yes we can

the player who made me an arsenal fan

ridiculous things found online: vol 2

i mean, i don't get it. is this real?

didn't obama win the election by an insane margin?

I could have sworn that's what happened 2 months ago.

Dear Pres.-elect Obama,

Why are you caving on a stimulus package before you're even inaugurated? I'm reminded of the West Wing episode and one of Leo's lines that goes something like, "We won and now the other side can take a seat for 4 years." Obama, you won. People voted for you in insane numbers. They voted for your policies. You know what? You don't need to compromise with the Republicans. You have a nice big majority in the house and will eventually have 59 freaking Senators caucusing as Dems. Start shoving your liberal economic policies down their throat. People saw what happens under the republican economic helm, it failed, people grew sick of it and voted for you. Can we stop placating the other side? Please. They got their ass kicked in the election. Your approval rating is like 70-something percent. Use it. It's time to test out those hope and change themes that defined your campaign and get some serious work done.

Love,
Julie

ridiculous things found online: vol 1

quick question: how would you define homeless?

fave lines
tour guide: keeps you all toasty in the winter.
camera guy: it doesn't work though does it?
tour guide: no, it doesn't work.


ah the joys of wal-mart...how lovely of the virginia pilot to write such a ground-breaking piece of "shopping news" on their new neighborhood store.

fave excerpts:

In other ways, it is every bit a Wal-Mart store, though green is the dominant color, rather than the discounter's well-known blue.

this delightful little neighborhood shop includes,

cozy specialty areas with track lighting and curved walls for produce, meats and deli.

Jackie Russell, the Neighborhood Market's manager, describes these areas as "little shops." The store's plentiful and prominent signs show the names of departments against a peaked-roof backdrop.

the aardvark asked for a dagger

oh the onion strikes again. good satire is so freaking fun (and efficient). done right, it can tear apart a massive societal trend in technology usage (symbolized by the best of the best provider- apple) in 2 min.

100 things

I stole this from Michele, who stole it from someone else, who stole it from someone else. Please feel free to steal it from me. The things I have NOT done are in blue. Those I've done are off-white.

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disney World
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Shot a gun
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book (does a master's thesis count?)
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Totally copied a post from someone else's blog to your own

So, what have you done?