The More Things Change ...
Jerri
it, now some "conservative" Christians are accusing SpongeBob SquarePants of
spreading tolerance for homosexuality. Which brings us to the current
QuickVote on cnn.com, in which "Absorbent, yellow, and porous" are the
leading descriptions of SB SP.
I actually listened to GWBush's inaugural address yesterday. He has speech
writers, yes? What the heck were they talking about? We gonna take on
tyranny and oppression one unfriendly nation at a time for the next 4 years?
'Cause I know we ain't gonna take on one of our best friends, tyrannical and
oppressive to the max, Saudi Arabia. Given all his big plans for his 2nd
term in office, one might be rather happy that he has the attention span of
a gnat. Unfortunately, of course, his minions are rather focused on whatever
it is that they do.
Some British psychologist calls January 24 the most depressing day of the
year. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6847012/
I dunno. I think you could pick a day at random between November 15 and
March 22 and get a pretty depressing day. I'm kind of depressed right now,
'cause we had a simply lovely, semi-warm, sunshiny day *yesterday* and today
is gray and foggy and cold, leading inexorably to a drop back into the
deepfreeze tonight through the weekend.
My Heidi dog and I have taken 2 walks around the neighborhood. She's lying
on the floor, snoring her head off. I'm waiting for a combo of aspirin and
acetaminophen to take hold. It's a hilly neighborhood. The plan is to
increase the length of our walks gradually, but I'm thinking we might drive
down to the neighborhood park and walk the track instead of doing these
hills when the walks get much longer. Ouch. Ow. Oh.
Jerri
Jette Goldie
"Jerri" <nooneh...@invalid.com> wrote
> My Heidi dog and I have taken 2 walks around the neighborhood. She's lying
> on the floor, snoring her head off. I'm waiting for a combo of aspirin and
> acetaminophen to take hold. It's a hilly neighborhood. The plan is to
> increase the length of our walks gradually, but I'm thinking we might
drive
> down to the neighborhood park and walk the track instead of doing these
> hills when the walks get much longer. Ouch. Ow. Oh.
>
The winds have died down here, the snow is gone, but it's turning
very very cold, and I'm not doing a lot of walking right at the moment
because I've done something to my foot - doc things I may have
broken or fractured one of the small bones in it. Apparently they
don't always plaster these kind of breaks nowadays, it depends on
what the x-rays show.
So I'm seriously thinking of being a lazy sod and driving to the
cinema tonight. Normally it's a short 14 minute walk from my
house, but at the moment it's taking me half an hour. The cinema
complex has an underground car park and they validate your
ticket so you get free parking with your movie.
--
Jette
"Work for Peace and remain Fiercely Loving" - Jim Byrnes
je...@blueyonder.co.uk
http://www.jette.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/
GinjerB
>Date: Fri, Jan 21, 2005 11:35 EST
>Message-id: <AcudnZIHHae...@gbronline.com>
>
>It's not bad enough that they wanted to take Tinky Winky's purse away from
>it, now some "conservative" Christians are accusing SpongeBob SquarePants of
>spreading tolerance for homosexuality. Which brings us to the current
>QuickVote on cnn.com, in which "Absorbent, yellow, and porous" are the
>leading descriptions of SB SP.
>
>I actually listened to GWBush's inaugural address yesterday. He has speech
>writers, yes? What the heck were they talking about? We gonna take on
>tyranny and oppression one unfriendly nation at a time for the next 4 years?
>'Cause I know we ain't gonna take on one of our best friends, tyrannical and
>oppressive to the max, Saudi Arabia. Given all his big plans for his 2nd
>term in office, one might be rather happy that he has the attention span of
>a gnat. Unfortunately, of course, his minions are rather focused on whatever
>it is that they do.
>
>
>
>
Ditto to all of the above.
The Spongebob Revelation, follwing on the Great Teletubbie Incident, makes me
glad that I'm a "Liberal elitist" who happens to think that, even if the
accusations leveled at both poor defenseless extremely un-real characters were
true, spreading tolerance ain't a bad thing. (Consider the alternative...)
As to Bush--want to start the betting pool on how long before we invade Iran?
GinjerB
The Apngebob thign, follwoing the Great Teletubbies Revelatoin makes me glas
tht I am a
Jerri
> As to Bush--want to start the betting pool
> on how long before we invade Iran?
I never believed we'd attack Iraq until we attacked Iraq. I gave GWBush the
benefit of the doubt until the freakin' bombs actually started falling. I
wish I could give him the benefit of the doubt on Iran, but with Cheney out
there beating the Iranian war drums, ya gotta figure Cheney knows something
is up. And with ole GWBush up there, promising to take on one tyranny after
another until they're all un-tyrannized [or something], ya gotta figure
because he still thinks he did the right thing in Iraq, he's gonna go for an
encore in Iran. What I can't figure is where he's going to get the troops to
hold Iran hostage until *they* knuckle under. We're not doing such a good
job with that in Iraq. I wonder what poor ole Colin Powell is thinking ...
he beat the war drums under false pretenses at the U.N. so we could attack
Iraq. Ya reckon he wants Condi Rice to get confirmed as Sec of State real
quick so he doesn't have to do it again?
Jerri [wheels within wheels] [still wondering where Osama bin Laden is in
the "mind" of our "leadership"]
John Mosby (Out&About)
all* ' more times than I can count (* void where no oil / Guantanemo),
freedom (so many times that I'm going to check I have the right defenition
of the word in my head) and yet fails to mention either Iraq or SpongeBob
SquarePants really isn't worth standing out in the cold for.
Gotta love vague, non-specific, tokenly multi-denominational,
cartoon-exclusionary rhetoric.
John
Chairman, Free Charlie Brown.
Christine from B.C.
>on the floor, snoring her head off. I'm waiting for a combo of aspirin and
>acetaminophen to take hold. It's a hilly neighborhood. The plan is to
>increase the length of our walks gradually, but I'm thinking we might drive
>down to the neighborhood park and walk the track instead of doing these
>hills when the walks get much longer. Ouch. Ow. Oh.
>
>Jerri
>
(experience with dogs knows that that combination works well on them also).
Sounds like me after a gym workout........
Christine from B.C. (yucky, rainy and dull today and now the wind is getting
up)
Jerri
> Hang on, bit confused!! Are the Aspirin and
> Acetominophen for you or the dog (experience
> with dogs knows that that combination works
> well on them also). Sounds like me after a gym workout........
Yikes. The acetaminophen and aspirin was for me. I gave my Irish setter some
baby aspirin a few weeks ago before I found out he had pneumonia and
megaesophagus. And I researched the dosage over the internet for a long time
before I did it. And even then I worried. I've never given any of my dogs
acetaminophen, mostly because I believe it's toxic. I do see there are
recommendations for its use out on the web, and I also see warnings that
acetaminophen is toxic to both cats and dogs. Yikes. Who to believe? Who to
believe? But nothing is scarier than ibuprofen ... 2 of my dogs split a
large bottle of ibuprofen, vomited it up, and when I called the animal
poison control center, I was told to get the dogs to the emergency clinic
ASAP because as little as 1 pill could kill 'em. The vet at the emergency
clinic had to call the animal poison control center himself, because he
didn't know what to do. We all spent the night at the emergency clinic, then
I took the dogs to my regular vet for the day so they could continue to
receive IVs. THAT was a very expensive economy-sized bottle of ibuprofen.
In other words, I am sooooooooooo careful about what I give the dogs ...
Heidi took a nap ... I took the pills. <G>
Jerri
Donna
> Any Presidential speech in the last three years that mentions 'liberty
for
> all* ' more times than I can count (* void where no oil / Guantanemo),
> freedom (so many times that I'm going to check I have the right defenition
> of the word in my head) and yet fails to mention either Iraq or SpongeBob
> SquarePants really isn't worth standing out in the cold for.
If I remember correctly, my morning newscaster did count, and either Liberty
or Freedom (I forget which -- it was early, I was on cold drugs) clocked in
at 24. Pretty good for a 17 minute speech. 1.4 ppm (platitudes per minute)
> Gotta love vague, non-specific, tokenly multi-denominational,
> cartoon-exclusionary rhetoric.
>
> John
> Chairman, Free Charlie Brown.
Quote of the day, except that day was in 1960, stolen from an acquaintance's
sig-file:
"But if by a 'Liberal' they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind,
someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares
about the welfare of the people -- their health, their housing, their
schools, their jobs, their civil rights, and their civil liberties --
someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that
grip us in our
policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a 'Liberal,' then I'm proud
to say I'm a 'Liberal'." John F. Kennedy, 14 Sept 1960
43, needless to say, you are no 35.
Donna
Ingeborg Denner
Jerri wrote:
>
>
> I actually listened to GWBush's inaugural address yesterday. He has speech
> writers, yes? What the heck were they talking about? [...]
>
> Some British psychologist calls January 24 the most depressing day of the
> year. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6847012/
> I dunno. I think you could pick a day at random between November 15 and
> March 22 and get a pretty depressing day.
Outside it's snowing. I have a nice warm sweater and good new mud-proof
shoes. And Bush's "invoking satan"
<http://news4colorado.com/water/watercooler_story_023094741.html> (and
not, it's not only Norwegian) hat me ROTFL.
So... I had worse days.
inge