• Hot Off The Presses

    Welcome Home, Illinois Army National Guardsmen

    August 2, 2009 - By 

    We saw welcome signs, flags in one back yard, and people waving from an overpass as we drove along I-57 today, so this story confirms what we suspected. Illinois soldiers return home from Afghanistan — chicagotribune.com KANKAKEE, Ill. – About 135 Illinois Army National Guard soldiers have returned home after a 9-month deployment to Afghanistan. The soldiers from the 178th Infantry were greeted Sunday by their families, friends and supporters at a welcome home ceremony in Kankakee. The soldiers were on three buses and followed a parade route from Manteno, through Bradley and then to a Kankakee community center. They…

  • Uncategorical Weirdness

    Stained

    July 31, 2009 - By 

    When we get back from a short weekend trip, I’ll put a coat of polyurethane on the molding and David will install it. And then we’ll move the stuff back in and look for a pretty rug. Ginny I can has iPhone? Via: Flickr Title: Stained By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 31 Jul ’09, 11.11am CDT PST

  • Mini-Posts

    links for 2009-07-30

    July 30, 2009 - By 

    SimonSurmises: PLEASE LISTEN CAREFULLY New word: "fissiparous," as of American Evangelical churches. I think it means "schism-bearing" or "mother of fissions" (tags: episcopal Anglican Listen) 34 hospitalized after co-worker sprays perfume – Yahoo! News (tags: Toxic perfume)

  • Uncategorical Weirdness

    Rip City

    July 30, 2009 - By 

    This morning we were at the tricky corner at the closet. Now David is ripping that final course, next is staining and installing molding. Ginny I can has iPhone? Via: Flickr Title: Rip City By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 30 Jul ’09, 11.36am CDT PST

  • Uncategorical Weirdness

    Floor Vote

    July 28, 2009 - By 

    All in favor of a late lunch break… Motion is carried by unanimous voice vote. Didn’t make as much progress today and after lunch and whingeing will have to stop early to bundle up old carpet and tack strips safely for disposal tomorrow. Ginny I can has iPhone? Via: Flickr Title: Floor Vote By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 28 Jul ’09, 3.18pm CDT PST

  • Blogs Wot I Read - Politics, Schmolitics - Uncategorical Weirdness

    Limbic Randometer

    July 28, 2009 - By 

    Palin’s farewell as poetry, as performed by the master of the pregnant pause, @WilliamShatner. Shatner Reads Palin As Poetry [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/JCdqRbWYWbU" width="425" height="344" wmode="transparent" /] I was just looking for a good play on “iambic pentameter,” but was reminded of a better, deeper meaning that explains much of Sarah Palin’s behavior, and that of her supporters, Rich Lowry and the Starbursters. All this is probably part of some grand, incoherent plan for 2012, as hinted back in October 2008. Check it out (emphasis added in bold): The Limbic System (Paleomammalian brain). In 1952 MacLean first coined the name “limbic system”…