but it needs to be done once every year.  I spent an indecent amount of time going back and forth between smiling faces and serious faces, and finally decided to just post it.

Anyways, HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE!  (Elf yourself, NCIS style!)

Macy's Thanksgiving day parade was just RICK ROLLED.  By the man himself!  They had a float with some stupid puppets singing their kiddy song for about 10 seconds, then freaking Rick Astley popped out of a door on the float, the music changed, and I promptly lost it.  Looked like he was too!

Wow.  I think I got more amusement out of that than was really warranted, but.... HEE!

I've already done one of these, but if you missed it, leave your address here for a card.  Or small pressie, I haven't decided yet.

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I think you can stick a fork in McCain, cuz he's done.


OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG.  Go my state go!!!

for Christmas cards!!!!  EEEE!!!!!  If you want one, just comment here and I'll start making up my list.  Especially if you're overseas (from America), it's always a good idea to send them out extra early, so don't wait too long, K? :D

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Oh, and any Canton folk- I have 2 extra tickets to see Rob Corddry Monday night (27th) at Kent State Stark.  (He's formerly from The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, back when it was hilarious and not just mildly funny).  His show is called "An Evening With America’s New Best Friend" and it should be quite funny.  Free tix. :D He's in the new movie "W." about George Bush, which I want to see, but I'm so sick of politics it'll probably be a while before I see it.  Again, screened comments, let me know if you want to go.

Oh, for those of you who commented when my Grandma was sick, thanks so much.  You all helped a bunch.  ::hugs::

Of course my brother went in three days after she went out because he couldn't breathe, and was there for 3 1/2 days, but hey.  his skanky girlfriend can coo over him if she wants.  He's an idiot to have waited so long to see a doctor.  Yes, I'm a caring sister like that.  (Don't look at me like that, I went and got him sweats to wear and non-hospital food to eat and brought him home.)

Wow, I blathered on there, didn't I?  My bad.  How are you doing?

The word Maverick came from a Texas family with a long history in politics......  On the progressive side.  The article below explains why McCain using the word "Maverick" as a moniker is kind of ironic, in an Alanis Morrisette way.

Oh, and an 82 year old Texan, Ms. Maverick, a descendant of the family, tells us exactly what she thinks of him using her famous last name as a catch phrase for himself.


I love this 82 year old woman, and I wanna be adopted by this family....

I am sitting in my maternal Grandmother's hospital room trying to type quietly.  She has congenital heart failure, most likely caused from a previously surgically cleared artery being blocked again.  They are talking catherization and splints, but don't know if she's strong enough.  Turns out she's been out of breath for a month or so, passed out last week (but refused treatment when the paramedics came), and had asked my Grandpa to sleep in her bed with her for the past week because we think she knew something was wrong.

Last night she was left alone here and got a little worse, so I volunteered to stay tonight with her.  I got here at 8pm, she was already asleep, but her heartbeat was irregular (after months spent in the hospital due to my own heart issues, I learned, and was taught, how to read a bit of the monitor), so I walk up to get a closer look, and there is a freaking defibrillator sitting there. 

No one was here when I got here, so I asked hot!nurse!guy WTFdude and he said he didn't know for sure but the earlier staff probably just wanted a portable EKG strip from her and used that to get it.  WHILE 2 PORTABLE EKG MACHINES WERE SITTING LITERALLY 5 FEET FROM HER ROOM DOOR, IN A LITTLE ALCOVE?!?

Yeah, no.  I think they didn't expect me to come.  And now I'm flipping out. 

Of course, I'm probably just flipping out over something little, but yeah that tripped me out a bit.  She's probably my favoritist family member, all 1/2 straight up Sioux Indian with the temper to go with it.


I'm here until 8am.  Going to be a long night folks.

We've got some pretty cool people this Year!  And How much do I love the Pluto title?  OMG.  This is at Kent State University, Stark Campus.  I'm planning on going to all of them.  Tim Robbins was my favorite last year.  Anyone local that wants me to grab them tickets, let me know and I'll see what I can do.

On Monday, Sept. 29, 2008, Michele Norris will present "An Evening With Michele Norris."

An award-winning journalist with more than two decades of experience, Michele Norris hosts NPR's newsmagazine All Things Considered, public  radio's longest-running national program. Before joining NPR, Norris was a correspondent for ABC News, a post she held from 1993 to 2002. She has reported extensively on education, inner city issues, the nation's drug problem and poverty. Norris has also reported for the Washington Post, Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times. For her contribution to ABC News' coverage of 9/11, she earned both an Emmy and a Peabody Award. Tickets for the Michele Norris event will be available, beginning on Monday, Sept. 8, 2008, at the Main Hall Information Desk.

 

Rob Corddry will present "According to Corddry: An Evening With America's New Best Friend" on Monday, Oct. 27, 2008.

A former correspondent for Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Rob Corddry has spent the last 10 years treading a fine line between theatre and comedy. His résumé includes a number of commercials, NBC's Late Night With Conan O'Brien, Dreamworks' movie Old School and the title roles in the film Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story and Fox TV's sitcom The Winner. The comical entertainer can also be seen in the films The Ten, Heartbreak Kid and Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay.

 

On Tuesday, March 3, 2009, Mike Brown will present "How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming."

Dr. Mike Brown, professor of planetary astronomy at the California Institute of Technology, specializes in the discovery and study of bodies at the edge the solar system. He is best known for discovering the object in our solar system that led to the eventual demotion of Pluto to a dwarf planet. Brown's discussion is an extremely entertaining and fascinating look into his discoveries and the solar system as a whole. His writing has appeared in numerous publications, including the New York Times and Physics Today. In 2006, he was named one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People.

 

Join us for "Jack Hanna: Going Wild for Wildlife" on Wednesday, April 22, 2009.

Jack Hanna, popular host of the television series, Jack Hanna's Animal Adventures, is one of America's most beloved naturalists and adventurers. He began receiving national attention in 1978, when he became director of Ohio's rundown Columbus Zoo. He transformed the zoo into a model facility and made it a household name. He is a regular guest on Good Morning America, Larry King Live and The Late Show With David Letterman. For his presentation at Kent State Stark, Hanna will be accompanied by a few of his animal friends.

Bush wants to 'relax' the Endangered Species Act.  Once again money comes before the health of our planet.  Does anybody honestly expect for the individual agencies to "err on the side of caution" when money is on the line?  Really?

Oh, this pisses me off.  And of course the timing is just right so that it slides in before November, but is too late to cause him any more real problems.  I'm sure he has some friends with construction projects that were denied the go-ahead because of the law, and now he's doing them favors.  It's so obvious.

And I want Obama to win, I really do, but just because he's better than McCain.  He's still a politician, can and will be influenced by his own self-interest and his friends, but at least he won't be so freakin' brazen and cocksure about it and will probably have some boundaries.  Jesus. 

James Roday being sexay during the 3rd episode of season three Psych "Disco Didn't Die, It was Murdered!"  Huge pic, but he's so adorable in it!  There are a few more here.  Cut to save flist.







I think the best part is the belt.... hee!