Saturday, February 27, 2010

Snowstorm, Feb. 2010

As you can see we had a mooseful of snow these past few days, upwards of a foot or more. The moose is a front yard ornament that is about three feet or so high, half of which is buried in snow.
It took a day for us to emerge from the house and rejoin society, but all seems quiet now.
Let's hope so.
Cheers, all.

Friday, February 26, 2010

S'No kidding!

Well, we're up to our pupiks in snow this morning. Gearing up to try to dig out a little while waiting for our "service" to finish the job.
Haven't seen the paper today (if it was delivered) so can't comment on anything yet. Still having morning coffee.
Cheers, all.

Thursday, February 25, 2010

What Just Happened Here?

I hopped in and out of the big Health Care Open House today. I can hardly wait to hear and read all the interpretations of what actually happened. All I heard was a lot of you say toe-MAH'-to and I say toe-MAY'-to with the GOP chorusing "Let's Call The Whole Thing Off."
Anyone know the second stanza?
Cheers, all

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

I'm Depressed (at the moment)

I'm reading John Farmer's book, "The Ground Truth," subtitled "The Untold Story of America Under Attack on 9/11" and I just shake my head at virtually every sentence. If we think Congress is dysfunctional, Farmer makes our intelligence (an oxymoron if ever there was one) apparatus pre-and probably-post 9/11 absolutely non compos mentis.
It's not that individuals didn't know what they were doing it's that no one knew what anyone else was doing and probably still don't. And while the guys at the top made high-sounding pronouncements about new missions in the post-cold-war world,the guys in the trenches ignored them.
I don't want to discourage anyone from reading this worthwhile book (I'm still into it) but isn't it beginning to sound familiar?
The President says we must modernize our health care system. So what happens? Instantly,the Republicans object and the Democrats, despite huge majorities in both houses of Congress fall all over themselves trying to appease their various factions. Result: zip, zilch, nada.
Tomorrow (as Scarlett would say) is another day; the President's big Open House day.
Republicans say they will attend but have already lowered expectations of agreeing to anything.
Best case scenario: The President shows them up for the obstructionists they are and lights a fire under the Democrats to DO SOMETHING about improving our health care system.
I wish I could be optimistic.
Stay tuned.
Cheers, all.

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Dry Hole

Greetings followers:
Nothing much to say right now but the rules are I have to blog or I can't play spider solitaire. May try again later.
Cheers.

Monday, February 22, 2010

Technology vs. spelling

Today's post features the battle between technology and spelling. Recently,I ordered theater tickets over the phone and gave the operator my email address. She said I would receive the tickets within 24 hours. Two days later I called to find out where the tickets were. She said she'd send them again. No tickets. At this point we agreed I'd just pick them up at the box office on the day of performance. Calling two days ahead to make sure they'd be there, a different operator explains I didn't get the tickets via email because the sender spelled verizon wrong.

Spelling trumps technology.

By the way, it was a great show: "Time Stands Still." See it.

Sunday, February 21, 2010

I'm back (it's about time)

Ok, here's the deal...I am not allowed to play a game of spider solitaire until I post something on my blog. That, along with pure laziness, is what has kept me silent all these months.

Not that I have conquered any of the technologies that have baffled me from the start of this blog. In fact, at the suggestion of an early adapter, I just threw out a flash drive that refused to work on my PC. It kept telling me I had to have authorization from "the administrator" to proceed to store some data. But I AM the administrator (or so I thought). In any case, out it went and I'll probably buy another one and try again.

Meantime, try as I might to refrain from commenting on politics and apologizers, it is impossible to resist. The targets are just too rich. C'mon,Tiger,get back on the course. And,I'm still waiting to hear, read, or see what the Tea Partiers WANT. We know what they don't want -- anything -- as long as the media keeps giving them air time to vent.

Can't wait for the Obama Open House on health care. Should be a gas.

Can I play spider solitaire now?

See you tomorrow.