Geraldo's on. Close it or not? Here's the deal. PR says close it. It's a chronic black eye for the US. Where to send the guys? Keep them with the military somewhere. Civil courts? Please. That'd be a zoo. Insanity run rampant. A very large disaster of unimaginable proportions.
Huckabee says they're not warriors. No flag, no country, etc. So what. I we're fighting a war on terriorism, then they're the combantant army. Like it or not. We can't have it both ways. And if they'd just change the stupid laws to accommodate terriorists troops, they'd have military sanction to deal with them that way which is the only way that's likely to work at all. They can keep them in jail till the war's over just like they always have. Or try them.
There's an English guy on now who says that creative activities are mandatory for education. Huckabee says put them in schools. Huh. Where does he cut taxes? Cause that's half of what he wants to do. The other half is put religion in schools, I imagine.
With the global economy and more population and the rapidy changing economic realities and jobs, creativity helps people find and develop their creativies so they know what they are and they can adapt better. Or something like that. Really interesting. They're saying that creativity is fundamental to our economy. But's it fundamental to human natutre and needs expression. How we develop is through experience, by espressing the human parts. We become human that way.
Why are kids acting so stupidly? They're not being devoloped. They're being entertained.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
and why
would the Republicans balk at a Democratic bill? Espeically after castigating the Dems for doing the same thing for 8 years, it seems a bit fishy. Or is that Sea Kitty smelling? (sorry, another PETA reference.)
Cavuto's on and is against the bill, of course. He says that we're all the descendents of the Greatest Generation (the depression and WWII) so dealing is in our DNA. The problem, it isn't in everybody's experience. Any human from any country or generation has the ability to cope and not expect government bail-outs. But not everybody as the experience of having to live it or seeing others live it. Teach history. Please. Just teach something. Do people feel entitled? Well, uh, ya. And it's Beverly Hills 90210 that did it. I swear it's true.
Oh, so why the Republicans are balking and talking tough and American now is that they want to start winning elections again starting in 2 years. They'd better change what they are not do another change the image the neo-cons did. They haven't shown any particular ability for politics or economics for years and years and years.
Cavuto's on and is against the bill, of course. He says that we're all the descendents of the Greatest Generation (the depression and WWII) so dealing is in our DNA. The problem, it isn't in everybody's experience. Any human from any country or generation has the ability to cope and not expect government bail-outs. But not everybody as the experience of having to live it or seeing others live it. Teach history. Please. Just teach something. Do people feel entitled? Well, uh, ya. And it's Beverly Hills 90210 that did it. I swear it's true.
Oh, so why the Republicans are balking and talking tough and American now is that they want to start winning elections again starting in 2 years. They'd better change what they are not do another change the image the neo-cons did. They haven't shown any particular ability for politics or economics for years and years and years.
and now
budget talk. I have to agree that the stimulation package is probably stupid. The D.s seemed to have add the birth control stuff just to pick at the R.s and they knew it would. I can't blame them for wanting their social programs put through and from what I hear, everybody always tries to get their laws passed right away while they can. So they were following tradition. The R.s certainly ran bills through when they got Congress and Bush as president.
How funny, and almost unheard of. I just agreed with Huckabee. He recommended a liberal arts major in college. The only thing he missed with his recommendation is that it teaches people about the world. The past, present, future and how they're all connected and how we connect to it. More dots. It gives perspective and continuity. Broadens understanding. Of self.
He mentioned the choices in profession it can help people with since things change so often that people have to change, too. It's always good to know things. Just make sure it includes geography. And probably latin.
But the budget. This bill isn't the time for social programs. The Republicans, also, won't go for anything that isn't their bill anyway. But lots of this bill really doesn't make stimulation sense.
I really hate politics.
How funny, and almost unheard of. I just agreed with Huckabee. He recommended a liberal arts major in college. The only thing he missed with his recommendation is that it teaches people about the world. The past, present, future and how they're all connected and how we connect to it. More dots. It gives perspective and continuity. Broadens understanding. Of self.
He mentioned the choices in profession it can help people with since things change so often that people have to change, too. It's always good to know things. Just make sure it includes geography. And probably latin.
But the budget. This bill isn't the time for social programs. The Republicans, also, won't go for anything that isn't their bill anyway. But lots of this bill really doesn't make stimulation sense.
I really hate politics.
and now
We're still on Fox News today. Why? Because, that's why.
I think it's Julie Bandaris on now. As usual, all details especially names may be wrong.
But the anchor reported on the shoe statue somebody put up at an Iraqui school honoring the reporter who threw his shoes at Bush. She obvioulsy disapproved of the sentiment and the statue.
But isn't that free speech and the right to beliefs and opinions we imposed on the country? That's the problem with them, isn't it. People won't always say, do and believe what we do and they get to say so. We're not supposed to like it, we're supposed to support their rights if we want those rights for ourselves.
If people don't see us the way we want to be seen or see ourselves, maybe we should look at ourselves a little better - more honestly. This works at all levels of life.
Oh, Huckabee's on. Maybe I'll find something to say. Or have a fit about. Or both. It's likely.
I think it's Julie Bandaris on now. As usual, all details especially names may be wrong.
But the anchor reported on the shoe statue somebody put up at an Iraqui school honoring the reporter who threw his shoes at Bush. She obvioulsy disapproved of the sentiment and the statue.
But isn't that free speech and the right to beliefs and opinions we imposed on the country? That's the problem with them, isn't it. People won't always say, do and believe what we do and they get to say so. We're not supposed to like it, we're supposed to support their rights if we want those rights for ourselves.
If people don't see us the way we want to be seen or see ourselves, maybe we should look at ourselves a little better - more honestly. This works at all levels of life.
Oh, Huckabee's on. Maybe I'll find something to say. Or have a fit about. Or both. It's likely.
Poor O'Reilly
He just can't get that kids today are no stupider than when he was a kid. He's fighting it. All the sex and violence kids see have shapped their beliefs and behaivors. Most recenly, girls at a Georgia highschool got in trouble for a routine at a game cause they did some lap-dancing stuff.
When O'Reilly was a kid, who in the world ever heard of lap-dancing? What makes him think that kids today understand that putting naked, sexy pictures of themselves will cause them trouble 15 years from now? Kids then sure didn't understand that. That's what makes them kids. They're dumb about stuff. They're not supposed to understand adult stuff. They're not that old yet.
Parents give them all kinds of access to unfortunate internet content and all kinds of electronic equipment to access things with, all kinds of game boxes and games. What do people expect? Girls think it's smart to get into girl fights and post them on U-Tube where other girls seem them and want to be smart too. Kids are well known for no judgement. That's another thing that makes them kids.
When O'Reilly was a kid, all these things weren't available or even thought of by most people. Neighbors would tell kids to knock junk off and tell the parents, too. Schools had some teeth about discipline. No nobody does.
You know what people can do? Take the electronics away from kids. All they're doing is vegatating in front of them and getting into serious trouble because of them. I know it's easier to give them pcs and games than spend time with them, but parents are the only resource for preventing their kids from seeing and hearing Brittany Spears and the rappers who use the 'n' word. Kids think that's smart, too.
Parents can complain all they want, but what are they gonna do about it?
No, kids aren't dumber today than they used to be. Parents are.
But Brittany Spears is just another piece of the free market. Whatever sells is sold. She has been.
I keep saying they're not doing the free market right and everywhere I look, I see another part done wrong.
But I solved the PETA problem. A sudden bout of inspiration hit and I realized that if your put Rush, Ann Coulter and PETA in the same room, it'd still be a negative since 3 negatives are still a negative. Rush and Coulter would surely eat PETA so that's a double positive. I can always think of something. And it'd work.
All over Fox news programs anchors are saying negative things about Obama. Things they wouldn't tolerate people saying about Bush. They won't see it. I guess I can notice for them. I don't really mind that much. I do like communicating with Fox News, after all.
When O'Reilly was a kid, who in the world ever heard of lap-dancing? What makes him think that kids today understand that putting naked, sexy pictures of themselves will cause them trouble 15 years from now? Kids then sure didn't understand that. That's what makes them kids. They're dumb about stuff. They're not supposed to understand adult stuff. They're not that old yet.
Parents give them all kinds of access to unfortunate internet content and all kinds of electronic equipment to access things with, all kinds of game boxes and games. What do people expect? Girls think it's smart to get into girl fights and post them on U-Tube where other girls seem them and want to be smart too. Kids are well known for no judgement. That's another thing that makes them kids.
When O'Reilly was a kid, all these things weren't available or even thought of by most people. Neighbors would tell kids to knock junk off and tell the parents, too. Schools had some teeth about discipline. No nobody does.
You know what people can do? Take the electronics away from kids. All they're doing is vegatating in front of them and getting into serious trouble because of them. I know it's easier to give them pcs and games than spend time with them, but parents are the only resource for preventing their kids from seeing and hearing Brittany Spears and the rappers who use the 'n' word. Kids think that's smart, too.
Parents can complain all they want, but what are they gonna do about it?
No, kids aren't dumber today than they used to be. Parents are.
But Brittany Spears is just another piece of the free market. Whatever sells is sold. She has been.
I keep saying they're not doing the free market right and everywhere I look, I see another part done wrong.
But I solved the PETA problem. A sudden bout of inspiration hit and I realized that if your put Rush, Ann Coulter and PETA in the same room, it'd still be a negative since 3 negatives are still a negative. Rush and Coulter would surely eat PETA so that's a double positive. I can always think of something. And it'd work.
All over Fox news programs anchors are saying negative things about Obama. Things they wouldn't tolerate people saying about Bush. They won't see it. I guess I can notice for them. I don't really mind that much. I do like communicating with Fox News, after all.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
but
I did read that the snaffle is the easiest bit. For the horse. The mildest.
hmmm....google or Animal Crossings? Which to do. Which to do.
hmmm....google or Animal Crossings? Which to do. Which to do.
well, this is just lovely
There are apparently many kinds of snaffles as well as snaffle/curb bits, pelham, and something or other I forgot. And many more, I'm sure.
From the few pictures I saw, snaffle is in two pieces, joined in the center. So what's a curb? Maybe I should have googled it. Maybe I will. This is interesting, politics is not. A picture can tell a thousand lies, so I'll need to look further.
From the few pictures I saw, snaffle is in two pieces, joined in the center. So what's a curb? Maybe I should have googled it. Maybe I will. This is interesting, politics is not. A picture can tell a thousand lies, so I'll need to look further.
you'd think
I'd be having a fit. After all that Brittany Spears nasty, O'Reilly showed a clip of Beyonce's new video. You'd think I'd be screaming about degradation and corruption like Brittany's. But no! When I see Beyonce's moves, I see 'fuck you' and that I totally approve of. It is, however, for more mature audiences. Kids don't get the fine distinctions. It's the video that's well known for the u-tube of the guy dancing along with her. There's an Obama impersonator now doing the same thing that O'Reilly had on.
And since I'm on the subject, while it's really lovely that Obama's first bill to sign is for equal pay, where's the dog? Doesn't he know that that's what we're all (mostly meaning me) waiting for? Politics are stupid, dogs never are. Or is it, 'politics is'? Is this another search? Uh, not necessarily.
But I do have to look up bits. I may have mis-named the snaffle. It might have been a curb I was thinking of. I really don't know.
Reminder: Never believe any of my details, especially if they're in the spelling.
And since I'm on the subject, while it's really lovely that Obama's first bill to sign is for equal pay, where's the dog? Doesn't he know that that's what we're all (mostly meaning me) waiting for? Politics are stupid, dogs never are. Or is it, 'politics is'? Is this another search? Uh, not necessarily.
But I do have to look up bits. I may have mis-named the snaffle. It might have been a curb I was thinking of. I really don't know.
Reminder: Never believe any of my details, especially if they're in the spelling.
and oh, ya
Speaking of tyranical ideologues, there's David Attenburough and John Updike.
Neither do I view as tyranical or ideological. I wouldn't know if they are.
I think it's John Updyke who just died. Apparently, Norman Mailer, another well known American author I haven't read, haven't read Updyke either, said that Updyke is a writer for readers who don't know anything about writing. Christ. That'd make me buy and read Updyke and never buy or read Mailor. Or talk nice about him.
I read that Christian fundamentalists send Attenburough hate mail saing things like, 'I hope you burn in Hell, and good riddance to you.' How the hell can they call themselves Christians? See what pure ideology does to people? Every soul, including Hitler and Sadam, lost to God is a tragegy. All Christians should feel pain at the loss. All Christians are commanded to love their enemies. Christians make themselves the enemy of God with this kind of shit. God says to believe and follow me or not. It's your choice. I'm always here for you. You decide. Christians are the biggest idiots on the planet. Along with other ideological religious cretins and PETA. Or anybody I don't like.
Neither do I view as tyranical or ideological. I wouldn't know if they are.
I think it's John Updyke who just died. Apparently, Norman Mailer, another well known American author I haven't read, haven't read Updyke either, said that Updyke is a writer for readers who don't know anything about writing. Christ. That'd make me buy and read Updyke and never buy or read Mailor. Or talk nice about him.
I read that Christian fundamentalists send Attenburough hate mail saing things like, 'I hope you burn in Hell, and good riddance to you.' How the hell can they call themselves Christians? See what pure ideology does to people? Every soul, including Hitler and Sadam, lost to God is a tragegy. All Christians should feel pain at the loss. All Christians are commanded to love their enemies. Christians make themselves the enemy of God with this kind of shit. God says to believe and follow me or not. It's your choice. I'm always here for you. You decide. Christians are the biggest idiots on the planet. Along with other ideological religious cretins and PETA. Or anybody I don't like.
geeze
I sure have had a lot of thoughts lately and no questions at all.
I haven't wanted to write a lot about race, but what the hell is:
"when black doesn't have to give back", and
"when white does right" mean? Oh, I guess that is a question. Who freed the slaves? Who ended segregation? Who employes lots and lots of blacks and other races? Who educates and gives medical care and insures, etc, etc, etc, other races? No white person has done anything right for races and race. No black has any civic duty. Ok, I see. As soon as blacks have compassion for my white life, I'll be impressed. Then I'll care again. Maybe. If I feel like it. They teach anti-white to themselves. It doesn't take me to do it. I'm simply uninterested in carring around the blame and guilt for the past. It gets everyone nowhere.
So no race talk from me. Maybe.
No cursive? Some idiot youth, smug in his owness, claims his education was full of computer skills, so now nobody needs to learn cursive writing. What we really need is generations of people dependent on electronics. Just fabulous. Nobody knowing anything the computer can't tell them. Aren't there audial computers for the blind? Nobody needs to learn how to read anymore either. We can just scan in med bottles to hear what they are. Unless the power's out. Or the pc breaks. Or people can't afford to buy equipment in the first place. I can afford a book. I can't afford a computer. The young are often smugly stupid.
I totally recommend, "Animals Make Us Human." I even learned something about cats and I didn't want to. Now I'm on the horse chapter and looking forward to chickens.
And PETA doesn't know anything about animals. Trust me. They don't. This means they don't love them at all. They love their politics and sex. They made a comercial for the Superbowl with women being sexy with vegetables. Everybody knows that this isn't appropriate for daytime/family viewing hours. Who are they trying to kid. The Central Park carriage horses aren't suffering. A suffering horse couldn't be trusted to pull. Animals enjoy their activities when trained and treated correctly. PETA wants to bore animals to death. Animal rights activists often put their dogs and cats on vegan diets for the sake of their own politics apparently not knowing that those two species are carnivores biologically.
Wonder if they expect animals in the wild to go veggie? Why don't they just go picket the forest. That's a suggestion, not a question.
Animals need proper, better care in homes as well as factory farming facilities. That's clear and true. PETA wants to impose vegitarianism on everyone. They're tyranical idealoges. I've proven over and over that ideology is bad. Doesn't matter where you see it. It always doesn't work. I saw a clip of the girl I see on news shows saying 'don't piss off PETA.' They're known for violent, illegal activities. They don't know what ethics are. Or animals.
Then then there's Brittany Spears. I think she just doesn't get it. Or that that's all she is. They were talking about her new song that sounds like 'fuck me' in code, trying to slide by the censorship stuff. But then someone said that dancing and pictures aren't the same as saying the words. Well, I so disagree. If Spears' dancing is a visual 'fuck me', then I don't know what is. Many people dance and I don't get a 'f-m' from it at all. I kinda think that her attitudes about this stuff is what lead to her recent troubles. I think she doens't get where it all leads for her and where it leads others. Not a lot of parents want their 10, or 15 or whatever age kids acting out 'fuck mes'. I could be wrong about this. I don't really think so. I really think that that's she has, though. I feel sorta sad for her cause I think that that's all she has and all she is, but strongly dislike the kind of power she has. Parents really have to be on top of this stuff and just refuse to let their kids participate in negative activities. If they won't, or say they can't, I really have nothing else to say about it. They buy Spears' music and let their kids see her and other things, their kid's behaivors are their fault.
And I do think it is entertainment's job to protect kids from themselves. How we learn is by copying what we see and hear. It's everybody's job, really. As long as we live for Capitalism (is that the 'o' or the 'a' one? beats me), this is what we'll live with. The Free Market isn't so free for some and too free for others. I keep telling ya, they're doing the free market wrong.
I haven't wanted to write a lot about race, but what the hell is:
"when black doesn't have to give back", and
"when white does right" mean? Oh, I guess that is a question. Who freed the slaves? Who ended segregation? Who employes lots and lots of blacks and other races? Who educates and gives medical care and insures, etc, etc, etc, other races? No white person has done anything right for races and race. No black has any civic duty. Ok, I see. As soon as blacks have compassion for my white life, I'll be impressed. Then I'll care again. Maybe. If I feel like it. They teach anti-white to themselves. It doesn't take me to do it. I'm simply uninterested in carring around the blame and guilt for the past. It gets everyone nowhere.
So no race talk from me. Maybe.
No cursive? Some idiot youth, smug in his owness, claims his education was full of computer skills, so now nobody needs to learn cursive writing. What we really need is generations of people dependent on electronics. Just fabulous. Nobody knowing anything the computer can't tell them. Aren't there audial computers for the blind? Nobody needs to learn how to read anymore either. We can just scan in med bottles to hear what they are. Unless the power's out. Or the pc breaks. Or people can't afford to buy equipment in the first place. I can afford a book. I can't afford a computer. The young are often smugly stupid.
I totally recommend, "Animals Make Us Human." I even learned something about cats and I didn't want to. Now I'm on the horse chapter and looking forward to chickens.
And PETA doesn't know anything about animals. Trust me. They don't. This means they don't love them at all. They love their politics and sex. They made a comercial for the Superbowl with women being sexy with vegetables. Everybody knows that this isn't appropriate for daytime/family viewing hours. Who are they trying to kid. The Central Park carriage horses aren't suffering. A suffering horse couldn't be trusted to pull. Animals enjoy their activities when trained and treated correctly. PETA wants to bore animals to death. Animal rights activists often put their dogs and cats on vegan diets for the sake of their own politics apparently not knowing that those two species are carnivores biologically.
Wonder if they expect animals in the wild to go veggie? Why don't they just go picket the forest. That's a suggestion, not a question.
Animals need proper, better care in homes as well as factory farming facilities. That's clear and true. PETA wants to impose vegitarianism on everyone. They're tyranical idealoges. I've proven over and over that ideology is bad. Doesn't matter where you see it. It always doesn't work. I saw a clip of the girl I see on news shows saying 'don't piss off PETA.' They're known for violent, illegal activities. They don't know what ethics are. Or animals.
Then then there's Brittany Spears. I think she just doesn't get it. Or that that's all she is. They were talking about her new song that sounds like 'fuck me' in code, trying to slide by the censorship stuff. But then someone said that dancing and pictures aren't the same as saying the words. Well, I so disagree. If Spears' dancing is a visual 'fuck me', then I don't know what is. Many people dance and I don't get a 'f-m' from it at all. I kinda think that her attitudes about this stuff is what lead to her recent troubles. I think she doens't get where it all leads for her and where it leads others. Not a lot of parents want their 10, or 15 or whatever age kids acting out 'fuck mes'. I could be wrong about this. I don't really think so. I really think that that's she has, though. I feel sorta sad for her cause I think that that's all she has and all she is, but strongly dislike the kind of power she has. Parents really have to be on top of this stuff and just refuse to let their kids participate in negative activities. If they won't, or say they can't, I really have nothing else to say about it. They buy Spears' music and let their kids see her and other things, their kid's behaivors are their fault.
And I do think it is entertainment's job to protect kids from themselves. How we learn is by copying what we see and hear. It's everybody's job, really. As long as we live for Capitalism (is that the 'o' or the 'a' one? beats me), this is what we'll live with. The Free Market isn't so free for some and too free for others. I keep telling ya, they're doing the free market wrong.
Monday, January 26, 2009
and I forgot
earlier when I was thinking about 'Beauty
Shop" that Kevin Bacon and Andie McDowel (sp) are in it, too. I think it's Beauty Shop, it's the Queen Latifa movie.
And I did see 'Field of Dream.' And liked it. I liked 'Dances with Wolves.' I liked the part of 'Beauty Shop' I saw. I like many things. I don't, however, pay attention. And I've decided to call this memory of mine The Newton Syndrom. It took me 2 or 3 months to remember Wayne Newton's name and I know that one, too. This is not a scientific statement.
Animals Make Us Human is excellent. I really recommend it. I'm now on the cat chapter and am learning many things I've never thought about. Cats don't have facial expression or read faces like dogs do. They're closer to their wild cousins than other domesticated animals. Cats can live ferally, and dogs can't. They can't be trained with negative reinforcement, only positive, and I think that's mostly food rewards. They're not unsocial - I already believed that. My cats are always glad to see me when I get home. My cat now often sleeps in the same room with the dog and me.
The Ilinois governor, Blog something, was just on The View. I found it beneficial to blog instead? Whatever. I didn't want to pay attention. Listening often drives me crazy.
And the press is killing Kaylee Anthony's grandfather. Is there any reason they have to be parked out his house all the time? Oh, ya. Money for news stories. Everything's a business. The news didn't used to have to make money. The stations carried it for public interest. Now there's so much competition they need celebrity anchors and big advertisers. So they harass people to death. Just like the tabloids do. That man is probably going over every detail of the little girl's death, with the added bonus of each new piece of evidence he can add to the picture. Everything he can remember from his daughter's birth, his granddaughter's birth, sewing around in pain. But the public needs to know. They need to see him take out his trash. It's news. Important news. Unlike his life which is another story up for grabs.
Shop" that Kevin Bacon and Andie McDowel (sp) are in it, too. I think it's Beauty Shop, it's the Queen Latifa movie.
And I did see 'Field of Dream.' And liked it. I liked 'Dances with Wolves.' I liked the part of 'Beauty Shop' I saw. I like many things. I don't, however, pay attention. And I've decided to call this memory of mine The Newton Syndrom. It took me 2 or 3 months to remember Wayne Newton's name and I know that one, too. This is not a scientific statement.
Animals Make Us Human is excellent. I really recommend it. I'm now on the cat chapter and am learning many things I've never thought about. Cats don't have facial expression or read faces like dogs do. They're closer to their wild cousins than other domesticated animals. Cats can live ferally, and dogs can't. They can't be trained with negative reinforcement, only positive, and I think that's mostly food rewards. They're not unsocial - I already believed that. My cats are always glad to see me when I get home. My cat now often sleeps in the same room with the dog and me.
The Ilinois governor, Blog something, was just on The View. I found it beneficial to blog instead? Whatever. I didn't want to pay attention. Listening often drives me crazy.
And the press is killing Kaylee Anthony's grandfather. Is there any reason they have to be parked out his house all the time? Oh, ya. Money for news stories. Everything's a business. The news didn't used to have to make money. The stations carried it for public interest. Now there's so much competition they need celebrity anchors and big advertisers. So they harass people to death. Just like the tabloids do. That man is probably going over every detail of the little girl's death, with the added bonus of each new piece of evidence he can add to the picture. Everything he can remember from his daughter's birth, his granddaughter's birth, sewing around in pain. But the public needs to know. They need to see him take out his trash. It's news. Important news. Unlike his life which is another story up for grabs.
the deal is
I can't remember names. Without the internet, it'd be impossible to look them up. Several actors, writers, and movie titles came up for me this weekend. I couldn't remember Della Reese's name, and I've known her forever. I watched part of a movie, the name of which just escapes me, of course, with Queen Latifa and Alicia Silverstone, and Sheri Sheppard and others, Beautyshop maybe, and couldn't remember Alicia's last name for sure and Della Reece's name at all. But I could remember Touched by an Angel and Cluesess so could look them up.
An actor last week mentioned Mamet and I didn't know if I'd seen anything he'd done or not. The actor, another one everybody knows and I can't remember his name, played the husband in Fargo and I loved that movie and is also married to an actor on Desperate Housewives you all know who's name is slipping around Huffman? One of them? Maybe?
Mamet, it turns out, has several movies as well as plays, and yes, I've seen a couple. He also has a fabulous title, Speed the Plow, which I don't know. Haven't seen any plays for years and never have tried to keep up with theater or movies. Mamet did Wag the Dog, another good title, but angry somehow. I saw 2 Mamet movies, Glengary, Glen Ross and The Verdict. Not that I remember them much. That's not the point, however. The point is that the internet gives me a way to look up verb agreement.
It's not enough. It's not good enough. It's not for a real education. Any site can be totally wrong. It doesn't teach.
Send kids to the library and make them learn how to do research. Teach them to read maps and do long division by hand. Fox Friends on Sunday were talking about cursive and handwriting being phased out with the computer ease and usage. This is so wrong. People should always learn how to do things.
But really, that assumes that people will all have computers and always have access to them. And that they were phasing out handwriting for second graders. I wonder how good second graders are at typing. People learn things they have to do. Kid's will learn the alphabet by writing it over and over. How many times do people just want to jot a note, add to a running list. Does everyone really want to keep their shopping list online or in the pc? It can awkard and cumbersome. Of course there's all the handheld thingies. Do second graders have them? Do people loose them? It's so wrong to limit skills like that. And what about filling in forms? Not many people handwrite for a living, but many people use a pen or pencil here and there for personal and work needs.
Electronics can't be the core of a sensible life. Kids already aren't learning how to do things and what things are.
An actor last week mentioned Mamet and I didn't know if I'd seen anything he'd done or not. The actor, another one everybody knows and I can't remember his name, played the husband in Fargo and I loved that movie and is also married to an actor on Desperate Housewives you all know who's name is slipping around Huffman? One of them? Maybe?
Mamet, it turns out, has several movies as well as plays, and yes, I've seen a couple. He also has a fabulous title, Speed the Plow, which I don't know. Haven't seen any plays for years and never have tried to keep up with theater or movies. Mamet did Wag the Dog, another good title, but angry somehow. I saw 2 Mamet movies, Glengary, Glen Ross and The Verdict. Not that I remember them much. That's not the point, however. The point is that the internet gives me a way to look up verb agreement.
It's not enough. It's not good enough. It's not for a real education. Any site can be totally wrong. It doesn't teach.
Send kids to the library and make them learn how to do research. Teach them to read maps and do long division by hand. Fox Friends on Sunday were talking about cursive and handwriting being phased out with the computer ease and usage. This is so wrong. People should always learn how to do things.
But really, that assumes that people will all have computers and always have access to them. And that they were phasing out handwriting for second graders. I wonder how good second graders are at typing. People learn things they have to do. Kid's will learn the alphabet by writing it over and over. How many times do people just want to jot a note, add to a running list. Does everyone really want to keep their shopping list online or in the pc? It can awkard and cumbersome. Of course there's all the handheld thingies. Do second graders have them? Do people loose them? It's so wrong to limit skills like that. And what about filling in forms? Not many people handwrite for a living, but many people use a pen or pencil here and there for personal and work needs.
Electronics can't be the core of a sensible life. Kids already aren't learning how to do things and what things are.
Saturday, January 24, 2009
2 questions
And two possible answers. A very productive result.
Media - singular or plural? Plural, however switching over to being used as a singular noun. "Media is the Third Estate". NOT, "Media are the Third Estate." Even though, TV, newspapers and television are all media. TV is an established medium. Media is, not media are. The same apparently goes for data. Data, plural of datum.
Bit flipping. Seems to be more tongue flipping. Horses slip their tongues under the bit. Several remedies were recommended, however no one mentioned horses running away after doing this. Maybe my friend's horse was a special case. There are likely training solutions for this.
Now what am I gonna look up?
Media - singular or plural? Plural, however switching over to being used as a singular noun. "Media is the Third Estate". NOT, "Media are the Third Estate." Even though, TV, newspapers and television are all media. TV is an established medium. Media is, not media are. The same apparently goes for data. Data, plural of datum.
Bit flipping. Seems to be more tongue flipping. Horses slip their tongues under the bit. Several remedies were recommended, however no one mentioned horses running away after doing this. Maybe my friend's horse was a special case. There are likely training solutions for this.
Now what am I gonna look up?
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Fran Drescher
I wonder if Fran Dresher knows about participles. You never know what people know. Marryann on Gillian's Island, apparently, was a chemestry major before switching to theatre. Teri Hatcher is a big math brain. Like a college major math brain type math brain. She might know about participles, too.
They might not. Not all writers know about grammar that much. It's not necessary as long as people can write clearly. Remembering the parts of speach is unnecessary. I just like grammar. Some writers may not. Many people dislike English like I dislike history. Many dislike math. There's a foundation everyone needs to function in society. But some people may go into truck driving. And that's fine.
People want a better life. It's education. Everybody needs the fundamentals. Culture is part of the fundament.
Huckabee says that Republicans like culture/music and doesn't know why people think they don't. Republicans don't like taxes. Taxes pay for culture in schools. They cut school support and culture and p.e. gets dropped. People pay for things they like. People pay for Madona tickets. They don't pay for teachers. Madona's rich. Our education is poor. Kids have a hard time getting the fundamentals.
Republicans don't like grammar.
They might not. Not all writers know about grammar that much. It's not necessary as long as people can write clearly. Remembering the parts of speach is unnecessary. I just like grammar. Some writers may not. Many people dislike English like I dislike history. Many dislike math. There's a foundation everyone needs to function in society. But some people may go into truck driving. And that's fine.
People want a better life. It's education. Everybody needs the fundamentals. Culture is part of the fundament.
Huckabee says that Republicans like culture/music and doesn't know why people think they don't. Republicans don't like taxes. Taxes pay for culture in schools. They cut school support and culture and p.e. gets dropped. People pay for things they like. People pay for Madona tickets. They don't pay for teachers. Madona's rich. Our education is poor. Kids have a hard time getting the fundamentals.
Republicans don't like grammar.
oh, ya
I believe David Gergan about politics. Isn't he an historian? I'm pretty sure I saw him on C-SPAN history programs. He always makes sense to me. I don't trust the politicians about politics. Or, rather, I don't necessarily believe what they say. They're obvious partisians and it's their job. They're supposed to be partisians. That's their job. They're elected to represent their party's ideas for their constituancy. As much as possible. I guess.
Let's see. Obama promises transparency, yet has several policy meetings scheduled that are closed to the press. Economy and foreign policy. Does it really make sense to tell the press everything all the time? What does transparancy mean to Obama? What does it mean to the press? This is from Anderson Cooper's show.
It's always important to define your terms and clearly establish perameters.
How helpful is it for anyone to know how those meetings go? If the press were there, would they do their normal meeting stuff in order to get stuff done? Would they be conscious of the eyes of the world on them and just place nice guys, or posture for the public or something?
I'm not sure what the reporter meant exactly, except he connected those two things - transparency and closed meetings.
Don't governments have state secrets and stuff? Don't people yell and bitch and snore and stuff that isn't part of public behaivor in meetings?
That's how celebrities live. Eyes and notebooks always pointed at them. Everybody needs privacy to function.
Ah. People are pissed that they didn't hear about something that happend in December until January. Should they have heard earlier? It's the IRS nominee guy, I think. 3 or 4 weeks is too long to wait? They knew before the appointment. People have to know, do, have everything right away. No patience. I hear Americans have no patience.
If you tell people there's a problem, they go to town analyzing it without any information. It's a lot of guesses. If you have the information, they can debate that instead of assumptions and personal interpretations. Or at least fewer of them. We're doing that with Carolyn Kennedy right now. We don't if she pulled out of the senate thing or not yet but are discussing her reasons and what it means and stuff. It's probably the 24 hour news cycle or something. The push for news.
But some people may be sure there's a cover-up by delaying the release of information about the appointee guy. How would I know one way or another? It's always who do you trust with politics. And what are you willing to believe to get what you want. It's hard. Often.
So I don't believe politicians much and just hate politics. It really does work for me.
Let's see. Obama promises transparency, yet has several policy meetings scheduled that are closed to the press. Economy and foreign policy. Does it really make sense to tell the press everything all the time? What does transparancy mean to Obama? What does it mean to the press? This is from Anderson Cooper's show.
It's always important to define your terms and clearly establish perameters.
How helpful is it for anyone to know how those meetings go? If the press were there, would they do their normal meeting stuff in order to get stuff done? Would they be conscious of the eyes of the world on them and just place nice guys, or posture for the public or something?
I'm not sure what the reporter meant exactly, except he connected those two things - transparency and closed meetings.
Don't governments have state secrets and stuff? Don't people yell and bitch and snore and stuff that isn't part of public behaivor in meetings?
That's how celebrities live. Eyes and notebooks always pointed at them. Everybody needs privacy to function.
Ah. People are pissed that they didn't hear about something that happend in December until January. Should they have heard earlier? It's the IRS nominee guy, I think. 3 or 4 weeks is too long to wait? They knew before the appointment. People have to know, do, have everything right away. No patience. I hear Americans have no patience.
If you tell people there's a problem, they go to town analyzing it without any information. It's a lot of guesses. If you have the information, they can debate that instead of assumptions and personal interpretations. Or at least fewer of them. We're doing that with Carolyn Kennedy right now. We don't if she pulled out of the senate thing or not yet but are discussing her reasons and what it means and stuff. It's probably the 24 hour news cycle or something. The push for news.
But some people may be sure there's a cover-up by delaying the release of information about the appointee guy. How would I know one way or another? It's always who do you trust with politics. And what are you willing to believe to get what you want. It's hard. Often.
So I don't believe politicians much and just hate politics. It really does work for me.
oh, ya
That's all about the appearance of improperiety. People are going to say that Carolyn Kennedy got in because Obama pressured the New York governor whether that happened or not.
I never really know who or what to believe about politics. I find it simpler to hate it. And more effective in some way. I don't understand this anymore than I ever understand anything.
I never really know who or what to believe about politics. I find it simpler to hate it. And more effective in some way. I don't understand this anymore than I ever understand anything.
New York
huh...guess Carolyn Kennedy left the senate bid. Sounds like a weird situtation. The governor should pick who's best for the state. The whole state.
He shouldn't pick someone good for the party over someone better for the state. He shouldn't pick one who helped Obama over the state. But that's a great big tough one and I don't know who to pick at all. I'm not very close to New York and don't know what's going on there. I'm usually largely uninformed on what's going on in my state.
But isn't that what we do in life? Help each other? Kennedy's helped Obama, Obama helps Kennedys, cause that's what friends do. Politics makes it tricky and murky and often ugly.
It's a tough call for the governor considering the players. Any of them have potential to be good for New York, but would it interpreted so?
People would probably say, 'See? You picked him or her and the other would have done this or that and we'd be better off.' Or, they'd say, "See? We lost the election because of your choice." Or any number of interpretive notions.
And anyone chosen can theoretically end up in prison. We never know the future and never know a hypothetical.
Anyone chosen might be great for their state and lousy nationally. Bush and Palin are great for their states. But nationally and internationally? Well, that's highly debatable.
You just have to take a chance on someone, and you can't control the future or the fall out or anything else. And you never know. It's the mystery of life.
It's what Dr. Phil always says. All you can do is make a decision, and if it doesn't work out, all you can do then is make a new decision and keep going forward. (highly paraphrased and likey inacurate, but essentially the point)
Nancy is on Larry King. I don't know if she might know about participles or not. I don't know her background and wouldn't think to ask her.
Yes, I do know I can ask google. I'm trying to avoid that cause I don't want to. See? no nap = cranky.
He shouldn't pick someone good for the party over someone better for the state. He shouldn't pick one who helped Obama over the state. But that's a great big tough one and I don't know who to pick at all. I'm not very close to New York and don't know what's going on there. I'm usually largely uninformed on what's going on in my state.
But isn't that what we do in life? Help each other? Kennedy's helped Obama, Obama helps Kennedys, cause that's what friends do. Politics makes it tricky and murky and often ugly.
It's a tough call for the governor considering the players. Any of them have potential to be good for New York, but would it interpreted so?
People would probably say, 'See? You picked him or her and the other would have done this or that and we'd be better off.' Or, they'd say, "See? We lost the election because of your choice." Or any number of interpretive notions.
And anyone chosen can theoretically end up in prison. We never know the future and never know a hypothetical.
Anyone chosen might be great for their state and lousy nationally. Bush and Palin are great for their states. But nationally and internationally? Well, that's highly debatable.
You just have to take a chance on someone, and you can't control the future or the fall out or anything else. And you never know. It's the mystery of life.
It's what Dr. Phil always says. All you can do is make a decision, and if it doesn't work out, all you can do then is make a new decision and keep going forward. (highly paraphrased and likey inacurate, but essentially the point)
Nancy is on Larry King. I don't know if she might know about participles or not. I don't know her background and wouldn't think to ask her.
Yes, I do know I can ask google. I'm trying to avoid that cause I don't want to. See? no nap = cranky.
maybe
Is there a song in an old movie with genunds and gerundives in the lyrics? I keep thinking there might be. Somebody at school must have mentioned them, or I don't think I'd have remembered the word so well. I might look up gerundives again. After my nap.
so
How does anyone respect Thomas Jefferson considering his personal life? I don't know how exactly. What he wrote and did within all the details of the rest of his like, laid the groundwork for freeing the slaves and giving women the vote and other legal status. I'm not sure how I can hate him either. He was a product of his time and place just like everyone is, and with as many human falibalities as everyone has. Let he who is without sin, I guess. And I still think it's possible that he and Sally had a good relationship, that they cared about each other. It lasted a long time and he never sold her and had no reputation of womanizing that I know of. But I do know that everyone should see 'l776'. It's a brilliant musical and might spark kids to history. If it's wrong about stuff, teachers can explain things.
On with the show. All the world's a stage, I hear.
On with the show. All the world's a stage, I hear.
oh, ya
"Onward Christian Soldiers" is Job Daughters. It's a secret, prostestant girls organization for the daughters of Masons. I belonged for a couple of years and don't see what's so secret about it. Not only is there nothing to keep secret especially, it's boring. I can't tell you the connection between the song and the club because that would be a secret. I think the Bible says something about Christians should not belong to secret oranizations, but I'm not sure. They exclude Catholics, and of course, all non-Christian peoples. What's the secret? Beats me. I could never find one. There's a group for boys, too, Demolay, I think. Are they racists? I would think so since the kids have to be related to Mason's and I'm almost positive the Mason's don't, or didn't, allow non-whites. Oh, my Dad was a Mason. Very proud of his membership, but didn't ever attend or participate in my lifetime. So again, I didn't know or notice. Subtilities sometimes have to be explained and pointed out to people. Like participles. Not that there's any connection between 'Onward Christian Soldiers' and Job's Daughters. Necessarily.
oh, no
Another Dad story. He also, along with Stockard Channing and Bing Crosby, he hated Sigorny Weaver. I think, I'm struggling to recall, it was something about her father. It was probably something political about him. He also hated George Hamilton for getting out of Vietnam. Then my brother got closer to draft age and Dad planed to send him to Canada. People are strange. Dad was a musician, professional and part of the union. A reactionary republican, he worked for McCarthy in the 50s. I've never been able to put all this together quite. A determined, right-wing Christian, abandoned 4 children essentally, not totally, the first two a two year old and a newborn.
I think he was neurotic. I told Pete, the oldest of Dad's kids, that I'd always thought of them as the lucky ones. He wasn't, however, a racist. My brother had a black friend, there weren't a lot of various races in the area then, and Dad had no problem with Rad. He came over a lot, and they did guy stuff. Dad was afraid of all the crime he saw on the news and was so scared that a black robber would break in that he started sleeping in his chair with a gun everynight. For years. He didn't talk about race. I didn't have an opinion or attitude about it at all. I didn't think about it till I started hearing about elsewhere. Mother, of course, didn't discuss such things. I think she was a racist. She looked sick when she heard that a black family had moved next door. My parents really surprised me. They hit me from behind. I always did hate politics. Dad yelled about it all the time. The black neighbors and my mother? That happened a year or so before she died. I had no idea.
My brother and I played with the Mexican kids down the street for years and nobody ever said anything racial. Mom used to chat with their mom all the time in the front yard. So, see? I never understand anything.
I think he was neurotic. I told Pete, the oldest of Dad's kids, that I'd always thought of them as the lucky ones. He wasn't, however, a racist. My brother had a black friend, there weren't a lot of various races in the area then, and Dad had no problem with Rad. He came over a lot, and they did guy stuff. Dad was afraid of all the crime he saw on the news and was so scared that a black robber would break in that he started sleeping in his chair with a gun everynight. For years. He didn't talk about race. I didn't have an opinion or attitude about it at all. I didn't think about it till I started hearing about elsewhere. Mother, of course, didn't discuss such things. I think she was a racist. She looked sick when she heard that a black family had moved next door. My parents really surprised me. They hit me from behind. I always did hate politics. Dad yelled about it all the time. The black neighbors and my mother? That happened a year or so before she died. I had no idea.
My brother and I played with the Mexican kids down the street for years and nobody ever said anything racial. Mom used to chat with their mom all the time in the front yard. So, see? I never understand anything.
I bet
Peggy Noonan knows about participles. See? It's always helpful to know people. I just saw her interviewed on Today. She doesn't think Obama was Bush-bashing in his speach. Carl Rove thinks Obama was overreaching somehow I forget what he said by using the Lincoln Bible instead of his family Bible. Live is interpreted. I don't know what Obama was thinking when he chose that Bible. What's wrong with honoring a Republican? I guess I just quit, then. Or not. hahahahaha ....just remember to duck?
McCain's daughter looks pissed about something. I'll have to think about that. I saw her this morning on Fox and Friends, I think it was. I couldn't tell what she might be mad about, however. She came in and left the interview that way. It's probably politics. That's what it does to people. It happens to me every day.
McCain's daughter looks pissed about something. I'll have to think about that. I saw her this morning on Fox and Friends, I think it was. I couldn't tell what she might be mad about, however. She came in and left the interview that way. It's probably politics. That's what it does to people. It happens to me every day.
don't know
who's singing Amazing Grace (yes, if I'd pay attention, I'd know these things), but he's got a great voice, nice band, too. Some of these things are so moving. I don't like, "Onward Christian Soldiers" so much no matter how familiar I am with it.
Geeze, some Muslims think this service is vulgar and an agony to pious people. Think they exagerate some? A woman with a head scarf gave a reading. I don't know if she's Muslim, but would she be at risk to be see there then? I don't quite understand why anybody thinks they have the right and duty to kill those who differ. Christians have been, and can be the same, I know. I don't think it's the religion so much as human nature. Everybody knows how to use beliefs and ideas to operate, some abuse that ability.
That's what bothers me about turning the government into an extention of the Church. The Christian activists already haven't been honest about things. And religion, like law, is interpreted. And interpreted differntly.
Look at the pologimasts who claim their religious practices are being interfeared with. They don't live in ancient Jewish times, they aren't ancient Jewish kings and leaders. Christians follow New Testament laws - what Jesus says goes. He mentions the 10 commandments, so those apply. He said render unto Cesar, so follow the laws of the land, pay your taxes. Follow Jesus, not Abraham and David. He never said to run the government or the world. Run your own lives as believers.
I don't think God ever said to have lots of wives anywhere, ever. Maybe we should all be like Noah and build arks and collect pairs of animals or something. Just in case.
And I think it was Paul who talked about marriage. Didn't Jesus attend a wedding and perform a miracle? Nobody has to be either single or married. I think all Paul said about it was to get married if you have to, but it's better not to. From what I understand, Paul was expecting Jesus' return any minute and thought it was unnecessary to marry and probably a waste of time, but he didn't exactly object to marriage.
Geeze, some Muslims think this service is vulgar and an agony to pious people. Think they exagerate some? A woman with a head scarf gave a reading. I don't know if she's Muslim, but would she be at risk to be see there then? I don't quite understand why anybody thinks they have the right and duty to kill those who differ. Christians have been, and can be the same, I know. I don't think it's the religion so much as human nature. Everybody knows how to use beliefs and ideas to operate, some abuse that ability.
That's what bothers me about turning the government into an extention of the Church. The Christian activists already haven't been honest about things. And religion, like law, is interpreted. And interpreted differntly.
Look at the pologimasts who claim their religious practices are being interfeared with. They don't live in ancient Jewish times, they aren't ancient Jewish kings and leaders. Christians follow New Testament laws - what Jesus says goes. He mentions the 10 commandments, so those apply. He said render unto Cesar, so follow the laws of the land, pay your taxes. Follow Jesus, not Abraham and David. He never said to run the government or the world. Run your own lives as believers.
I don't think God ever said to have lots of wives anywhere, ever. Maybe we should all be like Noah and build arks and collect pairs of animals or something. Just in case.
And I think it was Paul who talked about marriage. Didn't Jesus attend a wedding and perform a miracle? Nobody has to be either single or married. I think all Paul said about it was to get married if you have to, but it's better not to. From what I understand, Paul was expecting Jesus' return any minute and thought it was unnecessary to marry and probably a waste of time, but he didn't exactly object to marriage.
fantabulous
They're at the National Cathedal this morning. This is the best church music I've heard in a long time. I love choirs. Beautiful stuff. And the kids choir is hot...great arrangement of 'you're got the whole world in your hands' song. I don't know a couple of the songs they've sung, but it's a great sound. A Greek Orthadox paster gave a prayer. I don't know much about them, how they're different from the Catholic Church, or is it The Catholic Church. I could probably find out. All I know is that they split off Rome a long time ago.
I met a Greek Orthadox woman, but I didn't know quite what to ask. We were talking about Christmas anyway. Yes, I know. Back to google.
I met a Greek Orthadox woman, but I didn't know quite what to ask. We were talking about Christmas anyway. Yes, I know. Back to google.
sorry about this.
Really, I am, but more clothes.
Nobody mentioned Jill Biden's gown. Gorgeous. One of my top all time gowns and my top two favorites of the night. The other is Megan (I don't remember how she spells her name)Kelly of Fox News.
I'm not cutting edge, or risky or slightly advanced about clothes. That's my taste.
I know I said I was off strapless gowns, but Mrs. Biden look terrific. Much more Audrey Hepburn than the Red Carpet gowns I see. I think it's largely a bodice problem. I find them too tight and too little of them quiet often. They don't flatter every type of figure.
See? Old fashoned and traditional. That's what I like to see, but I wouldn't wear any of them in a million years.
If it were me, I'd have been done after the oath and speach yesterday and gone home. No parades, no lunches, no more speaches, no balls -not even one - it'd be 'thanks, and see ya.'
I don't know how people survive all this activity. I'm very happy to follow along on tv at home, however.
Nobody mentioned Jill Biden's gown. Gorgeous. One of my top all time gowns and my top two favorites of the night. The other is Megan (I don't remember how she spells her name)Kelly of Fox News.
I'm not cutting edge, or risky or slightly advanced about clothes. That's my taste.
I know I said I was off strapless gowns, but Mrs. Biden look terrific. Much more Audrey Hepburn than the Red Carpet gowns I see. I think it's largely a bodice problem. I find them too tight and too little of them quiet often. They don't flatter every type of figure.
See? Old fashoned and traditional. That's what I like to see, but I wouldn't wear any of them in a million years.
If it were me, I'd have been done after the oath and speach yesterday and gone home. No parades, no lunches, no more speaches, no balls -not even one - it'd be 'thanks, and see ya.'
I don't know how people survive all this activity. I'm very happy to follow along on tv at home, however.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
more clothes, sadly
Star Jones just said Michele Obama looks magnificant.
Eyes of love.
How people talk about her clothes are probably gonna depend on their political affiliations. Clothes are an opportunity to pick away at your opponents.
Nancy Regan got nailed for her free clothes. Probably by the left. The right probably supported her. I'm guessing here cause I don't know who said what exactly.
Hilary gets nailed by the right for her clothes. See? The clothes aren't really important. It's what people can do with them politically. And Michele Obama does look really nice in an iffy dress. She can carry this stuff off with her stature and confidence and grace. I may not always like her clothes, but I don't have to wear them, either.
Eyes of love.
How people talk about her clothes are probably gonna depend on their political affiliations. Clothes are an opportunity to pick away at your opponents.
Nancy Regan got nailed for her free clothes. Probably by the left. The right probably supported her. I'm guessing here cause I don't know who said what exactly.
Hilary gets nailed by the right for her clothes. See? The clothes aren't really important. It's what people can do with them politically. And Michele Obama does look really nice in an iffy dress. She can carry this stuff off with her stature and confidence and grace. I may not always like her clothes, but I don't have to wear them, either.
and now
We have verb aspects and ambitransitive verbs. The second involves spelling. Maybe I should get out before I get more behinder. 'read' is ambitransitive. The spelling doesn't change for transitive and intransitive usage. That's from a petty good site. Lots of links to mysterious language parts.
They were talking about Michele Obama's clothes. I have a kinda strange reaction to them. She has a striking, unique style, but I don't exactly like her clothes. I can't say there's something exactly wrong or bad about them exactly. though. I don't think they're ugly. Maybe they're bold. They're differnt. They look good on her. I have an odd reaction to them is all. I did like her outfit this afternoon better than the white gown tonight. But she looked good. I really liked her youngest's orange outfit best. Great color and very cute, I though. The older's was more sedate, traditional. Very nice, but no pop. I think Michele Obama dresses in a way I haven't seen before. Do the clothes really matter? They're interesting, but not really important. In fact, it may be good that they're interesting. Most of the time the clothes are pretty standard and boring. Nice, but nothing to bother looking at. At the same time, designer clothes aren't necessarily good style. I'm sure she'll hear about it. Most of them do. Except maybe Laura Bush didn't. I wonder if that's true. Did she ever get criticized for her clothes? I can't remember anybody ever talking her down about anything. Did any other first lady get by so easily? What an interesting question. Maybe Martha Washington. I don't know if anybody talked about her or not. Michele Obama does look good in the white dress, there's just something about it, the sholder strap's too wide, there's bumps all over it and I can't tell what they are. But they're distracting.
I could really like the Obama's. Until the politics get started, I suppose. I really hate politics. Ya, it's the shoulder strap. It's too big and dominates the eye.
So now what do you want to talk about? I'm about done with clothes.
They were talking about Michele Obama's clothes. I have a kinda strange reaction to them. She has a striking, unique style, but I don't exactly like her clothes. I can't say there's something exactly wrong or bad about them exactly. though. I don't think they're ugly. Maybe they're bold. They're differnt. They look good on her. I have an odd reaction to them is all. I did like her outfit this afternoon better than the white gown tonight. But she looked good. I really liked her youngest's orange outfit best. Great color and very cute, I though. The older's was more sedate, traditional. Very nice, but no pop. I think Michele Obama dresses in a way I haven't seen before. Do the clothes really matter? They're interesting, but not really important. In fact, it may be good that they're interesting. Most of the time the clothes are pretty standard and boring. Nice, but nothing to bother looking at. At the same time, designer clothes aren't necessarily good style. I'm sure she'll hear about it. Most of them do. Except maybe Laura Bush didn't. I wonder if that's true. Did she ever get criticized for her clothes? I can't remember anybody ever talking her down about anything. Did any other first lady get by so easily? What an interesting question. Maybe Martha Washington. I don't know if anybody talked about her or not. Michele Obama does look good in the white dress, there's just something about it, the sholder strap's too wide, there's bumps all over it and I can't tell what they are. But they're distracting.
I could really like the Obama's. Until the politics get started, I suppose. I really hate politics. Ya, it's the shoulder strap. It's too big and dominates the eye.
So now what do you want to talk about? I'm about done with clothes.
O'Reilly's getting smug again.
I'll have to think of something. He said the secular progressives must be disappointed that Obama mentions God cause they're all hoping to get God out of the universe or something, but he mentions Him.
I don't know that that would be true, that all progressives or even all secuarists want God unmentioned. Some people just don't want to be bluggeoned by Christ. Some may think state and religion should be seperate, but not that people in government shoud have no religion.
But I'll think of something for O'Reilly. It's kinda like a hobby. I really enjoy communicating with Fox News.
hahahaha...I'm sure he's scared now! hahahahaha
I don't know that that would be true, that all progressives or even all secuarists want God unmentioned. Some people just don't want to be bluggeoned by Christ. Some may think state and religion should be seperate, but not that people in government shoud have no religion.
But I'll think of something for O'Reilly. It's kinda like a hobby. I really enjoy communicating with Fox News.
hahahaha...I'm sure he's scared now! hahahahaha
O'Reilly's on
He looks really tired. But still has a good attitude. I never do when I don't get enough sleep. I get cranky as hell. I also drop things, break things, and walk into walls more often than usual.
I tried the stupid participles again but got nowhere. I'm done with that. Or I need a participles for dummies site.
My books got here already. Did I say the animal book was called, 'Why We Hunt?" It's not. It's called, "Animals Make Us Human," by Temple Grandin. I think the NorCal Cazadora post was talking about why we hunt. Maybe. I don't feel like checking.
They're questioning people's enthusiam for Obama. People were just as excited about Bush. No matter what he said. Griff Jenkins said the crowd would be just as excited if he read a can label or words to that effect cause that's just about what his speach at the Neighborhood Ball was. Are those fighting words? I may not have had a nap today, but I am still awake. Bring it on?, in the infamours words of someone or other.
I tried the stupid participles again but got nowhere. I'm done with that. Or I need a participles for dummies site.
My books got here already. Did I say the animal book was called, 'Why We Hunt?" It's not. It's called, "Animals Make Us Human," by Temple Grandin. I think the NorCal Cazadora post was talking about why we hunt. Maybe. I don't feel like checking.
They're questioning people's enthusiam for Obama. People were just as excited about Bush. No matter what he said. Griff Jenkins said the crowd would be just as excited if he read a can label or words to that effect cause that's just about what his speach at the Neighborhood Ball was. Are those fighting words? I may not have had a nap today, but I am still awake. Bring it on?, in the infamours words of someone or other.
participles, future perfect and Megan Kelly
Megan Kelly (I don't know how she spells her name, but I think it's different than that) from Fox News has the greatest gown on. It's a perfect green shade, too, if the color on my set is true. Her gown looks like a modified Greek style (nice earrings, too) which is perfect for the day. Greece, the cradle of civilization gave birth to democracy, didn't it? I think so. People shouldn't have mocked Obama's Greek colums. I remember stuff like that. But it's a very nice dress. Her style is always very tasteful.
So, I looked up future passive tense and all I got is future perfect, 'will be done tomorrow.' I think the 'will be' is passive voice.
Participles, are much more complex, therefore confusing.
baked beans. The verb baked used as an adjective.
Dangling, 'turning the corner, the view changed' no subject for the first part...' As I was turning the corner, the view changed' or something like that. There's another part, but the example is probably too long for me to get right.
I need to work on participles, cause I'm just not getting this so far. But they cause understanding problems. The example sentence had the horse reading the racing form instead of the man. Maybe this was the dangling one. I forget.
So I can't come up with an example of a gerundive even if they don't exist in English anyway.
Oh, passive. Will be done by Ted. Ted will do it. Passive, I think has to do with where the subject is, not exactly the verb? hahahaha...I'll have to go look it up again. It's been a long time and I probably just tried to memorize stuff for the test. No, the action of the very!!!!! I am VERY confused. I knew better than to look this one up. Now I have to know and I'm sorry.
So, I looked up future passive tense and all I got is future perfect, 'will be done tomorrow.' I think the 'will be' is passive voice.
Participles, are much more complex, therefore confusing.
baked beans. The verb baked used as an adjective.
Dangling, 'turning the corner, the view changed' no subject for the first part...' As I was turning the corner, the view changed' or something like that. There's another part, but the example is probably too long for me to get right.
I need to work on participles, cause I'm just not getting this so far. But they cause understanding problems. The example sentence had the horse reading the racing form instead of the man. Maybe this was the dangling one. I forget.
So I can't come up with an example of a gerundive even if they don't exist in English anyway.
Oh, passive. Will be done by Ted. Ted will do it. Passive, I think has to do with where the subject is, not exactly the verb? hahahaha...I'll have to go look it up again. It's been a long time and I probably just tried to memorize stuff for the test. No, the action of the very!!!!! I am VERY confused. I knew better than to look this one up. Now I have to know and I'm sorry.
oh, ya
The religion thing. My family would have considered themselves Christian if such a though had ever dawned on them which it likely wouldn't have much. Oh, except for Madeline Murry O'Hair. Dad probably did some ranting about her. He was overtly patriotic, Mom didn't talk about such things.
ah,
I have a tape. Aaron Copland,1900-1990, Applachian Spring, later than Cather, I believe, although I didn't look her up. He really reminds me of her for some reason.
Poetry reading. Another prayer.
You know, somebody, Laura sometimes hoasts O'Reilly's show was talking about our Christian founders and how people are mad about Rick Warren's praying there at all and how people complain that Christians pray in Jesus' name, was saying that she hoped people didn't about the Almighty and stuff.
Thing is, the more they say it's a Christian country, founded on Christian principles, the more people will believe it and think it's true whether or not it is. Justifies pushing Christian legislation. We can live Christian lives outside of Christian territories. It was never supposed to be a political movement. In fact, that's what we're supposed to do. Live Christian lives if we're Christian. I don't think we're supposed to force others to do the same. Don't think Jesus said so.
This how Christain my family was. My father said grace twice a year, Christmas and Thanksgiving, and Bible thumped occasionally, the Corinthians verse about kids obeying their parents, they're commanded to.
My mother took me to church a couple of times when I was very young, then sent me with others a few times and stayed home herself. She later in life watched The Crystal Cathedral on tv.
Neither read or talked about the Bible. Didn't mention God except for 'God Damn it!' to or about whatever. That was a pretty typical Christian life then. Or people went to church and didn't talk about it. Things changed. People assumed they were Christian. We didn't get baptised. Now there's God talk everywhere.
But no, we're not a Christian country per se.
The Bushs are leaving. What a scary thing the Obamas are starting. Just relax, have fun, enjoy it all, don't worry, deal as it comes, expect nothing, just do and don't think too much about stuff. Bush had a lot of experience with the White House and Washington cause of Bush sr.
Bush is flying off now. Wonder where the dogs are.
So where was I going with the religion thing? Your guess may be better than mine. I think the push started sometime in the late 70s, early 80s with the rise of the fundamentalists. Think it was basically to combate the 60s and 70s sex, drugs, rock and roll and the hippies. That happened before in the Roaring 20s to fight the flappers. Things seem to work that way. When most people are on an even keel, religion is dormant. People get radical, religion moves into prominance. Maybe. I'm just making stuff up now.
Poetry reading. Another prayer.
You know, somebody, Laura sometimes hoasts O'Reilly's show was talking about our Christian founders and how people are mad about Rick Warren's praying there at all and how people complain that Christians pray in Jesus' name, was saying that she hoped people didn't about the Almighty and stuff.
Thing is, the more they say it's a Christian country, founded on Christian principles, the more people will believe it and think it's true whether or not it is. Justifies pushing Christian legislation. We can live Christian lives outside of Christian territories. It was never supposed to be a political movement. In fact, that's what we're supposed to do. Live Christian lives if we're Christian. I don't think we're supposed to force others to do the same. Don't think Jesus said so.
This how Christain my family was. My father said grace twice a year, Christmas and Thanksgiving, and Bible thumped occasionally, the Corinthians verse about kids obeying their parents, they're commanded to.
My mother took me to church a couple of times when I was very young, then sent me with others a few times and stayed home herself. She later in life watched The Crystal Cathedral on tv.
Neither read or talked about the Bible. Didn't mention God except for 'God Damn it!' to or about whatever. That was a pretty typical Christian life then. Or people went to church and didn't talk about it. Things changed. People assumed they were Christian. We didn't get baptised. Now there's God talk everywhere.
But no, we're not a Christian country per se.
The Bushs are leaving. What a scary thing the Obamas are starting. Just relax, have fun, enjoy it all, don't worry, deal as it comes, expect nothing, just do and don't think too much about stuff. Bush had a lot of experience with the White House and Washington cause of Bush sr.
Bush is flying off now. Wonder where the dogs are.
So where was I going with the religion thing? Your guess may be better than mine. I think the push started sometime in the late 70s, early 80s with the rise of the fundamentalists. Think it was basically to combate the 60s and 70s sex, drugs, rock and roll and the hippies. That happened before in the Roaring 20s to fight the flappers. Things seem to work that way. When most people are on an even keel, religion is dormant. People get radical, religion moves into prominance. Maybe. I'm just making stuff up now.
it's done
They picked good music for the inaguration. Copeland, I think, the well-known one. They even did a different arrangement and I didn't hate it. I usually only like the orrigionals I hear. But they did good. lol, look at the players...how couldn't they do good. They're some of the greats in the world. Copeland's a good choice. Wish I could remember the name of it. American something. Maybe I'll look it up, get his dates. I keep thinking plains, like Oh, Pioneer by what's her name. You knowk plains states. Oh, Willa Cather. Very good writer, check her out. Same era, maybe.
And he made his first mistake with the oath, so maybe everybody will quit looking for it to happen. They're watching his every blink.
And he made his first mistake with the oath, so maybe everybody will quit looking for it to happen. They're watching his every blink.
well, I trieed
to find nouns as verbs, but since I can only think of, 'I'm booking it out of here.' as an example and that's slang, I believe, I didn't have any luck.
A color.
To color.
Color is both a noun and a verb.
Booking, however is a noun. As in ' a hotel booking'. But what is I am booking a hotel room'?
One defination said that booking is a quaint legal term for signing people into jail. If people still use the term, what makes it quaint?
See? Always questions and more questions.
A color.
To color.
Color is both a noun and a verb.
Booking, however is a noun. As in ' a hotel booking'. But what is I am booking a hotel room'?
One defination said that booking is a quaint legal term for signing people into jail. If people still use the term, what makes it quaint?
See? Always questions and more questions.
hahahaha
gerundives - a future passive participle in Latin. hahahaha
Not all languages have them. English doesn't. According to my source. Why did I hear about them? I didn't study Latin. I didn't see any examples. hahahaha...guess I wouldn't if they don't occur in English. Now I'd have to look up future passive and participles and I just might not.
Not all languages have them. English doesn't. According to my source. Why did I hear about them? I didn't study Latin. I didn't see any examples. hahahaha...guess I wouldn't if they don't occur in English. Now I'd have to look up future passive and participles and I just might not.
gerunds
Just the opposite. Verbs used as nouns. I sing. I like singing.
So, what are gerundives? Google knows.
So, what are gerundives? Google knows.
it is
My is an attributive pronoun related to mine, a predicative pronoun.
My book. The book is mine. Predicates are verb things. I don't know what attributive means. I might have known once (verb tenses, very interesting things) since I recognize the word, but again don't recall.
My furnature might be part of a noun phrase, but it should also fit a particular speach usage. I'm still guessing adjective.
I'm booking it out of here.
Congress is vetting nominees.
And then there's gerrunds and gerundives. I don't think I was ever clear on them. I don't think they were mentioned much. I don't know what they are. Something about adding 'ing' to nouns and/or verbs. Or something else? I can absolutely look that up.
My book. The book is mine. Predicates are verb things. I don't know what attributive means. I might have known once (verb tenses, very interesting things) since I recognize the word, but again don't recall.
My furnature might be part of a noun phrase, but it should also fit a particular speach usage. I'm still guessing adjective.
I'm booking it out of here.
Congress is vetting nominees.
And then there's gerrunds and gerundives. I don't think I was ever clear on them. I don't think they were mentioned much. I don't know what they are. Something about adding 'ing' to nouns and/or verbs. Or something else? I can absolutely look that up.
well, this is intesting
My furnature is all over the place.
My pieces of furnature are all over the place.
English is fascenating. Spelling is not. Spelling is stupid.
What kind of phrase is 'pieces of furnature?'
There are adjectival, adverbial and prepositional phrases.
I can't tell what the subject/s of those two sentences are either.
This really is kinda fun.
I wonder if the subject of the second sentence is 'pieces.' It's not 'my are,' it's 'pieces are'. And yes, when do final punctuations go inside or outside the quotation marks. There are many things to forget in this world and I manage to forget most of them.
The subject of the first sentence is furnature, I think. What does that make 'my?' It's a pronoun used as....? I'm guessing adjective. Adverbs generally go with verbs and adjectives with nouns. Or is it a pronoun? 'My' should be a pronoun, it seems like a pronoun, but it might not be a pronoun.
My pieces of furnature are all over the place.
English is fascenating. Spelling is not. Spelling is stupid.
What kind of phrase is 'pieces of furnature?'
There are adjectival, adverbial and prepositional phrases.
I can't tell what the subject/s of those two sentences are either.
This really is kinda fun.
I wonder if the subject of the second sentence is 'pieces.' It's not 'my are,' it's 'pieces are'. And yes, when do final punctuations go inside or outside the quotation marks. There are many things to forget in this world and I manage to forget most of them.
The subject of the first sentence is furnature, I think. What does that make 'my?' It's a pronoun used as....? I'm guessing adjective. Adverbs generally go with verbs and adjectives with nouns. Or is it a pronoun? 'My' should be a pronoun, it seems like a pronoun, but it might not be a pronoun.
here's the thing
The right's worried that that the left won't care about now that they have the majority.
The left spent the last 8 years not being cared about by the right.
I hate politics and should be happy that I've never understood them. Or should I say 'never understood it'?
I could say that the left spent the last 8 years suffering, so it's the right's turn now and that's fair.
That them/it thing is something I might be able to look up. I don't know if politics is a plural or singular noun or both. There are many places to make language mistakes.
A foreign speaker I knew used the word 'furnatures' as in, 'my furnatures are new.', or something.
Furnature is already a plural noun, no 's'. English is screwy.
Of course, the 's' goes on pieces. One piece of furnature, 3 pieces of furnature. So what part of speach is 'piece' in this usage?
"She played the piece smartly."
"I have a piece of candy."
How do you spell piece? It suddenly looks wrong to me. See what happens? I wander off.
pease, peace, pece, piece, peice.
They say that English is one of the hardest languages to learn. It doesn't follow its rules more than it does follow them.
I really like it.
The articles go with 'piece', and that indicates nouns. The 'of candy' is a noun object. But I guess it could be an adverb. How many. Or is that an adjective? I forget. Or does it address 'what'?
I might look it all up.
Ok. 'ly' words are adverbs, yes? But so is 'to' sometimes. It's also part of the infinitive and prepositional phrases. So what is any word? It depends. Words are things with life.
Dogs are a different story. They're things with life? hahahahaha...oh. sorry.
Good things, bad things, confusing things. Whatever things. There's many things to do with them and much to gain. Unless you don't like dogs. Then the only gain is irritation. And if you like dogs, there's much irritation to be gained.
There are several fun actives with dogs that help not only the dog, but the people. For the Obamas and others who have allergy problems, group activities with many different dogs can rouse the allergies. But there are often, or sometimes, breed activities that people can safely participate in. Or, many things can be done at home.
Agility is a great, fun activity that can be set up at home even in a modified way. Even bulldogs, not noted for agility, can benefit from learning the courses. They're unlikely to win at competitions, but it addresses listening, obedience, gives them something to think about, increases bonding with owners, and steps closer to helping people understand dogs better. It's fun for kids. They often like dog tricks.
So, there's also teaching dogs tricks.
The advantages are that people have to learn about training dogs, and keeping dogs busy, active and involved creates better behaivor and happier dogs. They're social, pack animals, and do best with lots of family involvement. Dogs get into more trouble when left to their own devices.
Exercise wears them out and they nap instead of bark and chew so much, for example.
Crate training is another handy thing. If a dog isn't trustworthy alone and at night, the create can give everybody a better night's sleep. Crates can be anywhere so the dog can sleep in kids' rooms, the living room or whereever.
Crates are also invaluable for traveling. The Obamas, for example, can keep on on the plane if they travel with the dog. When there's a lot of unusal active, the dog can be crated. If they're used to it, it doesn't bother them. Crates can go in cars for anyone who travels with dogs, and then be used camping or in hotels. It's easy to do, too. Feed the dog in the crate with the door open, leave it open for the dog to nap in if he wants, etc. They often like the 'cave like' environment for sleeping anyway. You can shut the dog up for short periods of time, gradually increasing it over time, or suffer a couple of whinny nights. Or both. But try to never let the dog out if it's barking or crying. That reinforces the barking and crying. Except for maybe in the morning when they really need to get outside.
Another fun activity is to hide toys for the dog to find. They can pick that up fairly quickly if they will (my dog won't play with toys, won't play tug of war, or fetch, but he's not always quite a dog in the first place, another story for another time.) Using food stuffed toys may encourage some dogs who are food motivated, too.
You can also lay a track outside for them to follow. Put the dog out of sight, rub a hot dog, or chicken or something along the grass, leaving a piece at the end of the trail for the dog to find and lead the dog to the start and show him the way until he gets the game. This is tracking for rescue work, but it can be a just a fun game at home as well.
There's also dancing with dogs. Many people find this a lot of fun. Again, any dog can learn some of it even if they aren't very good at. All things don't have to be for competition.
If there's a pool, get the dog swimming. Great exercise. Just be sure to show them the stairs out several times so they know where they are. Dogs have been know to drown not being able to find them in time. You might end up with a dog that jumps into any body of water but there are worse things. And they'll probably still hate a bath.
The left spent the last 8 years not being cared about by the right.
I hate politics and should be happy that I've never understood them. Or should I say 'never understood it'?
I could say that the left spent the last 8 years suffering, so it's the right's turn now and that's fair.
That them/it thing is something I might be able to look up. I don't know if politics is a plural or singular noun or both. There are many places to make language mistakes.
A foreign speaker I knew used the word 'furnatures' as in, 'my furnatures are new.', or something.
Furnature is already a plural noun, no 's'. English is screwy.
Of course, the 's' goes on pieces. One piece of furnature, 3 pieces of furnature. So what part of speach is 'piece' in this usage?
"She played the piece smartly."
"I have a piece of candy."
How do you spell piece? It suddenly looks wrong to me. See what happens? I wander off.
pease, peace, pece, piece, peice.
They say that English is one of the hardest languages to learn. It doesn't follow its rules more than it does follow them.
I really like it.
The articles go with 'piece', and that indicates nouns. The 'of candy' is a noun object. But I guess it could be an adverb. How many. Or is that an adjective? I forget. Or does it address 'what'?
I might look it all up.
Ok. 'ly' words are adverbs, yes? But so is 'to' sometimes. It's also part of the infinitive and prepositional phrases. So what is any word? It depends. Words are things with life.
Dogs are a different story. They're things with life? hahahahaha...oh. sorry.
Good things, bad things, confusing things. Whatever things. There's many things to do with them and much to gain. Unless you don't like dogs. Then the only gain is irritation. And if you like dogs, there's much irritation to be gained.
There are several fun actives with dogs that help not only the dog, but the people. For the Obamas and others who have allergy problems, group activities with many different dogs can rouse the allergies. But there are often, or sometimes, breed activities that people can safely participate in. Or, many things can be done at home.
Agility is a great, fun activity that can be set up at home even in a modified way. Even bulldogs, not noted for agility, can benefit from learning the courses. They're unlikely to win at competitions, but it addresses listening, obedience, gives them something to think about, increases bonding with owners, and steps closer to helping people understand dogs better. It's fun for kids. They often like dog tricks.
So, there's also teaching dogs tricks.
The advantages are that people have to learn about training dogs, and keeping dogs busy, active and involved creates better behaivor and happier dogs. They're social, pack animals, and do best with lots of family involvement. Dogs get into more trouble when left to their own devices.
Exercise wears them out and they nap instead of bark and chew so much, for example.
Crate training is another handy thing. If a dog isn't trustworthy alone and at night, the create can give everybody a better night's sleep. Crates can be anywhere so the dog can sleep in kids' rooms, the living room or whereever.
Crates are also invaluable for traveling. The Obamas, for example, can keep on on the plane if they travel with the dog. When there's a lot of unusal active, the dog can be crated. If they're used to it, it doesn't bother them. Crates can go in cars for anyone who travels with dogs, and then be used camping or in hotels. It's easy to do, too. Feed the dog in the crate with the door open, leave it open for the dog to nap in if he wants, etc. They often like the 'cave like' environment for sleeping anyway. You can shut the dog up for short periods of time, gradually increasing it over time, or suffer a couple of whinny nights. Or both. But try to never let the dog out if it's barking or crying. That reinforces the barking and crying. Except for maybe in the morning when they really need to get outside.
Another fun activity is to hide toys for the dog to find. They can pick that up fairly quickly if they will (my dog won't play with toys, won't play tug of war, or fetch, but he's not always quite a dog in the first place, another story for another time.) Using food stuffed toys may encourage some dogs who are food motivated, too.
You can also lay a track outside for them to follow. Put the dog out of sight, rub a hot dog, or chicken or something along the grass, leaving a piece at the end of the trail for the dog to find and lead the dog to the start and show him the way until he gets the game. This is tracking for rescue work, but it can be a just a fun game at home as well.
There's also dancing with dogs. Many people find this a lot of fun. Again, any dog can learn some of it even if they aren't very good at. All things don't have to be for competition.
If there's a pool, get the dog swimming. Great exercise. Just be sure to show them the stairs out several times so they know where they are. Dogs have been know to drown not being able to find them in time. You might end up with a dog that jumps into any body of water but there are worse things. And they'll probably still hate a bath.
Monday, January 19, 2009
so
I looked more on The Rivals. It's 18th century, not 17th if that's what I said before. I either got the date wrong (the most likely choice) or the first site I saw had it wrong (another likely choice).
The net is nortorious for wrong information. Wonder if it makes as many mistakes as I do?
It turns out, quite interestingly, that The Rivals was George Washington's favorite play. It was a big hit here and in Europe.
Sheradon, it turns out, was quite the dilatante, born about 1750. It's probably 1750 something, I don't remember what.
My cat is from the pound. All the other cats I've had were strays I picked up off the street, one was living under my mother's house. After I started putting food out, it turned out she wasn't ferel so I had a new cat.
The family dog was one my brother brought home as a kid. Buddy, Homer and Lucy were all strays I ended up with. I don't like cats that much.
The kid across the street had an excess number of pet rats. I got one. Rhonda Rat. They're very nice pets. If you feel several of them uncooked spaghetti pieces, it sounds like lots of tiny typewritters. Oh. Maybe people don't know what that sounds like anymore.
The net is nortorious for wrong information. Wonder if it makes as many mistakes as I do?
It turns out, quite interestingly, that The Rivals was George Washington's favorite play. It was a big hit here and in Europe.
Sheradon, it turns out, was quite the dilatante, born about 1750. It's probably 1750 something, I don't remember what.
My cat is from the pound. All the other cats I've had were strays I picked up off the street, one was living under my mother's house. After I started putting food out, it turned out she wasn't ferel so I had a new cat.
The family dog was one my brother brought home as a kid. Buddy, Homer and Lucy were all strays I ended up with. I don't like cats that much.
The kid across the street had an excess number of pet rats. I got one. Rhonda Rat. They're very nice pets. If you feel several of them uncooked spaghetti pieces, it sounds like lots of tiny typewritters. Oh. Maybe people don't know what that sounds like anymore.
Palin's
Giving her usual the top 5 percent give jobs and stuff and should get the tax break. The top 5 percent are the ones who've been ripping us off. The profits they've been making go to their own pockets. They don't trickle down or make more and better jobs. It's a nice thought she has, but so far it hasn't played out that way. Something's wrong with the free market.
oh, geeze
Sarah Palin's getting interviewed on Glen Beck. I just didn't want to get into sledding dogs after all that, but no. I don't want a sled dog. Yes, they are part of the working group, my favorite. Snow is nice to look at and they go too fast. I don't want to be in snow that much, I don't like having to leave dogs outside all the time so the teams would all live in the house. Yes, there are wheeled sleds for non snow times and areas, but again, sleds go too fast. Sledding and sled dogs are just not my preference. And yes. Sled dogs are all great dogs, perfect for people who are interested in them. But not me. I want a pomeranian.
Mrs. Malaprop
Is a pretentious woman, trying to appear smart and educated but uses words wrongly, obviously not knowing what they mean at all.
Bush isn't pretentious. He appears to have a language glitch. Many people have glitches. Could be about words, or math, or a sense of direction, or anything. I have a hard time prouncing some things like "lily", something about vowels doesn't always work well for me.
Oh, wait! I have all the above glitches. Guess that means he was a much better president than I could ever be. Too bad he's a Republican.
Bush isn't pretentious. He appears to have a language glitch. Many people have glitches. Could be about words, or math, or a sense of direction, or anything. I have a hard time prouncing some things like "lily", something about vowels doesn't always work well for me.
Oh, wait! I have all the above glitches. Guess that means he was a much better president than I could ever be. Too bad he's a Republican.
hahahaha
It's just true. We think that what suits us suits everyone. And it doesn't. The Obama Girl has a Yorkie and thinks the Obamas should get on cause they're great dogs. They are. All dogs are great dogs. But Obama wants a big, rowdy dog. Yorkies are kinda on the smaller than that size. I don't want a hunting dog breed simply because I've no interest in hunting. I do have an interest in herding even though I have nothing other than the cat to herd. I would get a herding dog if I were able to get involved with herding, there are places to do that without it being a personal job. But if I had kids, or was a runner, or distance rider with horses, I'd definately look that way. Dalmations and some of the hunting dogs are great running and distant companions.
I'd also be interested in cart work. Several large working/herding dogs are also adaptapble for that activity.
A Standard Poodle really fits Obama's requirements as long as his daughter doesn't react to the breed with her allergies. I really like the herders, though, and I've no real explination for it other than it just appeals to me. It's an emotional thing, which is fine, but it's helpful to be informed on the dog types specifically to make the best choices within that interest.
I don't know anything about Irish Water Dogs, they may be perfect for the Obama's, too. For them, it's about temperment, just like it is for everyone. Standard Poodles have the allergy thing plus the good family temperment thing, and are very smart and fairly easy to train. Stubborn dogs are hell to train, and add agressiveness to that and you really need specialized handling and training and constant, life-long reinforcement to keep their behaivor in line.
I just like herding dogs. The working breeds best. For me personally to live with. But now, with my current circumstances, I'd get a lap dog. And yes, Yorkies are great dogs, but I'm not that interested in owning one personally. A mixed breed would suit me just as well as anything. If I was going to pick a lap breed, I'd look at pugs, Lasa Aphsos, King Charles Spaniels and probably several others I can't think of. But what I'd really do today is go the pound and get somebody's reject whatever kind, or kinds, it happens to be. Tomorrow could be a different story.
I'd also be interested in cart work. Several large working/herding dogs are also adaptapble for that activity.
A Standard Poodle really fits Obama's requirements as long as his daughter doesn't react to the breed with her allergies. I really like the herders, though, and I've no real explination for it other than it just appeals to me. It's an emotional thing, which is fine, but it's helpful to be informed on the dog types specifically to make the best choices within that interest.
I don't know anything about Irish Water Dogs, they may be perfect for the Obama's, too. For them, it's about temperment, just like it is for everyone. Standard Poodles have the allergy thing plus the good family temperment thing, and are very smart and fairly easy to train. Stubborn dogs are hell to train, and add agressiveness to that and you really need specialized handling and training and constant, life-long reinforcement to keep their behaivor in line.
I just like herding dogs. The working breeds best. For me personally to live with. But now, with my current circumstances, I'd get a lap dog. And yes, Yorkies are great dogs, but I'm not that interested in owning one personally. A mixed breed would suit me just as well as anything. If I was going to pick a lap breed, I'd look at pugs, Lasa Aphsos, King Charles Spaniels and probably several others I can't think of. But what I'd really do today is go the pound and get somebody's reject whatever kind, or kinds, it happens to be. Tomorrow could be a different story.
Sunday, January 18, 2009
hmm
Already it looks the Democrats are gonna screw up the bail money. People are asking for dumb funding. Newt was just on and he's right. Money for hotels and crime museums goes nowhere.
They should fund infrastructure projects which provides construction jobs and better living for everybody. Maybe no more bridges will fall down and roads will be safer and stuff.
And, I hate to say it, but they should really consider nuclear power plants. That addresses 3 things. Construction jobs, long-term plant jobs, and energy assistance. They might be able to build them in the more economically distressed areas, too, which would releave a lot of poverty problems, maybe. Then there's wind farms and other energy things. People are already going back to big cars since the oil prices have dropped. They could come up with something for that maybe. People don't like being legislated against. Everybody wants all this choice, but don't often want the responsibility. Maybe funding better car type plants, outside of Michigan, is another approach. If the unions are draining the auto industry there, I don't know why they just don't move out of state.
I never understand these things.
Newt's a history teacher. They're good to know. They know stuff and explain stuff when I get confused. Like the Monroe doctrine. I know I don't want to study about it anymore, but I don't exactly remember what it is. I've watched a lot of C-SPAN history programs the last few years and learned, or re-learned a lot of stuff. Historians have been through all the research that would stump me when I look for answers and can explain things in revealing ways that I can't put together for myself.
I didn't hook on to history in school, only later developing more of an interest. It's a lot of names and dates and I've got a bad memory, worse now, and a lot of politics that I've never understood at all. I didn't hook on to anything in school until high school English. Then I got interested in British history through fiction. Sometimes it's important or helpful to know this stuff. It's about perspective. Continuity, how things fit together. And, it can be very interesting I discovered.
They should fund infrastructure projects which provides construction jobs and better living for everybody. Maybe no more bridges will fall down and roads will be safer and stuff.
And, I hate to say it, but they should really consider nuclear power plants. That addresses 3 things. Construction jobs, long-term plant jobs, and energy assistance. They might be able to build them in the more economically distressed areas, too, which would releave a lot of poverty problems, maybe. Then there's wind farms and other energy things. People are already going back to big cars since the oil prices have dropped. They could come up with something for that maybe. People don't like being legislated against. Everybody wants all this choice, but don't often want the responsibility. Maybe funding better car type plants, outside of Michigan, is another approach. If the unions are draining the auto industry there, I don't know why they just don't move out of state.
I never understand these things.
Newt's a history teacher. They're good to know. They know stuff and explain stuff when I get confused. Like the Monroe doctrine. I know I don't want to study about it anymore, but I don't exactly remember what it is. I've watched a lot of C-SPAN history programs the last few years and learned, or re-learned a lot of stuff. Historians have been through all the research that would stump me when I look for answers and can explain things in revealing ways that I can't put together for myself.
I didn't hook on to history in school, only later developing more of an interest. It's a lot of names and dates and I've got a bad memory, worse now, and a lot of politics that I've never understood at all. I didn't hook on to anything in school until high school English. Then I got interested in British history through fiction. Sometimes it's important or helpful to know this stuff. It's about perspective. Continuity, how things fit together. And, it can be very interesting I discovered.
so
That's why a lot of people get golden retreivers and labs. They're kick-back dogs that love everybody. Great with kids and strangers, usually.
Somebody on the Dogs 101 show said that since there's so many people comming and going at the White House, a teritorial towards it's owners type of dog isn't a good idea. Akitas, German Shepards, Lasa Aphsos, Chows, and others can be quite agressive towards strangers. That's the job they were bred for in part.
Somebody on the Dogs 101 show said that since there's so many people comming and going at the White House, a teritorial towards it's owners type of dog isn't a good idea. Akitas, German Shepards, Lasa Aphsos, Chows, and others can be quite agressive towards strangers. That's the job they were bred for in part.
ya, I did
I googled Mrs. Malaprop. I haven't read the play and looked at it on line, but it's old lanuage and too hard to read there for me. I'd need an annotated copy anyway. It's 17th century, Sheridan, The Rivals, I think is the title. Or perhaps a DVD would work. I don't know the story, though, and background always help with older works. And it's giant snauser, I think, not standard. I should look it up. For the spelling.
I know, I left a verb agreement problem and a screwey sentcence earlier.
I meant that I don't know of another author to compare Heyer to other than Jane Austin, not that she writes like her more than other authors do.
Language can cause lots of problems as well as solve them.
I know, I left a verb agreement problem and a screwey sentcence earlier.
I meant that I don't know of another author to compare Heyer to other than Jane Austin, not that she writes like her more than other authors do.
Language can cause lots of problems as well as solve them.
and then the Barney attack
I saw the clip of Bush's dog Barney biting the reporter. The guy took the dog by surprise in a act of aggression. The guy didn't let the dog see his hand comming, keep it low and let the dog sniff it a bit. Going over the head from the side startles dogs. Some flinch, some bite. Over the head, around the neck is where dogs attack. Barney was defending himself. But you don't mess around with terriers. There's a lot to know about animals. It's always human error of some sort. Either people create the problem or don't respond correctly to problems. Animals just act out their nature. There's a lot of choices and combinations of behaivors, but they're all natural to the type. And then after the dog sees your hand and accepts you, keep the hand low, don't go over the top of the head until the dog's secure. Scratch his chin or chest a minute. I knew a dog who'd let you pet him anywhere. Except his ears. He'd bit if you touched them. Snauser*sp*. Another tough little dog. I'd rather have the standard.
found two definations
One from the Undictionary and the other from alldefinations or something site.
A colloquial, malapropism or intentionally incorrect.
A malapropism from Bush in this case.
But see? This is how language works. We repeat what we hear. And language is a living, changing, breathing creative kind of thing. I creatively puncutate quite often. And spelling, of course. I don't do any.
If people didn't hear the 'N' word so often, they wouldn't use and abuse it so often. Cause and effect. But I don't wanna go there. So there.
A colloquial, malapropism or intentionally incorrect.
A malapropism from Bush in this case.
But see? This is how language works. We repeat what we hear. And language is a living, changing, breathing creative kind of thing. I creatively puncutate quite often. And spelling, of course. I don't do any.
If people didn't hear the 'N' word so often, they wouldn't use and abuse it so often. Cause and effect. But I don't wanna go there. So there.
huh?
Is missunderestimate a word? What does it mean? That we don't underestimate someone enough? That we shouldn't have underestimated someone, which is what underestimated is anyway.
Bush used it recently, and a radio host guest just used it on CNN.
I guess they're not giving me too little credit. Think I'll google it. Probably be the only way I'll find out.
Did you see the Bouvier drag Nancy Reagan all over the place and I think the puppy was only about 6 months old. I love that breed too, and would get one if circumstances warrented. Turns out she, the dog, was sent to their ranch and they got a King Charles Spaniel. I just love dogs.
Bush used it recently, and a radio host guest just used it on CNN.
I guess they're not giving me too little credit. Think I'll google it. Probably be the only way I'll find out.
Did you see the Bouvier drag Nancy Reagan all over the place and I think the puppy was only about 6 months old. I love that breed too, and would get one if circumstances warrented. Turns out she, the dog, was sent to their ranch and they got a King Charles Spaniel. I just love dogs.
Saturday, January 17, 2009
good stuff
Dogs 101. About presidential dogs. I heard the other day that there's no real hypoallergenic dogs. People can be allergic to dog saliva. They're gonna talk more about that. Also, one dog in the White House damaged a rug and it cost the tax payers 20 thousand dollars. See? This can be tricky.
The guy on the program said people can be allergic to any dog, and not react to some. It's the dander, not the hair, which I'd heard before. They need to test the daughter with different dogs to see if there's a problem or not. It's a tough one. It'll break the girls' hearts if they can't find a match. Whippets I hear are one breed with hair instead of fur so less dander. Huh. Interesting. Poodles, of course, I already knew. But the Labradoodle isn't as good for allergies since the lab half is allergenic. And Wheatons. I like Wheatons. But once again, terriers. And there's nothing wrong with terriers. It's a temperment clash.
So I ordered a couple of books. One is one I saw discussed on NorCal Cazadora. It's Why We Hunt, but there's some discussion on dogs which sounded very interesting. Something about dogs, in the author's opinion, needing parents and not pack leaders. The author's a PH.d in animal science and sets up slaughter houses so the animals aren't scared, keeping them relaxed and happy instead of stressed. Or something like that.
The other is a Jennifer Crusie that came out last year. Agnes and the Hitman. I haven't been reading so I didn't get it, but she's a favorite of mine. Really good writer. She's got another one, The Unfortunate Miss Fortunes, but I think the paranormal stuff puts me off some. It's really not my favorite, but if all goes well with this read, then I might persue it. She's got 2 writing partners on it and one, Anne Stuart, is another favorite. The third is someone I haven't read, but if Crusie likes her, then she's probably solid. Cruse was an English teacher and ABD on a writing doctorate in writing. Her other patner, Bob and of course I forgot his last name, Mayer? maybe (easy to check on a copy of the book) wrote another one with her that I really enjoyed, so I expect the usual good read with Agnes. Crusie, another funny one. Really, check her out. There's good stuff in romance fiction. There's just so much of it that it can be hard to find the kinds people like.
But now? It's back to Animal Crossings.
The guy on the program said people can be allergic to any dog, and not react to some. It's the dander, not the hair, which I'd heard before. They need to test the daughter with different dogs to see if there's a problem or not. It's a tough one. It'll break the girls' hearts if they can't find a match. Whippets I hear are one breed with hair instead of fur so less dander. Huh. Interesting. Poodles, of course, I already knew. But the Labradoodle isn't as good for allergies since the lab half is allergenic. And Wheatons. I like Wheatons. But once again, terriers. And there's nothing wrong with terriers. It's a temperment clash.
So I ordered a couple of books. One is one I saw discussed on NorCal Cazadora. It's Why We Hunt, but there's some discussion on dogs which sounded very interesting. Something about dogs, in the author's opinion, needing parents and not pack leaders. The author's a PH.d in animal science and sets up slaughter houses so the animals aren't scared, keeping them relaxed and happy instead of stressed. Or something like that.
The other is a Jennifer Crusie that came out last year. Agnes and the Hitman. I haven't been reading so I didn't get it, but she's a favorite of mine. Really good writer. She's got another one, The Unfortunate Miss Fortunes, but I think the paranormal stuff puts me off some. It's really not my favorite, but if all goes well with this read, then I might persue it. She's got 2 writing partners on it and one, Anne Stuart, is another favorite. The third is someone I haven't read, but if Crusie likes her, then she's probably solid. Cruse was an English teacher and ABD on a writing doctorate in writing. Her other patner, Bob and of course I forgot his last name, Mayer? maybe (easy to check on a copy of the book) wrote another one with her that I really enjoyed, so I expect the usual good read with Agnes. Crusie, another funny one. Really, check her out. There's good stuff in romance fiction. There's just so much of it that it can be hard to find the kinds people like.
But now? It's back to Animal Crossings.
interesting
Shepard Smith was talking presidents and punctuality. Bush is, Clinton is not. He said Obama tries to be, maybe.
Punctuality is respect for others. It acknowleges the importance of others and that their time is as important them as our time is to us.
I wonder about the racism thing. I think that maybe Black people don't see or believe that many white people do like them and care about them and understand better than they think possible what their history current lives are like.
If all they think about is white racism, then all they see in whites is racists. They have to let whites in as their part of fixing the problem. It's not easy. I don't feel accepted by blacks. huh.
Punctuality is respect for others. It acknowleges the importance of others and that their time is as important them as our time is to us.
I wonder about the racism thing. I think that maybe Black people don't see or believe that many white people do like them and care about them and understand better than they think possible what their history current lives are like.
If all they think about is white racism, then all they see in whites is racists. They have to let whites in as their part of fixing the problem. It's not easy. I don't feel accepted by blacks. huh.
So, the Obama dog thing?
It's partly a gender difference, isn't it. Boys would be more interested in rowdy, rough-housing play. Girls tend to want a dog to hug and kiss, maybe dress-up, brush a little bit, take gentle nature walks. Stubborn, independent dogs have their own agendas and often don't act like they love you. They have other things to do and do them. It takes time for people to learn about dog behaivor, and children aren't grown up enough to intellectualize things. But no kid likes to get knocked down and pushed around by dogs. It's very frustrating when dogs don't listen and harder for kids to cope. But dogs don't understand things like this. They just do dog things and we have to try to understand them. But girls like to play with dogs, too. If the dog starts bitting, even in play, when people run, that's a problem. It requires some training. Any dog can do that, not all will. Temperment, the pet and the person's. It really does matter.
What's the quote? Know thyself? Truisms are true things.
What's the quote? Know thyself? Truisms are true things.
These days?
I'd pick a dog along the lines of a King Charles Spaniel. Sweet, even tempered, agreeable type of dog. Any breed or mix, doesn't matter that much. That's what my circumstances today indicate.
And before anyone gets giggly about Georgette Heyer, read her. She invented the Regency Romance. I believe she wrote during the first half of the 20th century, 20's through the 50's maybe, I forget and yes, I could look up her dates. She's closer to Jane Austen than anyone else I know of. And while perhaps not literature, she's an intelligent writer, interesting and fun plots and characters. Very FUNNY, too. All fiction doesn't need to be literature to be valuable or worthwhile. And, uh, no sex. No, really. No sex. That's a later romance invention. They've used one of her novels in a military academy here because the description of one of the Napolean battles is so well done. It's one of them that I didn't read cause I don't like history so much. Or liked it less well then. Ya, well, I still don't want to read it. It might be The Spanish Bride or something. I think she wrote about 3 historicals and I read one, ending up disappointed. It's was about Bonnie Prince Charlie, I think. Or not. I was young. What can I say. Her mysteries are also a lot of fun and the murderers always an interesting surprise. I read them, and reread them 30 years ago, but think they'd likely still stand up. If people and their expectations haven't changed that much maybe. Does everything have to have sex in it to be worth the time for us these days? I don't know really.
And before anyone gets giggly about Georgette Heyer, read her. She invented the Regency Romance. I believe she wrote during the first half of the 20th century, 20's through the 50's maybe, I forget and yes, I could look up her dates. She's closer to Jane Austen than anyone else I know of. And while perhaps not literature, she's an intelligent writer, interesting and fun plots and characters. Very FUNNY, too. All fiction doesn't need to be literature to be valuable or worthwhile. And, uh, no sex. No, really. No sex. That's a later romance invention. They've used one of her novels in a military academy here because the description of one of the Napolean battles is so well done. It's one of them that I didn't read cause I don't like history so much. Or liked it less well then. Ya, well, I still don't want to read it. It might be The Spanish Bride or something. I think she wrote about 3 historicals and I read one, ending up disappointed. It's was about Bonnie Prince Charlie, I think. Or not. I was young. What can I say. Her mysteries are also a lot of fun and the murderers always an interesting surprise. I read them, and reread them 30 years ago, but think they'd likely still stand up. If people and their expectations haven't changed that much maybe. Does everything have to have sex in it to be worth the time for us these days? I don't know really.
and
I think that Kerry Blues are very handsome dogs. I'm just not that into terriers.
I missed most of Hugh Laurie on Leno, but he's playing with his band now...they're very, very good. Remember he played old stuff on Jeeves? That's a great series. This is a really excellent band. I'm sorry I missed the chat portion. I've always been a big fan.
I got the Blackadder series, too, not knowing he was part of it. I didn't know what Blackadder was, hadn't seen it. Love it. The Brittish are just so funny. Can't be beat, really. Or is this more unfairness? More preference? More about image than substance. I don't care. I like a lot of British stuff. Fire me.
I missed most of Hugh Laurie on Leno, but he's playing with his band now...they're very, very good. Remember he played old stuff on Jeeves? That's a great series. This is a really excellent band. I'm sorry I missed the chat portion. I've always been a big fan.
I got the Blackadder series, too, not knowing he was part of it. I didn't know what Blackadder was, hadn't seen it. Love it. The Brittish are just so funny. Can't be beat, really. Or is this more unfairness? More preference? More about image than substance. I don't care. I like a lot of British stuff. Fire me.
Friday, January 16, 2009
Did I?
Just post that post twice? Sigh...probably. It's exactly something I'd do.
Bull terriors. That's a big favorite. I saw one tonight on Dog Wisperer and remembered. I think I've only seen one in person, they're fairly rare. They're featured in a Georgette Heyer mystery. I'm hooked. Stubborn, agressive dogs. Just love it, but maybe not to live with. Not these days. But they're a favorite and special to me anyway. If I saw a Rottweiller, which I also saw tonight, and a Bull Terrior which would I pick. Probably the Rotty, and they're stubborn and agressive, too. Or maybe I'd pick the Bull Terrior. I'm leaning towards smaller dogs these days.
I'd pick both. Who am I trying to kid.
I've been wanting a Lasa Apso*sp* for some time now. Yes, I know they bite people. I like that. They're guard dogs. Go figure. They were developed as Temple guard dogs. They're good at it too. Devoted to hearth and home, and standoffish with strangers. Just my sort. I always did want one of each.
Well, I don't want a Fox Terrier. Barking, digging, aggrivating. And the looks don't appeal to me. Shallow, I know. That's me. That's everybody. We all have preferences and it's not fair.
Bull terriors. That's a big favorite. I saw one tonight on Dog Wisperer and remembered. I think I've only seen one in person, they're fairly rare. They're featured in a Georgette Heyer mystery. I'm hooked. Stubborn, agressive dogs. Just love it, but maybe not to live with. Not these days. But they're a favorite and special to me anyway. If I saw a Rottweiller, which I also saw tonight, and a Bull Terrior which would I pick. Probably the Rotty, and they're stubborn and agressive, too. Or maybe I'd pick the Bull Terrior. I'm leaning towards smaller dogs these days.
I'd pick both. Who am I trying to kid.
I've been wanting a Lasa Apso*sp* for some time now. Yes, I know they bite people. I like that. They're guard dogs. Go figure. They were developed as Temple guard dogs. They're good at it too. Devoted to hearth and home, and standoffish with strangers. Just my sort. I always did want one of each.
Well, I don't want a Fox Terrier. Barking, digging, aggrivating. And the looks don't appeal to me. Shallow, I know. That's me. That's everybody. We all have preferences and it's not fair.
But I had a thought
I had many thoughts. None of them organized or interesting. Did I feed the dog twice tonight? I don't know. I have been known to forget and he's not pushy about things. So I fed him. Maybe for a second time. Maybe not. I space and wonder off. He follows. The cat bitches. She reminds me it's meal time for which I'm grateful. Otherwise the dog might not get fed too often. Wonder if he'd ever tell me? Well, no. I'd probably remember eventually, but he'd have irradic mealtimes which isn't the worst thing in the world. Dogs and cats, and horses, get into schedules. They know what time of day it is when the same things happen at those times of day. They know what time you ususally wake up and many will wake you up if you over sleep that mark. Might be connected to moon cycles, or tides, or full mooons. It's another mystery. Agatha Christie's always been a favorite. Really. Since I was about 10.
Yes, it is true. I never read Ulysses and I did try. Sorta. I got through 4 or 5 lines on the first page. Joyce might have been on a seperate cycle when he wrote it. Or something.
Fox Friends were talking about how it's not fair that the left nailed Bush for spending 43 million on his inauguration and haven't said a thing about Obama's spending over 100 million for his.
Life is never fair. It's not about fair. People can try to be fair, but aren't always. Nobody is. It's a goal, not a guarentee or a right. Beliefs and preferences aren't fair at all and those are rights, although not guarenteed (always within certain limitations).
The left nailed Bush for everything and the right will do the same for Obama. That seems fair, as fair as anything ever is. Both sides are mostly unfair about the other. They want to win, get their way, see their beliefs and opinions lived out by others. They usually call that politics. Finding points to
pick to infuence others.
Life is what it is. Interpreted. Lots of times too quickly without enough information.
The Bernie guy I forgot his last name was on O'Reilly tonight and said something about the left not liking stupid people, criticizing the left as usual. I didn't catch all of it, but does that mean the the right likes stupid people? Like their followers and voters? I'm not at all sure what he meant, but feel personally attacked. Like I always do from the right. And I'm not that far left. I've even got some right in me. Somewhere.
So why am I still on line and not disconnected? See? Everything's a mystery to me.
Yes, it is true. I never read Ulysses and I did try. Sorta. I got through 4 or 5 lines on the first page. Joyce might have been on a seperate cycle when he wrote it. Or something.
Fox Friends were talking about how it's not fair that the left nailed Bush for spending 43 million on his inauguration and haven't said a thing about Obama's spending over 100 million for his.
Life is never fair. It's not about fair. People can try to be fair, but aren't always. Nobody is. It's a goal, not a guarentee or a right. Beliefs and preferences aren't fair at all and those are rights, although not guarenteed (always within certain limitations).
The left nailed Bush for everything and the right will do the same for Obama. That seems fair, as fair as anything ever is. Both sides are mostly unfair about the other. They want to win, get their way, see their beliefs and opinions lived out by others. They usually call that politics. Finding points to
pick to infuence others.
Life is what it is. Interpreted. Lots of times too quickly without enough information.
The Bernie guy I forgot his last name was on O'Reilly tonight and said something about the left not liking stupid people, criticizing the left as usual. I didn't catch all of it, but does that mean the the right likes stupid people? Like their followers and voters? I'm not at all sure what he meant, but feel personally attacked. Like I always do from the right. And I'm not that far left. I've even got some right in me. Somewhere.
So why am I still on line and not disconnected? See? Everything's a mystery to me.
how long?
Will I be connected. To the internet.
Major disconnection issues. I spent from about ll a.m. to 5 p.m. yesterday on the phone with tech support. Can't figure out the problem. I was exhaused. They are so nice. 8 or 9 calls. Not one of them got mad at me no matter how I didn't understand or did things wrong. I do recommend MSNtv for people with computer avoidance syndrom. There's a lot they can't do, but they can still do stuff online.
I don't know why it's working now. The engeneer is supposed to call in another day or two they said to further investigate the problem. They even had me call the phone company for them to do a line test. Very extensive troubleshooting. And there's not that many things to do, especially compared to a computer.
I don't know why I'm on line now at all, but virtual reality never made sense to me in the first place. I just feel momentarily lucky. And satisfyingly mystified.
Major disconnection issues. I spent from about ll a.m. to 5 p.m. yesterday on the phone with tech support. Can't figure out the problem. I was exhaused. They are so nice. 8 or 9 calls. Not one of them got mad at me no matter how I didn't understand or did things wrong. I do recommend MSNtv for people with computer avoidance syndrom. There's a lot they can't do, but they can still do stuff online.
I don't know why it's working now. The engeneer is supposed to call in another day or two they said to further investigate the problem. They even had me call the phone company for them to do a line test. Very extensive troubleshooting. And there's not that many things to do, especially compared to a computer.
I don't know why I'm on line now at all, but virtual reality never made sense to me in the first place. I just feel momentarily lucky. And satisfyingly mystified.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
oh, ya
My brilliant post was about dogs, sort of. I suppose it was really about ideology.
Obama's insistant ona shelter dog. But he's got a couple of problems here. The first complication is the allergy situtation.
His choices are limited in a big way with his daughter's health situtation.
Neither breed he's interested in is very likely to be found in shelters. It's numbers. There just aren't that many of the dogs on the ground, and breeders tend to take in unwanted dogs even picking them up from shelters if they end up there as they can in order to get them adoped to new families.
This was really sparked from a brief news clip I saw of him yesterday. Obama looked pissed, and Biden called him Mr. President and related the statement from someone about how glad he was that Obama is president, yada, yada, yada, whatever and Obama unbent, lowered his head with an acklowegment kind of turn and gave a pleased smile. Arrogant and prideful, isn't he.
They say that people have to be arrogant to think that they can be president anyway, so I'll wait and see on that.
But if he's that hooked on his ideas and beliefs it can be a problem getting a dog.
It's good to rescue animals. Brilliant, in fact. But insisting on a shelter dog in his case is pure ideology in action. It's about image...public image in this case. I don't know that the Obama's have any real dog experience and it's so easy to screw this up.
Getting a shelter dog over a breeder held dog doesn't make you a better person. In fact, his first obligation is to his kids and one is allergic which is the first important thing.
The second important thing is the suitablity of the dog for children. Some breeds are known to not do well with kids, and some are physically too fragile. Kids are rough without meaning to hurt them and the dogs get smashed and broken legs and things.
Once those two qualifications are met, then a rescue dog is nice if possible. BUT, that dog's temperment MUST be suitable, too.
See the difficulty here? He's talking about a dog he likes. Big and rowdy.
He's a big guy. His girls aren't. He can physically deal with a big, rowdy dog. Kids can't. It's size and strength. They don't have it.
Big, rowdy dogs push kids around, knock them down, drag them with the leash. Kids get overwhelmed, frustrated and annoyed with big dogs real fast. The dog is supposed to be for the girls, not for him.
Yes. He should think about Standard Poodles. Wouldn't it be wonderful he endeavored to reestablish their rightful reputation? That's dog rescue. People think they're sissy dogs and they're not. They're big, rowdy dogs. With a better temperment for kids than big, rowdy, stuborn dogs that are hard to train. Poodles are much more bidable and aggreeable and easily trainable than the stubborn dogs. They're devoted to family, loving and ATHLETIC. They're great circus dogs, aren't they. Why? They're smart and athletic.
But people have to follow their bliss. There are breeds I'm more drawn to than others, too. But first I have to consider my circumstances before deciding on a breed, before deciding to rescue or buy. Then I have to know about the breeds I fancy. Do I need a breed, or is a mix ok? What's my daily life like? What do I want the dog for? Hunting, herding, protection, companionship, running? What?
What's my environment? I the dog chews up the couch, it's not the White House historical antique sofa. Doesn't matter quite as much. Do I have a yard? Smaller dogs can be litter trained which helps appt. dewllers. There's lots to consider. A dog chewed off the corner of my end table, licked a hole in the wall, chewed up a couple spots on rugs. What was he? A big, rowdy, stubborn dog. I adored him. I was big enough to stop him running off with me on the leash. The bigger the dog, the bigger the damage and muscle power. I hope they're prepared for the real world of dogs. Dogs are so worth the effort.
But more than anything, I hope they understand that dogs don't think English. They don't get or care about who buys the food. They care about the people who feed them. They'll bond most with the people who spend the most time with them. And don't take that personally. They expect attention from those who give them attention and not from those who don't. It's really simple cause and effect.
But again, it needs to be the right attention. People have to speak to dogs in dog language. Obama's gonna need a dog trainer whether he likes it or not. What kind of time is he gonna have to put into a dog. And if he thinks dogs come socialized to human living, he might be in for a mighty big surprise. Some dogs have more adjustment issues than others, but none of them are born knowing where to potty and where not to.
And yes. It's prefectly fine to split the infinitive. It's a fake rule.
Obama's insistant ona shelter dog. But he's got a couple of problems here. The first complication is the allergy situtation.
His choices are limited in a big way with his daughter's health situtation.
Neither breed he's interested in is very likely to be found in shelters. It's numbers. There just aren't that many of the dogs on the ground, and breeders tend to take in unwanted dogs even picking them up from shelters if they end up there as they can in order to get them adoped to new families.
This was really sparked from a brief news clip I saw of him yesterday. Obama looked pissed, and Biden called him Mr. President and related the statement from someone about how glad he was that Obama is president, yada, yada, yada, whatever and Obama unbent, lowered his head with an acklowegment kind of turn and gave a pleased smile. Arrogant and prideful, isn't he.
They say that people have to be arrogant to think that they can be president anyway, so I'll wait and see on that.
But if he's that hooked on his ideas and beliefs it can be a problem getting a dog.
It's good to rescue animals. Brilliant, in fact. But insisting on a shelter dog in his case is pure ideology in action. It's about image...public image in this case. I don't know that the Obama's have any real dog experience and it's so easy to screw this up.
Getting a shelter dog over a breeder held dog doesn't make you a better person. In fact, his first obligation is to his kids and one is allergic which is the first important thing.
The second important thing is the suitablity of the dog for children. Some breeds are known to not do well with kids, and some are physically too fragile. Kids are rough without meaning to hurt them and the dogs get smashed and broken legs and things.
Once those two qualifications are met, then a rescue dog is nice if possible. BUT, that dog's temperment MUST be suitable, too.
See the difficulty here? He's talking about a dog he likes. Big and rowdy.
He's a big guy. His girls aren't. He can physically deal with a big, rowdy dog. Kids can't. It's size and strength. They don't have it.
Big, rowdy dogs push kids around, knock them down, drag them with the leash. Kids get overwhelmed, frustrated and annoyed with big dogs real fast. The dog is supposed to be for the girls, not for him.
Yes. He should think about Standard Poodles. Wouldn't it be wonderful he endeavored to reestablish their rightful reputation? That's dog rescue. People think they're sissy dogs and they're not. They're big, rowdy dogs. With a better temperment for kids than big, rowdy, stuborn dogs that are hard to train. Poodles are much more bidable and aggreeable and easily trainable than the stubborn dogs. They're devoted to family, loving and ATHLETIC. They're great circus dogs, aren't they. Why? They're smart and athletic.
But people have to follow their bliss. There are breeds I'm more drawn to than others, too. But first I have to consider my circumstances before deciding on a breed, before deciding to rescue or buy. Then I have to know about the breeds I fancy. Do I need a breed, or is a mix ok? What's my daily life like? What do I want the dog for? Hunting, herding, protection, companionship, running? What?
What's my environment? I the dog chews up the couch, it's not the White House historical antique sofa. Doesn't matter quite as much. Do I have a yard? Smaller dogs can be litter trained which helps appt. dewllers. There's lots to consider. A dog chewed off the corner of my end table, licked a hole in the wall, chewed up a couple spots on rugs. What was he? A big, rowdy, stubborn dog. I adored him. I was big enough to stop him running off with me on the leash. The bigger the dog, the bigger the damage and muscle power. I hope they're prepared for the real world of dogs. Dogs are so worth the effort.
But more than anything, I hope they understand that dogs don't think English. They don't get or care about who buys the food. They care about the people who feed them. They'll bond most with the people who spend the most time with them. And don't take that personally. They expect attention from those who give them attention and not from those who don't. It's really simple cause and effect.
But again, it needs to be the right attention. People have to speak to dogs in dog language. Obama's gonna need a dog trainer whether he likes it or not. What kind of time is he gonna have to put into a dog. And if he thinks dogs come socialized to human living, he might be in for a mighty big surprise. Some dogs have more adjustment issues than others, but none of them are born knowing where to potty and where not to.
And yes. It's prefectly fine to split the infinitive. It's a fake rule.
it's a shame
I lost a post and it was particularly brilliant. Connection problems.
Maybe I'll repeat the good parts, but then again, maybe I'll keep them to myself. Suffer, dogs...
Elipses are bad grammar.
hahahahaha....do I like grammar or dogs best? I'll never tell....although we all know that I don't like spelling. Ever. At all.
Oh, ya, a couple things. One, the post I lost was about dogs, hence the reference above.
Two, don't take off fretting the mustard elixer deal. I used it a few times years ago when I was having stomach problems and food just didn't work. It is excellent when one finds himself in those circumstances. But it's not something I've regularly done...force the throw-up.
Maybe I'll repeat the good parts, but then again, maybe I'll keep them to myself. Suffer, dogs...
Elipses are bad grammar.
hahahahaha....do I like grammar or dogs best? I'll never tell....although we all know that I don't like spelling. Ever. At all.
Oh, ya, a couple things. One, the post I lost was about dogs, hence the reference above.
Two, don't take off fretting the mustard elixer deal. I used it a few times years ago when I was having stomach problems and food just didn't work. It is excellent when one finds himself in those circumstances. But it's not something I've regularly done...force the throw-up.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
hahahaha
I saw a bit on Fox News about the 2 breeds the Obama's are considering. Irish Water Dogs and Labradoodles.
I think that Ted Kennedy has Irish Water Dogs. I don't know why I think this is so funny, but I just do.
The lady with the Labradoodle said they can be stuborn and hard to train. See? That'd make me stop right there and think hard.
The dog I saw was lovely, high-charged and energetic. I guess that Obama said he was a big, rowdy dog. Big, rowdy dogs chronically knock little kids down. Just cause they're rowdy, not because they're bad.
The girls won't be able to manage a dog like that, not even to walk one. Dogs are very strong and children aren't.
The dog is supposed to be for the girls and we're back to a successful match. They'll love whatever dog comes home to them, but might be very frustrated with a dog they can't handle.
Also, stubborn dogs take more effort and work and to be successful, the whole family needs to be on the same page for interacting and training and stuff.
It's not impossible by any means, but makes the situtation more difficult.
Viewers picked the Labradoodle, of course. Flash. People need to pick animals by appropriate temperment, not looks as we often do. It is an extention of ego, but not the best mode of selection in most cases.
When the show asked viewers to pick on of the two dogs, I couldn't. I always pick all.
For me, however, I don't pick either especially. I've always leaned towards larger working breeds with a developing fondness for small lap dogs of different varieties.
But within my personal interests it's important to take several other things into consideration.
Health, both mine and the breed's. Level of activity, again, mine and the dog's. Living circumstances and available time. Cost. Grooming.
Beradette Peters was on Rachel Ray and they were talking about shelter dogs and pit bulls and a genetic test for mixed breeds. This helps people know what kind of medical problems the dogs might have since all breeds seem to have built-in medical conditions.
Pit bulls are a terrific family dog. They are among the most devoted to family animals I've ever known. They are known to be dog agressive, not people agressive, since it was built in to the breed, but also can be successfully socialized. Any dog can be abused or trained into attacking people. And love their families at the same time.
People are afraid of them because of the stories we hear. But human attacks happen with German Shepards, Rottweillers (one of my personal choices), Dobermans and tiny Tea Cup Poodles. It's always human error of one sort or another. Training or abuse. And stupid breeding.
I think that Ted Kennedy has Irish Water Dogs. I don't know why I think this is so funny, but I just do.
The lady with the Labradoodle said they can be stuborn and hard to train. See? That'd make me stop right there and think hard.
The dog I saw was lovely, high-charged and energetic. I guess that Obama said he was a big, rowdy dog. Big, rowdy dogs chronically knock little kids down. Just cause they're rowdy, not because they're bad.
The girls won't be able to manage a dog like that, not even to walk one. Dogs are very strong and children aren't.
The dog is supposed to be for the girls and we're back to a successful match. They'll love whatever dog comes home to them, but might be very frustrated with a dog they can't handle.
Also, stubborn dogs take more effort and work and to be successful, the whole family needs to be on the same page for interacting and training and stuff.
It's not impossible by any means, but makes the situtation more difficult.
Viewers picked the Labradoodle, of course. Flash. People need to pick animals by appropriate temperment, not looks as we often do. It is an extention of ego, but not the best mode of selection in most cases.
When the show asked viewers to pick on of the two dogs, I couldn't. I always pick all.
For me, however, I don't pick either especially. I've always leaned towards larger working breeds with a developing fondness for small lap dogs of different varieties.
But within my personal interests it's important to take several other things into consideration.
Health, both mine and the breed's. Level of activity, again, mine and the dog's. Living circumstances and available time. Cost. Grooming.
Beradette Peters was on Rachel Ray and they were talking about shelter dogs and pit bulls and a genetic test for mixed breeds. This helps people know what kind of medical problems the dogs might have since all breeds seem to have built-in medical conditions.
Pit bulls are a terrific family dog. They are among the most devoted to family animals I've ever known. They are known to be dog agressive, not people agressive, since it was built in to the breed, but also can be successfully socialized. Any dog can be abused or trained into attacking people. And love their families at the same time.
People are afraid of them because of the stories we hear. But human attacks happen with German Shepards, Rottweillers (one of my personal choices), Dobermans and tiny Tea Cup Poodles. It's always human error of one sort or another. Training or abuse. And stupid breeding.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Obama's dog
It's kind of a shame that the Obama's are so hooked on a shelter dog. From the breeds mentioned, those types might be few to be found unwanted. And I wonder if they're considering rescue dogs as well. Most breeds have dedicated members who house unwanted and shelter found dogs to adopt out.
But one problem with these dogs is often their background gives them behaivor problems through abuse and neglect. They have young children to think about. If they're unfamiliar with dogs, they'll need professional help anyway for training and acclamating to someplace like the White House.
A puppy'd be crazy with house breaking and chewing and need constant supervision and training corrections which takes expeience. Winter is not the best time of year for house breaking, either. A spring puppy is much easier since they have to go out every couple of hours including during the night.
An older dog would be much easier in many ways, probably over or close to over chewing problems and has a bigger bladder and learns faster than young puppies. That's just age.
I hope they have an expert dog person to help them with the selection. Dog people can tell personality indicators that can help them avoid difficult problems like biters and shyness and aggression. Very young puppies show signs of dominance if they have that trait and that's often a real problem especially for kids.
Any personality type can show up in any breed. The standards are a generality and points to look for, but no guarantee that all members of that group will show true to type.
Many traits can be handled, changed or aren't too bad to live with, but a successful match is important especially when it's gonna be attached to the kids' heart strings.
But one problem with these dogs is often their background gives them behaivor problems through abuse and neglect. They have young children to think about. If they're unfamiliar with dogs, they'll need professional help anyway for training and acclamating to someplace like the White House.
A puppy'd be crazy with house breaking and chewing and need constant supervision and training corrections which takes expeience. Winter is not the best time of year for house breaking, either. A spring puppy is much easier since they have to go out every couple of hours including during the night.
An older dog would be much easier in many ways, probably over or close to over chewing problems and has a bigger bladder and learns faster than young puppies. That's just age.
I hope they have an expert dog person to help them with the selection. Dog people can tell personality indicators that can help them avoid difficult problems like biters and shyness and aggression. Very young puppies show signs of dominance if they have that trait and that's often a real problem especially for kids.
Any personality type can show up in any breed. The standards are a generality and points to look for, but no guarantee that all members of that group will show true to type.
Many traits can be handled, changed or aren't too bad to live with, but a successful match is important especially when it's gonna be attached to the kids' heart strings.
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