Good evening, Netizens...I returned home late this evening to my beloved Virtual Ballroom and Espresso Bar not truly knowing what to expect after a flame-filled day of rancorous conversations between Casey King and myself. As I strolled uncertainly in the doorway of the Virtual Ballroom,…
If pregnancy were a book they would cut the last two chapters. Nora Ephron
Good evening, Netizens...As most of you know by now, the City of Spokane is in the final stages of installing Red Light Cameras designed to capture pictures of miscreants running red lights. This complex system is not without its detractors however, based upon our irreverent…
Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. Henry Kissinger (1923 - )
Top ten reasons I'm glad the financial bail-out failed I've been waiting to see what Sarah Palin has to say on the matter. She is a wise and careful leader and certainly understands all this mess from her vast experience in Alaska, right? The idea…
1. It's a fresh new day and a fresh new sart2. I have a job I enjoy and I have all my ducks in a row before the boss gets here3. I'm alive4. I got MY parking space!5. There were no bees in my bathtub…
America has begun a spiritual reawakening. Faith and hope are being restored. Americans are turning back to God. Church attendance is up. Audiences for religious books and broadcasts are growing. And I do believe that he has begun to heal our blessed land. President Ronald…
Good morning, Netizens...In our first Picture of the Day, Meghan McCain, 23, left, speaks to a fan as she signs copies of her best-selling book, "My Dad, John McCain," at the Treehouse Toys store in Oxford, Miss. The book, ranked No. 2 on the New…
Good morning, Netizens...Presented as a public service:CenterPoint reports 17 percent without powerCenterPoint Energy (9 p.m.)377,000 customers without power2.258 million total customers17 percent outTexas-New Mexico Power Co. (5 p.m.)4,874 customers without power115,000 total customers4 percent outEntergy Texas0 percent out*Sam Houston Electric Cooperative0 percent out**excludes some isolated…
Good morning, Netizens...David Horsey of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer keeps banging them out of the park, regardless of which side of the political aisle you sit. In today's Cartoon of the Day it is probably likely that the McCain supporters who still read Community Comment will…
In today's Picture of the Day Japanese bow as the curtain lowers at the end of a show to model the latest styles of adult diapers in Tokyo Thursday. The show was organized to display the latest styles of adult diapers and to raise awareness…
Good morning, Netizens...Have you ever had part of a week, a few measly days, that you hoped would end soon? Having been out sick for several days with a variant of the 24 hour flu, I returned to the fray just in time to turn…
You can't change what you've done, so you might as well just take pride in it. Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata, Animal Crossing: Wild World, 2005
For the Girls, Part III have diligently searched for hunkie firemen or more revealing photos of Antonio. Cute but not heart-stopping, breath-taking. I'll have to come back to them in about 20 years, when I am (eeeek) almost 80 years old. I wonder if I…
It's the middle of the work week, it's time to get on the spring board and catapult yourself into the weekend. Dave is under the weather today but his thread, Sarah Who? seems to have its own engine and is propelling along just fine.Here's my…
What makes something special is not just what you have to gain, but what you feel there is to lose. Andre Agassi (1970 - ), on "Charlie Rose"
We all like to beat to our own drums, so here's a chance to play your drum. . .
Good afternoon, Netizens...The Rockford Fair is but one of a blessed few free fairs left throughout our region, but one of the few places where people wait in long lines to spend their money is in front of various food vendors. As the picture shows,…
Good morning, Netizens...At first she didn't want me to take her picture, but then relented when I promised her I would not mention her name. Even then, in the mannerisms of my generation, she was shy about her accomplishment, having risen early that morning, arriving…
The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it. Roseanne Barr
In this morning's first of many pictures of the day, UNICEF goodwill ambassador, actress Mia Farrow, right, is seen during a visit to a flooded church in Gonaives, Haiti. Farrow is on a five-day visit to Haiti to witness the devastation after four successive hurricanes…
Inquiring minds want to know - what has been on your summer reading list - how about listing five books. Would you recommend one to me?
Good morning, Netizens...Today's picture of the day is another David Horsey's excellent cartoons from this morning's Seattle Post-Intelligencer. It shows what the entire world has been watching-- the bailout of big money interests by the Feds and, despite what they have said to the contrary,…
Believe in life! Always human beings will live and progress to greater, broader and fuller life. W. E. B. Du Bois (1868 - 1963), last message to the world, 1957
Good morning, Netizens...Yesterday, after John McCain waffled several times when speaking of the economy, and after a careful review of the number of government buyouts of failing banks, loan institutions and investment firms, I cannot help but feel that McCain is badly out-of-touch with reality…
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