Yep, he (the guy from AARP) did say that.
Starting at 3:30 or so…
I have the opportunity to introduce the leader of the free world, our president, our beloved president, President Barack Obama.
Is “Dear Leader” so far away?
"Beloved President"
Monday Morning Musings
It’s been busy again. I got a new laptop on Thursday at a really good price and have been busy transferring stuff from the old laptop to the new. It’s been nice to be able to take my time with the file transfers instead of trying to salvage what I could from a fried drive. I am now also getting used to Vista versus XP…
Saturday was the opening of our village Festival and our Scouts were part pf the opening ceremony along with members of the US Armed Forces, one each from Navy, Marines, Air Force, and Army (go Army).
On Fathers’ Day we went to go see Up.
Up Trailer (couldn’t embed)
Loved it. We decided not to see the 3-D version because The Little Guy has been known to get a little scared when things “come at” him from the screen. We’ll watch the 3-D version when it comes out on DVD. There’s a really cute short film, Partly Cloudy, before the movie. Previews for Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs look great.
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Trailer (couldn’t embed)
Happy Fathers' Day
Dad and me and that’s probably Mom’s thumb in the bottom left corner.
Miss you Daddy.
Happy Birthday to ME!
Monday Morning Musings
served up in the afternoon in the Central and Eastern time zones today…
Mr. Right has a funny photoshop here.
Ann Althouse has an interesting question on a recent Gallup poll.
Ed at Hot Air asks, “Did Iran concoct election results before the election?”
We had a busy weekend. Saturday at Six Flags went beautifully. It rained all morning so we went at 1 pm and there were no lines even though the rain had stopped. It was an amazing Saturday. We got to ride so many rides. The guys had no lines for the rides they love, Superman, Batman, Dark Knight, Iron Wolf, Viper, Demon, Whizzer… Even the smaller rides had no lines. Straight on the bumper cars. Amazing. Sunday was a day at the Forest Preserve for a cousin’s high school graduation party. The day was sunny and upper 70’s, lovely weather. Kites were flown, hot dogs were eaten, fun was had by all.
Dana and Hunter Wedding Pics
Absolutely beautiful! Kudos to the photographer.
You have to click the link to see them…
Monday Morning Musings
Up way too early because of a thunderstorm, I’m seeing a commercial for a “neckline slimmer” (sound at the link), the first resistance exercise for your chin and neckline! That’s a new one. Better than the penis pump or the pill that promises it will “increase the size of a certain part of the male body.” Yeah, right.
I agree with Virginia Postrel on universal healthcare.
Think about this for a moment. Medicare is a huge, single-payer, government-run program. It ought to provide the perfect environment for experimentation. If more-efficient government management can slash health-care costs by addressing all these problems, why not start with Medicare? Let’s see what “better management” looks like applied to Medicare before we roll it out to the rest of the country.
Go read the whole thing.
Today’s the first day of day camp. The Little Guy is going three days a week again. This year he’s old enough for archery too.
We went fishing with the Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts on Saturday. The Little Guy said, “Mom, since I don’t like bugs, will you put the worms on the hook for me?” So of course I did. But I let a Boy Scout do it whenever I could. I’m glad I had that bottle of hand sanitizer with me too.
Little Guy caught the first fish, a bluegill, and then two more. He also caught a tree and Mrs. B. He only caught the edge of the cuff of her jacket, but there was a worm on the hook. Yuck. I’m sure she got that in the washer as soon as she got home.
D-Day and Google
It is the 65th anniversary of D-Day and Google’s logo looks like this:
The mouseover tooltip says:
Celebrating 25 years of the Tetris Effect – courtesy of Tetris Holding, LLC
Added: Also at Don Surber, and through him, Lawhawk
First Hispanic SC Justice
Was Benjamin N. Cardozo who succeeded Oliver Wendell Holmes on the court.
Cardozo was an associate justice from 1932 until his death in 1938. He was appointed by Herbert Hoover.
Benjamin Cardozo was born into a community of persecuted Spanish and Portuguese Jews established in New Amsterdam in 1654. Governor Peter Stuyvesant attempted to expel them but was overruled by the Dutch West India Company. Cardozo’s family produced distinguished patriots including Emma Lazarus, whose words once adorned the Statue of Liberty. (my emphasis)