Thursday, January 31, 2008
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
117 days and counting
Time to post a neener-neener about one of our upcoming vacations.Our cruise in May leaves from Charleston (only 6 miles to drive instead of 400!) and goes to Freeport and Nassau.
This is what we'll be doing in Freeport: The Dolphin Close Encounter excursion!
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned ... except N.O.W. scorned
A press release from the New York State chapter of the National Organization for Women has this to say about Ted Kennedy, the gawd-help-us from Massachusetts, and his endorsement of Obama:
Of course, the national NOW office later did a half-recant:
Mary Jo Kopechne could not be reached for comment.
"Women have just experienced the ultimate betrayal. Senator Kennedy’s endorsement of Hillary Clinton’s opponent in the Democratic presidential primary campaign has really hit women hard. Women have forgiven Kennedy, stuck up for him, stood by him, hushed the fact that he was late in his support of Title IX, the ERA, and the Family and Medical Leave Act to name a few. Women have buried their anger that his support for the compromises in No Child Left Behind and the Medicare bogus drug benefit brought us the passage of these flawed bills."
Of course, the national NOW office later did a half-recant:
"The National Organization for Women has enormous respect and admiration for Sen. Edward Kennedy (D- Mass.). For decades Sen. Kennedy has been a friend of NOW, and a leader and fighter for women's civil and reproductive rights, and his record shows that.
"Though the National Organization for Women Political Action Committee has proudly endorsed Sen. Hillary Clinton for president, we respect Sen. Kennedy's endorsement. We continue to encourage women everywhere to express their opinions and exercise their right to vote."
Mary Jo Kopechne could not be reached for comment.
Monday, January 28, 2008
Hillary packs the waterproof mascara...
On the heels of Obama's big win in these here parts on Saturday, we have this news coming out of Massachusetts (source: Politico, via Lucianne -- one of the "must-reads"):
Seeing as how we're heading into Super Tuesday, I'm guessing it's time for the tears to flow again from the feel-my-pain candidate.
"Rejecting a personal entreaty from President Bill Clinton, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy plans to endorse Barack Obama for president in a joint appearance on Monday, Democratic sources said."
Seeing as how we're heading into Super Tuesday, I'm guessing it's time for the tears to flow again from the feel-my-pain candidate.
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Saturday, January 26, 2008
It's "caturday": introducing VJ
Well, this little guy came from the SPCA, so maybe that explains his strange behavior. He acts like a dog sometimes -- carrying things around the house in his mouth, meowing in a way that sounds almost like a bark and hanging around with Cocoa. He also gets startled at nothing and chases after nothing. We wonder if our house is haunted and he's the only one who sees it.
He's technically Connie's cat, along with Milenko, but as with Milenko, we can't get him to California, so he stays here. I'm guessing that's a permanent arrangement now. She named him V.J., which is short for "Violent Jay," who is, I think, another rocker. I call him Jay or Jay-Bird.
He and the other two inside cats, Milenko and Tabby, don't really associate that much. In fact, it wasn't until just a few days ago that he climbed up on the top of the linen closet like the other two do. (We think he just found out he's a cat. We 're pretty sure the others told him when he came to live with us that he's a dog and isn't able to jump high. Hence his hanging out with Cocoa.) Most of the day, he sleeps on the back of the couch, and he's adorable.
But then, he's also louder and more obnoxious than an alarm clock. Every morning starting at about 5:00, he gets outside our bedroom door and meows -- sometimes getting his face down to the crack in the bottom so it sounds really loud -- and hitting the door knob. I think if we had the type of door that had a long handle stretching out horizontally, he'd be able to open it.
At Christmas, he kept climbing the tree, and when we took it down, he was traumatized for days. This is a video of him having a fit that his tree was gone.
He's technically Connie's cat, along with Milenko, but as with Milenko, we can't get him to California, so he stays here. I'm guessing that's a permanent arrangement now. She named him V.J., which is short for "Violent Jay," who is, I think, another rocker. I call him Jay or Jay-Bird.
He and the other two inside cats, Milenko and Tabby, don't really associate that much. In fact, it wasn't until just a few days ago that he climbed up on the top of the linen closet like the other two do. (We think he just found out he's a cat. We 're pretty sure the others told him when he came to live with us that he's a dog and isn't able to jump high. Hence his hanging out with Cocoa.) Most of the day, he sleeps on the back of the couch, and he's adorable.
But then, he's also louder and more obnoxious than an alarm clock. Every morning starting at about 5:00, he gets outside our bedroom door and meows -- sometimes getting his face down to the crack in the bottom so it sounds really loud -- and hitting the door knob. I think if we had the type of door that had a long handle stretching out horizontally, he'd be able to open it.
At Christmas, he kept climbing the tree, and when we took it down, he was traumatized for days. This is a video of him having a fit that his tree was gone.
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