just because she's hot

thanks for indulging me!

that'll be a bazillion dollars, ma'am

Well...it had to happen sooner or later...

that damn Steve Jobs and his sexy technology! He is trying his damnedest to ruin my retirement fund plans!

Just look at him... all rich and stuff...

I think the real reason why Lily Allen was denied a work visa for the US is that we already have enough skinny-rich-drunk-high-spoiled-drug addled-messes "working" here already!

Happily, we are back from our annual trek to Orlando for the Florida Chiropractic Association's Annual Convention. You might remember me talking about it last year. I think I even posted pics of our room and the beautiful resort.

Well, I hope you enjoyed those. You will be hard pressed to get us back there for that convention again.

#1 the convention itself is not in line with Jen's philosophy and therefore is nowhere near the shot in the arm it should be for her.

#2 the cool things we find for the office are significantly outweighed by the number of crappy vendors they allow in to set up a booth. Ibuprofen cream? Permanent makeup? Gold chains on a spool? Puleeze tell me what that has to do with spinal health!

#3 the beds are HORRIBLY hard! Now, mind you, they didn't seem to be as bad last year, but that was because we just didn't know better! Select Comfort reigns supreme! The bed situation coupled with the fact that the Internet speed in the rooms, although complimentary, was slower than I remember dial-up being. How is a blogger-girl supposed to keep up with her peeps? I'm just sayin'...

We got home at 1am last night, and for those of you that know these grannies----that is CRAZY!

After an amazing nights sleep, again I say...Select Comfort reigns supreme!

In light of having just sat through my first City Commission meeting this week, to the tune of 4 very boring hours:

I motion to make it okay to slap someone when they are being stupid, selfish, dumb, egotistic, stupid, self-centered, nosey, stupid, bossy, rude, neurotic, adult-OCDish, stupid, manipulative, leading, stupid, stupid, stupid....and stupid.

I would rather sit through weekly City Commission meetings for 4 hours than have to bear the agony of being surrounded by the loons I spent one hour with yesterday morning. Just when I thought the Crazy Train had surely left the station, and taken everyone to a place far away, in walks the reigning Queen, who promptly makes herself at home and seems prepared to stay for a bit.

I now understand why people drink.

YIKES!

Let's hope this doesn't catch on here!

If it does, my new new national anthem will be "O Canada"

Be Still My Heart

What a nice Monday morning surprise!

Okay everybody, you know what this means! Something big is going to happen! The heat is too hot even for MC Rove! Could you ever have imagined the day when these words were on the front page? I have only dreamed of the day.

Karl Rove Says He Is Leaving the White House

more to come...

In what should, by now, not be surprising, our dear friend George has taken to defending the Iraq War and supporting our need for victory by making the hijackers of 9/11 out to be manipulated "kids".

"It matters to the security of people here at home if we don't work to change the conditions that cause 19 kids to be lured onto airplanes to come and murder our citizens."

Am I reading this correctly? Is he actually invoking sympathy for those that attacked us that day as if they were young children forced to take flying lessons and board our commercial airlines to attack us. Let's take a second and think about this...those 19 men were in their 20's and 30's...those 19 hijackers were from Saudi Arabia...what does winning this asinine war in Iraq have to do with making conditions in SAUDI ARABIA better?

What a crook. How pathetic to choose the side of the actual attackers in order to make a very weak, lame point. And we are the numb, mindless lemmings that not only allow that kind of blasphemous speak to continue, but we are doing nothing to hold Congress responsible for continuing to sign checks for this idiot's ultimate pork project.
Write your Congressperson after the summer break and ask them to start to do the freakin' job we hired them to do. Write every chance you get. It doesn't have to to be wordy or eloquent. We aren't telling them anything they don't already know. They just need to know that we are paying attention.

Whip out your best George W. Bush impersonation and enjoy these doozey quotes from the last few months:

"Information is moving -- you know, nightly news is one way, of course, but it's also moving through the blogosphere and through the Internets." --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., May 2, 2007

(yes, he is still saying "Internets" as of this May!)

"The question is, who ought to make that decision? The Congress or the commanders? And as you know, my position is clear -- I'm a commander guy." --George W. Bush, who apparently is no longer "The Decider," Washington, D.C., May 2, 2007

"Either we'll succeed, or we won't succeed. And the definition of success as I described is sectarian violence down. Success is not no violence." --George W. Bush, on Iraq, Washington, D.C., May 2, 2007

"And so, what Gen. Petraeus is saying, some early signs, still dangerous, but give me -- give my chance a plan to work." --George W. Bush, in an interview with Charlie Rose, April 24, 2007

Dust off your copies of George Orwell's 1984, folks!

We just keep going deeper and deeper!

GOP Debate

The GOP held a debate today in Iowa. All the hopefuls gathered in the Midwest to plead their case, grease the wheels and overall bash the Dems at every turn. Figures that they would spend the time attacking us. Only 19% of Iowans polled were happy with the Republican choices for the primary. I think they are pretty disgusted with themselves, frankly.

Here is THE most interesting point regarding the debates for me. They were held on a major network which is fine. They were moderated by a notable political person, George Stephanopoulos, fine. They were held in Iowa, of course, fine.

Now here is the odd part:

It was held on Sunday morning at 9am!!!

Don't you find it strange that the Party of Jesus chose to have what should be a very important debate, on the Sabbath during Sunday School?

If you want my opinion, (and my opinion is queen at this site!!:) ) I think they were banking on the fact that most constituents WOULD be at church and therefore miss the meat of the debate, thereby relying on the highlights to form their opinions. OR they really thought voters think so highly of those running, they would stay home, thus leaving halls of worship to look like this:

Oooo! Here is a great question---How many candidates turned down the debate due to a "schedule conflict"? Let's say...church...hmmm? Anyone? Anyone? (cue the crickets)

I'm the Tragedy President

Doesn't this sight look familiar? Another tragedy...

another chance for empty promises and photo ops.

Anyone wonder how Louisiana and Mississippi are doing?

When was the last time one of us, (those outside of the Bush Inner Circle) was allowed to just not show up to testify in a hearing? Hell, we can't even get out of jury duty in most cases!

(BTW, if you are a member of the Bush Inner Circle, you may want to tune out...you probably won't like the way we talk around here!) heehee

good morning!

Nothing like being on top of things! Brace yourself for this shocker:

Diebold E-Voting Flaws Could Compromise Elections

Please tell me we aren't just now coming to this conclusion!?!?

Do you every have days when your brain isn't content to just be sick of everyone around you, it actually starts to turn on itself to the point that YOU are even on your own nerves? Know what I mean? ugh. I am so sick of me today.

Happy Birthday Mr. Pants!

Happy 4th Birthday, Mason

Get ready for Fox News in newsprint!

This buyout is the next step in changing our media for the worse.

So the General responsible for the debacle known as Pat Tillman's death cover-up is being censured for a "perfect storm of mistakes, misjudgments and a failure of leadership"...

If those are the circumstances needed to get a person censured, then why in hell aren't we jumping all over Bush and his entire administration?! Lord knows there are enough misjudgements, failures, and deaths to connect to this misfit bunch of toys.

We have examples galore of "guilty of deception" as well.

The onset of the talks between Bush and Gordon Brown, new UK Prime Minister, brought hope that Brown would reset the relationship between the two powers. I hoped that the changing of the guard would bring an opportunity to repair the joke known as an "alliance". I'm extremely happy to see that things went rather chillily yesterday as our Cowboy in Chief met with Brown. We have to get away from having buddies in other countries. This is important global business, not a kegger at the frat house.

This link proves my hope.

Yay!

Okay, so I have been furiously working for the last two weeks to find a music player for this site. As you can tell, I have been victorious! Of course none of this would have been possible without the cunning and wisdom of my lovely JennyB. Thank you so much, my much-better half!

So for those of you who abhor music as you visit sites, hit the stop button and be done with it!

To the rest of you, I hope you enjoy the beautiful music currently playing. Most likely it is from The Pirate Queen Original Broadway Cast Recording. I feel like everyone should hear this gorgeous music that brings me much joy. My BFF, Stephanie J. Block, is a featured voice.

If by chance I have changed the music by the time you read this, go with the flow. It could be Green Day, Billy Bragg, or Public Enemy. Hey! The site is named MY Brain, not Everybody Else's Brain!

If only...

Do you find it funny that the YouTube Democratic debates came and went without a hitch,and no scheduling problems for the candidates came up...noisily excuses about conflicts with fund-raisers...no blatant running and hiding behind the first excuse available?

Now that it's the GOP's turn to debate in this new progressive venue, all of the sudden they are busier than bees and can't seem to find time to squeeze this in! Hmmm.

In the meantime, the Democratic debates were very enlightening and insightful. I rather enjoyed seeing the candidates think quick on their feet if not squirm a bit! Take a few minutes to check out the highlights. You too might learn something too about the people vying for the highest seat in the nation.

the grassy knoll

Those of you that know me well, most likely chuckle behind my back at my cynicism and how I eagerly take the road toward ConspiracyLand in most situations. These next thought will come as no surprise:

I think the plan to sell arms to Saudi Arabia, which was quietly revealed Saturday night, is really a payback to the Saudis for keeping our oil prices high--which in turn creates more profit for the gas and oil companies in the US. We are now beginning to enter the end of the Bush Administration,(thank God) so it is time to start returning favors, making good on paybacks and pretty much tying up loose ends.

Just a little something I was pondering...

If He Only HAD a Heart...

July must be Health Month at the White House. Last weekend Bush had his pooper checked, and this weekend Cheney gets his faux heart battery checked out. Is this some right-wing conspiracy attempt to make us believe Dick actually HAS a heart? Hmmm...

What Are Your Chances of Surviving a Zombie Apocalypse?

I wish I were bewitched...

OMG Becky...

If you start feeling a bit warmer tomorrow for no apparent reason, just remember that Satan himself will be in charge for a couple of hours while W gets his innards checked.

Just look at him...lookin' all smirky and stuff...can't wait to push some buttons or torture some people, or steal some money...hey...wait a minute...!!!!

This headline cracks me up!

Savvy?

Oi! I started playing the Wii version of Pirate of the Caribbean At World's End yesterday.

I think I may officially have torn my Wiitator Cuff, or contracted Tennis Wiibow, or at least Tendwiiitis! Nothing but swashbuckle, swashbuckle, swashbuckle!

(leaves to get ice pack...)

Oh! BTW--you never look this good when you Wii!

Ahhh...good times

Oops! My bad!

What about the phrase "can I give you a blowjob for $20?" gives cause for a misunderstanding?

Apparently, Rep Bob Allen of Merritt Island, FL was completely "misunderstood" when he propositioned a police officer in a Veteran's Park bathroom with that request. We've got a problem in FL with our politicians. OK, well that is obvious, but it seems like we get in the headlines a lot for this sort of thing.

Anyway, here is Mr. Sexy after being caught.

Its just about to the point of being truly absurd. The absolute hubris and audacity of George Bush is amazing.

The last two weeks has brought nothing but irreverence and disregard for the rules and laws of our country from his White House. We have watched with jaw dropping amazement as he all but pardoned a convicted staff member of leaking the name of a CIA operative, witnessed as he cockishly gave orders for his former or current staff to IGNORE subpoenas issued by Congress regarding the attorney firings, and today he has the most disgusting gall to schluf off the possibility that someone in his administration most likely leaked aforementioned CIA information.

"I'm aware of the fact that perhaps somebody in the administration did disclose the name of that person,"

"And now we're going to move on,''

Whatever happened to Bush vowing to fire the person who did this if they were indeed in his administration? What about all the people in his flock that have been found ABSOLUTELY guilty of confirming Valerie Plame's name? How much more proof do you need? My God, now he is being hit over the head with it and the line in the sand is drawn AGAIN!

"The Scooter Libby decision was, I thought, a fair and balanced decision,'' Bush claimed.

What in the effing world are we waiting for? Does it have to get to the point were he just sits on the balcony of the White House and orders mass executions of puppies with the wave of the hand? Walks down the street and smacks babies in the face? Ruins innocent citizens lives? Steals from the poor to give to the rich? Destroys our name globally?

check check check. 3 of 5 so far. Lock up your puppies and babies.

Not that they give a shit, or read for that matter, but here is the White House email again: comments@whitehouse.gov

Look up your Congressperson and Representatives. Let them know how you feel.

If you never let them know, they assume you don't care. If we don't stop the madness now, he will just continue to blatantly break the law over and over.

...everybody's got one!

Being the self-proclaimed Survey Queen, I am so excited that Blogger has added a new poll taking feature! Check the sidebar to the right for the current poll. I'll try to be good about changing it up every other day or so! Come on! This will be fun! I promise not to make them ALL political!

Give 'em the ole Razzle Dazzle!

Don't pay attention to this: Lalalalala! I'm not listening!

Do pay attention to THIS instead: Terra! Terra! Terra!

What about the words "US Deficit Falls to 205 Billion" should make us proud?

Has it come to this? We are expected to be excited when a couple billion is shaved off and then the credit is given to TAX CUTS! Riiight....

And if it weren't for that pesky war thing, we'd have cut it even more!

All Aboard!

I am soooo for this policy! Sends a VERY clear message about corrupt politics!

Would you trust this man?!

I find it typical yet still intriguing, that the Bush administration continues to lean on the used-to- be-tried-and-true method of reminding us that we could be attacked at any moment by turrrists just about the time they don't want us watching what is going on in Washington.

The latest reminder: Michael Chertoff's "gut feeling"

I don't know about you, but I have a hard time trusting my own gut feeling on simple consumer decisions, so why would I trust the gut feeling of a member of this cult to inform me of something as important as an attack? I'd like some facts please, not whim.

Take a look at this article from India on the subject. Clearly, India knows how to spot an administration that likes to cry wolf.

PROCRASTINATE MUCH?

Someone needs to tell Bush to stop the absurd dragging of the feet...obviously he is just trying to buy time, little by little in order to limp into 2008.

I'm sort of embarrassed to share this, but obviously not too much because I'm going to do it anyway!
I just got the most awesome bootleg DVD copy of "The Pirate Queen" in the mail yesterday! Illegally filmed 4-13-07 on Broadway...close-ups...crystal clear shots...heaven...

Why did we bother drafting a Constitution? Why did our silly forefathers waste their time creating laws, checks and balances? Apparently, civilization has had it all wrong abiding by a set of laws meant to protect us.

My thought is that Bush wasn't paying a lick of attention in History class, or probably any class for that matter, and he figures the laws of this country are merely suggestions.

Denies Congress' Requests

Bush Envokes Executive Priviledge

LIVE EARTH 2007

Today is the day!

Make a difference.

Change your light bulbs. Walk don't drive. Recycle.

Calculate your carbon footprint.

It doesn't matter what you do, just make sure you do something.

Even the smallest effort makes a difference.

Be proud of the change you make today.

Answer the call.

When you were little and saw a news story about the President going to Camp David, did you surmise that Camp David was a place where things were accomplished on a political level? You know, like it must be a really important topic, because all of these really important people from other countries are meeting in this special place with our president to hammer out an agreement while in a lodge type setting.
Maybe it was just me. Maybe that was the mystic I created around that "Camp". I do know that many peace agreements have been forged there, and that Bush has tended to use it for meetings with advisors mostly. No peace agreements happening on his watch, nosiree.

Apparently, this week has been stressful with all the vacationing, commuting and aging. So he has decided to make Camp David his own personal little getaway. Do you think maybe he should have chosen to take Putin there earlier this week instead of home to the vacation house in Maine to snuggle with Mommy & Daddy?

If the Google ad to the right says something about Right Wing t-shirts, DO NOT CLICK!!
WTF???
(leaves to begin firing off letter to Google Ads)

fruits of labor

This is what happens when you stack the deck: link

This is what a dumbass looks like:

Pot, meet Kettle

Bush had this gem to utter from his hula jaw yesterday in Virginia:

President Bush says America's enemies "believe that if you don't worship the way they see it, then they're going to bring you harm." In a Fourth of July speech to West Virginia National Guard troops and their families, the president said one of the liberties Americans celebrate is freedom of worship. "We believe in an Almighty, we believe in the freedom for people to worship that Almighty. They don't," Bush said.The president said America is fighting enemies who "believe the only way you should worship is the way they choose," and who "will do anything they can to spread that ideology."

Does any of this happen to ring any bells? Hmmm?

great article

Keith Olberman weighs in on this whole commute/pardon mess. Very good thoughts.

Take a peek.

Leave it to the illustrious leader of the Right Wing party to take advantage, once again, of a patriotic holiday and try to drum up support of an already failed war. I know this link is to a Fox article, but I thought it was funny how short it is and how even they mention that the crowd was by invitation and comprised of supporters. Of course.

How much more patience does he think we should muster?

More patience than 3587 US military deaths?

More patience than 111+ US military suicides?

More patience than thousands wounded?

More patience than 655,000+ Iraqi deaths? Scratch that.

We don't count them because they don't matter.

I shouldn't be surprised. In fact, I expected it. I've come to expect most the criminal behavior that comes from the White House. The commuting of Scooter Libby's sentence is just one in a litany of chest-thumping-fuck-you "what are YOU gonna do about it?" stunts.

It's just disgusting. How much more are our elected Democratic officials going to sit around a take? When do WE get fed up and demand a change? These men are not above the law! This is a democracy with checks an balances in place to insure that our liberties and freedoms are not squandered and stolen. At what point are our voices heard? When was the last time you emailed your senator or congressman and demanded that he or she represent your wishes? Make a call or write an email. If you're as pissed as I am every time something like this occurs, make an effort to make your voice heard. Better yet, call or email the White House and voice your opinion!

202-456-1111
comments@whitehouse.gov
not that Dick cares, but vice_president@whitehouse.gov

Try this one for size: Martha Stewart and Paris Hilton served a longer sentence than Scooter Libby. Martha Stewart was found guilty of similar charges as Libby and served 5 months.

Enough is Enough! I'm Back!

After a few months hiatus, thoughtful consideration, and the inability to keep my mouth shut...I have decided to start blogging again. Some of you have asked why I stopped. Some have asked when I would return. Here are the best explanations of both:

1. I stopped because after watching and studying the popular self-help DVD "The Secret" I felt like I may be contributing, in a universal sense, to the continuation of crappy things happening in our world. So, although my original purpose of having a blog was to air my gripes as well as celebrations, I thought that maybe I was helping to create more crap by talking about how crappy things are sometimes. Get it? If not, watch "The Secret"

2. I can no longer hold my tongue regarding some of the things that are happening in our political landscape. I feel like Blogging keeps me plugged in. It makes me think about what is going on around me. I feel that is important. I also like to inform others as much as possible, and if something I say makes you click on a link or research a topic you are unaware of, then I think that offsets any power the topic receives from my rants.
I also miss sharing some of the cool and silly things that happen in my life. example: my countdown clock to the right has expired and I had THE most amazing trip to NYC and I want to share it!

So, I am going to start blogging again. Whew! There I said it! So tell your friends!

The Bitch Is Back!