Have a good Labor Day, America! Labor Day is meant to celebrate the contributions of the working class. The labor unions promoted it as a testament to the cause of worker’s rights. I don’t expect to see much on the origins of the holiday in America’s media this year. In 1898, Samuel Gompers, head of the American Federation of Labor, called it “the day for which the toilers in past centuries looked forward, when their rights and their wrongs would…
Well, much as I detest the role of the hausfrau, there is a lot to be done around here today. Here’s your chance to chime in, folks! What is your most avoided, least favorite chore? The one thing you’d trade almost any other chore (or even two) to avoid doing? Mine’s washing the kitchen floor, and it’s on the list of things I must do today. There are sticky bits and places where coffee has been sloshed, and there are…
Weekly Unconscious Mutterings Meme – Week 183 I say … and you think … ? Affair :: of the heart, Family (that dates me), adultery, euphemism Package :: books, chunky, tied up wtih string, delivery Warner :: Brothers, Time, Dena, cartoons Drop :: cookie, balance, from the tree, down, silver, drip Balance :: drop (nice reversal there), sneakers, beam, centered, judicial, viewpoint Shore :: rocky, cliffs, New England, hug, lighthouse, hurricane, up Confirmation :: notice, payment, tickets, hearings, appointment Nose…
The famous Olympic skier Picabo Street is not just an athlete – she is now a nurse currently working at the Intensive Care Unit of a large metropolitan hospital. However, she is no longer permitted to answer the hospital telephones. It just caused too much confusion when she would answer the phone and say… Picabo, I.C.U. (thanks to Steve J)
Our sweet little cat Zoom has been missing for five days now. Zoom was abandoned in the park that borders our property about a year ago. He adopted us. He’s very shy, but he trusts us. When I go out on the deck with my morning cuppa java, he is usually waiting for me. He greets me with chirps and miraows and mutterings, and once I settle down and have my first sip he jumps into my lap and snuggles…
We went to see “A Scanner Darkly” last night, since Ben had an unexpected sleepover with a neighborhood buddy. I liked the fascinating graphic effects and the chill, yet weirdly comical, mood. I couldn’t have guessed where it was going, and I won’t spoil it for you – I’ll just say that I haven’t yet seen the synopsis that accurately described the movie. I love Philip K. Dick. As usual, Keanu Reeves was the weak point of the film. I…