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All the hub bub was about
this. Yay! But I thought the 11 oclock rally with Bill Clinton was better.
What a lazy entry for the say - a bunch of videos. Sorry, but I just didn't have a whole lot to say today...
this. Yay! But I thought the 11 oclock rally with Bill Clinton was better.
What a lazy entry for the say - a bunch of videos. Sorry, but I just didn't have a whole lot to say today...
My Husband is a Good Listener
Yay! Phantom Husband Nate Silver took my styling advice and is on my teevee right now wearing his sexy sexy glasses.
(He comes in at around 2:00 witha very serious expression that reminds me a little of the Eagle on the Muppets, but I'm still crushin', yo.)
I sent an email to inform him of the Blingee that I made for him (see previous post). In the post-script, I recommended he wear his glasses on appearances, and right now he's on Keith Olbermann sporting the specs! Vair vair cute indeed.
Still hasn't written back to my emails though.
The email:
(He comes in at around 2:00 witha very serious expression that reminds me a little of the Eagle on the Muppets, but I'm still crushin', yo.)
I sent an email to inform him of the Blingee that I made for him (see previous post). In the post-script, I recommended he wear his glasses on appearances, and right now he's on Keith Olbermann sporting the specs! Vair vair cute indeed.
Still hasn't written back to my emails though.
The email:
10/27/08
Subj: Nate, why won't you take my marriage proposal seriously?I mean, I wrote to you two weeks ago and I haven't heard a word! WTF? I know you're busy being a media slut -- nice job on On the Media by the way -- but, c'mon. Can't I get a simple "hello"?
To demonstrate just how seriously I take my proposal in the open letter I posted on my blog, (http://buzzfeed.com/scott/nate-silver/open_letter_to_ ), I have now posted a follow up, which is this:nate_please_marry_me Because nothing says "devoted and committed" like a tricked out pic on Blingee.
I hope you enjoy it. I'm especially fond of the blinking words "Love Man" that I put across the crotch area. That added the final touch of hideous flourish to make this perfect.Write back soon! I'd love to be the one that helps you through your post election postpartum depression.xo xoBridgePS I dig you with the glasses more than without. If I were your stylist, I'd recommend you wear them during your on air interviews and appearances. Even before Sarah Palin, glasses were the new sexy accessory [emphasis added for the post]
Uh...yeah...vote!
It's Silly Town Time, hence the onslaught of video postings RE: the 'lection. I just don't know. I just don't.
votevotevotevote
This is pretty funny. The point is, don't forget to vote. Even if you're not in a swing state. Even if you thinks it's in the bag.
Naughty Naughty!
I did that really bad thing that you should never do when it comes to this time of year - I bought Halloween Candy that I love eating: Junior Mints. When I went to snack on them today - you know, just one box - it was already open. It's Rene's favorite, too.
We also have the sugary candy, like Air Heads and candy necklaces that Rene picked up from the candy store and I got Snickers, another favorite of mine (but a taboo for Rene, lucky for her, because of the peanuts.)
By the looks of things in this neighborhood, I think Halloween is going to be one serious celebration. I should take a pic of the house with the fake dinosaur and the bloodied guillotine out in front of it, on Corey St. Honestly.I think I might have to go buy another bag, though. Because I keep raiding it. Oh candy. Why are you so delicious? I'm going to think about that as I have just one more box. I mean, Junior Mints are lowfat. And there's not a lot per box, you know?
Just Before the Election Let's Start a New War with Syria
US military has invaded Syria. I just don't know.
Here I was, staying up late on a Sunday to catch the latest episode of Skins and trolling the blogs, when I noticed a post on 538 about Syria.
The last thing I remember hearing about Syria was from the BBC on Saturday afternoon as I drove home from work. They had made an appeal for aid to their country because they were facing a drought. Many children had already died of malnutrition. No one in the UN had responded to their appeal for aid. Not one country.
I thought that that was because no one wanted to piss off the US, who was not a fan of Syria. I was right. The US is so not a fan that today, they began invading the country of Syria, killing 8, including 4 children. Call it a lame October surprise, call it a blip on the screen, but the whole of Syria, with their lack of nuclear power -- unlike Iran -- is an appealing place to attack, based on the fact that they fit the criteria: harboring terrorist, don't have nuclear capabilities and are in a weak position due to the drought.
This is a stupid and lame October surprise.
Here I was, staying up late on a Sunday to catch the latest episode of Skins and trolling the blogs, when I noticed a post on 538 about Syria.
The last thing I remember hearing about Syria was from the BBC on Saturday afternoon as I drove home from work. They had made an appeal for aid to their country because they were facing a drought. Many children had already died of malnutrition. No one in the UN had responded to their appeal for aid. Not one country.
I thought that that was because no one wanted to piss off the US, who was not a fan of Syria. I was right. The US is so not a fan that today, they began invading the country of Syria, killing 8, including 4 children. Call it a lame October surprise, call it a blip on the screen, but the whole of Syria, with their lack of nuclear power -- unlike Iran -- is an appealing place to attack, based on the fact that they fit the criteria: harboring terrorist, don't have nuclear capabilities and are in a weak position due to the drought.
This is a stupid and lame October surprise.
Millennium Park - Chicago
Photo Blog of Millennium Park in Chicago
So, since I just blogged about my day at Boston's Millennium Park in West Roxbury, it's time to do that photo blog of the big Millennium Park, in Chicago. The more I think about it, the more it's becoming one of my favorite places in the world. These photos might tell you why:
This is the entrance from Michigan Avenue. No big whoop. A little beguiling, actually, considering what's inside.
This is the Elysium, a traditional fixture in Ancient Greece. It's a nod to the past, before you see the rest of the park, which is a giant embrace of the future. I included the skyscraper in the background because it's so very Chicago. It seems there's always a skyscraper in the background of everything in Chicago.
I loved this sculpture but forgot to get its name. Next to it, by the same artist, is a really ugly stupid sculpture lamely called "Johnny Appleseed." It was a lazy hunk of rusted metal slapped together and called art. This piece, on the otherhand, is an elegant sculpture. It looks different from every angle: left, right, front, back. I even went underneath it.
Next was the amphitheatre with a remarkable structure for lighting and bringing sound to the "cheap seats in the back". I took this photo from the bench at the end of the lawn area. The stage is bordered by a sculpture that looks like silver metal ribbons.
After I took the photo, I saw one of the many security guards. This woman, like all the other guards, gets around the park on a Segue.
In a nod to traditional city parks, Millennium also has a large garden section. There's wild flowers, evergreens, and this long waterway, which park-goers have turned into a wishing well.
After walking around this area, I finally came to the piece d' existence of Millennium Park. I can't remember the formal name for this structure, but it's informally and affectionately called "The Bean." 
I have no idea why I was so obsessed with it, but I wasn't alone. This is it from afar. Next is close. Notice the "Adventures in Babysitting" building behind it.
When I got closer, I, like all those around me, became bewitched by the infinite refractions of images. I took lots of pics, but here's the "neat-o-est".
Then this one from the street side with the skyline across it.
After that, it was time to go. I went out the back way, instead of the way I came in. That was a good decision on my part, because it means I got to cross this bridge, which reminded me of the Wizard of Oz, to Grant Park.
Widen' My Biwke to Millennium Park, West Roxbury
I went for another bike ride today. This time to Millennium Park in West Roxbury. (Not to be confused with the bigger, more landmark-ish Millennium Park of Chicago, which I still have to do my photo blog of...maybe tonight. We'll see.) Millennium Park of West Roxbury is an old landfill area converted into a huge park. It's right on the Charles River. There's a Nature Conservancy area. It links to the famous Brook Farm, of Transcendentalist fame. And from the top, there's a funny view of the Boston city skyline. You can see the top half of the Hancock (see way below for a ground level photo of the Boston Hancock Tower) and the Prudential. 
I rode down the VFW parkway (about 3 mi) then walked around the park (about 2 mi) then took all side rodes back home (about 3 mi). My thighs are on fire and it hurts to stand up. It the hills that kill me. When I started this bike riding thing, I started in Martha's Vineyard on the bike trails. There's about 2 hills there. Here? A bigillion.
Millennium Park is great, though. 
People were flying kites, walking their dogs, playing soccer and -- the strangest but coolest thing -- shooting off Mr Wizard style rocket. This dad and his kids were shooting off science experiment type rockets off the top of the park. One went all the way up up up to over the Charles, then came back down almost where it was shot off from. Also, there were dozens of grasshoppers jumping across the back of the path. It was the weirdest but neatest thing to see.
The place was jumpin' too. I think we all realized that this would be the last nice leisurely day and soon mean old Novemebr would rear its cold, gray head so we had to skip watching the rest of the Pat's game (won! yay!) and get out in the open air for a bit.
People were flying kites, walking their dogs, playing soccer and -- the strangest but coolest thing -- shooting off Mr Wizard style rocket. This dad and his kids were shooting off science experiment type rockets off the top of the park. One went all the way up up up to over the Charles, then came back down almost where it was shot off from. Also, there were dozens of grasshoppers jumping across the back of the path. It was the weirdest but neatest thing to see.Diagramming Sarah Palin
Sarah, in an interview: No, you know, we were told when we've got to be believing if we have enough elected officials who are going to be standing strong on fiscal conservative principles and free enterprise and we have to believe that there are enough of those elected officials to say, 'No, OK, that's enough.'
- No, : interjection
you know, : colloq. & filler - we were told : pro & verb phrase
- when we've got to be believing : [this is where it gets murky] when-prep; we-pro; 've got to be believing - verb phrase
- if we have enough elected officials : if - prep [now there are 2 prep phrases without a clear, comprehensible attribution]; we - pro; have -v; enough - adj; elected - adj; officials - n
- who are going to be standing strong : who - pro (ant for "elected officials"); are going to be standing strong - verb phrase, including idiom "standing strong"
- on fiscal conservative principles and free enterprise : on - prep; fiscal [sic] - should be "fiscally" because it is a modifier of the adjective "conservative"; therefore, it should be the adverb not adjective; conservative - adj; principles - n; and - conj; free - adj; enterprise - n
- and we have to believe: and-conj; we -pro; have to believe - verb phr
- that there are enough of those elected officials to say, : that - conj; there - pro; are - vb; enough - adj; of - prep; those - adj; elected - adj; officials - n; to say - infinitive
- 'No, OK, that's enough.': no - int; ok - idiom/filler; that - pro; 's - is; enough - adj
So, if I were her copyeditor or English teacher I would make the following changes:
No, you know, [we were told when] we've got to [be believing if we] have [enough] elected officials who are going to [be] stand[ing] strong on fiscally conservative principles and free enterprise. [and] We [have to believe that there are enough of] need ]those] elected officials [to] who say, 'No, OK, that's enough.'
The articulate speaker would have said something like:
No. What we need now are elected officials who will stand strong on fiscally conservative principles and free enterprise. We need elected officials who say, "No, that's enough spending. It's time to conserve."
But, I'm in favor of a second stimulus package - and a New New Deal type thing, for that matter - so I would never say that.
I Like to Ride My Bicycle
I've gotten back into bike riding for the first time since college. (I have a foldable bike from Citizen's Bike. Click on the photo to go to their website.) Yesterday, down in Weymouth, I biked to the Braintree post office and back - an 8 mile trek with not so much room for bikes and lots of hills. Still, I managed. Before I set off for the trip, though, I had to go to "Cameron's Gulf" AKA Dick's gas station and get air in my back tire. When I rode up there I felt so silly. I said to Dick, "I can't believe I'm 30 years old and I'm still coming here to get air in my bike tires." He laughed and said, "Are you looking for a lollipop, too?" Because I used to get those from him, too. And then he said, "Hold on a minute..." He disappeared out back while the younger guy got the air pump. When Dick reemerged, he had a chocolate flavored Tootsie Roll pop for me. 
"Here you go!" The younger mechanic said, "Where did those come from? I didn't know we had those." He seemed forelorn to have missed out on free lollipops during the length of his employment thus far. Then I said, "I feel like I'm back in the Fulton School days," and the mechanic said, "I loved Fulton School!" It was weird but in a funny and cute way.Update on New Phantom Husband Nate Silver
Well, my phantom husband Nate Silver still hasn't responded to my open letter - via this blog - proposing marriage, but I think I have done the thing that will seal the deal: I have made a Blingee pic of him to show how much I love him.
I learned about Blingee from Wonkette.com. They're always making awesomely inappropriate Blingees, like when Larry King interviewed Mahmoud Amedemijhad.
So, here's my tribute to Nate. I hope this means he'll be in touch soon to accept my proposal and we will be happily married by the time Obama is sworn in.
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I learned about Blingee from Wonkette.com. They're always making awesomely inappropriate Blingees, like when Larry King interviewed Mahmoud Amedemijhad.
So, here's my tribute to Nate. I hope this means he'll be in touch soon to accept my proposal and we will be happily married by the time Obama is sworn in.
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This Week in WTF - WHAT ELSE WOULD GO HERE BUT...
Ashley Todd!!!! I think she might get the WTF of the Year Award, but we'll have to see in January when we do the Witfy Awards of 2008.
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This Week in WTF - My Own Personal Sad Realization
So, here's my tragedy for this week (besides getting in a minor fender bender today & Mom's scary spill down the cellar stairs). Last week, after months of job searching, interviewing, etc, I was offered a job at a town library. Yay, right? But, a few days later, they had to revoke the offer because the town instated a hiring freeze. They are worried about receiving enough funding from the state to help with municipal costs. So, instead of working for a weekly income, I sit at home (and blog) and receive just a little bit less money than I'd earn from my potential job by, instead, collecting state unemployment.
Painful painful irony.
To All Those in Line to Vote, quit yer bitchen
Yeah, on voting day, you may have to wait in a line for a bit. But look what new citizens of the U. S. will have to go through in order to become citizens. And ask yourself, how would I do at this? Would I gain the right to stand in line and vote?
The new citizen test (from About.com)
The new citizen test (from About.com)
New Naturalization Test Questions
Beginning on Oct. 1, 2008, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will replace the set of questions currently used as part of the citizenship test with the questions listed here. All applicants who file for naturalization on or after October 1, 2008 will be required to take the new test. For those applicants who file prior to October 1, 2008 but are not interviewed until after October , 2008 (but before October 1, 2009), there will be an option of taking the new test or the current one.
New Test Questions and Answers
Some questions have more than one correct answer. In those cases, all acceptable answers are shown. All answers are shown exactly as worded by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
* If you are 65 years old or older and have been a legal permanent resident of the United States for 20 or more years, you may study just the questions that have been marked with an asterisk.
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT
A. Principles of American Democracy
1. What is the supreme law of the land?
2. What does the Constitution do?
A: sets up the government
A: defines the government
A: protects basic rights of Americans
3. The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words?
A: We the People
4. What is an amendment?
A: a change (to the Constitution)
A: an addition (to the Constitution)
5. What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
6. What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?*
A: speech
A: religion
A: assembly
A: press
A: petition the government
7. How many amendments does the Constitution have?
A: twenty-seven (27)
8. What did the Declaration of Independence do?
A: announced our independence (from Great Britain)
A: declared our independence (from Great Britain)
A: said that the United States is free (from Great Britain)
9. What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?
A: life
A: liberty
A: pursuit of happiness
10. What is freedom of religion?
A: You can practice any religion, or not practice a religion.
11. What is the economic system in the United States?*
A: capitalist economy
A: market economy
12. What is the "rule of law"?
A: Everyone must follow the law.
A: Leaders must obey the law.
A: Government must obey the law.
A: No one is above the law.
B. System of Government
13. Name one branch or part of the government.*
A: Congress
A: legislative
A: President
A: executive
A: the courts
A: judicial
14. What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?
A: checks and balances
A: separation of powers
15. Who is in charge of the executive branch?
A: the President
16. Who makes federal laws?
A: Congress
A: Senate and House (of Representatives)
A: (U.S. or national) legislature
17. What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?*
A: the Senate and House (of Representatives)
18. How many U.S. Senators are there?
A: one hundred (100)
19. We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years?
A: six (6)
20. Who is one of your state's U.S. Senators?*
A: Answers will vary. [For District of Columbia residents and residents of U.S. territories, the answer is that D.C. (or the territory where the applicant lives) has no U.S. Senators.]
* If you are 65 years old or older and have been a legal permanent resident of the United States for 20 or more years, you may study just the questions that have been marked with an asterisk.
21. The House of Representatives has how many voting members?
A: four hundred thirty-five (435)
22. We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years?
A: two (2)
23. Name your U.S. Representative.
A: Answers will vary. [Residents of territories with nonvoting Delegates or resident Commissioners may provide the name of that Delegate or Commissioner. Also acceptable is any statement that the territory has no (voting) Representatives in Congress.]
24. Who does a U.S. Senator represent?
A: all people of the state
25. Why do some states have more Representatives than other states?
A: (because of) the state's population
A: (because) they have more people
A: (because) some states have more people
26. We elect a President for how many years?
A: four (4)
27. In what month do we vote for President?*
A: November
28. What is the name of the President of the United States now?*
A: George W. Bush
A: George Bush
A: Bush
29. What is the name of the Vice President of the United States now?
A: Richard Cheney
A: Dick Cheney
A: Cheney
30. If the President can no longer serve, who becomes President?
A: the Vice President
31. If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes President?
A: the Speaker of the House
32. Who is the Commander in Chief of the military?
A: the President
33. Who signs bills to become laws?
A: the President
34. Who vetoes bills?
A: the President
35. What does the President's Cabinet do?
A: advises the President
36. What are two Cabinet-level positions?
A: Secretary of Agriculture
A: Secretary of Commerce
A: Secretary of Defense
A: Secretary of Education
A: Secretary of Energy
A: Secretary of Health and Human Services
A: Secretary of Homeland Security
A: Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
A: Secretary of Interior
A: Secretary of State
A: Secretary of Transportation
A: Secretary of Treasury
A: Secretary of Veterans' Affairs
A: Secretary of Labor
A: Attorney General
37. does the judicial branch do?
A: reviews laws
A: explains laws
A: resolves disputes (disagreements)
A: decides if a law goes against the Constitution
38. What is the highest court in the United States?
A: the Supreme Court
39. How many justices are on the Supreme Court?
A: nine (9)
40. Who is the Chief Justice of the United States?
A: John Roberts (John G. Roberts, Jr.)
* If you are 65 years old or older and have been a legal permanent resident of the United States for 20 or more years, you may study just the questions that have been marked with an asterisk.
41. Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal government. What is one power of the federal government?
A: to print money
A: to declare war
A: to create an army
A: to make treaties
42. Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the states. What is one power of the states?
A: provide schooling and education
A: provide protection (police)
A: provide safety (fire departments)
A: give a driver's license
A: approve zoning and land use
43. Who is the Governor of your state?
A: Answers will vary. [Residents of the District of Columbia and U.S. territories without a Governor should say "we don't have a Governor."]
44. What is the capital of your state?*
A: Answers will vary. [District of Columbia residents should answer that D.C. is not a state and does not have a capital. Residents of U.S. territories should name the capital of the territory.]
45. What are the two major political parties in the United States?*
A: Democratic and Republican
46. What is the political party of the President now?
A: Republican (Party)
47. What is the name of the Speaker of the House of Representatives now?
A: (Nancy) Pelosi
C: Rights and Responsibilities
48. There are four amendments to the Constitution about who can vote. Describe one of them.
A: Citizens eighteen (18) and older (can vote).
A: You don't have to pay (a poll tax) to vote.
A: Any citizen can vote. (Women and men can vote.)
A: A male citizen of any race (can vote).
49. What is one responsibility that is only for United States citizens?*
A: serve on a jury
A: vote
50. What are two rights only for United States citizens?
A: apply for a federal job
A: vote
A: run for office
A: carry a U.S. passport
51. What are two rights of everyone living in the United States?
A: freedom of expression
A: freedom of speech
A: freedom of assembly
A: freedom to petition the government
A: freedom of worship
A: the right to bear arms
52. What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance?
A: the United States
A: the flag
53. What is one promise you make when you become a United States citizen?
A: give up loyalty to other countries
A: defend the Constitution and laws of the United States
A: obey the laws of the United States
A: serve in the U.S. military (if needed)
A: serve (do important work for) the nation (if needed)
A: be loyal to the United States
54. How old do citizens have to be to vote for President?*
A: eighteen (18) and older
55. What are two ways that Americans can participate in their democracy?
A: vote
A: join a political party
A: help with a campaign
A: join a civic group
A: join a community group
A: give an elected official your opinion on an issue
A: call Senators and Representatives
A: publicly support or oppose an issue or policy
A: run for office
A: write to a newspaper
56. When is the last day you can send in federal income tax forms?*
A: April 15
57. When must all men register for the Selective Service?
A: at age eighteen (18)
A: between eighteen (18) and twenty-six (26)
AMERICAN HISTORY
A: Colonial Period and Independence
58. What is one reason colonists came to America?
A: freedom
A: political liberty
A: religious freedom
A: economic opportunity
A: practice their religion
A: escape persecution
59. Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
A: Native Americans
A: American Indians
60. What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?
A: Africans
A: people from Africa
* If you are 65 years old or older and have been a legal permanent resident of the United States for 20 or more years, you may study just the questions that have been marked with an asterisk.
61. Why did the colonists fight the British?
A: because of high taxes (taxation without representation)
A: because the British army stayed in their houses (boarding, quartering)
A: because they didn't have self-government
62. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
A: (Thomas) Jefferson
63. When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
A: July 4, 1776
64. There were 13 original states. Name three.
A: New Hampshire
A: Massachusetts
A: Rhode Island
A: Connecticut
A: New York
A: New Jersey
A: Pennsylvania
A: Delaware
A: Maryland
A: Virginia
A: North Carolina
A: South Carolina
A: Georgia
65. What happened at the Constitutional Convention?
A: The Constitution was written.
A: The Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution.
66. When was the Constitution written?
A: 1787
67. The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers.
A: (James) Madison
A: (Alexander) Hamilton
A: (John) Jay
A: Publius
68. What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?
A: U.S. diplomat
A: oldest member of the Constitutional Convention
A: first Postmaster General of the United States
A: writer of "Poor Richard's Almanac"
A: started the first free libraries
69. Who is the "Father of Our Country"?
70. Who was the first President?*
B: 1800s
71. What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?
A: the Louisiana Territory
A: Louisiana
72. Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s.
A: War of 1812
A: Mexican-American War
A: Civil War
A: Spanish-American War
73. Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.
A: the Civil War
A: the War between the States
74. Name one problem that led to the Civil War.
A: slavery
A: economic reasons
A: states' rights
75. What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did?*
A: freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation)
A: saved (or preserved) the Union
A: led the United States during the Civil War
76. What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
A: freed the slaves
A: freed slaves in the Confederacy
A: freed slaves in the Confederate states
A: freed slaves in most Southern states
77. What did Susan B. Anthony do?
A: fought for women's rights
A: fought for civil rights
C: Recent American History and Other Important Historical Information
78. Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s.*
A: World War I
A: World War II
A: Korean War
A: Vietnam War
A: (Persian) Gulf War
79. Who was President during World War I?
A: (Woodrow) Wilson
80. Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II?
A: (Franklin) Roosevelt
* If you are 65 years old or older and have been a legal permanent resident of the United States for 20 or more years, you may study just the questions that have been marked with an asterisk.
81. Who did the United States fight in World War II?
A: Japan, Germany and Italy
82. Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in?
A: World War II
83. During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States?
A: Communism
84. What movement tried to end racial discrimination?
A: civil rights (movement)
85. What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do?*
A: fought for civil rights
A: worked for equality for all Americans
86. What major event happened on September 11, 2001 in the United States?
A: Terrorists attacked the United States.
87. Name one American Indian tribe in the United States.
[Adjudicators will be supplied with a complete list.]
A: Cherokee
A: Navajo
A: Sioux
A: Chippewa
A: Choctaw
A: Pueblo
A: Apache
A: Iroquois
A: Creek
A: Blackfeet
A: Seminole
A: Cheyenne
A: Arawak
A: Shawnee
A: Mohegan
A: Huron
A: Oneida
A: Lakota
A: Crow
A: Teton
A: Hopi
A: Inuit
INTEGRATED CIVICS
A: Geography
88. Name one of the two longest rivers in the United States.
A: Missouri (River)
A: Mississippi (River)
89. What ocean is on the West Coast of the United States?
A: Pacific (Ocean)
90. What ocean is on the East Coast of the United States?
A: Atlantic (Ocean)
91. Name one U.S. territory.
A: Puerto Rico
A: U.S. Virgin Islands
A: American Samoa
A: Northern Mariana Islands
A: Guam
92. Name one state that borders Canada.
A: Maine
A: New Hampshire
A: Vermont
A: New York
A: Pennsylvania
A: Ohio
A: Michigan
A: Minnesota
A: North Dakota
A: Montana
A: Idaho
A: Washington
A: Alaska
93. Name one state that borders Mexico.
A: California
A: Arizona
A: New Mexico
A: Texas
94. What is the capital of the United States?*
A: Washington, D.C.
95. Where is the Statue of Liberty?*
A: New York (Harbor)
A: Liberty Island
[Also acceptable are New Jersey, near New York City, and on the Hudson (River).]
B. Symbols
96. Why does the flag have 13 stripes?
A: because there were 13 original colonies
A: because the stripes represent the original colonies
97. Why does the flag have 50 stars?*
A: because there is one star for each state
A: because each star represents a state
A: because there are 50 states
98. What is the name of the national anthem?
A: The Star-Spangled Banner
C: Holidays
99. When do we celebrate Independence Day?*
A: July 4
100. Name two national U.S. holidays.
A: New Year's Day
A: Martin Luther King, Jr., Day
A: Presidents' Day
A: Memorial Day
A: Independence Day
A: Labor Day
A: Columbus Day
A: Veterans Day
A: Thanksgiving
A: Christmas
A Juxtaposition in Clothing
So, Sarah Palin spent 150,000 dollars of the RNC's money to get a whole new wardrobe, new haircut and make up. Meanwhile...
Obama resoles his shoes. See the photo story here.
Obama resoles his shoes. See the photo story here.
Squirming Over FNC
Sometimes I just like to take a peak to see what they're saying over there. I learned that Gwen Ifill was a bad moderator because "the success of her book depends on Obama getting elected".
Her book is about African American politicians through history up to now, including Obama. Whether he wins or loses, her book is still relevant because he's a candidate.
And then there was the man who said that feminists resent Sarah Palin for being virtuous and having a Downs syndrome baby at an older age when they would not make that decision -- to keep the baby. And that's why feminists hate Sarah Palin.
And nobody responded or retorted or anything. It was just out there to linger in the air. Awesome.
Well, that's about as much as I can handle for the day. Time to go back to MSNBC, like all the rest of my fellow smart elite libruls.
Her book is about African American politicians through history up to now, including Obama. Whether he wins or loses, her book is still relevant because he's a candidate.
And then there was the man who said that feminists resent Sarah Palin for being virtuous and having a Downs syndrome baby at an older age when they would not make that decision -- to keep the baby. And that's why feminists hate Sarah Palin.
And nobody responded or retorted or anything. It was just out there to linger in the air. Awesome.
Well, that's about as much as I can handle for the day. Time to go back to MSNBC, like all the rest of my fellow smart elite libruls.
This Week in WTF - not only does McCain have a myriad of Black relatives but...
Not only does McCain have a whole bunch of black relatives, from back in the day when the McCain family of Teoc, Mississippi, owned a plantation and had numerous African slaves on that plantation, but McCain totally ignores that entire part of his family. 
Some of the black relatives are relatives just in name because their ancestors were owned by the McCain family, but they are not mixed race. Other McCains are mixed race from when white McCain men, back in the day, had sex with their black slaves. For real.
McCain's brother and several other white McCain relatives often make the trek back to Teoc where a giant reunion is planned every year, by Teresa and Charles McCain, black relatives of John McCain. McCain never accepts the invitations and never acknowledges that part of his family history. Indeed, in the 2000 campaign, he claimed his family never owned slaves.
Salt in the wounds: several black and white McCain family members at this year's reunion reported they would not be voting for their candidate, even if he was a relative.
Full story from South Florida Time here.
Powell Endorses Obama - Of Course, I Slept Through It
I woke up early today and almost turned on the TV to watch Meet the Press. Something was telling me I should. And of course, today's the day that Meet the Press makes huge huge news because Colin Powell endorsed Obama. Sadly for me, it's day 3 of this nasty cold which makes my joints feel like lead (ever get that?). So I just went back to bed and missed it.
Powell also gave a fantastic rebuttal to the crappy anti-Muslim tone taken on in the campaign season. I'm glad a more public figure finally attempted to put an end to the idea of equating the Muslim faith with anti-Americanism. That notion itself is anti-American. Argh.
Anyhoo, MSNBC informs me that today was a good day to have a cold and sleep in because they're re-airing it even more than they usually do on Sundays, so I will be able to see the whole thing on TV, instead of just these MSNBC snippets.
I think the endorsement will have a subtle effect. As mentioned previously, I love the site 538 and I really want to marry Nate Silver. (C'mon, Nate, write back already. I still haven't heard from you! But I guess I can wait until Nov 5, when the election is over and you're a little less busy...).
Anyhoo, Nate posted an entry about how the McCain camp -- using his still-high favorabilities in the "foreign policy" realm -- might try to have that play into a foreign policy type October surprise, to pick up more McCain votes. He suggested that Obama try to head that off by surrounding himself with "foreign policy people" endorsements. This endorsement certainly plays to that. [I cannot find this link anymore; did my cold medicine make me hallucinate it?]
UPDATE: I read the articles early Sat AM at work and confused Arianna Huffington's post on her site, THe Huffington Post, with a special guest column of a similar but not exactly the same vain that I read on Nate's. My b. Anywhatitz, here's the link to that good article, not from Nate but from Arianna Huffington.
Ah, political junkie theory. It's so silly but not. What will I do after November 4? No more Red Sox to follow. No more presidential campaign to follow...I think I'm take up knitting. It's getting cold out there these days.
This week in WTF: TBS, ARE YOU MFN KIDDING ME?????
GOOD THING WE HAVE TBS IN HD SO I CAN WATCH THE EFFING STEVE EFFING HARVEY EFFING SHOW
WTF??!!!!!
Apparently, there's a power outtage in Hotlanta, causing the transmission of the game 6 of the Red Sox versus Tampa Bay in the American League Championship Series to be replaced, instead, by reruns of Bloopers with Dick friggen Clark and the friggen Steve Harvey Show. What. The. F.
I have the radio on and the TV muted in case they pick up transmission. They just had a scrolling thingy that explained what is going on: "The game is already in progress the score is 0-0."
Except it isn't anymore, it's effing 1-0 because Upton just hit a giant homerun. So, not even their scrolling is correct.
Stupidheads.
Presidential Comics
Super neato President comics avilable to view online and for purchase at this website:
http://maria-sputnik.livejournal.com/185350.html
Very very entertaining and witty.
http://maria-sputnik.livejournal.com/185350.html
Very very entertaining and witty.
So Broke Can't Even Pay Attention
I'm on the brink of being a hobo. My new job is no longer my new job because of a hiring freeze, so I'm still unemployed. I feel like I was left at the alter.
Dear Gott in Himmel, help me.
Books Books Books - new, used and borrowed
Here's the list of new books, old new books (recently found amongst my friend's things) & borrowed books(*).
The fiction section:
The YA Novel section:
The "classic" section:
Prose:
Poetry and prose poetry:
So, what am I reading right now? The Gnostic Gospels, of course. Duh. (I know, no sense at all.)
Anyway, just wanted to share, since I haven't in a while. See my Librarything link to the left for more details on my personal library.
The fiction section:
- Dinner at the Homesick by Anne Tyler
- Rachel's Holiday by Marian Keyes
The YA Novel section:
- Albert & Victoria by Deborah Gangloff
- The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman
- The Vinegar Jar by Berlie Doherty
- Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli (FAVORITE!)
The "classic" section:
- Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote
- Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
- Ulysses by James Joyce
- Gilgamesh trans by Herbert Mason
Prose:
- The Seven Daughters of Eve by Bryan Sykes
- Sleepaway: Writings on Summer Camp ed by Eric Simonoff
- Literary Essays of Ezra Pound ed by T. S. Eliot*
Poetry and prose poetry:
- Parables and Lies by Jesse Ball
- Naturalistless by Christopher Rizzo
- Phototherapique by Kimberley Lyons
- Dokument by Catherine Meng
- ambience is a novel with a logo by tan lin
- Hotels by Andrew Mister
- Determined by Aperture by Shannon Tharp
- Underwriter by Richard Caddel*
- A Door in the Hive by Denise Levertov*
- End Notebook by Geoffrey Olsen
- Rabbit Lesson by Brenda Iijima
- If and When by Jess Mynes
- Configurations by Octavio Paz
So, what am I reading right now? The Gnostic Gospels, of course. Duh. (I know, no sense at all.)
Anyway, just wanted to share, since I haven't in a while. See my Librarything link to the left for more details on my personal library.
Thie Week in WTF - Filthy Racist Plays with Photoshop
A local California Republican Women newsletter is run by a hideous & stupid woman who put "Obama Food Stamps 'money'" on the cover, with Obama's head on a donkey and Kool Aid, ribs, watermelon and a bucket of K of C photoshopped onto the "food stamp". Lovely.
Full story is here.
Scorning mail can be sent to ChaffeyCommunityRWF@cfrw.org care of dumb stupdhead evil lame-o president of the club, Diane Fedele.
Webiste: http://www.cfrwsoutherndivision.org/about/clubs.php?county=san%20bernardino
Full story is here.
Scorning mail can be sent to ChaffeyCommunityRWF@cfrw.org care of dumb stupdhead evil lame-o president of the club, Diane Fedele.
Webiste: http://www.cfrwsoutherndivision.org/about/clubs.php?county=san%20bernardino
Recipe: Curry Tuna Salad
This is one of those "infusion" recipes, of American standards plus Asian influence, to make a Curry Tuna Salad:
1 can of tuna
1 tsp evoo
2 tsp rice wine vinegar
2 tsp mayonnaise
1 tsp curry powder
1/2 tsp sesame seeds
dash ginger, parsley, cumin, coriander, salt and pepper (to taste for all those)
1 stalk of celery, finely finely chopped
1 half slice of onion, finely finely chopped
Mix all ingredient well in bowl. Serve on roll, bread, crackers or in salad.
It's good because it has all the hints of the standard American recipe (celery, mayo) but is far less fat because it uses vinegar and olive oil and just a teeny bit of mayo. It's super flavorful and, more importantly, healthier than the standard version.
Bon Apetit!
1 can of tuna
1 tsp evoo
2 tsp rice wine vinegar
2 tsp mayonnaise
1 tsp curry powder
1/2 tsp sesame seeds
dash ginger, parsley, cumin, coriander, salt and pepper (to taste for all those)
1 stalk of celery, finely finely chopped
1 half slice of onion, finely finely chopped
Mix all ingredient well in bowl. Serve on roll, bread, crackers or in salad.
It's good because it has all the hints of the standard American recipe (celery, mayo) but is far less fat because it uses vinegar and olive oil and just a teeny bit of mayo. It's super flavorful and, more importantly, healthier than the standard version.
Bon Apetit!
The 80s Were Weird
Someone on Facebook sent me a parody of this video
Which, since I was little when it came out, I didn't remember it was so weird. Now I do. Here is the parody from Funny or Die.
Here's hoping no one comes in with a stack of books and a mullet and a long jacket and floats in a chair and pulls a fake gun and sings at me while I'm at work. That would be uncomfortable.
Which, since I was little when it came out, I didn't remember it was so weird. Now I do. Here is the parody from Funny or Die.
See more funny videos at Funny or Die
Here's hoping no one comes in with a stack of books and a mullet and a long jacket and floats in a chair and pulls a fake gun and sings at me while I'm at work. That would be uncomfortable.
Terry Gross Asks a Good Question about Sarah Palin
It's not really news that Terry Gross asked a good question. I think we can all agree that she asks good questions (unless you're Gene Simmons or Bill O'Reilly). Anyway, there it was this afternoon. 
Something like, Sarah Palin is a working mom with a brand new baby who has special needs and another child who is dropping out of school and getting married young because she is a teenager having a baby. Much has been made about this, but Terry's question was, has Sarah Palin supported issues and done anything in her executive position to help people in the same positions as her and those in her family? The answer from the Anchorage reporter: No, not at all. No daycare, no special needs, so teen mom support, no sex ed prevention, etc. etc. etc. I'm not surprised, but I was surprised by the question. I mean, Palin talks this, "I'm just like you," talk but she it doesn't at all mean she will do anything in her position of power to make anything better for you.
Full story: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95725546
Something like, Sarah Palin is a working mom with a brand new baby who has special needs and another child who is dropping out of school and getting married young because she is a teenager having a baby. Much has been made about this, but Terry's question was, has Sarah Palin supported issues and done anything in her executive position to help people in the same positions as her and those in her family? The answer from the Anchorage reporter: No, not at all. No daycare, no special needs, so teen mom support, no sex ed prevention, etc. etc. etc. I'm not surprised, but I was surprised by the question. I mean, Palin talks this, "I'm just like you," talk but she it doesn't at all mean she will do anything in her position of power to make anything better for you.Full story: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95725546
When I'm Feeling Blah
Here's some site, which I will also add permanent links at the bottom of the blog, that are fun to visit when you want a laugh:
Sexy People - http://renz-o.blogspot.com/
Cake Wrecks - http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/ (thanks to Sandy for this one and the next)
Passive Aggressive Notes- http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/
(this ones an oldy but goody) Mullets Galore - http://www.mulletsgalore.com/
and my abfab Men Who Look Like Old Lesbians - http://menwholooklikeoldlesbians.blogspot.com/ (I even submitted the Lindsey Graham and Reznikoff photos)
Sexy People - http://renz-o.blogspot.com/
Cake Wrecks - http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/ (thanks to Sandy for this one and the next)
Passive Aggressive Notes- http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/
(this ones an oldy but goody) Mullets Galore - http://www.mulletsgalore.com/
and my abfab Men Who Look Like Old Lesbians - http://menwholooklikeoldlesbians.blogspot.com/ (I even submitted the Lindsey Graham and Reznikoff photos)
Dreaming During the Decimation
While the Sox got crushed in an annoying and frustrating defeat tonight, I played on Mom's laptop and fantasized about a trip to Europe, as discussed in the previous post.
So, I'd go in late March, because no one goes in late March, so it'd be cheap. I want to go to Munich because I saw Samantha Brown there once and she looked like she was having a fantastic time.
This is my fantasy itinerary that I can't afford but it was fun to think about during the slaughter of Sox:
3/23 1130 AM leave Logan
3/24 530 AM arrive Frankfurt (because it's the cheapest flight), 530 - 12 Frankfurt things, 130 leave for Paris
3/24 - 3/26 Paris, leave for Strasbourg at some time in the early evening
3/26 - 3/27 Strasbourg for a day
3/27 - 3/29 Munich, leave on last train out of Munich
3/29 - 3/30 Frankfurt, leave at 11 AM
It makes a good little diamond and the train rides are usually 3-5 hours. Not bad, eh?
And I could get a 2 country Europass for 400 hundred and I don't care where I stay, so long as I have a bed to sleep in that isn't too gross. But I may be able to stay with someone in Paris, so that would be the most expensive thing, besides the airfare...Anyway, that's all just a dream and it won't probably happen but it's fun to think about it.
The Bean at Millennium Park and Other Chicago Things
So, I went to Chicago last week. It was very very fun. Here's the itinerary, with links and some photos:
Thu nite : Lou Malnati's Deep Dish Pizza - yummmmm
Thu nite cont: The Union, I believe - half off drinks! Sadly, Cubs lost
Fri day: downtown, architectural boat tour, TJ Maxx to buy a jacket because it was colder than I anticipated, Chicago Burger
Fri nite: Red Sox bar called Tripoli Tap. It was more fun to watch the playoffs at a sports bar in a sports town that wasn't Boston but was a Boston sports bar. The crowd was way into it.
Sat day: Wrigleyville to take obligatory photo and shop for obligatory souvenirs. Took the El. Then we separated. I went to the Chicago Public Library, because I am a nerd. Then I went back to the souvenir shop because I left my camera there and the nice young man in the Yankee hat who worked there -- that I had given a hard time to the first time I was there because he was wearing a Yankee hat...but anyway -- found it and set it aside for me. When I got back to Wrigley, though, I saw some seriously funky shtuff. It deserves and will get its own blog.
Sat nite: dinner at Ballo then Second City. Second City had some funny skits but some of it was flat. It was still enjoyable though. and who knows, may be one of them is the next Stephen Colbert or Tina Fey and we can say, "We knew him/her when..."
Sun: I went on my own to Millennium Park and even though I was solo, it was my favorite thing. I think I might dedicate a later post with a bunch of my cool photos from there, because I got a bunch. Then I met up with everyone at the Hancock Tower. Then we left Chicago.
It was fun and I'd like to go back again to visit Kat elyn now that she lives there. I want to go to the Field Museum and the Art Institute because I missed that. Plus I'd like to to go Wrigleyville at night.
But for now, I am concentrating all of my traveling efforts, I've decided, on somewhere in mainland Europe, because I've never been and I really would like to.
Up next on the travel section of the blog: my weekend in Martha's Vineyard. Good times! And now I'm broke! But this is what happens when one works part time and goes on vacation two weeks in a row...
(Thank goodness I'm now fully employed, as of today!)
Thu nite : Lou Malnati's Deep Dish Pizza - yummmmm
Thu nite cont: The Union, I believe - half off drinks! Sadly, Cubs lost
Fri day: downtown, architectural boat tour, TJ Maxx to buy a jacket because it was colder than I anticipated, Chicago Burger
Fri nite: Red Sox bar called Tripoli Tap. It was more fun to watch the playoffs at a sports bar in a sports town that wasn't Boston but was a Boston sports bar. The crowd was way into it.
Sat day: Wrigleyville to take obligatory photo and shop for obligatory souvenirs. Took the El. Then we separated. I went to the Chicago Public Library, because I am a nerd. Then I went back to the souvenir shop because I left my camera there and the nice young man in the Yankee hat who worked there -- that I had given a hard time to the first time I was there because he was wearing a Yankee hat...but anyway -- found it and set it aside for me. When I got back to Wrigley, though, I saw some seriously funky shtuff. It deserves and will get its own blog.
Sat nite: dinner at Ballo then Second City. Second City had some funny skits but some of it was flat. It was still enjoyable though. and who knows, may be one of them is the next Stephen Colbert or Tina Fey and we can say, "We knew him/her when..."
Sun: I went on my own to Millennium Park and even though I was solo, it was my favorite thing. I think I might dedicate a later post with a bunch of my cool photos from there, because I got a bunch. Then I met up with everyone at the Hancock Tower. Then we left Chicago.It was fun and I'd like to go back again to visit Kat elyn now that she lives there. I want to go to the Field Museum and the Art Institute because I missed that. Plus I'd like to to go Wrigleyville at night.
But for now, I am concentrating all of my traveling efforts, I've decided, on somewhere in mainland Europe, because I've never been and I really would like to.
Up next on the travel section of the blog: my weekend in Martha's Vineyard. Good times! And now I'm broke! But this is what happens when one works part time and goes on vacation two weeks in a row...
(Thank goodness I'm now fully employed, as of today!)
Acorn Acorn Acorn
Have you heard that word being tossed around a bunch in the politicky thingy things these days? Yeah, so have I. I read the following link and thought it was good at articulating whatnot about ACORN:
http://gawker.com/5063157/wait-whats-up-with-acorn
http://gawker.com/5063157/wait-whats-up-with-acorn
Rachel Maddow Fights Back
This isn't 2001, nor is it 2004. When someone like David Frum gets all subtly evil, as he's wont to do, someone like Rachel Maddow doesn't just let it go and move on; she goes right into the debate. I have news for you, Mr Heritage Foundation bullies, the left wing has finally learned how to stop just taking it. We fight back now. And there's no shouting; there's no character assassination; there's no spewing and general malaise. This is 2008. We're going to lay it all out on the line. We're going to stand up. We're going to be adamant that you can be liberal and patriotic -- and funny -- all at the same time.
Here's the video of Rachel Maddow taking David Frum to the mattresses, so to speak, but you have to go to 3:08 to start the David Frum part. Of course, I suggest you watch the entire thing. And, um, the show on a daily basis on MSNBC. (I know; I'm obsessed But for good reason.)
Here's the video of Rachel Maddow taking David Frum to the mattresses, so to speak, but you have to go to 3:08 to start the David Frum part. Of course, I suggest you watch the entire thing. And, um, the show on a daily basis on MSNBC. (I know; I'm obsessed But for good reason.)
The Morning After
Oh lordy. I wish this came out a heckuva lot sooner than now. Like back in college, at least.
Click here to figure out how to prevent the morning after mistakes.
Saturday Survey Mania - pt 2
one: Who are your last 4 texts from? Obama and Rene
two: Where was your default picture taken? Mock Prom 08
three: What's your middle name? my gramma's name.
four: Whats your current favorite color?Read the last three of these surveys and figure it out.
five: Does your crush like you back? Nate Silver has not responded to my open letter marriage proposal...yet
six: What is your current mood? bored
seven: When is your birthday? same as france
eight: What color shirt are you wearing? white hippie
nine: If you were going on a Reality TV show, which one? Little do you know that I had a stint on reality t.v. Rene and I made the casting special for Sox Appeal.
ten: Are you imagining anyone naked right now? no. weird question.
eleven: Did you ever sneak into an R rated movie? Probably but i don't remvmber.
twelve: Ever had a near death experience? I had appendicitis but I'm not sure it was near death. It was dang painful though.
thirteen: Something you do a lot? waste time filling out lame surveys
fourteen: How old will you be in 12 months? 31.
fifteen: Do you want to see somebody right now? It'd be good to see all the other people who are currently in the vineyard.
sixteen: How many piercings? six, all in my ears.
seventeen: When was the last time you cried? I just answered this quesiotnin last survey. Earl Davis Jr
eighteen: Who would you do anything for?Everyone
nineteen: Who is your hero? Rachel maddow is my new hero
[missing 20]
twenty-one: American Pie or Superbad? Superbad.
twenty-two: What's your biggest fear?the New Great Depression.
twenty-three: Where is your ex? Which one?
twenty-four: Would you ever take one of your ex's back? no
twenty-five: Who are you going to be with tonight? Mom, Chirssy, amanda, Dominique and I think Mary and Patty
twenty-six: What was the first thing you said this morning? move a little maddie, will ya? then I snoozed for a bit
twenty-seven: Speak any other languages? Je parle en fraincais en peu mais je ne comprende pas en fraincais parce que c'est tres rapide.
twenty-eight: Whats your favorite smell? fall.
twenty-nine: do you like to sleep naked? no.
thirty: Have you ever been kissed in the rain? probably but I can't remember a specific time.
[31]
thirty-two: What are you thinking about right now? Immigrants in North Carolina. It's on NPR.
thirty-three: What should you be doing right now? schooly things.
thirty-four: Whats your favorite memory? All the fun times with my friends kids or my little cousins.
thirty-five: What are you listening to? NPR
[36]
thirty-seven: Who was the last person you yelled at? Danielle Taylor. I'm still sorry about that. I was stressed at the sirport and I accidentally snapped. It's that Irish temper thing. It was embarrassing.
thirty-eight: Who is your best friend? I have a whole bunch, actually.
thirty-nine: Who is the last person you said I love you too? Hmm, I don't know. I guess Cece, when she was crying becasue I had to go home. (Still the cutest thing to have happened to me in ages...)
forty: Who is the last person that made you smile? the boss here just now when she called to say bye because she' leaving and to say thanks. that was nice of her and whatnot.
two: Where was your default picture taken? Mock Prom 08
three: What's your middle name? my gramma's name.
four: Whats your current favorite color?Read the last three of these surveys and figure it out.
five: Does your crush like you back? Nate Silver has not responded to my open letter marriage proposal...yet
six: What is your current mood? bored
seven: When is your birthday? same as france
eight: What color shirt are you wearing? white hippie
nine: If you were going on a Reality TV show, which one? Little do you know that I had a stint on reality t.v. Rene and I made the casting special for Sox Appeal.
ten: Are you imagining anyone naked right now? no. weird question.
eleven: Did you ever sneak into an R rated movie? Probably but i don't remvmber.
twelve: Ever had a near death experience? I had appendicitis but I'm not sure it was near death. It was dang painful though.
thirteen: Something you do a lot? waste time filling out lame surveys
fourteen: How old will you be in 12 months? 31.
fifteen: Do you want to see somebody right now? It'd be good to see all the other people who are currently in the vineyard.
sixteen: How many piercings? six, all in my ears.
seventeen: When was the last time you cried? I just answered this quesiotnin last survey. Earl Davis Jr
eighteen: Who would you do anything for?Everyone
nineteen: Who is your hero? Rachel maddow is my new hero
[missing 20]
twenty-one: American Pie or Superbad? Superbad.
twenty-two: What's your biggest fear?the New Great Depression.
twenty-three: Where is your ex? Which one?
twenty-four: Would you ever take one of your ex's back? no
twenty-five: Who are you going to be with tonight? Mom, Chirssy, amanda, Dominique and I think Mary and Patty
twenty-six: What was the first thing you said this morning? move a little maddie, will ya? then I snoozed for a bit
twenty-seven: Speak any other languages? Je parle en fraincais en peu mais je ne comprende pas en fraincais parce que c'est tres rapide.
twenty-eight: Whats your favorite smell? fall.
twenty-nine: do you like to sleep naked? no.
thirty: Have you ever been kissed in the rain? probably but I can't remember a specific time.
[31]
thirty-two: What are you thinking about right now? Immigrants in North Carolina. It's on NPR.
thirty-three: What should you be doing right now? schooly things.
thirty-four: Whats your favorite memory? All the fun times with my friends kids or my little cousins.
thirty-five: What are you listening to? NPR
[36]
thirty-seven: Who was the last person you yelled at? Danielle Taylor. I'm still sorry about that. I was stressed at the sirport and I accidentally snapped. It's that Irish temper thing. It was embarrassing.
thirty-eight: Who is your best friend? I have a whole bunch, actually.
thirty-nine: Who is the last person you said I love you too? Hmm, I don't know. I guess Cece, when she was crying becasue I had to go home. (Still the cutest thing to have happened to me in ages...)
forty: Who is the last person that made you smile? the boss here just now when she called to say bye because she' leaving and to say thanks. that was nice of her and whatnot.
Saturday Survey Mania - pt 1
Must stay awake, though very tired. It's slow here at the circ desk. Anyhoo, here's a survey Rene fille dout a while ago and now I"m going to do it, too.
1.Where is your cell phone? Good question. Hold on...Top pocket of my majorly stuff backpack.
2.Your significant other? Heaven only knows.
3.Your hair? Smooshed in ponytail
4.Your mother? In the Vineyard.
5.Your father? The afterlife.
[what happened to 6]
7.Your favorite thing? Like object? My favorite object would be my shoes.
8.Your dream last night? Um, I can't remember, actually.
9.Your favorite drink? good beer or wine or coffee
[no 10]
11.Your dream/goal? New goal: vaca to Europe
12.What Room you are in? The library.
13.Your fear? Nothing coming together
[two times a charm]13.Where do you want to be in 6 years? Back in Maine
14.Where were you last night? West and then home to watch the game
15.Something that you aren't? Prudent
16.Muffins? lemon poppyseed
17.Wish list item? motivation
18. Where you grew up? South Wey
19.Last thing you did? type
20.What are you wearing? black pants, white top, black shirt, black, pink, white and blue scarf, blue sweater, green earring, brown sneakers, pink socks, black headband, blue hair clip, purple and blue necklace, orange lady thing, black lace nether whatits, and a blue, white and clear glass ring. Ha ha, for real.
21.Your TV? No TVs in library, but I'm listeing to NPR
22.Your pets? Maddie took up most of the bed last night, which is a miracle considering she's maybe 16 long. Also Daisy and Oliver. Daisy, get ready. Tuesday we're going for a long walk at the rez. It's fall!
23 Friends? Currently at 622 on Facebook
24 Your life? brinkmanship
25 Your mood? Ready for noon to go to the Vineyard
26.Missing someone? mais bien sur
27 Your car? Is old but works fairly well. I've got to stop neglecting it.
28.Something you're not wearing? A bracelet
29 Your favorite store? bookstores, especially indie ones
30 Your favorite color? Violet.
[31, 32, 33]
34 When is the last time you laughed? The Sesame Street characters from around the owrld on Morning Edition Saturdya were fairly amusing
35 Last time you cried? I totally love football movies and when I heard about the Earl Davis jr one this morning on "Only a Game" I got a little teary.
Who will resend this? Kara?
.A) Four places that I go to over and over: West Rox, Weymouth, Framingham, the state of Maine.
B) Four people who email me regularly: people from weymouth, people from grad school.
C) Four favorite places to eat: West, Real Deal, Sophia's, Pleasant (ha ha townie choices)
D) Four places I would like to go right now: France, Germany, Seattle and Martha's Vineyard (oh yay, less than 2 hours until I leave for MV) .
E) Four people I think will respond:no idea
F) Four TV shows(networks) I watch all the time: Daily Show, Colbert Report, Skins, Rachel Maddow
1.Where is your cell phone? Good question. Hold on...Top pocket of my majorly stuff backpack.
2.Your significant other? Heaven only knows.
3.Your hair? Smooshed in ponytail
4.Your mother? In the Vineyard.
5.Your father? The afterlife.
[what happened to 6]
7.Your favorite thing? Like object? My favorite object would be my shoes.
8.Your dream last night? Um, I can't remember, actually.
9.Your favorite drink? good beer or wine or coffee
[no 10]
11.Your dream/goal? New goal: vaca to Europe
12.What Room you are in? The library.
13.Your fear? Nothing coming together
[two times a charm]13.Where do you want to be in 6 years? Back in Maine
14.Where were you last night? West and then home to watch the game
15.Something that you aren't? Prudent
16.Muffins? lemon poppyseed
17.Wish list item? motivation
18. Where you grew up? South Wey
19.Last thing you did? type
20.What are you wearing? black pants, white top, black shirt, black, pink, white and blue scarf, blue sweater, green earring, brown sneakers, pink socks, black headband, blue hair clip, purple and blue necklace, orange lady thing, black lace nether whatits, and a blue, white and clear glass ring. Ha ha, for real.
21.Your TV? No TVs in library, but I'm listeing to NPR
22.Your pets? Maddie took up most of the bed last night, which is a miracle considering she's maybe 16 long. Also Daisy and Oliver. Daisy, get ready. Tuesday we're going for a long walk at the rez. It's fall!
23 Friends? Currently at 622 on Facebook
24 Your life? brinkmanship
25 Your mood? Ready for noon to go to the Vineyard
26.Missing someone? mais bien sur
27 Your car? Is old but works fairly well. I've got to stop neglecting it.
28.Something you're not wearing? A bracelet
29 Your favorite store? bookstores, especially indie ones
30 Your favorite color? Violet.
[31, 32, 33]
34 When is the last time you laughed? The Sesame Street characters from around the owrld on Morning Edition Saturdya were fairly amusing
35 Last time you cried? I totally love football movies and when I heard about the Earl Davis jr one this morning on "Only a Game" I got a little teary.
Who will resend this? Kara?
.A) Four places that I go to over and over: West Rox, Weymouth, Framingham, the state of Maine.
B) Four people who email me regularly: people from weymouth, people from grad school.
C) Four favorite places to eat: West, Real Deal, Sophia's, Pleasant (ha ha townie choices)
D) Four places I would like to go right now: France, Germany, Seattle and Martha's Vineyard (oh yay, less than 2 hours until I leave for MV) .
E) Four people I think will respond:no idea
F) Four TV shows(networks) I watch all the time: Daily Show, Colbert Report, Skins, Rachel Maddow
Palin is a criminal and hypocrite - YAY!!!!
Some music to listen to as read the following story.
WASHINGTON — An Alaska state legislative investigator found Friday that Gov. Sarah Palin abused her executive power when she and her husband engaged in a campaign to oust her former brother-in-law from the state police force.
In a lengthy report released in Anchorage, Steven Branchflower found that Palin also improperly allowed her husband, Todd, to use the governor's office to pursue a personal vendetta against the trooper.
"Governor Palin knowingly permitted a situation to continue where impermissible pressure was placed on several subordinates in order to advance a personal agenda, to wit: To get Trooper Michael Wooten fired," said the report released by a bipartisan legislative committee.
More from Reuters.
This week in WTF: Candace Bushnell goes ape$hit on NPR
Candace Bushnell, creator of the Sex and the City column and a bunch of other chicklit, NYC, shoe-obsessed stories was on "On Point" today and for no apparent reason was a complete and total bi-atch. I mean, I LOVE SATC so very very very much but, I love the show. I read "Trading Up" and "Four Blondes" for the plot, which was interesting, but definitely NOT for the writing. She almost compared herself to Flaubert and I thought I heard literary ghost howling with laughter at the mere suggestion. (To paraphrase a political line, "I know Flaubert. Flaubert was a good friend of mine. You, Candace Bushnell, are no Flaubert.") She talks about interesting stuff, but it takes other people, like Sarah Jessica Parker and Michael Patrick King, to give her writing its social relevance.
Anyway, for whatever reason [cocaine?] she just went off on poor old heart attack survivor Tom Ashbrook of On Point today. I didn't get why she was so ornery until I started thinking about New York socialites and why they'd be so awful on a Thursday morning: reasonable answer is definitely drugs, but that's just a guess. I simply can't imagine why anyone would be screaming about anything on NPR. It's National Public Radio for heaven's sake. Leave the loony ranting and raving to talk radio.
Listen to the cantankerous, contentious-for-no-reason interview at this link:
Special Report: Dead & Abandoned Theoretical Babies All Over West Roxbury
So, yesterday I took a walk around town and was stopped in my tracks because along Centre St (West Roxbury's main street) I almost stepped on a smashed white egg. I walked around it and wondered why it was there. Then there was ANOTHER egg, abandoned on a bench outside of CVS. This one was brown. A few paces down the road and I spotted a third smashed brown egg. I was wondering what all this peculiarity was about & then I remembered the episode of the retro 90210 Rene was watching before the debate on Tuesday. Some of the characters had to carry around these eerily real looking fake babies. That's when it hit me: the 8th graders at the charter school around the corner from the library were probably learning about how important it was to wrap it up, unlike those sluts up in Gloucester, and so they got their theoretical baby eggs. What I had witnessed around the CVS and the library were a bunch of FAILURE grades in health class, is what that was.
He's So Dreamy - in that awkward dorky way
Here's my new phantom husband on the Colbert Report last night. He says he wore the purple tie to be politically neutral but really it was his coded way of saying how much he loves me, since purple is my favourite color. It was like Carol Burnett's ear tug to say hi to her mom or whatnot.
Anyway, the clip:
Isn't he adorable? All shifty and nervous but still manages to be funny and smart...Hmm...Ah love.
Anyway, the clip:
Isn't he adorable? All shifty and nervous but still manages to be funny and smart...Hmm...Ah love.
After the Debate the Obamas Are Super Awesome
Read this link from Wonkette.com. It's all about what happened AFTER last night's debate. Here's what didn't happen: McCain did not stay to talk to the people.
Best quote from the entry, "The debate may have been a bore, but what happened afterward was extremely telling."
Best quote from the entry, "The debate may have been a bore, but what happened afterward was extremely telling."
Colbert Features Libraries
Yay! I love it when we get attention from Colbert Report. He's always making jokes about the library. Clearly, if he makes fun, it's because he loves us. The clip isn't available yet, but I'll update it when it is. Here's some former library stories from library champion, Stephen Colbert:
More on How Rachel Maddow Kicks A$$
Alrighty, as time goes by, I am more and more impressed with my new favorite news personality, Rachel Maddow (my former one being Stephen Colbert, even though it's fake news).Not only is she a chick, she's a chick who's a lesbian. Talk about odds against. Yet she's thriving on the teevee. And you know why? It's cause she's smart, funny and honest. She does have a left bias, but not in a vitriolic, "cool it now, Keithy" sort of way, like her colleague Keith Olberman does. She makes salient point about the absurdity that is in front of us and speaks oftent o real issues and concerns, instead of the tit for tat name calling that both wings of poltics often fall into.
My favorite thing is the comeraderie she shares with her "fake Uncle Pat", Pat Buchanan. It's like that, "Some of my best friends are Republicans" joke I always pull, spinning the "some of my best friends are [insert minority here]" that Republicans (like Sarah Palin) pull out. Pat Buchanan is kinda nutty, in a clueless sort of way. I heard this crazy story about him and the production staff at ABC Portland pretending to be "hair and makeup" people because he thought the Portland ABC had a hair and make up staff and would use them before going on Larry King via satellite from the Portland studio. Something about a makeup sponge rinsed off in a cup of water, foundation, and Pat drinking from the cup...I don't know. Anyway, clueless.
Rumor has it that Rachel Maddow is not just a great personality & genuinely nice but a true scholar as well. Rumors I found on the internet, so I haven't had a chance to confirm the wiki entry and other blogs. But it makes sense. Also, she is good friends with Chuck D, of Public Enemy. They used to have a show on Air America.
Fight the power.
One last thing: she has a great sense of humor, especially about her sexuality. She interviewed a congressman and at the end of the interview, after thanking him, he said, "Thank you sir--I mean ma'am." And she said, without missing a beat, "No problem. Happens all the time."
Effin funny, I tell yah.
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