What would you think of a brother who, one week before his mother passed away, used his ability, as her Power of Attorney, to quietly change the beneficiary of his mother’s small life insurance policy from his sister to himself. Yes.
My 8 year old grandson put together a Rube Goldberg contraption that actually worked. Sometimes I feel like my life was designed by Rube Goldberg. Wheeeee……..
it’s just too easy to loose/lose my day into the internet
I sent this email to NBC the other day. Since I haven’t heard anything back, I figured that I’d try it here:
I am writing on behalf of six women, ages 50 to 70 – friends for decades who often spend our time together discussing politics and what would we do if we had the power to initiate change. We often – only half in jest – insist that we have the broad knowledge and experience among the six of us to run the country better than the men currently in charge.
Yesterday, we brainstormed, way into the evening, about what might be done to counteract the vitriol and misinformation generated by the extreme Right. Other than giving Rachel Maddow a prime time spot on NBC (which, we pragmatically recognize isn’t going to happen), we came up with this strategy for your consideration.
Brian Williams is just about the most respected newscaster out there, and his audience crosses the spectrum of political views.
At the end of each NBC Nightly News Broadcast, Williams should spend the last five minutes doing a version of Maddow’s “Debunktion Junction,” in which he presents hard facts that dispel myths being presented as fact by both the Right and the Left.
Brian Williams has the deserved reputation of presenting the news without bias, and, unlike Maddow (whom we love, by the way), his news programs reach citizens with a broad spectrum of political viewpoints.
We need a “political mythbusters,” a 2011 “Sgt. Joe Friday” to drag into the net of misinformation “just the facts.”
impulse buying is not usually a good thing, but these wildly colored, warmly insulated moonboots that I bought on sale for $15 five years ago are perfect for days like today
It’s the old 11:11 again.
we watch a bare-branched bush by the fence, filled with birds — three Cardinal pairs, a Titmouse, a Flicker, a Junco, and a Sparrow — all having their fill of feed until a bully Blue Jay descends
Even though I am not much interested in male companionship at this point in my life, every Monday night I drool over Rick Castle (Nathan Fillion). Whoever created that character knows what women respond to. And they cast the perfect word made flesh for that role.
I drive a straight road between states, wishing life were more like that.
The violence of the Right-eous rhetoric has born fruit with the shooting of Representative GiffordS. WORDS MATTER AMERICA!!!
It does no good to “want” anything. Better to hope for the best, prepare for the worst, and be willing to deal with anything in between. I hope it won’t snow so that I can drive to Albany NY on Sunday to spend an overnight with my friends. If it snows too much, I’ll play with a few of the many craft projects I have going.