Yes, this is a homemade Phillies cap.
I am being told that tonight’s Phillies game is of some importance.
The newspaper reveals the game begins a bit after 8:00 Eastern Time.
The debate begins at 9:00.
Seriously?
I foresee a wicked game of rock paper scissors to determine who gets to watch TV in bed. (Yes, we are in bed by 8:00. Don’t make fun.)
And, look, Maverick lost his first tooth today!
It is not the strongest of the species
that survive,
nor the most intelligent,
but the one most responsive to change.
-Charles Darwin
The ultimate result
of shielding men from the effects of folly
is to fill the world with fools.-Herbert Spencer
Say what you have to say,
not what you ought.
Any truth is better
than make-believe.
-Henry David Thoreau
In times of universal deceit,
telling the truth
becomes a revolutionary act.
-George Orwell
I tried very hard to think of a quote I like involving leaves, or stars maybe. But my mind is elsewhere.
I am thinking about tonight’s debate, and how nothing really gets answered, and how you can be bombarded with information all day long and still learn nothing.
I would like to see some revolutionary acts tonight. I’d like some truth, even if it’s difficult to hear. I’d like answers that address real questions.
My vote was decided a long time ago, when a message of change awakened my capacity for hope. Hope that here was a leader who could inspire a country to take action to build better lives and a brighter future. We need that.
We as Americans are hurting, I think, because we have been ignoring an integral need for connection, for service. We want to do something, but many of us don’t where to begin, how to start. We need someone to rally behind, to help us find the strength in ourselves to help others.
Mr Obama, I have a request tonight. Kindly, for me, for my peace of mind, as a representative of “Main Street”, please do not allow Senator McCain to distract you at tonight’s debate. Do not waste time. We are well aware at this point how politics work. Ignore his taunts and half-truths, we can sort them out later. Tonight we want specifics and answers.
As Thoreau says, you have built your castles in the air, and that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.
Are you watching the debate tonight?
What questions do you want to see asked…and answered?
To a philosopher all news is gossip,
and they who edit and read it
are old women over their tea.
-Henry David Thoreau
To appreciate nonsense
requires a serious interest in life.
-Gelett Burgess
Yesterday I unplugged and got some things done that were in dire need of doing, and look what happened- the Dow went up 936 points.
Today “they” are announcing next steps to steady the economic earthquake, and tomorrow is the last presidential debate.
I plan to totally indulge in the media circus that is certain to entertain over the next 36 hours or so. It’s like a really challenging cryptic puzzle, attempting to tease out the facts after they travel through the media’s funhouse mirrors.
Go ahead and call me an old lady over her tea, but it is all so awful and wickedly fascinating, I just can’t tear myself away.
And as I let my husband have the last two slices of my birthday cheesecake, I feel I’m due a little indulgence. Not too much, though. Too much media spin is definitely not good for you.
Of course, I’m not going to just sit and veg. I’ll also bake cookies and bread (Click here for a coupon for whole wheat flour), prep tonight’s dinner (pork chops with baked mac and cheese, sweet potatoes and salad on the side), prep tomorrow night’s dinner (baked ziti, bread with garlic butter) and write thank you notes for birthday presents. That excuses all the CNN time, right? Right?
In other news, we received Jeff’s 401(k) statement Saturday. Holy cow, that’s depressing, almost laughably so. Did you get yours? What was your reaction?