Home this week… House stuff and appointments. #fb # Helped an elderly friend update restricted email contacts list; Comcast makes it HARD to find, HARD to do, IMPOSSIBLE to print. #elderfail # Tech companies: if you want to retain older customers, Keep It Simple, Stupid! Don't commit #elderfail # I checked in at Bob Chinn's Crab House (393 S Milwaukee Ave) on #Yelp http://bit.ly/9vDzIW # Powered by Twitter Tools

Chicago: don't forget to check on aging neighbors in the next couple of days. And don't forget to stock up on pet food! # The whining begins: the Chicago storm supposed to be worst in decades Tues/Wed. We shall see. # RT @thehill "#DCCC picks 19 early #GOP House targets http://t.co/vVPIUUi" Two IL reps: Dold and Walsh! #youdontrepresentme # Rep Joe Walsh, IL-8 represents big business, NOT me. I support affordable health care for all. # RT @RelUnrelated "The snow is, indeed falling in east central Illinois. Here's a brief video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ft9ewcjS9f0" # Drifts on the leeward side of the…

If I wanted to taste your perfume, I would lick your neck. #fb # This will be remembered as the year the Bachmann/Palin Crazy Train goes into overdrive, with Angle/O'Donnell Crazy Caboose. # RT @Syfy "…a Firefly series without half of the lead actors? (Actually, Adam is on Chuck too…so that make 4). Or w/out Joss?" No. # Bachmann must have been watching the HypnotoadPrompter http://r33b.net/ # .@KeithOlbermann And all this time I thought #FOK meant Fully Off Kilter. Happy Birthday, young man. # RT @daveweigel "Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS), whom Palin opposed in the primary, also at Tea Party…

RT @OTOOLEFAN "Rience Preibus' name without vowels is RNC PR BS? Where's Glenn Beck when you need him?" eternal hashtag: #RNCPRBS # RT @StNickEpiscopal at 10 am today: lots to pray for and discuss over coffee. Father Steve's news, next steps, and Da Bears game later! # Father Steve is now a "lame duck" vicar, soon to go to Our Savior, Elmhurst. He was nearly duck flambé today; candles and sleeves dont mix! # Pat Kalicki, Senior Warden, will lead St Nicholas in the interim. Saturday liturgy at 430pm continues, there will be a smooth transition. # As Father Manny's…

I just used #Shazam to discover Hurt by Johnny Cash. http://shz.am/t11248206 # RT @bbcamerica "Cameron Diaz talks #TopGear w/ @JimmyKimmel. She feels really good about her time vs Tom Cruise http://aol.it/e0wZnj" # RT @boobiewed: We do!!! RT @HarryMinge: No-one gives a fuck that it's #Boobiewed anymore." I DO. Family member had rad mastectomy yesterday. # It's #boobiewednesday Have you self-examined today? Follow @boobiewed and spread the love. # My mammogram results from Monday were NORMAL. Good luck all! #boobiewednesday #fb # RT @TWCBreaking "Airport update: Islip, NY remains closed until at least noon. Deicing continues at BUF DTW (Detroit) PHL…

I ate an elk sausage hot dog at Fredhot's in Glenview, quite tasty. # At my new doctor's office, it's VERY busy but they're calling people pretty quickly. #fb # However, this doc is conveniently located in the 21st century, as I wished for 2 weeks ago.#fb # Thankful for so many things; my husband, my declawed cat, my tubal. #cf # Well, crap. # Finally called in for pre-exam check with PA. Doctor soon. Weh-hey! # RT @kqthomson "in the market for an excuse to get this device, which shoots a Kevlar line & titanium grappling hook http://fb.me/E9DqRUpZ" #…

Sorry, East Coast. Sorry you're getting slammed. We're going to get jammed at work with all the cancelled flights. # Dear East Coast Travelers: See those black dots over JFK, LGA, EWR, and TEB? NY airports closed, Teterboro too. http://moby.to/8huk87 # RT @ECCSonline "Major props to @NightMinistry for their response to… condition of 10,000 Chicago homeless youth http://ow.ly/3uIc0" # RT @NewsHour "This Denver programs goal is to end homelessness in the city in 10 years and is halfway through that time: http://ow.ly/3ue3r" # RT @ColonelTribune "No more revealing than you'd see in church? http://trib.in/dOxjAd" Fleece might work at @StNickEpiscopal in…

There are various ways to find and cleanup cat upchuck in the dark; barefoot Braille method is not recommended. #awake # RT @HeathrowAirport: there are no arrivals and only a handful of departures at Heathrow today as we work to make the airfield safe." # Guess that means my stranded UK guy won't make it home again today, poor man. # .@ebertchicago ::sings along:: Walla Walla Wash., and Kalamazoo! Nora's freezing on the trolley… # .@ebertchicago ::singing:: "Swaller dollar cauliflower alley ga-ROO!" That was my dad's favorite Christmas carol. Thanks. #pogo # RT @SaveSGR: Can i get 185 retweets! #Save…

Yeah, I'm not clicking on links today, either. #Gawkerpocalypse # Watched one of the US #TopGear episodes. Did not know that land yachts could be so surprisingly airworthy. Admit that I laughed. # Lizard people are everywhere! #fb # I seriously doubt anyone would pay ME to blog. #spammersRdum # RT @ShowPatrol "@Syfy Thanks Craig, I will add to story. Any news on #SGU Negotiations underway?" Please renew #SGU # Yesterday's trip to the Periodontist was full of WIN and six pieces of flair. Next appointment can be after New Years. # RT @shannynmoore "I'm guessing Palin thinks she's qualified…

Return of the Steamboat Springs "noon whistle." Heard the original many times as a kid. http://is.gd/ieZLd # OOooh! @glennbeck thinks progressives are scaaaaary! So does Coulter. Teddy Roosevelt was spooky, too. http://j.mp/fZTrms #ehrenreich # Banned book week from 29SEP10: "Nickel and Dimed" restricted in Kansas until smart people intervened http://j.mp/hENM2s #Ehrenreich # Ibid., NC lawmakers criticised UNC Chapel Hill as "anti-Christian" for picking #NickelandDimed for summer reading. #Ehrenreich # And another ban request denied in PA last February @glennbeck late to the pile-on party? http://j.mp/hhmZrS #NickelandDimed # LOL literally laughing out loud at the #Eureka holiday special. Santa Bogey! Even…