I love this poem. I must down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky, And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by, And the wheel’s kick and the wind’s song and the white sail’s shaking, And a grey mist on the sea’s face, and […]
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Still no Hope computer, but we did buy a desk. $40, on clearance because while the black one is very popular, no one seems to want the white ones. For $40? We’ll take the white one. It’s not assembled yet, but that’s okay. That’s what tomorrows are for. Took a drive all the way out
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What went wrong, you ask? Oh, pretty much everything that was supposed to make the day a good one. Let’s see. Sat all day waiting for Hope’s computer to come, (I bought a secondhand Dell on eBay) because UPS said it would be here today. Guess what. It’s 1900, and no computer. Tried to start
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Chivalry isn’t dead, it’s just horribly misplaced. From the Washington Post: Senators struck a note of populist outrage when they ordered oil executives to appear before the Energy and Commerce committees to explain high fuel prices and record company profits. Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.), announcing the hearing, said it would expose “those who abuse
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Surfing the news after I blogged, I found: House Drops Arctic Drilling From BillBy ANDREW TAYLOR, Associated Press Writer 7 minutes agoWASHINGTON – House leaders late Wednesday abandoned an attempt to push through a hotly contested plan to open an Alaskan wildlife refuge to oil drilling, fearing it would jeopardize approval of a sweeping budget
250 [censored] days worth of [censored] oil!!! On Thursday the Senate voted 51 to 48 to allow drilling in the (Alaskan National Wildlife) refuge as part of a massive budget package; this week the House is expected to take up its version, probably with identical wording. The House vote remains too close to call, but
Getting in the spirit early, here or late, according to the store displays. I saw my first simulated-snow globe before Halloween. Last time we were at the grocery store, Hope was fascinated by a singing Santa who shook his booty. Early or late, it’s something I do have to think about in advance. Can’t let the munchkin