What You Talkin' Bout?
I made a vow to myself upon arriving here at DK4... No more fluffing over words whose definitions I didn't know. Look 'em up Nannyboz. No ma'am, it is not good enough to sort of assume you kinda...
View ArticleDang I'm Gonna Miss Ya!
No, no, no TTFN! My hubby and I are leaving on Thursday for Italy! Can anyone say, "woot"?We travelled regularly and often until around nine years ago. That's when my mother-in-law became ill......
View ArticleCredo Action... Stop the Keystone XL Pipeline
I received this email from Credo with a petition to sign to urge President Obama not to allow the Keystone XL Pipeline. The email also includes information about daily sit-ins at the White House from...
View ArticleCongressional Reform Act of 2011, I Wish!
I received this in an email and love it! Not that it will ever happen but we can dream, right? I figured I'd share something to smile about during all the dismal news lately. If you like it send it...
View ArticleThis Is So Embarrassing....
Do you remember growing up in this country, the USA, knowing you could count on it's inherent goodness, rightness? Do you remember US Savings Bonds and being afraid of Russia? Do you remember the Bay...
View ArticleIn Wilmington, NC... Hi Irene.
Well, it's been a day so far. No, make that two days counting yesterday's prep work and more today. But we, Persiflage and I, are secured as best as can be, and the nasty bands are hitting us now....
View ArticleFrom Wilmington, NC, Finally, Good Night Irene
I posted yesterday as the storm was beginning to hit. Now she is leaving, not quite gone yet if you see the ongoing wind gusts, but she is leaving to wreak her havoc north of us. We, Persiflage and...
View ArticleJohn Is Paying a Dear Price But You Won't Read About It
My friend John is a nice man, a family man, decent in all the ways that matter. Until 2008 he had a regular job and was let go, the economy weighed in and his job went away. His wife is a medical...
View ArticleUpdate On My Friend John... He's Gonna Be OK
I diaried (posted) the other night about John who was burned while working with his son on a car. He's gonna be ok.
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Yo! Scroogey People!
I'm not gonna link to the diaries and comments that are putting down our subscription drive, no need to give them more attention. I'm simply gonna ask for those who are bugged by the happiness and...
View ArticleMy Favorite Things at Christmas, and All Year
Once again I find myself sitting at my 'puter, on Christmas night, writing a diary (sorry, post) here at DailyKos. I do have a life, part of which is right here. So, who better to share with, talk...
View ArticleTwenty Years Ago Today...
my brother Matt, my only sibling, committed suicide. He had moved back in with my Mom and Dad, at age 33, after things finally got to be too much for him. He was a Psychiatric Social Worker who did...
View ArticleIn Our Insatiable Need for All Things Ron Paul
this diary is mostly not noticed. It isn't a Ron Paul diary, lamenting the lack of someone on the Left espousing his anti imperialism views. It isn't a righteous, and I do mean righteous, rant about...
View ArticleWell Damn...
I had a nice rant all built up and it disappeared! Oh, wait, no, there it is! It's all about Romney and his 15% tax rate. I can "understand" that. Srsly. He was born rich, raised rich, took over...
View ArticleDid I Ever Tell You About Our "Meeting" With Ralph Reed?
Nope, don't think I ever have but I need and want to now. Since I just saw the rat bastard on the news (CNN) yammering about the fortunes and misfortunes of Repubs in South Carolina, thank God this is...
View ArticleOK Komen, You Blinked, I Didn't
Yes, I was glad to hear the news that the big PINK fraud blinked. Really, how could they not? It was all so obvious, a moron (or moran) could have understood it. I'm ashamed to admit that I ran races...
View ArticleI'm In A Lot of Physical Pain... I Need Kossacks' Ideas
As a surgical nurse I seldom step outside the medical bubble for ideas about what in the world is going on with my back, or other parts, but after four months of pain I'm doing exactly that. I need...
View ArticleRIP Rosemary
No, not a pet, not a name known to any but those of us who knew her. She was a bride of a Merchant Marine during WWII, 80 something years old. Until very recently she continued to kick bootay at...
View ArticleNew Hanover County (NC) "Irresponsible Women" Having Sex!
Thank God our County Commissioners are all up in our uteri! /snark. The New Hanover County Commissioners, all men, turned down $8999 of state bonus funds that did not require county matching funds...
View ArticleMea Culpa... I supported John Edwards
First contribution to a presidential campaign, check. Twenty five bucks to John Edwards in 2003 accompanied by a note telling him if he didn't use it wisely I would ask for the money back. In 2004,...
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