| Way to put youself above the law, Dubya. |
[Jul. 8th, 2007|08:10 pm] |
"But when other citizens render a verdict against your man, Mr. Bush — and then you spit in the faces of those jurors and that judge and the judges who were yet to hear the appeal — the average citizen understands that, sir.
It’s the fixed ballgame and the rigged casino and the pre-arranged lottery all rolled into one — and it stinks. And they know it."
Even the most die-hard conservative should know that once a president starts overturning jury decisions based on personal relationships, he has moved beyond the scope of his job. |
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| War for oil NOT WORKING! |
[May. 24th, 2007|03:16 pm] |
Okay, so here's what I don't get. We stay on friendly terms with Saudi Arabia because we need their oil. After 9/11, we bombed the shit out of Afghanistan and Iraq, even though none of the 9/11 hijackers were from those countries, yet 15 were from Saudi Arabia, and we didn't even give them a slap on the wrist. But we need the oil, so okay, what's a few thousand lives. So if Bush is stuck that far up Saudi Arabia's ass, just for oil, why did it just take $30 fucking dollars for me to fill up my tiny Ford Escort???? Dubya totally got hosed.
Well, HE didn't, I guess, since he used to own an oil company, and is still connected to them, so he's actually probably profiting from my $30 fill up on 10 gallons of gas. Still. I think the rest of us got hosed. |
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| Dear pat... |
[May. 12th, 2007|11:56 am] |
Dear Pat Robertson, Dr. Laura, Ralph Reed, Jerry Falwell, and fellow fundamentalists;
Thank you for doing so much to educate people regarding God's Law. I have learned a great deal from your shows; and I try to share that knowledge with as many people as I can. When someone tries to defend the homosexual lifestyle; for example; I simply remind him that Leviticus 18:22 clearly states it to be an abomination. End of debate.
I do need some advice from you; however; regarding some of the specific laws and how to best follow them.
a) When I burn a bull on the altar as a sacrifice; I know it creates a pleasing odor for the Lord (Lev. 1:9). The problem is my neighbors. They claim the odor is not pleasing to them. Should I smite them?
b) I would like to sell my daughter into slavery; as sanctioned in Exodus 21:7. In this day and age; what do you think would be a fair price for her?
c) I know that I am allowed no contact with a woman while she is in her period of menstrual uncleanliness (Lev. 15:19-24). The problem is; how do I tell? I have tried asking; but most women take offense.
d) Lev. 25:44 states that I may indeed possess slaves; both male and female; provided they are purchased from neighboring nations. A friend of mine claims that this applies to Mexicans; but not Canadians. Can you clarify? Why can't I own Canadians?
e) I have a neighbor who insists on working on the Sabbath. Exodus 35:2 clearly states he should be put to death. Am I morally obligated to kill him myself?
f) A friend of mine feels that even though eating shellfish is an Abomination (Lev. 11:10); it is a lesser abomination than homosexuality. I don't agree. Can you settle this?
g) Lev. 21:20 states that I may not approach the altar of God if I have a defect in my sight. I have to admit that I wear reading glasses. Does my vision have to be 20/20; or is there some wiggle room here?
h) Most of my male friends get their hair trimmed; including the hair around their temples; even though this is expressly forbidden by Lev. 19:27. How should they die?
i) I know from Lev. 11:6-8 that touching the skin of a dead pig makes me unclean; but may I still play football if I wear gloves?
j) My uncle has a farm. He violates Lev. 19:19 by planting two different crops in the same field; as does his wife by wearing garments made of two different kinds of thread. (cotton/polyester blend). He also tends to curse and blaspheme a lot. Is it really necessary that we go to all the trouble of getting the whole town together to stone them? (Lev. 24:10-16). Couldn't we just burn them to death at a private family affair like we do with people who sleep with their in-laws? (Lev. 20:14)
I know you have studied these things extensively; so I am confident you can help.
Thank you again for reminding us that God's word is eternal and unchanging.
- Your devoted disciple and adoring fan.
"The appropriation of funds of the United States for the use and support of religious societies, [is] contrary to the article of the Constitution which declares that 'Congress shall make no law respecting a religious establishment'"
-- James Madison, February 27, 1811.
"The United States is in no sense founded upon the Christian doctrine."
-- George Washington.
"As the government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion ..."
-- from the Treaty of Tripoli, signed by John Adams, June 10, 1797.
"Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God; that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship; that the legislative powers of the government reach actions only, and not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should 'make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,' thus building a wall of separation between church and State."
-- Thomas Jefferson, in his historic Danbury letter, January 1, 1802. |
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| Letter to Stars and Stripes |
[May. 2nd, 2007|08:32 pm] |
What’s the mission?
Now that Army active-duty units are going to be in Iraq for 15 months, I think it is time to find out what our mission statement is.
My men, while not happy to have to be here longer, do not care about the time line. What we want is to know that we are doing what we were sent here to do.
Are we in Iraq to fight al-Qaida in Iraq — which did not exist until we toppled the only government who could control the Sunni/Shiite infighting?
Are we here to support the government of Iraq?
Are we here to kill al-Qaida in Iraq and make two tribes who have been fighting since A.D. 689 hold hands and sing folk songs?
I ask because right now we drive around and hand out money and fix infrastructure only to have the Iraqi people blow it up themselves. While we are out driving around we hit roadside bombs and can do nothing but collect our dead. This is because we have Rules of Engagement that allow us to fight only if we physically see the individual in the act of conducting the attack.
My soldiers understood that if the U.S. military pulls out now, this will blow up into a wider, regional conflict that will pull the entire world in. This cannot be allowed to happen. Just let us in the military know what we need to do.
Master Sgt. Matthew Cloyd
Baghdad |
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| Lee speaks the Gospel |
[Apr. 28th, 2007|09:50 pm] |
Excerpt from Lee Iacocca's new book "Where Are All the Leaders"
From Chapter 1: Had Enough?
Am I the only guy in this country who's fed up with what's happening?
Where the "heck" is our outrage? We should be screaming bloody murder. We've got a gang of clueless bozos steering our ship of state right over a cliff, we've got corporate gangsters stealing us blind, and we can't even clean up after a hurricane much less build a hybrid car. But instead of getting mad, everyone sits around and nods their heads when the politicians say, "Stay the course."
Stay the course? You've got to be kidding. This is America, not the da_ _ed Titanic. I'll give you a sound bite: Throw the bums out!
You might think I'm getting senile, that I've gone off my rocker, and maybe I have. But someone has to speak up. I hardly recognize this country anymore. The President of the United States is given a free pass to ignore the Constitution, tap our phones, and lead us to war on a pack of lies. Congress responds to record deficits by passing a huge tax cut for the wealthy (thanks, but I don't need it). The most famous business leaders are not the innovators but the guys in handcuffs. While we're fiddling in Iraq, the Middle East is burning and nobody seems to know what to do. And the press is waving pom-poms instead of asking hard questions. That's not the promise of America my parents and yours traveled across the ocean for. I've had enough. How about you?
I'll go a step further. You can't call yourself a patriot if you're not outraged. This is a fight I'm ready and willing to have.
My friends tell me to calm down. They say, "Lee, you're eighty-two years old. Leave the rage to the young people." I'd love to -- as soon as I can pry them away from their iPods for five seconds and get them to pay attention. I'm going to speak up because it's my patriotic duty. I think people will listen to me. They say I have a reputation as a straight shooter. So I'll tell you how I see it, and it's not pretty, but at least it's real. I'm hoping to strike a nerve in those young folks who say they don't vote because they don't trust politicians to represent their interests. Hey, America, wake up. These guys work for us.
WHO ARE THESE GUYS, ANYWAY?
Why are we in this mess? How did we end up with this crowd in Washington?
Well, we voted for them -- or at least some of us did. But I'll tell you what we didn't do. We didn't agree to suspend the Constitution. We didn't agree to stop asking questions or demanding answers. Some of us are sick and tired of people who call free speech treason. Where I come from that's a dictatorship, not a democracy.
And don't tell me it's all the fault of right-wing Republicans or liberal Democrats. That's an intellectually lazy argument, and it's part of the reason we're in this stew. We're not just a nation of factions. We're a people. We share common principles and ideals. And we rise and fall together.
Where are the voices of leaders who can inspire us to action and make us stand taller? What happened to the strong and resolute party of Lincoln?
What happen ed to the courageous, populist party of FDR and Truman? There was a time in this country when the voices of great leaders lifted us up and made us want to do better. Where have all the leaders gone?
THE TEST OF A LEADER
I've never been Commander in Chief, but I've been a CEO. I understand a few things about leadership at the top. I've figured out nine points -- not ten (I don't want people accusing me of thinking I'm Moses). I call them the "Nine Cs of Leadership." They're not fancy or complicated. Just clear, obvious qualities that every true leader should have. We should look at how the current administration stacks up. Like it or not, this crew is going to be around until January 2009. Maybe we can learn something before we go to the polls in 2008. Then let's be sure we use the leadership test to screen the candidates who say they want to run the country. It's up to us to choose wisely.
So, here's my C list:
A leader has to show CURIOSITY. He has to listen to people outside of the "Yes, sir" crowd in his inner circle. He has to read voraciously, because the world is a big, complicated place. George W. Bush brags about never reading a newspaper. "I just scan the headlines," he says. Am I hearing this right?
He's the President of the United States and he never reads a newspaper? Thomas Jefferson once said, "Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate for a moment to prefer the latter." Bush disagrees. As long as he gets his daily hour in the gym, with Fox News piped through the sound system, he's ready to go.
If a leader never steps outside his comfort zone to hear different ideas, he grows stale. If he doesn't put his beliefs to the test, how does he know he's right? The inability to listen is a form of arrogance. It means either you think you already know it all, or you just don't care. Before the 2006 election, George Bush made a big point of saying he didn't listen to the polls. Yeah, that's what they all say when the polls stink. But maybe he should have listened, because 70 percent of the people were saying he was on the wrong track. It took a "thumping" on election day to wake him up, but even then you got the feeling he wasn't listening so much as he was calculating how to do a better job of convincing everyone he was right.
A leader has to be CREATIVE, go out on a limb, be willing to try something different. You know, think outside the box. George Bush prides himself on never changing, even as the world around him is spinning out of control. God forbid someone should accuse him of flip-flopping. There's a disturbingly messianic fervor to his certainty. Senator Joe Biden recalled a conversation he had with Bush a few months after our troops marched into Baghdad. Joe was in the Oval Office outlining his concerns to the President -- the explosive mix of Shiite and Sunni, the disbanded Iraqi army, the problems securing the oil fields.
"The President was serene," Joe recalled. "He told me he was sure that we were on the right course and that all would be well 'Mr. President,' I finally said, 'how can you be so sure when you don't yet know all the facts?'" Bush then reached over and put a steadying hand on Joe's shoulder. "My instincts," he said, "My instincts." Joe was flabbergasted. He told Bush, "Mr. President, your instincts aren't good enough." Joe Biden sure didn't think the matter was settled. And, as we all know now, it wasn't.
Leadership is all about managing change -- whether you're leading a company or leading a country. Things change, and you get creative. You adapt. Maybe Bush was absent the day they covered that at Harvard Business School.
A leader has to COMMUNICATE. I'm not talking about running off at the mouth or spouting sound bites. I'm talking about facing reality and telling the truth. Nobody in the current administration seems to know how to talk straight anymore. Instead, they spend most of their time trying to convince us that things are not really as bad as they seem. I don't know if it's denial or dishonesty, but it can start to drive you crazy after a while. Communication has to start with telling the truth, even when it's painful. The war in Iraq has been, among other things, a grand failure of communication. Bush is like the boy who didn't cry wolf when the wolf was at the door. After years of being told that all is well, even as the casualties and chaos mount, we've stopped listening to him.
A leader has to be a person of CHARACTER. That means knowing the difference between right and wrong and having the guts to do the right thing. Abraham Lincoln once said, "If you want to test a man's character, give him power." George Bush has a lot of power. What does it say about his character? Bush has shown a willingness to take bold action on the world stage because he has the power, but he shows little regard for the grievous consequences. He has sent our troops (not to mention hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqi citizens) to their deaths -- for what? To build our oil reserves? To avenge his daddy because Saddam Hussein once tried to have him killed? To show his daddy he's tougher? The motivations behind the war in Iraq are questionable, and the execution of the war has been a disaster. A man of character does not ask a single soldier to die for a failed policy.
A leader must have COURAGE. I'm talking about balls. (That even goes for female leaders.) Swagger isn't courage. Tough talk isn't courage. George Bush comes from a blue-blooded Connecticut family, but he likes to talk like a cowboy. You know, My gun is bigger than your gun. Courage in the twenty-first century doesn't mean posturing and bravado. Courage is a commitment to sit down at the negotiating table and talk.
If you're a politician, courage means taking a position even when you know it will cost you votes. Bush can't even make a public appearance unless the audience has been handpicked and sanitized. He did a series of so-called town hall meetings last year, in auditoriums packed with his most devoted fans. The questions were all softballs.
To be a leader you've got to have CONVICTION -- a fire in your belly. You've got to have passion. You've got to really want to get something done.
How do you measure fire in the belly? Bush has set the all-time record for number of vacation days taken by a U.S. President -- four hundred and counting. He'd rather clear brush on his ranch than immerse himself in the business of governing. He even told an interviewer that the high point of his presidency so far was catching a seven-and-a-half-pound perch in his hand-stocked lake.
It's no better on Capitol Hill. Congress was in session only ninety-seven days in 2006. That's eleven days less than the record set in 1948, when President Harry Truman coined the term do-nothing Congress. Most people would expect to be fired if they worked so little and had nothing to show for it. But Congress managed to find the time to vote itself a raise. Now, that's not leadership.
A leader should have CHARISMA. I'm not talking about being flashy. Charisma is the quality that makes people want to follow you. It's the ability to inspire. People follow a leader because they trust him. That's my definition of charisma. Maybe George Bush is a great guy to hang out with at a barbecue or a ball game. But put him at a global summit where the future of our planet is at stake, and he doesn't look very presidential. Those frat-boy pranks and the kidding around he enjoys so much don't go over that well with world leaders. Just ask German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who received an unwelcome shoulder massage from our President at a G-8 Summit. When he came up behind her and started squeezing, I thought she was going to go right through the roof.
A leader has to be COMPETENT. That seems obvious, doesn't it? You've got to know what you're doing. More important than that, you've got to surround yourself with people who know what they're doing. Bush brags about being our first MBA President. Does that make him competent? Well, let's see. Thanks to our first MBA President, we've got the largest deficit in history, Social Security is on life support, and we've run up a half-a-trillion-dollar price tag (so far) in Iraq. And that's just for starters. A leader has to be a problem solver, and the biggest problems we face as a nation seem to be on the back burner.
You can't be a leader if you don't have COMMON SENSE. I call this Charlie Beacham's rule. When I was a young guy just starting out in the car business, one of my first jobs was as Ford's zone manager in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. My boss was a guy named Charlie Beacham, who was the East Coast regional manager. Charlie was a big Southerner, with a warm drawl, a huge smile, and a core of steel. Charlie used to tell me, "Remember, Lee, the only thing you've got going for you as a human being is your ability to reason and your common sense. If you don't know a dip of horsesh_ _ from a dip of vanilla ice cream, you'll never make it." George Bush doesn't have common sense. He just has a lot of sound bites. You know -- Mr. they'll-welcome-us-as-liberators-no-child-left-behind-heck-of-a-job -Brownie-mission-accomplished Bush.
Former President Bill Clinton once said, "I grew up in an alcoholic home. I spent half my childhood trying to get into the reality-based world -- and I like it here."
I think our current President should visit the real world once in a while.
THE BIGGEST C IS CRISIS
Leaders are made, not born. Leadership is forged in times of crisis. It's easy to sit there with your feet up on the desk and talk theory. Or send someone else's kids off to war when you've never seen a battlefield yourself. It's another thing to lead when your world comes tumbling down.
On September 11, 2001, we needed a strong leader more than any other time in our history. We needed a steady hand to guide us out of the ashes. Where was George Bush? He was reading a story about a pet goat to kids in Florida when he heard about the attacks. He kept sitting there for twenty minutes with a
baffled look on his face. It's all on tape. You can see it for yourself. Then, instead of taking the quickest route back to Washington and immediately going on the air to reassure the panicked people of this country, he decided it wasn't safe to return to the White House. He basically went into hiding for
the day -- and he told Vice President Dick Cheney to stay put in his bunker. We were all frozen in front of our TVs, scared out of our wits, waiting for our leaders to tell us that we were going to be okay, and there was nobody home. It took Bush a couple of days to get his bearings and devise the right photo op at Ground Zero.
That was George Bush's moment of truth, and he was paralyzed. And what did he do when he'd regained his composure? He led us down the road to Iraq -- a road his own father had considered disastrous when he was President. But Bush didn't listen to Daddy. He listened to a higher father. He prides himself on being faith based, not reality based. If that doesn't scare the crap out of you, I don't know what will.
A "HECK" (edited) OF A MESS
So here's where we stand. We're immersed in a bloody war with no plan for winning and no plan for leaving. We're running the biggest deficit in the history of the country. We're losing the manufacturing edge to Asia, while our once-great companies are getting slaughtered by health care costs. Gas prices are skyrocketing, and nobody in power has a coherent energy policy. Our schools are in trouble. Our borders are like sieves. The middle class is being squeezed every which way. These are times that cry out for leadership.
But when you look around, you've got to ask: "Where have all the leaders gone?" Where are the curious, creative communicators? Where are the people of character, courage, conviction, competence, and common sense? I may be a sucker for alliteration, but I think you get the point.
Name me a leader who has a better idea for homeland security than making us take off our shoes in airports and throw away our shampoo? We've spent billions of dollars building a huge new bureaucracy, and all we know how to do is react to things that have already happened.
Name me one leader who emerged from the crisis of Hurricane Katrina. Congress has yet to spend a single day evaluating the response to the hurricane, or demanding accountability for the decisions that were made in the crucial hours after the storm. Everyone's hunkering down, fingers crossed, hoping it doesn't happen again. Now, that's just crazy. Storms happen. Deal with it. Make a plan. Figure out what you're going to do the next time.
Name me an industry leader who is thinking creatively about how we can restore our competitive edge in manufacturing. Who would have believed that there could ever be a time when "the Big Three" referred to Japanese car companies? How did this happen -- and more important, what are we going to do about it?
Name me a government leader who can articulate a plan for paying down the debt, or solving the energy crisis, or managing the health care problem. The silence is deafening. But these are the crises that are eating away at our country and milking the middle class dry.
I have news for the gang in Congress. We didn't elect you to sit on your asses and do nothing and remain silent while our democracy is being hijacked and our greatness is being replaced with mediocrity. What is everybody so afraid of? That some bobblehead on Fox News will call them a name? Give me a break.
Why don't you guys show some spine for a change?
HAD ENOUGH?
Hey, I'm not trying to be the voice of gloom and doom here. I'm trying to light a fire. I'm speaking out because I have hope. I believe in America. In my lifetime I've had the privilege of living through some of America's greatest moments. I've also experienced some of our worst crises -- the Great Depression, World War II, the Korean War, the Kennedy assassination, the Vietnam War, the 1970s oil crisis, and the struggles of recent years culminating with 9/11. If I've learned one thing, it's this: You don't get anywhere by standing on the sidelines waiting for somebody else to take action. Whether it's building a better car or building a better future for our children, we all have a role to play. That's the challenge I'm raising in this book. It's a call to action for people who, like me, believe in America. It's not too late, but it's getting pretty close. So let's shake off the horsesh _ _ and go to work. Let's tell 'em all we've had enough.
Copyright © 2007 by Lee Iacocca & Associates, Inc., a California
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| Part 2--Diptheria! 5-10% death rate |
[Jan. 4th, 2007|07:54 pm] |
Diphtheria is caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae, a bacterium. The bacterium produces a toxin (poison) that is carried in the bloodstream.
Usually, diphtheria develops in the throat. Early symptoms are a sore throat and mild fever. A membrane that forms over the throat and tonsils can make it hard to swallow. The infection also causes the lymph glands and tissue on both sides of the neck to swell to an unusually large size.
Some people can be infected but not appear ill. They can also spread the infection.
Diphtheria is most common in areas where people live in crowded conditions with poor sanitation.Diphtheria is a medical emergency. A delay in treatment can result in death or long-term heart disease. A person with diphtheria should be hospitalized until fully recovered. The person should be given a medicine (diphtheria antitoxin) to fight the diphtheria poison and antibiotics to fight the diphtheria bacteria. Some patients might need mechanical help in breathing (respirator).
Persons who have been in close contact with the patient should have throat cultures and be given antibiotics. They should be closely watched for possible symptoms. Close contacts who have not been immunized should receive a complete series of diphtheria shots. A booster vaccine can be given to persons who have been immunized before.
Diphtheria was once one of the most common causes of death in children.
Overall case-fatality rate is 5%-10% with higher rates (up to 40%) in those under 5 or over 40. This rate has changed very little over the past 50 years (sanitation and better health care have not affected the rates--only the vaccine has changed the rates of infection).
Diphtheria has re-emerged in the newly independent states of the former Soviet Union and in some other parts of the world at near-epidemic levels. The increases have generally been the result of failed public health and immunization programs in areas weakened by economic and social turmoil.
Of 53 cases in the US since 1980, most were unvaccinated or undervaccinated (no percentage given).
The disease still exists in the US, mainly in poor native american populations.
Joint reactions are the only major side effect from the vaccine, and those are rare (no percentage given).
The diphtheria bacteria (hey, it rhymes) produces a toxin, which is what causes most of the damage and kills the victim. Since it starts off with regular respiratory symptoms, which can be mistakenly blamed on a virus, leading people to not seek medical advice, which will be the difference between life and death.
Contracting the disease does NOT give you immunity.
http://textbookofbacteriology.net/diphtheria.html Study of the bacteria
http://www.cdc.gov/nip/publications/pink/dip.pdf |
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| Childhood diseases? They're not even that serious!!!!11!! |
[Jan. 3rd, 2007|07:29 pm] |
My doom and gloom series...Why I Vax
Measles:
30 Million cases in underdeveloped areas, 745,000 deaths. 2001.
Kills 410,000 children under the age of 5 every year.
Before routine vaccinations, 5% of measles patients would die.
30% of reported cases will have complications.
6% will get pneumonia, the leading cause of death (60%) associated with the measles complications.
0.1% will get acute encephalitis, and 15% of that 0.1% will die. 25% of that 0.1% will have lasting neurological damage.
Death from measles: 0.2% of cases in US between 1985-1992
If a million children got measles, about 1,000 of them would get encephalitis, 6,000 to 7,000 would have convulsions, and several hundred would die.
Leading cause of blindness in African children.
More severe in malnourished children--death rate of up to 25%.
Resurgance in measles in 1989-1991 caused by low vaccination rates in particular population--90% of the deaths were in people with no history of vaccination.
reactions to the vaccine: joint pain--25% (in women). Fever--5-15%, rash, 5%, low platelet count 1 in 30,000
93% of children in the US are vaccinated. (How many of those died from the vaccine? None of the anti-vax sites will give a concrete number).
http://www.cdc.gov/nip/publications/pink/meas.pdf
and other cdc documents.
And did the vaccine really make a difference or was it already on the decline?
The largest measles related deaths reduction occurred in Africa, the region with the highest burden of the disease, where estimated measles cases and deaths dropped by 60%...all over a course of 5 years, during which time sanitation and other healthcare did not improve--the only change was the use of the vaccine.
(measlesinitiative.org)
(side note--in trying to find info for the other side--the anti vax side, I came across the "thinktwice.com" site that is supposedly all about the negative reactions to vaccines...however, instead of numbers, it only had a list of anecdotes from people who claim their child had a reaction. That's not science, that's hearsay.
http://skeptico.blogs.com/skeptico/antivaccination_hysteria/index.html Worth a read, no matter which side you're on. |
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| Friends only |
[Sep. 21st, 2006|03:41 pm] |
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| Get something engraved! |
[May. 27th, 2006|08:59 pm] |
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But I need your help.
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http://www.cengraving.com/s/free
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| ah, morning sickness |
[Jun. 28th, 2004|06:20 am] |
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well, not really sickness, as about to be sickness. eating and sitting up has helped. and when else do i get to spend quality time with the early morning news team??? eh. i'm getting hungry again. that little bar didn't do it. the baby would like a cheeseburger, but i should just have some cereal. ooh, or maybe a sandwich. yeah, that sounds good. |
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[Jun. 25th, 2004|01:58 pm] |
5 weeks!
found out the baby doesn't like sourdough. the first thing i have had a really strong reaction to. no worry, i doubt i'll have the sourdough option that often. felt very tired so far...will get a nap as soon as i'm done internetting. reading bad baby names. http://www.notwithoutmyhandbag.com/babynames/
i guess i wont' be nameing this kid mykaylahleighlaant like i was thinking...and i thought it was so original;) |
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| Day 22 |
[Jun. 23rd, 2004|02:47 pm] |
hmmm...don't feel too bad today. of course, i haven't been awake that much of today. but its okay because i'll be up all day tommorrow, first drs visit! i resisted the urge to buy chips and stuff at the store, although somehow i still managed to walk out with 99.96 worth of groceries.
in sad news, the muscular dystrophy poster kid, matty stepanek, died yesterday. in laws are going to be very upset. he had a different disease than the boys do, but it still hits hard whenever anyone with it dies. i should check on them.
lisa has yet to write back yet, but then she doesn't check email that often. i think i will wait about telling julie and cathy. wait til i have a pic to send. |
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