I can’t help but be reminded of a stupid mountain lion character that was a hapless foil of Bugs Bunny’s. When Bugs asks “How many lumps?” he’s holding a big wooden mallet. The stupid mountain lion always answers “Oh, t’ree or four” and immediately gets pummeled, even when wearing a saucepan as a helmet. The lumps swell and lift the cooking pot off his head. Funny when you’re twelve, still funny now. This couple seems to be in the same mold – about as stupid, and getting almost as many lumps for it. Apparently, she started out with just one,…
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ionarts The start of the Gloria was more ceremonial than alarming. The opening orchestral jolts were not delivered with the expected energy. However, the first entry of the full chorus projected so much power that I was “electrified.†In the Laudamus Te, Shafer demonstrated that he could do anything with this huge body of voices. The movement was effervescently performed, with a marvelous lightness of touch. The singing was so gorgeous that the audience impetuously began to applaud at the movement’s end. My friend Debbie sings in the Washington Chorus, and I enjoy our long cozy chats by phone about…
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Immigrants Rally in Scores of Cities for Legal Status – New York Times Talk of the marches has been burning up the airwaves on talk radio and cable news networks and has appeared in Internet blogs and conservative publications. Rich Lowry, the editor of National Review, described the protests with marchers carrying foreign flags as “ominous” in “their hint of a large, unassimilated population existing outside America’s laws and exhibiting absolutely no sheepishness about it.” Brit Hume, the news anchor on Fox News, described the marchers, particularly those carrying Mexican flags, as “a repellent spectacle.” Really, Mr. Hume? Your perception…
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Pendant Transmitter Button For Your Medical Alarm – Shop At Alert One? With this system, you can receive incoming phone calls – and it’s waterproof, so the pendant or wristband can be worn in the shower or bath. Battery lasts 3-5 years. Discreet and private – no one needs to know you’re wearing it.
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My team leader pointed me in the direction of an interesting article in the Sunday Times about technological solutions to the problem of looking after elders who need a little extra help so they can stay in their own homes as long as practicable. My husband David might find some of the really high-tech stuff interesting, but I’m more interested in the simple, least intrusive solutions. Personal autonomy and empowerment are important, in my view. I’m not interested in an electronic nanny or a computerized tattletale system. Chicago Tribune | Keeping track of Dad Clearly the biggest worry associated with…
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Boing Boing’s Xeni Jardin passed this one along – I’ve been waiting for Sy Hersh to drop another shoe ever since his post Abu Ghraib speaking engagements, when he warned of even bigger Big Bad Stuff to come. And advised an interviewer that if he had a second passport, to keep it handy. You know… if Hersh is accurate about this story, the United States of America is contemplating using nuclear weapons against Iran, as one of many possible options (or threatened options) to pre-emptively end their own nuclear weapons program. If this country drops the Bomb, it will no…
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Heh, it’s just not Sunday without reading the funnies! This one begged to be blogged. “You’re one of those lactose intolerants!” I loves me some whacked-out Bucky Katt. Early rising is usually not in the cards Chez Gique on the weekends, but there’s something about spring mornings that makes it a little easier to bestir oneself. Of course, we have 3 functioning alarm clocks (one feline), so our pre- and post-dawn routine follows a comfortable pattern. This morning, most unusually, I got up a couple of hours before absolutely necessary and fetched the laptop for a little Sunday morning blogging…
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Don’t mind me, I’m just gathering links here. Nothing to see. ::whistles:: I heard a story on NPR about a new philosophy behind elder care a while back, and now I’m trying to run it down. So I’m going to gather a variety of links that may be useful later on. It’s not this one, it was more recent: NPR : Assisted Living vs. Nursing Homes, Housing First Doctors Share Their Woes Caring For Aging Parents Senior Health: Overcoming Fears of Falling NPR Search: Senior Health FOUND IT at last: this is the story I remember hearing last summer: Reformers…
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This was another story I spotted the other day, but didn’t have time to finish (okay, shouldn’t really have started it at work, and then didn’t get around to publishing it til now. Chicago Tribune | U.S. Will Pass on Rights Council, for Now UNITED NATIONS — The United States has decided not to seek a seat on the new U.N. Human Rights Council for now, preferring instead to see how it takes shape, a U.S. official said Thursday. “We’re going to take a wait and see attitude,” the U.S. official said, speaking in from Washington on condition of anonymity…