Archive for October, 2008
Booooooooooo……………….
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Halloween on October 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Another delusional Illinois pol…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Blago, rant on October 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
From the Chicago Tribune:
Posted by Monique Garcia at 12:45 p.m.; updated at 4:40 p.m.
Gov. Rod Blagojevich today blamed his low approval rating on the faltering economy and said he thinks voters would give him a third term in office if he was running on the Nov. 4 ballot.
Blagojevich’s comments came after he was asked about [...]
Simple pleasures…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged anti-rant on October 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Time for some happy happy joy joy (with regards to Ren & Stimpy):
Paying $2.68/gallon for gas in South Bend, Indiana last weekend
Being able to GO to South Bend, Indiana because I paid $2.68/gallon for gas
Seeing a beaver for the first time in my life bolting across a park lane to get into the [...]
I am not a slacker!
Posted in technology on October 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Surfing is good for you!
From a Reuters report:
“Searching the Internet may help middle-aged and older adults keep their memories sharp, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
Researchers at the University of California Los Angeles studied people doing Web searches while their brain activity was recorded with functional magnetic resonance imaging scans.
‘What we saw was [...]
Quotes to consider…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged appreciation, coping, Eleanor Roosevelt on October 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve always referred back to an Eleanor Roosevelt quote: “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” It’s a good quote. I ran across some other ones today. I think it’s a good day to put them on my blog:
• “Surely, in the light of history, it is more intelligent to hope rather [...]
New site…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Daily Beast, discoveries on October 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I haven’t been searching the web much lately. I find I have to be in the right mood and able to spend a little time poking around. Sometimes I get referrals. Today I got a referral from the New York Times (my best RSS by far!).
There was an article in the Arts section about The Daily [...]
Gee, why don’t we just repeat last year?!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Cubs, disgust on October 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ridiculously, all I have to do is copy last year’s Yahoo blog entry into WordPress for this year’s utterly pathetic, disgusting entry:
Entry for October 06, 2007
Of course!
Well, as I pathetically predicted, it’s going to be 100 (now 101) YEARS of agony. The Cubs have done it again. Surprise, surprise. They lost. Didn’t even win one [...]
Cubs flub: Manny, Dodgers take 2-0 lead over Cubs
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Cubs on October 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Are we really surprised? NO. Here comes year 101…
Blogging lulls…
Posted in blogging on October 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
For some reason, I always feel pressure to update this thing. When I have blogging lulls, I feel guilty. I know some of this is relative to my entire life – I have always felt pressure, warranted or not, to keep on top of things, keep updating things, not fall into lulls. So a blogging [...]
