I know that it doesn’t seem all that long ago that there were the usual season-ending complaints about the BCS (Bowl Championship Series) and a National Championship game, but to those of us who love college football, these last eight months have been very long. I am a college football fan. I grew up, as most… Continue reading College Football at Last
Okay, so Tuesday morning, I was contemplating watching college football openers on Thursday night. I still am. Tuesday’s convention evening was better than Monday’s but still way too much talking heads and not enough convention coverage for me. Wednesday night was equally disappointing. I realize that I live on the East coast. I cannot think… Continue reading Convention Day 3
I tell local fitness blogger Val Tokarz that she finds all the cool, good articles and blogs about them. Well, this time I may have one up on her. Of course, I am putting off my run to get this little blurb – or is it little blog? – out of my system. I opened… Continue reading Losing Weight
There were sound bites – those little bits that we hear and that the news media will play over and over again until we can all vomit – from the Democratic National Convention that need to be put out there. Bob Casey, Jr said that John McCain calls himself a maverick but his voting record… Continue reading Tuesday Quotes
While I do believe that the night has dragged on – yes, it is 11:33 pm and I am still up and seem to be typing without too many errors, tonight was more what I expected of a political convention than last night. The speakers tonight were more animated and more enticing early in the… Continue reading Convention Bliss
On the 88th anniversary of the vote for women, I sat enthralled by the Democratic National Convention tonight. The idea – and who knows if it was Barack Obama’s idea or Nancy Pelosi’s idea – of celebrating this wonderful event in our history at the convention was great. A number of females spoke tonight, throughout the… Continue reading Women’s Suffrage
Olympics… Political conventions… what more can I ask? I should be in a literal heaven. I have a strong love of the Olympics, made much stronger by working at the 1980 Winter Games in Lake Placid. I am a political junkie and the next two weeks bring conventions that only come once every four years. … Continue reading Disappointing Democrats
For once in my life, I am speechless about a political move. Normally, I look at political moves and can analyze away but this one has me stumped. Yes, with Barack Obama picking Joe Biden for his vice presidential selection, he adds foreign policy experience to the Democratic ticket. Yes, after some of the things… Continue reading Biden?
No, I am not seriously talking about clothing. I am taking about politicians and political groups feeling they can dictate what people wear to events. This type of move was big in 2006 whenever and wherever President Bush was speaking. Laws would mysteriously appear that would allow police or Secret Service to arrest those who… Continue reading The New Fashion Police
This time of year I try to get to a Farmer’s Market almost every day of the week. This is not always feasible as I do not live near a market and sometimes, getting there when they are open is impossible. There is, though, less than three miles from my house so within walking distance,… Continue reading Last Night’s Dinner
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