Barney Smith Video...

Here it is...

Barney...

Barney Smith for President!!!
:-)))


8.55pm...
Hmmmmm ~ Seems not everyone saw what I saw on TV tonight, and so are not getting the Barney Smith comment.
I was not watching CNN or network coverage; I was watching on PBS. And while they talked over some of the stuff leading up to Obama's speech, they DID shut up for some of the best lines of the entire convention! Off to find a link...

9.10pm...
No video of his speech up yet, but it's sure to be there tomorrow. Here's a bit about him, and his most famous line...

Playing catch up...

1. Bolt is still amazing, and still an asshole.

2. So is the IOC going to look into the Chinese gymnasts' ages, or not? "Oh, dear heavens ~ we wouldn't want to insult the Chinese nation by inferring that they might stoop to altering official documents to get an edge!!!" Bull - fricking - shit.

3. Wednesday was my first day back after the scope... my two procedure nurses showed no signs of bruises or scratches from where I was grabbing them! Seems my hepatic flexure is extremely acute ~ and that's where I was having the most pain. Path report on the only polyp was "hyperplasia" ~ so not much of a big deal. Next time, it's propofol all the way!!!

4. Biden, eh??? Hmmmmmm ~ need to check him out a bit more.

5. Saw a great T shirt today in my new Northern Sun catalog... "January 20, 2009: The end of an error". Gotta get me one of those!!!

6. 149 to go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Hi, Emma!!)

7. I found these 2 quotes recently ~ note the authors...

“Why of course the people don’t want war. Why should some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece? Naturally the common people don’t want war: neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.”

- Hermann Goerring

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“Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war in order to whip the citizenry into a patriotic fervor, for patriotism is indeed a double-edged sword. It both emboldens the blood, just as it narrows the mind. And when the drums of war have reached a fever pitch and the blood boils with hate and the mind has closed, the leader will have no need in seizing the rights of the citizenry. Rather, the citizenry, infused with fear and blinded by patriotism, will offer up all of their rights unto the leader and gladly so. How do I know? For this is what I have done. And I am Caesar.”

- Julius Caesar

Newish Seamus pix...

Hot dog...
This little cubby hole is right next to Jim's desk... it's just the perfect size for him!
He taught himself to jump up on the patio chairs... it doesn't seem to bother him that they swivel...
My suave, debonair lil' darling... NOT!!!
Playing around with Jim...

Attitude...

I don't want to take anything away from Bolt's athletic performance tonight ~ it was both historic & completely amazing ~

but I SURE hope his coach reads him the riot act and slaps him silly for his B.S. performance at the end of his run.

There is/was NO excuse for his show-boating and braggadocio... And saying "I was only here to win a gold medal" is, to my way of thinking, insulting to the sport... Every athlete, no matter what the venue, should strive to do their ABSOLUTE best.

Head to head comparison...

Phelps winning his eighth ~ a total class act
Bolt winning just the one ~ total asshole

JMHO

My colonic adventures...

For my non-medical friends, this may be a bit TMI ~ viewer discretion is advised...


I discovered something new about myself this morning with the colonoscopy... I'm one of those people who has a very sensitive colon! Even after 125 of Demerol and 6 of Versed, IT HURT!!! I was yelling, and several times grabbed at the hands on my stomach, telling them to stop!!! If I ever have to have one again (likely with the 'tics), it will have to be under general anesthesia. He couldn't go as far as he would have liked d/t my pain (he could only do across the transverse; not around the other corner ~
However, the good news is that he found less 'tics than expected, and no other problems. One sm. polyp, which he bxd ~ doesn't think it's a big deal.
The prep itself wasn't so bad (other than the whole "burning butt" thing), but this morning was hell... I woke up at 0330 with N/V (well, dry heaves), severe abd. cramping, and the lovely cold/clammy feeling that comes when you're trying to pass out... WTF?!?!?!?!?!?!
It felt like severe dehydration, but I had pushed fluids like mad last night, so I have no idea what the problem was...

***sigh*** SO glad it's all over...

PS ~ I just found out... it was 175 of Demerol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No wonder I slept the rest of the day!!!

Culled from CNN online...

From AC 360 ~ "John Edwards finally confesses ~ but so many questions remain."

No, I have no further questions. He cheated on his dying wife. His political career is dead. Why would there be further questions???


"Bush hugs bikini-clad Olympians"... Ok ~ besides the image being enough to gag a maggot, WHO CARES????????????? It's a little late in the day to pimp Emporer Bush as an actual human being...


"Bush wants to alter Endangered Species Act" Gee ~ there's a big surprise!
And to let federal agencies decide what to save... there will be nothing left but the cockroaches! Oh!!! that means the Bush whores will be the only ones left!!!

Would that is were this easy...

would that it were...

this




Also ~

"They say this cat Shaft is one bad mother..."

RIP, Isaac Hayes ~

Peaches & Seamus...

Three of the four Georgia Peaches at lunch... we had SO much fun with our server!!!
On the way to the 4th of July fireworks show... caught a rainbow after a downpour...
***sigh*** that face...
As he was getting all his front adult teeth... what a clown!!
Saying goodbye is always so hard to do...

In memoriam...

Alexander Solzhenitsyn