tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13960645622184878832009-10-18T07:38:14.845-07:00“You should never have your best trousers on when you go out to fight for freedom and truth.” Henrik IbsenKathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06413075337171871021noreply@blogger.comBlogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1396064562218487883.post-54236039990681501782009-10-18T07:27:00.000-07:002009-10-18T07:38:14.868-07:00

by Sandy SandIt’s really hard to find any advantages to being a codger or codgerette except for the freedom to say anything you want and pretty much get away with it. Everything else is a pain…literally.One exception might be a built-in immunity to the swine flu.According to the Los Angeles Daily News: Los Angeles County has seen at least 57 people die from H1N1 virus this year, according to

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by Sandy SandNot to be too cynical, but do we really want to drink or eat from plastic containers that contain BPAs?Whether they be rumor or factual, for years there have been claims that BPAs (bisphenyl A) are leached out from plastics and are of special concern to mothers who are bottle feeding their babies.Of course, the plastic bottle and container industry is going to say “pish-tosh” to the

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Congrats, to those who think there have been significant changes in the first six months of the Obama administration, I am not seeing the "political changes" to which some refer: We now have more troops and Mercenaries than Bush did overseas. We still have the Patriot Act and the Military Commission's Act of 2006, both of which gutted our Constitution and Bill of Rights. We have not gone after

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President Obama gets out of limo - screenshotOriginally uploaded by Kathlyn StoneAs President Obama stepped out of his limo to walk for part of his symbolic approach to the White House via Pennsylvania Avenue on Jan. 20, hundreds of elementary school students at St. Paul's Expo for Excellence Magnet Elementary were concluding their own inaugural march along Randolph Street and Snelling

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by Sandy SandFor more than forty years physicians have been replacing worn out knee and hip joints.Internal organs are replaced even though they are riddled with rejection problems.External flaws, the ravages of aging and excess fat have people lining up at the body sculptors’ workshops.According to CNNhttp://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/tech/2009/01/03/connery.uk.bionic.knuckles.cnnScientists have

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by Sandy SandIt’s no secret that the economy is bad for most of us, while others have fallen into a black hole of debt. Where yesterday they could pay their bills; today they can’t, even after selling off everything of value that they possess.That is…until they remember that long forgotten, dusty deed to a burial plot.From ashes to ashes; from dust to dust, and for some the dust on the deed is a

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by Sandy SandOMG, How Could I Live Without My MTV?Very well, thank you very much even if Time Warner and Viacom reached a temporary agreement.Viacom and Time Warner reached a temporary settlement that will keep Dora Exploring, Sponge Bob doing whatever he does, Jon Steward and Steven Colbert punching the pols.Most of the 17 channels Viacom was threatening to pull from Time Warner Cable I never

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by Sandy SandThis might be the last time to celebrate the adjustment of atomic clocks if scientists, who think it’s a waste of time get their way.The quiet high desert town of Valencia in Southern California won’t be so quiet around the home of Skip Newhall this afternoon.Seventy-year-old retired astronomer Newhall plans to celebrate with a number of friends to equal his age when the clock

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by Sandy SandYa gotta love end of days speculation; it’s safe and so much more fun than the really serious stuff that’s going on.It was “off with their heads” in the bad ol’ days in China for the emperor’s weather predictors when they were wrong. Drastic, but fitting wun’t ya say?We could try the same thing with the predictors of Armageddon or end times, who are always wrong, and either really

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by Sandy SandThe oath of office isn’t about the book it’s sworn on; it’s about upholding the Constitution of the United States of America -- the document that has made us unique from every other country in the world.It’s an irony that a Democrat is the first to use Lincoln’s bible since Lincoln.One would think that a Republican president would have used it long ago.After all, they're the ones who

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by Sandy SandI don’t care what the perky TV chefs say. Cooking is a chore, so I try to make it as easy and unserious as possible.Step One: Kick everyone out of the kitchen; they only get in the way.Step Two: Invite them in to do the grunge chores like washing, chopping, grating and cleaning up. They ate, didn’t they?Be sure to leave the kitchen while they’re making a mess of your kitchen; it will

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by Sandy SandAaaaaw. Isn’t that just too bad. Even the wealthiest are tightening their belts.Welcome to the real world.According to SpendingPulse, luxury sales dropped nearly 35 percent at the beginning of December as compared to the same week last year, and were also down 23 percent for the five previous weeks.High-end stores and the manufacturers of the brands they carry are feeling the pinch,

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by Sandy SandOnly in Southern California. A beach town Jewish congregation creates a super-sized potato pancake to make McDonald’s proud.Southern Californians like to pride themselves in being innovators and concocting new ideas that the country soon follows.Members of Temple Isaiah in Newport Beach combined a green Chanukah with the traditional blue and white celebration making it into a light

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by Sandy SandWill was right. It’s all in the name.The name Kennedy is more powerful than Schlossberg. Clinton is more powerful than Rodham.What happened to Schlossberg; he seems to have gone missing -- or at least his name has.After 22 years of marriage and being known as Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, suddenly Schlossberg is nowhere to be heard.Are the divorce rumors of Kennedy and Schlossberg

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by Sandy SandFeeling that Rick Warren wasn’t enough to prove he means what he says about talking with those with whom he disagrees, Barack Obama asked another controversial person to speak at his inauguration.In an astonishing move that sent the country reeling and leaving most loquacious pundits speechless, President-elect Barack Obama invited the self-ordained preacherman and president of The

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by Sandy SandIf the smoking lamp is lit in a movie, you just might not be able to handle it.In a country that boasts it’s a world leader and can take on any enemy and win, we’re told we’re too infantile and weak-minded to not be influence by seeing actors smoke in movies.These control freak asses are going a controlling freakazoid step too far.By their logic, we are incapable of watching anything

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by Sandy SandIt’s a topsy-turvy world.The Fed began a two-day meeting yesterday to discuss the economic crunch and came up with a solution to stimulate the economy.“Our economy is like a dying patient,” said Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, “so we’re going to try drastic experimental surgery to see if we can save its life.”Interest rates dropped to an all-time low of one-percent during the

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by Sandy SandWhen I look back on one of my jobs from hell, I can laugh about it.It’s amazing how time can alter one’s perception of things.All I could find was an awful boring part time job to take while looking for a real job. I had construction experience and went to work for a general contractor, who was in the middle of an acrimonious divorce from his wife of thirty or more years.She wasn’t

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by Sandy SandEven music has fallen victim to a crumbling economy. Work holiday parties, too, but maybe that's a good thing.But this is about entertainment, and heaven knows that during tough times we need a little excapism.= = = = =Santa Clarita, California -- Due to slow ticket sales and limited fundraising, the Santa Clarita Symphony was forced to cancel its 2009 concert season.In stead, they

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by Sandy SandThey’re a bunch of twisted sisters.Bush, Cheney, Rummy and Gonzo, who authorized torture should have cells reserved for them at Gitmo after it’s closed and be treated to months of nonstop blaring music.Heard often enough and loud enough, even the Star Spangled Banner would drive them crazy (like they’re not now), and make them hate the people who were doing that to them.They can be

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by Sandy SandMother Nature and her offspring, the dinosaurs, didn’t give the Earth a limitless supply of oil, so it's time for oil barons all over the world to realize their future wealth doesn't come from below ground.It supposed to be a surprise that OPEC will cut back on production to raise prices.Well it ain’t no surprise no more now that OPEC President Chakib Khelil blabbed all to the

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by Sandy SandMore nonsense to make a big deal over when there’s real news to cover.I’m with the 74 percent of the people who said on AOL’s unscientific poll that they weren’t bothered at all by Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell’s comment that President-elect Barack Obama nominee for Homeland Security, Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano should “get a life.” Give us a break, Campbell Brown of CNN, who went

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by Sandy SandThe Bushies can’t do the simplest damn thing right, not even send out invitations to a White House Chanukah party.Major Jewish leaders received invitations to a Chanukah reception in the White House that depicted a Christmas wreath on the presidential mansion, while out front was a horse-drawn cart pulling a Christmas tree up to the front door.The invitation from George and Laura

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by Sandy SandI'm not stepping into one store that opens before 7 a.m.Not only am I NOT participating in Black Friday, I'm boycotting every store that opens before 7 a.m.It's outrageous, ridiculous, a show of extreme greed on the part of retailers and a disservice to their employees, who after I asked a few of them at several stores, said they stand around until seven before the first customer

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by Sandy SandIt was all part of preparing for Thanksgiving.Okay. That’s a little bit of a stretch.To say it’s part of preparing for Thanksgiving is a matter of coincidence, because it’s threatening to rain before, during and after the holiday.As I’ve bored you with a dozen or so times, Rick Feldman of Gardens by Rick, just put the finishing touches on re-landscaping my front and back yards.Part

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