It's InSANity!

Today's (10/01/2013) Google Doodle honors the 123rd anniversary of Yosemite National Park on the very day the federal government has shutdown because Republican House members are trying to repeal the lawful (voted into law by congress in 2009), and constitutional (per the US Supreme Court) Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare).

Celebrate Hump Day with Caleb the Camel

I'm not the only who loves Caleb the Camel

CBS This Morning celebrates Hump Day and Caleb the Camel

My previous post about Hump Day

Fox News

Jon Stewart speaking about Fox News on The Daily Show 9/10/2013...
"...Fox opposes the Syria peace plan because it's modus operandi is to forment dissent in the form of a relentless and irrational contrarianism to Barack Obama and all things democratic, to advance its ultimate objective of creating deliberately misinformed body politic whose fear, anger, mistrust, and discontent is the
manna upon which it sustains it's parasitic succubus-like existence."

Booya!  Bam!  Bazinga!

He later called out all the mainstream media who seem 'disappointed' not to be going to war.  They don't care about news, they care about the momentum that leads to ...anything.

Comedy Central hasn't posted the video of  tonight's show yet.  Here's the show's website...

Benjamin Franklin

Heavy rain, thunder, and lightening this morning.  

It made me think how amazing it is that Benjamin Franklin used lightening to make discoveries about electricity.  How did he even know where it would strike?  He must have been very smart.

Electricity scares me.  

Big Brother 15

Nobody cares what I think about Big Brother and it's driving me crazy!

I have insightful thoughts (you bet they are!) about the houseguests, the strategy, and the socio-political aspects of the game and no one to share it with.

And then I remember that I don't care about Big Brother either.

Grrrrr

Diana Nyad

Diana Nyad, at age 64, completes a 103 mile swim from Cuba to Key West Florida without a shark cage.

Brava!

Several years ago, MFJ and I went to a book fair in Portland.  She was there with Bonnie Stoll to promote an exercise dvd called BravaBody.  Her name has flitted in and out of the news since I was a teenager so I was interested to see her.
The room wasn't full so before the presentation she went to each one of us, shook our hand and said hello. She was friendly and full of energy.  I remember being impressed with her attitude and how she was living her life.
I purchased the DVD, but wasn't comfortable getting it signed.

At the end of the swim, these are her words...

"I've got three messages.  One is, we should never, ever give up.  Two is, you're never too old to chase your dreams.  From here it looks like a solitary sport, but it's a team"

She looks pretty weak and out of it right now.  It'll be good to hear from her later.

Congratulations, Diana!