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Fri, 09 May 2008 23:29:51 GMT

Because son_of_poseidontold me he doesn't like it.

Republicans against Motherhood

Fri, 09 May 2008 19:17:01 GMT

From the Washington post:

By Dana Milbank
Friday, May 9, 2008; A03

It was already shaping up to be a difficult year for congressional Republicans. Now, on the cusp of Mother's Day, comes this: A majority of the House GOP has voted against motherhood.

On Wednesday afternoon, the House had just voted, 412 to 0, to pass H. Res. 1113, "Celebrating the role of mothers in the United States and supporting the goals and ideals of Mother's Day," when Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-Kan.), rose in protest.

"Mr. Speaker, I move to reconsider the vote," he announced.

Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Fla.), who has two young daughters, moved to table Tiahrt's request, setting up a revote. This time, 178 Republicans cast their votes against mothers.

It has long been the custom to compare a popular piece of legislation to motherhood and apple pie. Evidently, that is no longer the standard. Worse, Republicans are now confronted with a John Kerry-esque predicament: They actually voted for motherhood before they voted against it.

Republicans, unhappy with the Democratic majority, have been using such procedural tactics as this all week to bring the House to a standstill, but the assault on mothers may have gone too far. House Minority Leader John Boehner, asked yesterday to explain why he and 177 of his colleagues switched their votes, answered: "Oh, we just wanted to make sure that everyone was on record in support of Mother's Day."

By voting against it?

Full story.

Even better, locally, all 4 Arizona (R)s were some of the flip-floppers.

Music quiz answers

Fri, 09 May 2008 16:33:35 GMT

Answers, with commentary, if inspired:

1) Rush - Subdivisions. The song just speaks to me, despite living out the whole idea it mourns.

2) "Weird" Al Yankovic - eBay. A change from the past, but this song just still cracks me up.

3) Lynyrd Skynyrd - Gimme Three Steps (guessed by impeccablesimon   )

4) Guns 'N' Roses - Paradise City

5) Tom Petty - Free Fallin'

6) Van Halen - Jump. 1984 is a crucial album in my life, actually. We moved away from my dad in November 1983, and this became my favorite tape shortly thereafter. (guessed by aardy    )

7) Boston - Piece of Mind

8) Metallica - One (impeccablesimon   )

9) Jimmy Buffett - A Pirate Looks at 40. Of course this song in no way applies to me. Go figure.

10) They Might Be Giants - Ana Ng. I'm almost like an "early adapter" to TMBG since I was aware of them pre-"Flood." The opening riff gets me going. I also love the line, "I don't want the world, I just want your half."

Tweets for Today

Fri, 09 May 2008 04:06:06 GMT

14:26 @lejonprime Are you at least aware of the woot off? #
14:28 @lejonprime Ha Ha! #

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Thu, 08 May 2008 16:08:39 GMT

Regarding yesterday's tweet...I made up for going to bed early 2 nights ago by going to bed pretty late last night.

Here's an update on my guess the song game... impeccablesimontook random guess and got 20%. Surely you don't need to "know: me to get some right. :) Heck, the friend I went to the last 3 Rush concerts can't even guess that one anyways. (He guessed via e-mail..) I'll post answers tonight or tomorrow morning.

1) Rush
2) "Weird" Al Yankovic
3) Lynyrd Skynyrd - Gimme Three Steps (guessed by impeccablesimon  )
4) Guns 'N' Roses
5) Tom Petty
6) Van Halen - Jump (guessed by aardy   )
7) Boston
8) Metallica - One (impeccablesimon  )
9) Jimmy Buffett
10) They Might Be Giants

Update/clue: I meant the (and the Heartbreakers) parenthetical on Tom Petty to mean it could be either way - for those who really pay attention to the division. I'll now say the track is offically a "Tom Petty" track.

Tweets for Today

Thu, 08 May 2008 04:05:36 GMT

23:23 Going to bed at a reasonable hour for a change. #

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Music Guessing Game

Tue, 06 May 2008 23:04:48 GMT

OK, here's the deal. I list my 10 favorite bands/singers/groups and y'all guess my favorite song by that artist. Eventually, I'll post the answers.

In no particular order (well, except for 1 & 2):
1) Rush
2) "Weird" Al Yankovic
3) Lynyrd Skynyrd - Gimme Three Steps (guessed by impeccablesimon )
4) Guns 'N' Roses
5) Tom Petty
6) Van Halen - Jump (guessed by aardy )
7) Boston
8) Metallica - One (impeccablesimon )
9) Jimmy Buffett
10) They Might Be Giants

Update/clue: I meant the (and the Heartbreakers) parenthetical to mean it could be either way - for those who really pay attention to the division. I'll now say the track is offically a "Tom Petty" track.

This is, admittedly, a resurrection of a meme from 3 years ago. However, I did mine originally on another site, and I have more readers now. :D

Tweets for Today

Mon, 05 May 2008 04:07:00 GMT

23:21 Headed home from my uncle's 60th Bday party. Saw lots of family. Big fun. #
16:07 Ah... Home alone for a brief respite. Now, do I nap or play wow? #

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Tweets for Today

Sun, 04 May 2008 04:04:53 GMT

14:33 Fell asleep taking a lunch break from house cleaning. Got to get back to work. #

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Tweets for Today

Sat, 03 May 2008 04:04:36 GMT

22:20 At cricket, 30 min to RUSH. #
00:02 Secondhand smoke: cheaper, healthier and in tonight's case. . . Legaler #
00:09 Time for set 2 #
00:10 Intermission. They sound awesome. Great show so far. #
00:15 Omw home. #
02:15 And the concert begins! #
11:42 At eye appointment. Waiting to be called back. #

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Tweets for Today

Fri, 02 May 2008 04:08:50 GMT

11:00 I'm a moron. I thought I had a meeting to go to today but it's the 15th. Thu before Fri off I thought. That's today /and/ the 15th. D'oh! #
14:24 @lejonprime When in doubt: Chino. It's a fact. #
14:39 @lejonprime Oj, OK. Good luck with that. :D #
14:39 That should have been Oh, OK... #
17:29 @lejonprime You will be rewarded for you wisdom. Have fun tonight and tell everyone howdy for me. #
17:35 Headed out now to the bank. Then, meeting a friend for dinner. Finally on to see the RUSH concert! #

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Tweets for Today

Thu, 01 May 2008 04:07:44 GMT

09:01 The internet is down at work. OH NOES! #
09:04 It looks like I'll have to clean my desk or something. #
09:14 @Lejonprime Yes, my desk needed cleaning anyways, but I would have worked on higher priority projects. :) #
12:06 Rock & rail party ran out of food. Lame. Now at fusilli's. #
12:39 Back from lunch and still no internet. It's allegedly a Qwest issue. My desk now has neat piles. Should I actually file this Crap? #
16:19 I have cleaned, sorted, and filed. 'net still down. Making a big list of stats to track. #
16:53 The internet is back. And there was much rejoicing...yay. /montypython #
16:58 @lejonprime Yeah. #
19:39 Prep for tomorrow's Rush concert: Mp3 player set to Rush tracks only, watching R30 concert DVD, will play YYZ later on GHII. #

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The dark ages...

Thu, 01 May 2008 00:01:07 GMT

The internet was down all day today at work. I cleaned my desk/cube, which usually means making piles and shoving them to the back corners. Today however, I sorted the piles and sprted again, to get the reasonably organized and filed. It's crazy, man.

Tweets for Today

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 04:09:30 GMT

09:49 @SonoranDragon I mysteriously lost incoming SMS last night as well. I have since reactivated them. I didn't try to send any via phone, tho #

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Tweets for Today

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 04:06:53 GMT

15:55 @lejonprime So you're saying your future's so bright you gotta...? #

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Regarding a sarcastic answer...

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:48:41 GMT

In the last post, of of the memequestions was Favorite season? and I answered "Football."

Here are some thoughts on the matter, the first previously posted on my old diary at bloopdiary.

"I’m convinced that one of the true draws of football is that it comes with the Fall. It’s the sport that takes us through the season of change, and it provides comfort and constancy. It’s there for you at the beginning of school. It takes you from the Joy of Summer onto Christmas and the end of the year. Even more specifically, Pop Warner and College football take you to Thanksgiving, and the NFL through the New Year. College may pop-up again in December/January with a Bowl game. But I digress…." - 9/27/06

I waxed a little poetic about the church of football early on in this series. Pop Warner practice is the perfect example. They start in August, and practices (6:30-8:30 p.m.) start in the daylight and end at dusk. Here in October, they start in the dusk and end in the darkness. - 10/25/06

meme-age

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:52:03 GMT

In the bizarre-cognitive dissonance lj connections department, I bring you a meme, via yttrai, via buckeyebrain, which is weird because for me, it’s the "gamer lj-sphere" colliding with ncaafootball, which I generally assume to be mutually exclusive.

TECHNOLOGY
Q. What is your wallpaper on your computer?
Home: A picture of the kids at Disney’s California Adventure, with fresh face-paintings.
Work: No wallpaper, just black.

Q. How many televisions you have in your house?
6 One in each bedroom, the big screen in the family room, and 2 in the garage. Only 1 of the garage ones are hooked up.

BIOLOGY
Q. Are you right-handed or left-handed?
Right.

Q. Have you ever had anything removed from your body?
Yes.

Q. What is the last heavy item you lifted?
I pushed some full dressers around on Saturday, but didn’t exacty lift them.

Q. Have you ever been knocked out?
I don’t think so. I went headfirst over my handlebars once though, that I’m not sure about if I went out or not. I was alone.

BULLSHITOLOGY
Q. If it were possible, would you want to know the day you were going to die?
No way.

Q. If you could change your name, what would you change it to?
I don’t know that I would.

Q. What color do you think looks best on you?
Red.

Q. Have you ever swallowed a non-food item?
Yes. Meds if nothing else. I went through a paper eating phase as well.

DAREOLOGY
Q. Would you kiss a member of the same sex for $100?
Yes.

Q. Would you allow one of your little fingers to be cut off for $200,000?
Yes.

Q. Would you never blog again for $50,000
Maybe.

Q. Would you pose naked in a magazine for $250,000?
Yes.

Q. Would you drink an entire bottle of hot sauce for $1000?
Totally.

Q. Would you, without fear of punishment, take a human life for $1,000,000?
No.

DUMBOLOGY
Q: What is in your left pocket?
Keys.

Q: Is Napoleon Dynamite actually a good movie?
I liked it.

Q: Do you have hardwood or carpet in your house?
Satillo tile in

Q: Do you sit or stand in the shower?
Stand.

Q: How many pairs of flip flops do you own?
One, that i use as shower shoes at work.

LASTOLOGY
Q: Last person who texted you?
ESPN alert. Real person: my son.

Q: Last person who called you?
My wife.

Q: Person you hugged?
My wife.

FAVORITOLOGY
Q: Number?
23

Q: Season?
Football (Not just the sporting aspect either. I basically mean autumn, but includes late summer and early winter. I actually have a post about this somewhere…but I can’t find it quickly.)

Q: Color?
Red

CURRENTOLOGY
Q: Missing someone?
Nah.

Q: Mood?
Mellow

Q: Listening to?
Nothing.

Q: Watching?
Nothing.

Q: Worrying about?
Money.

Q: Wearing?
Clothes. (“Hawaiian” shirt, khakis, shoes.)

RANDOMOLOGY
Q: First place you went this morning?
Dropped the kids off at school.

Q: What can you not wait to do?
Go to the RUSH concert Thursday night.

Q: Do you smile often?
Not really.

Q: Are you a friendly person?
Nope. (Well, I suppose it really depends on context. I'm extremely introverted.)

Tweets for Today

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 04:10:13 GMT

09:40 @SonoranDragon Do you ever have a day off? It seems you tweet every day from work. :) #

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Tweets for Today

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 04:06:24 GMT

13:06 Cleaning and rearranging the garage. The NFL draft is on the tv in here. #
19:39 It was a lot hotter in the garage than I realized. I feel pretty drained. #

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Tweets for Today

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 04:03:53 GMT

09:33 Starting Pandora.com to listen to "ELFCORE!!!" #
18:02 Ran out of gas, essentially. Limped to auto zone to get gas can. #
18:24 Gas tank filled. On the road again. #

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Tweets for Today

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:10:01 GMT

09:03 Kick ass time on way to work. 25 min from car start to cube. #
13:14 Whoo hoo! Free lunch from big wig banquet leftovers. #

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Tweets for Today

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:08:12 GMT

18:23 Headed into a community meeting re: possible child predators lurking about lately. Stranger Danger and all that. #
19:52 Honey-comb's big! Yeah yeah yeah! It's not small! No no no! (iow: cereal for dinner) #

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Tweets for Today

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 04:09:40 GMT

19:51 Biometric screening complete. Mixed results. As expected: I need to increase my activity. #

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Tweets for Today

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 04:04:25 GMT

08:59 Staying good today because my daughter is sick. Also, I found the install disk and have begun repair process for our PC. #
10:47 Boo-yah m-f-er! I have successfully started the PC. Unmountable Boot Volume no more! #
10:48 Just realized my first tweet of the day should read "Staying home" not "Staying good." Yay T9 texting. :) #

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Tweets for Today

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 04:07:48 GMT

21:46 @SonoranDragon comic book or comic strip? #

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