Showing posts with label daughter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label daughter. Show all posts
Sunday, February 26, 2017

Oscar Night Open Thread. Update!

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I should start off first by admitting that this open thread is not even my idea. In fact I did not even realize that the Academy Awards ...
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Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Will and Grace cast reunites for the 2016 election.

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Okay that was literally just for my daughter. I mean I really liked it and all but if I had decided not to post it I would never have he...
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Tuesday, July 05, 2016

From my daughter's Facebook page.

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Yep, I done good.
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Thursday, June 09, 2016

Are you ready? Say it with me, "President Hillary Clinton."

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This from CNN : So many girls for so long were told -- overtly and subtly -- what they could and could not be. Housewives? Yes. Teachers...
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Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Bernie Sanders insults the intelligence of the American voters.

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Courtesy of Salon :   The Bernie Sanders campaign has injected a lot of welcome aspects of lefty thought into the national discourse th...
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Saturday, February 27, 2016

Former speechwriter for President Obama explains why it may be more important to elect Hillary Clinton on 2016, than it was to elect his boss in 2008.

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Yeah I know, I'm the dragonlady. This Daily Beast article was written by Jon Favreau, longtime Obama speechwriter, who describes wi...
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Thursday, November 12, 2015

On the Origin of Species voted most influential academic book in history. Oh this is not going to go over well.

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Courtesy of the Guardian : Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species has been voted the most influential academic book ever written, hai...
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Thursday, October 15, 2015

The Tesla Model S autopilot. The future is here. Well almost here. Update!

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Courtesy of Jalopnik :   The Tesla Model S isn’t the first truly autonomous car on the road and available for sale to the public. We’re ...
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Thursday, August 13, 2015

John Oliver on Whole Foods.

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Click image to play video Okay I have a confession to make. The entire point of this post is for my daughter's benefit alone. Sh...
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Saturday, July 04, 2015

And finally a 4th of July message from someone who actually understands the importance of the occasion, President Obama.

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Now THAT is an inspiring 4th of July message. In fact considering the last week, this might be the best 4th of July that President Obama...
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Saturday, June 27, 2015

The new look for White House.gov yesterday.

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Source The White House website was by no means the only ones to adopt the rainbow motif either. I have to tell you folks, we are ...
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Monday, May 25, 2015

Forget Nostradamus, the real prognosticator was Nikola Tesla.

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Nikola Tesla 1926 :   "When wireless is perfectly applied the whole earth will be converted into a huge brain, which in fact it is...
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Sunday, April 26, 2015

Death toll in Nepal rises to almost 2,000.

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Courtesy of The Guardian :   The death toll from the devastating earthquake in Nepal climbed above 1,900 on Sunday and was continuing ...
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Sunday, March 29, 2015

US soldiers raped and sexually assaulted dozens of Colombian children between 2003 and 2007, filmed the attacks to distribute as pornography, and face no charges due to treaty granting immunity.

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Colombian children Courtesy of WSWS :   US soldiers and military contractors were responsible for the rape and sexual abuse of scores...
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Monday, March 23, 2015

I have found my final resting place. I'm gonna be a tree.

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Courtesy of The Collective Intelligence :   Italian designers Anna Citelli and Raoul Bretzel recently introduced a new burial technique ...
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Sunday, March 08, 2015

My daughter wanted to share this.

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Recently my daughter has become very politically aware, and holy crap! If you think I get opinionated and strident sometimes trust me wh...
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Monday, March 02, 2015

Quote of the morning.

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Courtesy of Elizabeth Warren :   "If Scott Walker sees 100,000 teachers & firefighters as his enemies, maybe it's time we t...
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Monday, February 23, 2015

Dealing with my Academy Award hangover.

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Was not always impressed with NPH last night. But this took guts. Okay so I watched the Oscars last night with my daughter, which is kin...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015

So does your family treat Academy Awards night like a holiday? Well apparently mine does.

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You know as a parent you always hope that your children will share some of your interests. If you are a mechanic you probably hope your ...
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Thursday, February 05, 2015

Sent to my phone late last night by my daughter.

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Lately my daughter and I have been spending quite a lot of time together, whihc has been great since when she leaves for a job I sometimes...
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