funny whether you're a donkey or an elephant. :)
Enjoy
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Economics
If you care about the talk re: recession, economics, etc. etc then you might find THIS ARTICLE on CNN.com written by Glen Beck back in February interesting. Especially since he pretty much laid out the current economic situation of our country in detail about 7 months ago. Thanks Steve-o for the link.
Small Things
Fall has arrived in Georgia. I was hesitant to post that last week, when the weather had just started to turn towards cooler pastures, because I know how dastardly Georgia weather can be. Undoubtedly, no sooner had I uttered a sigh and proclaimed How I Love Thee Autumn, it would've turned back into a 98 degree inferno.
But one week in, and I think it safe to proclaim that Fall is indeed, here to stay.
After 6+ months of grueling Southern heat, my Michigan blood breathes a sigh of relief and relishes the intoxicating breeze that blows through the air. It's hard to not just sit outside all day and enjoy every last minute of it.
Yesterday after we got home from picking Owen up at school, Tyler went down for a nap and the (big) boys and I headed outside. I laid in a chair, the boys played in the dirt, the sandbox, the playset, the grass - looking for lizards, building castles, digging for treasure.
And then I went inside and grabbed my camera.......
Autumn + small things= me happy. :)
A rusty bolt on the monkey bars...
A watchful dog...
A few lone tomatoes hanging on the last straggly vines in the garden...
A largely overgrown cilantro bush that fills the backyard with it's beautiful scent every time a breeze blows....
A silly child....
A soulful child....
Citronella candles on the table...
An abandoned sandbox toy...
Climbing flowers on the back fence dying to make room for new growth...
The chain on a swing....
A long-forgotten clothespin on the line...
But one week in, and I think it safe to proclaim that Fall is indeed, here to stay.
After 6+ months of grueling Southern heat, my Michigan blood breathes a sigh of relief and relishes the intoxicating breeze that blows through the air. It's hard to not just sit outside all day and enjoy every last minute of it.
Yesterday after we got home from picking Owen up at school, Tyler went down for a nap and the (big) boys and I headed outside. I laid in a chair, the boys played in the dirt, the sandbox, the playset, the grass - looking for lizards, building castles, digging for treasure.
And then I went inside and grabbed my camera.......
Autumn + small things= me happy. :)
A spiderweb in the canopy above the playset
A rusty bolt on the monkey bars...
A watchful dog...
A few lone tomatoes hanging on the last straggly vines in the garden...
A largely overgrown cilantro bush that fills the backyard with it's beautiful scent every time a breeze blows....
A silly child....
A soulful child....
Citronella candles on the table...
An abandoned sandbox toy...
Climbing flowers on the back fence dying to make room for new growth...
The chain on a swing....
A long-forgotten clothespin on the line...
What small things make you happy?
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Gas?
This morning I waited in line to get gas - it was $3.59 - which is actually considerably lower than it's been the last couple weeks. I get more freaked out when I drive to 4 gas stations and none of them even HAVE gas (like i did on Monday).
what's gas cost where you live? Is there a shortage?
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
My Boys
The other day I was attempting to clean up the kitchen (in order to make a mess of it again when I made dinner) and was very nearly close to sticking a fork in my eye what with the baby pulling on my leg, the dog laying under my feet, and the two older boys "swording" each other and running about the house.
So I banished them all to the bedroom with instructions to "just play together nicely for 20 minutes so I can get dinner ready please for the love of all things holy"
After 10-15 minutes, I was suddenly alarmed by the intense quiet that had overtaken the house. If you have kids, you know that QUIET=THEY'RE PROBABLY LIGHTING MATCHES IN THE BEDROOM.
I quietly creaked open their door and saw that they were, indeed "playing nicely together". So I ran back to the office and grabbed my camera and took a few before they noticed. :)
Moments like this warm my heart.
So I banished them all to the bedroom with instructions to "just play together nicely for 20 minutes so I can get dinner ready please for the love of all things holy"
After 10-15 minutes, I was suddenly alarmed by the intense quiet that had overtaken the house. If you have kids, you know that QUIET=THEY'RE PROBABLY LIGHTING MATCHES IN THE BEDROOM.
I quietly creaked open their door and saw that they were, indeed "playing nicely together". So I ran back to the office and grabbed my camera and took a few before they noticed. :)
Moments like this warm my heart.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Scratch, scratch, scratch
We are DEFINITELY in the itchy stage. Yesterday he was whining whining whining about it being itchy so I bend a wire hanger so he could stick it down in there and scratch away (it's a curve edge, not a pointed end). Later that day I found him with a plastic spoon sticking out the top of his cast. I pulled it out and asked him,
WHAT is THIS?
Him: A spoon
Me: I see that. Why is it just stuck in there like that?
Him: For the ants.
Me: Ants???
Him: So they can crawl on the spoon and get out of there. So they stop itching me.
Me: Right.
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Later, I videotaped him scratching away at it, but while I was putting laundry in, he set up the camera on the kitchen table and videotaped himself scratching it. :) LOL
He's very excited to see himself on the computer with the video that he made all by himself. So grab some popcorn. Call the people who nominate for the Emmy's. Without further ado, I present to you:
ITCHY CAST:
WHAT is THIS?
Him: A spoon
Me: I see that. Why is it just stuck in there like that?
Him: For the ants.
Me: Ants???
Him: So they can crawl on the spoon and get out of there. So they stop itching me.
Me: Right.
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Later, I videotaped him scratching away at it, but while I was putting laundry in, he set up the camera on the kitchen table and videotaped himself scratching it. :) LOL
He's very excited to see himself on the computer with the video that he made all by himself. So grab some popcorn. Call the people who nominate for the Emmy's. Without further ado, I present to you:
ITCHY CAST:
Upgrade On My Brain
Taking a break from politics, religion, weird videos, and pictures.....I'm totally drooling over the upgrade from the 5D that Canon announced today:
Canon EOS 5D Mark II: with 21MP and HD movies
DROOL.
ING.
I'm off to search for change in the couch and hope for a big tax refund this year.
I SO need to upgrade so I can move on to bigger and better business things. :) My brain is full of too many ideas to be limited by my dated camera any longer! Full-frame sensor here I come! Well....in a few months anyway.
I hope.
:)
I SO need to upgrade so I can move on to bigger and better business things. :) My brain is full of too many ideas to be limited by my dated camera any longer! Full-frame sensor here I come! Well....in a few months anyway.
I hope.
:)
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Tap, Tap, Tap......Is This Thing On?
Got some ideas about politics and religion rolling around in my head this morning...
and while I know that the blogging world/comments/discussion has been S-L-O-W around here lately (looking pointedly at all of you) maybe I could stir up some discussion....
Politics first:
How strange that Senator McCain says the fundamentals of our economy are strong on the 6th worst Day of Wall Street History.
and while I know that the blogging world/comments/discussion has been S-L-O-W around here lately (looking pointedly at all of you) maybe I could stir up some discussion....
Politics first:
How strange that Senator McCain says the fundamentals of our economy are strong on the 6th worst Day of Wall Street History.
A $600 billion dollar bankruptcy?
A bankruptcy ten times the size of the Enron collapse....the biggest drop in the S&P and Dow Since 9/11.....the collapse of two of the largest wall street firms.
What was really bananas during the Great Depression was the run on the banks, where people pulled their money out like crazy and the banks had nothing left to lend.
The difference now is people in the U.S. have no money in the bank to withdraw, it's all tied up in debt on houses that are drastically decreasing in value, IF they can even get them to sell. So then what? The banks begin closing? When banks close, there's no money to lend.
So more money is printed in an effort to float the economy, the dollar is inflated...there's more OF it, but it's worth nothing.
In the case of a 21st Century depression, we will be floating in money but it will not buy very much because it will have little relative value. It will be very tough on people with fixed incomes.
What's this all mean? I don't know - don't ask me. I'm just observing. Don't think that I'm all tied up in the financial market or stocks, banking, etc. etc.....I just find this all very interesting. What do you think?
Thought on this? Anyone anyone? Buehler? Buehler?
I'll do a poll for the lurking fence-riders who don't want to comment, but if you want to discuss in the comments section, feel free....or, PLEASE DO - because I'm interested to hear what the people smarter than me (which is most of you) have to say about this.
A bankruptcy ten times the size of the Enron collapse....the biggest drop in the S&P and Dow Since 9/11.....the collapse of two of the largest wall street firms.
What was really bananas during the Great Depression was the run on the banks, where people pulled their money out like crazy and the banks had nothing left to lend.
The difference now is people in the U.S. have no money in the bank to withdraw, it's all tied up in debt on houses that are drastically decreasing in value, IF they can even get them to sell. So then what? The banks begin closing? When banks close, there's no money to lend.
So more money is printed in an effort to float the economy, the dollar is inflated...there's more OF it, but it's worth nothing.
In the case of a 21st Century depression, we will be floating in money but it will not buy very much because it will have little relative value. It will be very tough on people with fixed incomes.
What's this all mean? I don't know - don't ask me. I'm just observing. Don't think that I'm all tied up in the financial market or stocks, banking, etc. etc.....I just find this all very interesting. What do you think?
Thought on this? Anyone anyone? Buehler? Buehler?
I'll do a poll for the lurking fence-riders who don't want to comment, but if you want to discuss in the comments section, feel free....or, PLEASE DO - because I'm interested to hear what the people smarter than me (which is most of you) have to say about this.
Monday, September 15, 2008
AJ's First Big Break
Well, Like I said before, I've been surprised that we've never had to make a trip to the ER with AJ before, considering his supreme athleticism/circus-act type behavior.
Alas, his 4 years of blemish-free medical history came to a halting end on Thursday afternoon when we were having some wrestling/jumping time on the bed while Owen was at school and Tyler was sleeping.
I tossed him up, he stuck his legs out in front and put his hands down to land on his butt on the bed...but something went wrong and there was a crack sound...and then lots of crying. And the rest..as they say: is history.
Big thanks to Amy Lynn for watching Tyler for me and to Erica for picking up Owen from school so I could take the A to the hospital.
When we arrived, we got in SO fast I couldn't believe it, after several past trips to the ER I was preparing myself for a very long afternoon. Apparently, they don't like to hear a 4 year old crying loudly in the waiting room because we had barely signed in and sat down before the triage nurse called our name. (**Note to self: cry loudly if you ever have to go the ER***)
He had been crying/whimpering for about an hour by the time they were done with the x-rays, etc. etc. and left us alone long enough that he passed out from exhaustion:
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They put it in a soft cast and a sling and referred us to the orthopedic doctor, whom we saw the next day (again, big thanks to amy lynn and erica for doing a rerun from the day before). He's been REALLY grouchy, REALLY whiney, REALLY ouchy all weekend so it wasn't until today I got him to let me take some pictures.
Whew. I'm glad that ordeal is over. He'll have to wear the cast for 3-4 weeks and we go back on Friday to take another look at it and make sure it hasn't moved or shifted around.
Hopefully this will be his last broken bone.
But somehow, I don't think so....
Alas, his 4 years of blemish-free medical history came to a halting end on Thursday afternoon when we were having some wrestling/jumping time on the bed while Owen was at school and Tyler was sleeping.
I tossed him up, he stuck his legs out in front and put his hands down to land on his butt on the bed...but something went wrong and there was a crack sound...and then lots of crying. And the rest..as they say: is history.
Big thanks to Amy Lynn for watching Tyler for me and to Erica for picking up Owen from school so I could take the A to the hospital.
When we arrived, we got in SO fast I couldn't believe it, after several past trips to the ER I was preparing myself for a very long afternoon. Apparently, they don't like to hear a 4 year old crying loudly in the waiting room because we had barely signed in and sat down before the triage nurse called our name. (**Note to self: cry loudly if you ever have to go the ER***)
He had been crying/whimpering for about an hour by the time they were done with the x-rays, etc. etc. and left us alone long enough that he passed out from exhaustion:
[Poor quality because they were taken with my phone]
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They put it in a soft cast and a sling and referred us to the orthopedic doctor, whom we saw the next day (again, big thanks to amy lynn and erica for doing a rerun from the day before). He's been REALLY grouchy, REALLY whiney, REALLY ouchy all weekend so it wasn't until today I got him to let me take some pictures.
This face should give you an idea as to his general mood for the last 4 days:
But he perked up after a minute and started being his cheesy self
Whew. I'm glad that ordeal is over. He'll have to wear the cast for 3-4 weeks and we go back on Friday to take another look at it and make sure it hasn't moved or shifted around.
Hopefully this will be his last broken bone.
But somehow, I don't think so....
Snapshots of Tyler
I realized it's been awhile since I've taken any pictures of Tyler so I snapped a few this afternoon. And then I realized he's at the stage where he ignores me when I call his name. *sigh*
Snapshots for sure.
I love this face he makes:
Snapshots for sure.
I was laying on the floor looking up at him in this one
I love this face he makes:
Interpersonal Communication 101
--->Laying in bed on Sunday morning<----
Me: I think that this deodorant is weird.
Steve: mmm-hmmm
Me: Like, it smells fine, but when it mixes with sweat, it smells weird. Like baby powder and sweat mixed together. It's gross. At least I think it is. Maybe I'm just being paranoid.
Steve: [silence]
Me: And I have a really sensitive sense of smell.
Steve: [silence]
Me: Smell my armpit and tell me if I need to get some new deodorant.
Steve: no.
Me: [climbing over and attempting to shove armpit in his face] Come on! Just smell it for me and tell me if I need to buy new deodorant.
Steve: [rolling face into pillow] I am NOT smelling your armpit.
Me: I NEED you to.
Steve: NO. You. Don't. I'm not doing it - get away from me.
Me: It doesn't smell SMELL...it just smells weird. Tell me if you think it smells weird.
Steve: I AM NOT SMELLING YOUR ARMPIT.
{much scuffling and wrestling ensues...in attempt to make Steve forcibly smell armpit. The children come to his aid and all 3 boys are jumping on my back and punching me}
Me (giving up): Hmphh. Fine.
Steve: Fine.
Me: I would smell yours if you asked me to.
Steve: I'm sure you would.
Me: I think that this deodorant is weird.
Steve: mmm-hmmm
Me: Like, it smells fine, but when it mixes with sweat, it smells weird. Like baby powder and sweat mixed together. It's gross. At least I think it is. Maybe I'm just being paranoid.
Steve: [silence]
Me: And I have a really sensitive sense of smell.
Steve: [silence]
Me: Smell my armpit and tell me if I need to get some new deodorant.
Steve: no.
Me: [climbing over and attempting to shove armpit in his face] Come on! Just smell it for me and tell me if I need to buy new deodorant.
Steve: [rolling face into pillow] I am NOT smelling your armpit.
Me: I NEED you to.
Steve: NO. You. Don't. I'm not doing it - get away from me.
Me: It doesn't smell SMELL...it just smells weird. Tell me if you think it smells weird.
Steve: I AM NOT SMELLING YOUR ARMPIT.
{much scuffling and wrestling ensues...in attempt to make Steve forcibly smell armpit. The children come to his aid and all 3 boys are jumping on my back and punching me}
Me (giving up): Hmphh. Fine.
Steve: Fine.
Me: I would smell yours if you asked me to.
Steve: I'm sure you would.
This Is Wrong On So Many Levels....
If you can't stand to watch the entire video, skip to the "dance" solo around the 2 min mark.
LOL
Thursday, September 11, 2008
September 11
We all remember this date, and it's impact on our nation's history and fellow countrymen. Indeed, one of the darkest days that I've personally witnessed in my 29 years on this earth. It's easy to forget, to brush it under the rug as the years pass (7 of them now) but I think it's good to remember that there are people who are ever-more reminded on this particular day that they no longer have a brother, a husband, a wife, a son, a daughter....
Also on this day my heart is also burdened with a family that we know personally, who lost their father/husband on this day last year from suicide. They have trudged on, as do most families who fall victim to senseless tragedy, but I'm sure today is a hard day for them. If you're praying type, send one out for Kendyl today, and her girls - and her young son.
Our friend DanO is in NYC working for RenewNYC. He attended the 9-11 memorial this morning and he sent me these words and pictures:
My heart hurts today. As the "I love you" and "I miss you" balloons soared into the air this morning, I was overcome; overcome with my complete insignificance, my perceived needs and my ever-effacing weakness and fallability. How do you expla
in to children about their mom or dad? How do you come to that decision to leap from the burning building some 100 stories from the ground to certain death, knowing if you stay that inevitability faces you as well. The courage to manage enough control to find peace and make that decision... Today is the 7th anniversary of September 11, 2001. Most of our Nation has slowly put it behind them...the healthiest and most pragmatic approach. Not here though. The streets of Lower Mahattan where I work are lined with tens of thousands of mourners. Its the collective grieving and 
the bell tolling outside my window that shows this pain may never ebb. Many people I work with here are survivors; in the towers when they were struck that early Tuesday morning seven years ago. There are no politics, no sides, no parties. They're Catholics and Protestants, Jews and Gentiles, Muslims and Athiests, standing side by side, together as one. As each name is read and as the family members move down a ramp to the bottom of the hole where the towers stood, I reflect with great emotion how fortunate I am. How loved I am, How precious my moments here are as a woefully imperfect human being. Please take a minute to reflect on what you value and who you love. Tell them, show them, share with them. Pray for one another for no other reason but because you love them. As this next 60 minutes unfolds, allow your perspective to empathaize with those who were called from us that day.
Also on this day my heart is also burdened with a family that we know personally, who lost their father/husband on this day last year from suicide. They have trudged on, as do most families who fall victim to senseless tragedy, but I'm sure today is a hard day for them. If you're praying type, send one out for Kendyl today, and her girls - and her young son.
Our friend DanO is in NYC working for RenewNYC. He attended the 9-11 memorial this morning and he sent me these words and pictures:
My heart hurts today. As the "I love you" and "I miss you" balloons soared into the air this morning, I was overcome; overcome with my complete insignificance, my perceived needs and my ever-effacing weakness and fallability. How do you expla
in to children about their mom or dad? How do you come to that decision to leap from the burning building some 100 stories from the ground to certain death, knowing if you stay that inevitability faces you as well. The courage to manage enough control to find peace and make that decision... Today is the 7th anniversary of September 11, 2001. Most of our Nation has slowly put it behind them...the healthiest and most pragmatic approach. Not here though. The streets of Lower Mahattan where I work are lined with tens of thousands of mourners. Its the collective grieving and 
the bell tolling outside my window that shows this pain may never ebb. Many people I work with here are survivors; in the towers when they were struck that early Tuesday morning seven years ago. There are no politics, no sides, no parties. They're Catholics and Protestants, Jews and Gentiles, Muslims and Athiests, standing side by side, together as one. As each name is read and as the family members move down a ramp to the bottom of the hole where the towers stood, I reflect with great emotion how fortunate I am. How loved I am, How precious my moments here are as a woefully imperfect human being. Please take a minute to reflect on what you value and who you love. Tell them, show them, share with them. Pray for one another for no other reason but because you love them. As this next 60 minutes unfolds, allow your perspective to empathaize with those who were called from us that day. The Shack
Have you read it?? I just finished it last night and it is AMAZING.
Seriously....one of those books that will change how you think about God forever. But it's a fictional story...and one that will pull you in - I could hardly put it down and finished it in 2 days. Oh, and it made me cry....and books don't typically have that affect on me. It's just....WOW.
Go buy it, or check it out from the library, or borrow it from a friend straight away.
And if you've already read it.....did you think it was as incredible as I did?
Monday, September 8, 2008
Don't Hit Me
Back to politics for a second....if, like me, you don't understand Sanskrit, then you probably have trouble navigating the truth from the...er..."embellishment" of what is this election's political circus.
Go to CNN's FactCheck.org to get the skinny on what's truth and what's not when McCain/Palin and Obama/Biden open their mouths and speak to the nation/world. It's updated by date/event, so currently there's a lot of McCain/Palin bullcrap at the top of the list because of the recent RNC..but for all you Obama haters out there - just scroll down a bit and you can read some of his flubs as well.
It's an easy site to navigate and I like how it gives you the REAL deal on what their talking about. But I do find it quite sad that it's pretty much a given that politician's are so full of crap that we have to make a website dedicated entirely to sifting through the bull to find out what's truth and what's not.
Seriously....go check it out.
Oh, and if you're feeling link-happy, you can go check out my biz blog because I had a really fun senior session on Saturday/Sunday.
That's it....back to your regular scheduled programming.
Go to CNN's FactCheck.org to get the skinny on what's truth and what's not when McCain/Palin and Obama/Biden open their mouths and speak to the nation/world. It's updated by date/event, so currently there's a lot of McCain/Palin bullcrap at the top of the list because of the recent RNC..but for all you Obama haters out there - just scroll down a bit and you can read some of his flubs as well.
It's an easy site to navigate and I like how it gives you the REAL deal on what their talking about. But I do find it quite sad that it's pretty much a given that politician's are so full of crap that we have to make a website dedicated entirely to sifting through the bull to find out what's truth and what's not.
Seriously....go check it out.
Oh, and if you're feeling link-happy, you can go check out my biz blog because I had a really fun senior session on Saturday/Sunday.
That's it....back to your regular scheduled programming.
Friday, September 5, 2008
You are Most Compatible With....
So...I found this online quiz/html thing that I thought would be fun to imbed in the blog. So I take my blog address, enter it in and then they say that before I can see the results/get the code, I have to sign up to be a member of this site. I consider not doing it, but I have nothing going on for the next 15 minutes so I figured, "what the heck" it can't hurt - right?
Well, weird thing is....it ended up being a singles/online meeting people place thing. So after I sign up and enter in a bunch of false info and get a login, etc. etc. (I'm still looking for the results of that quiz thingy) it posts people who could possibly be good "matches" for me.
And here they are:
crc7310
35 years old
What the heck?? Either I am an old soul, or 29 is crossing the age barrier, but all the people they think would be good matches for me have a median age of 45!? What the ---?
Although on second hand...juslukinforafriend is from Dublin and it'd be nice to travel....
And what's up with the screen name of pjbb84? Peanutbutter-Jelly bed and breakfast 1984?
The initials of him (Paul Jungo), his dog (Bugsby Bittman) and the last time he went on a date (1984)? Feel free to speculate on that one in the comments....
Thanks, but I'm just fine and dandy with this guy:
Well....you know what I mean.
Well, weird thing is....it ended up being a singles/online meeting people place thing. So after I sign up and enter in a bunch of false info and get a login, etc. etc. (I'm still looking for the results of that quiz thingy) it posts people who could possibly be good "matches" for me.
And here they are:
 57 years old from Valparaiso |  30 years old from eden prairie |  47 years old from Clinton Township |  42 years old from upstate ny |
crc7310
What the heck?? Either I am an old soul, or 29 is crossing the age barrier, but all the people they think would be good matches for me have a median age of 45!? What the ---?
Although on second hand...juslukinforafriend is from Dublin and it'd be nice to travel....
And what's up with the screen name of pjbb84? Peanutbutter-Jelly bed and breakfast 1984?
The initials of him (Paul Jungo), his dog (Bugsby Bittman) and the last time he went on a date (1984)? Feel free to speculate on that one in the comments....
Thanks, but I'm just fine and dandy with this guy:
Well....you know what I mean.
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Back to The Norms....for Awhile
Time for a break from the political garbage for a bit and let's move on to more important things: Me.
Okay, well...not ME per se, but....things revolving around me and my life. That's what we're here for people, right? RIGHT?!
Anyway, a little bragging on the O-Dawg if I may.
The following letter came home from school today:
To the Parents of: Owen Nowack
From: Gifted Education Teacher: Regina Hookidty-Boogity (not her real name)
Your child has been nominated to take screening tests to determine whether or not he/she is eligible for placement in the Gifted Education Program for the upcoming school year. This process may take six to eight weeks.......blah, blah, blah......
So it would appear that even after all my worry and concern, that he's doing just fine. And I'm thrilled to death about it. :)
**chest swelling with pride**
Okay, well...not ME per se, but....things revolving around me and my life. That's what we're here for people, right? RIGHT?!
Anyway, a little bragging on the O-Dawg if I may.
The following letter came home from school today:
To the Parents of: Owen Nowack
From: Gifted Education Teacher: Regina Hookidty-Boogity (not her real name)
Your child has been nominated to take screening tests to determine whether or not he/she is eligible for placement in the Gifted Education Program for the upcoming school year. This process may take six to eight weeks.......blah, blah, blah......
So it would appear that even after all my worry and concern, that he's doing just fine. And I'm thrilled to death about it. :)
**chest swelling with pride**
Okay, Just One More....
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Politics Make Me Sick (or, Why I Haven't Voted in a Single Election To Date)
Seriously. Politics make me feel ill.
The fact that I like Obama aside.....the fact that I lean left aside.....at what point do politics become less about defining and trumpeting the qualities and traits of the prospective candidate and MORE about mud-slinging and jabs at the opponents?? This is the part of the political race where I get pretty disgusted and bow out for awhile.
Giuliani's speech tonight at the Republican National Convention seriously revolted me. Slam, slam, slam Obama, he says this, he's an idiot, blah, blah, blah. The "other guys" are incompetent fools if they actually think they can run the country better than US (-->insert snooty chuckle here<----) Democrats do the same - I'm not saying either party is exempt, but damn it gets REALLY OLD. The piety, the elitism, the one-up-ism....Blegh. If there was a presidential candidate who pledged to NOT sling mud, NOT run campaigns AGAINST the opponent, stay indifferent on the actions/stances/beliefs of his opponent.....in other words: take the high ground. Shut their mouth and campaign away to make themselves appeal to the masses as the next president I would vote for them in a heartbeat for that reason alone. Tell me what YOU can do...not the shortcomings (apparent, supposed, actual, whatever) of your opponent.
The rhetoric....the jokes/criticism of the other side ad nauseum.....I'm done with it for awhile.
Lesser of two evils indeed.
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Any Truth To This, Do Ya Think?
For all of you who are interested in politics, or lovers of the McCain/Palin duo....do you think THIS article has any truth to it??
Personal Disclaimer: I think that whether the article is true or not doesn't really matter....(except that IF it was true it would make her rather dishonest and of questionable ethics). In regards to her abilities as a leader and potential skills in leading the country though, it doesn't make a difference for the most part. I just wanted to see if you'd heard of it and thought it had any truth to it. End disclaimer.
Personal Disclaimer: I think that whether the article is true or not doesn't really matter....(except that IF it was true it would make her rather dishonest and of questionable ethics). In regards to her abilities as a leader and potential skills in leading the country though, it doesn't make a difference for the most part. I just wanted to see if you'd heard of it and thought it had any truth to it. End disclaimer.
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