January 2009
41 posts
Andrew just showed me a crossword puzzle he’s working on where one of the answers is “manboobs.”
Manboobs!
Kid Drawings →
I’m so glad this exists, I love looking at kid drawings! I used to work at a group home that helped serve adults with developmental disabilities. A women there used to draw almost everyday and would give me some of her drawings. I have them up around my workspace. I love the way different minds see and represent the world.
“You’re so beautiful, then you dress like a hobo.”
– my husband :[
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Les Habitants
Wathcing the hundred anniversary special on the Habs made me want to be a Québécois. Also, I did not know that Jason Priestley is Canadian.
a vast left handed conspiracy →
left handed presidents: Harry Truman, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama!
“Reflections on a New Day
No Idle Hands to build a better world says President...”
– email from the executive director of my clinic
Yikes, Cheney!
There’s something about the hat he wore at the inaguration, plus being pushed around in that wheelchair that really upped the evil super villain factor for Dick Cheney today. Very scoundrelish.
“We ask you to help us work for that day
When black will not be asked to give...”
– Rev. Joseph Lowery - benediction at inaugural ceremony
Obama's People →
Photographs by Nadav Kande
Pinochle Dream
: : Andrew had a dream that involved pinochle that woke him up laughing...
Me: Pinochle?
Andrew: You know pinochle...cards?
Andrew: Haven't you ever played pinochle?
Me: No, I'm not from the 18 hundreds.
Andrew: Pinochle is played now!
Me: Whatever.
Library use jumps in Seattle area - economy likely... →
“It’s an adage in the library world that the level of use or circulation on public libraries is inversely proportionate to the state of the economy. When the economy’s down, when things are tough, people come to libraries.”
Whatcom READS! →
“Whatcom READS! encourages everyone in Whatcom County to read the same book at the same time to create a county wide book club experience.” Wowsa!
The Book Cover Archive →
colleenlouise:
Army apologizes for hurtful message to survivors →
The Army said Wednesday that 7,000 family members of soldiers killed in the Iraq or Afghan wars mistakenly were sent letters addressing them as “John Doe.”
I blame the flood.
I blame the flooding of the Nooksack that this terribleness is my earworm:
God said to Noah There’s gonna be a floody, floody… Get those children out of the muddy, muddy… Noah, he built Him He built Him an Arcy, Arcy He built it out of hickory barky, barky…
and so forth. Also, someone drove a jet ski on the street near my house and people are urban kayaking all over...
Chee Chee and Peppy :: I Know I’m in Love
