While moderating my comments, I read this comment from Bro. J. He sounded like he knew me well, so I was very curious to find out who Bro J is. I clicked on the "name" in the comment but it didn't bring me to his blog. I copied and pasted the URL address and lo and behold - it's my brother Joseph!!! Oh my golly, my brother's got a blog! Way to go Kuya!I must say I am very impressed - I love his
Ok, so here is something that I didn't quite expect. I got my tax refund back - that should be a wooohooo right?It was 754.12 short!What is that about? I am literally on the phone with them right now as I type to find out why that is. First I wasn't expecting my taxes until mid to late April because of the whole injured spouse form we had to fill out, but I got them on Friday. Of course I got my mail at like 10pm at night after they were closed, so basically I've been waiting all weekend to call them. It has been driving me crazy not knowing why! Just finished talking to Miss IRS know it all and it seems that my husband missed out on paying some of his taxes in 2005 so he owed that much and just didn't feel the need to tell me. Freaking great. That screws me all up!Just add that to my list
My youngest daughter turns 17 today -- when she left for school this morning, she discovered that her friends had snuck over during the night and decorated the car for her! This age milestone means it's just one year before she takes her first fledgling steps out into The Big World. Molly is a force of nature. She's smart, passionate, stubborn, tenacious and beautiful -- there isn't anything she can't accomplish once she sets her mind to it. I hope The Big World can handle her.Happy Birthday, Mollster!
MSNBC is off today because they’re running this horribly annoying suicide bomber commercial targeted to kids that they’re so shocked and appalled by that they can’t help but run it seemingly every 10 minutes. That, and if I hear about Jamie Lynn Spears being pregnant one more time I’m going back to bed. Period. Screw earning a living. I’ll officially go on strike against life.
Yeah, in case you haven’t heard though I’m sure you have, Britney Spears sister Jamie Lynn is 16 and pregnant by her 18 year old boyfriend. I’m no legal expert and no one else has brought this up from what I’ve heard, but I know I’ve heard stories in the news over the past few months about 18-19 year olds getting charged for having sex with 16-17 year olds. This story totally needs Casey Aldridge getting arrested for me to start really caring about it, or a new reality show called Jamie Lynn Is 16 And Pregnant with Lynne and Britney Spears taking J
So I went in to see my rheumatologist this morning for my monthly check-up. He's a cool cat, in great shape and we get along just fine. I worry he will be retiring too soon for my liking - instead he is headed to Spain for 8 months, to study ultrasound methods, in Spanish no less. He's a go-getter. I like that about him.We go over the basics: no pregnancy on my meds, flu/cold season, and the fact that we basically have maxed out the options up to the more drastic, in-clinic IV med stuff. I know this and nod. We cover the GI doctor's newest diagnosis (yes, the biopsy was positive): eosinophilic esophagitis and the treatment. (I am have an inhaler that I don't *puff* but rather swallow, delivering the steroid to the esophagus. I am sticking closely to a soft food diet.)I ask tons of questions. I want to know what I can do to improve my case, stay healthy. And he basically says this new condition probably is from my autoimmune disease and there's not much I can do about it.
This time the role of Captain Obvious is going to be played by Salty.
“We’ve got to do something to put some runs on the board,” rookie catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia said. “Maybe start getting a little more patient.”
NOTTTTTTTTTTT Well at least now I know that if I'm offline for more than a day or two you guys will miss me. :) Heck, Meg will even call me to make sure I'm alright and everyone else in the house is still alive! How's that for love?! Sorry to go AWOL on ya for the past week. It wasn't because you smell bad or dress funny. Honest. Okay so maybe there is a little bit of a b.o. problem you've got there but not enough to drive me off. Yet. Oh and lose the red pumps would ya? They just don't work with your man boobs. Sorry.Anywho- last week this computer decided to throw a pissy fit and quit working on me. I'm guessing someone ended up getting spyware or a virus on it because it also attacked Hubby's computer upstairs which is on the same network. Hubby Guy is the computer guru in this family so if it's techie and it screws up then he's the one who fixes it while I just sit back and try to look all helpless and shit. I've made the helpless routine work for seven years now so I mu
The unsung heart and soul of the Motor City rock & roll scene, Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels' blue-eyed R&B attack boasted a gritty passion and incendiary energy matched by few artists on either side of the color line. Born William Levise, Jr. in Hamtramck, MI on February 26, 1945, as a teen Ryder sang with a local black quartet dubbed the Peps but suffered so much racial harassment that he soon left the group to form his own combo, Billy Lee and the Rivieras. While opening for the Dave Clark Five during a 1965 date, the Rivieras came to the notice of producer Bob Crewe, who immediately signed the group and, according to legend, rechristened the singer Mitch Ryder after randomly selecting the name from a phone book. Backed by the peerless Detroit Wheels -- originally guitarists James McCarty and Joseph Cubert, bassist Earl Elliot, and drummer Johnny "Bee" Badanjek -- Ryder reached the Top Ten in early '66 with "Jenny Take a Ride"; the single, a frenzied combination of Little Richa
A GOLLIWOG fanatic defended putting his collection of memorabilia on show amid accusations of racism.John Molyneux of the University of Portsmouth said: "They were originally a very crude racist stereotype repeated in many children's stories at the height of imperialism when unfortunately overt racism was common in adults and children."The 300 golly items - from badges to teapots, are on show at Fareham's council-funded Westbury Manor Museum.Curator Tom de Wit said: "If objects on display stimulate debate, we see this as a positive thing." Full article from The Mirror newspaper
