Oops! Forgot my morning cuppa. I’ll be right back. Sort out your desk or stop by here, until I’m done. Oh, and behave yourselves. I don’t wanna hear any bad reports! Ahh! That feels better. Let’s proceed. From Signs of the Times: Deadly month in Iraq following deadliest year contradicts US claims of progress: The October death toll remained sharply down on the August figure of 1,770 but the increase on September dented boasts from both US and Iraqi...
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Ten Post Round-Up: Thursday Rush Edition
I wasn’t sure I would make it, today! I’m just getting over my annual post-trick-or-treat sugar rush, I am finally up and at ‘em on this frosty Thursday morning. I am proud to say that I finally got the candy to trick-or-treaters ratio “just right”, this year. We started with a large tote box full and ended up with half a punchbowl full, by evenings end (I usually have to make a candy run in the middle of the...
Ten Post Round-Up: Trick or Treat Edition
Oh my! It’s all Hallow’s Eve and I’ve got my checklist here to make sure that this Halloween goes off without a hitch. As soon as I verify that everything is ready, then we’ll get started with the Round-up. Pumpkin? Check! Little Stevie got his “Commander Guy” costume on? Check! Little Richie got his “Ru Paul” costume on? Check! Skeletons in the closet? Check! Mummified Remains? Check! Spooky Old Bat? Check! “Scary” music? Check! Let’s add a few more...
Ten Post Round-Up: 10/30/07
So many posts, so little time. Without further ado… From Brilliant at Breakfast. * If parents didn’t buy these, there’d be no need to offer them: I’m not saying that kids should be forbidden to have any allure until they’re in their 20′s, nor am I saying that a little bit of dress-up is always inappropriate. I went to my senior prom in a dress better suited to Little Bo Peep than to a seventeen-year-old in 1973. But I’m...
Ten Post Round-Up: Mad Monday
Simmer down, back there! So the Boston Red Sox won the World Series. Yippee! Hooray! I’m from Colorado, so I don’t wanna hear about the World Series, right now. I’m thinking a Ten Post Round-Up will make me a feel a whole lot better… From Signs of the Times: * Fidel Castro pokes fun at George W. Bush: HAVANA – Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro poked fun at President George W. Bush on Sunday for proclaiming “Long Live Free...
Ten Post Round-Up: Sneaky Saturday
Surprise! I know I don’t usually post a round-up on the weekend, but, I couldn’t sleep, so I decided to sneak a peak at my Google Reader, this morning, and see what random tidbits I could find. I got my morning cuppa and I’m ready to go… From Minstrel Boy: PKK tactics may drive Turkey into a reluctant invasion: Militarily, the PKK are not very strong. The figure given for its forces inside northern Iraq is about 3,000. They...
Ten Post Round-Up: Freaky Friday
Let me start by saying thanks to Pamela and Donnie for inviting me to blog on The Democratic Daily! Baby and how! UFOs in Colorado? Saved by a violin? Poor people wiser than their middle-class counterparts? Republi-pundits freaking out? A lot of freaky stuff, just in time for Halloween! So hold out your trick or treat bag and be prepared for a handful of semi-sweet, semi-random posts from the Dizzy Google Reader! You rang? From Signs of the Times:...
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