The Clueless Foursome

Now that An Inconvenient Truth, rightfully won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature, let the Al Gore bashing begin...at least from the clueless right wingers who don't believe in global warming. No, I haven't seen the movie (although it is on my Netflix list) yet, but people I know that have seen it all say it is eye opening and a must see. The only people that don't like the movie are the nuts who have turned Global Warming into a political issue and think that warming is a farce.

Can anybody guess what the clueless foursome (Limbaugh, Hannity, Savage and O'Reilly) are going to say tomorrow? I'm guessing they will spend 75 % of the week bashing Gore. The other 25% will be spent bashing gay marriage and how morally wrong it is...all because Melissa Etheridge also won the oscar for Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures for her song in the movie An Inconvenient Truth.

Chris's Birthday - Monthly Family Dinner

Last Sunday we went to Mom and Dad's house for our monthly family dinner and Chris's birthday. The dinner this month was Mom's famous Meatloaf along with Susie's creator cake...mmmm chocolate. After dinner & cake, Chris opened her presents and then it was fun with the cousins. Here are some pictures from the day plus a few new videos of Charlotte...She's hasn't taken her first step yet by herself, be she is really close.
Look at the mess I made!!
Hi
Where that ball go!!
Giving the Zebra a workout
Pals
Happy Birthday Chris
Being silly with G-Mom
My Pal again

Tales From The Crypt

If they ever bring back Tales from the Crypt, here's a story that should be used as a episode. According to the NY Daily News, a mummified body of a blind man sitting in front of his TV set, which was still on was found in a Hampton Bays, LI home one year after the man died. Creepy!!

The Ultimate Light Bulb

Last night the boys of Mythbusters mentioned about the worlds longest burning light bulb at the Fire Station 6, 4550 East Ave., Livermore, California. The bulb has been burning for 106 years and counting. Wow...I bet the City of Schenectady, once know as the city that lights and hauls the world could get their hands on this thing. Thomass Eddison would have been so proud.

They even have a bulb cam on this thing...Impressive!!

The Perfect Party

I think these two should to get together and have a party. Tim Hardaway can rant about how much he hates homosexuals and David Duke can rant about how he hates everybody unless they are white, male and christian. After they get drunk and discuss each other beliefs, they can invite Trent Lott, Sam Brownback, Robert Byrd, Mel Gibson and Michael Richards. It would be one hell of a party.

No seriously...These guys are simply scum bag losers. They just need to be shipped to the Island of bigots and live among all the bigots of the world. We don't need people like this in our society.

The Great Freak-Out of 2007

Well we survived the Great Freak-Out of 2007. Yes I know we haven't received a lot of snow in the last few years, but cummon...We live in the Northeast and most of us have lived here all our lives. It's only snow, it's not like the world is ending. We received only about 18 inches and even Albany's Times Union was hooked thinking it was the end of the world.

It's funny, you turn on the local news and people are going crazy...Buying food like they are going to be trapped in house for a month, moaning and crying about the snow. I don't get what the fuss was about. I've lived here all my life. I came to work on Wednesday at regular time and left at regular time and the roads were fine (considering that we received 17 inches). I understand people not coming to work because their kids are home from school or if their work was closed for the day or if they can work from home or if they live a long way from work. But the people who don't have kids and live locally, why would you take the day off if your work is open? Just get in the car, give yourself plenty of time, take it slow, leave plenty of room between you and the car in front of you and eventually you will get there. Personally I rather save my time for when it is 85 and sunny.

I will say my car got stuck around the corner from my house. I was going to run to get a shovel, but a nice lady came out of her house and let me use hers. She said I was the 5th car to get stuck. We shoveled some snow away from the car, I thanked her and off I went. No big deal.

When I got home, I snow blowed the driveway and then celebrated Chris's birthday and Valentine's Day with Chris and Charlotte.

Happy Birthday Chris and Happy Valentines Day too!!! Hopefully I won't have to spend so much time shoveling next year.

Worth Every Penny

About 4 years ago Chris convinced me to spend some money and buy a snow blower. The last 2 years while it just sat in the garage collecting dust I occasionally wondered why I bought the thing in the first place. Well we received 17 inches in the last 24 hours with up to 8 more on the way.

Trust me...The snow blower is worth every penny. Thanks Chris!!

History Repeats Itself Again

Chris and I finally got around to see "Good Night, and Good Luck" tonight on DVD. The movie came out in 2005 and is about broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow's fearless battle against Senator Joseph McCarthy. The movie stared David Strathairn, George Clooney, Robert Downey Jr., Patricia Clarkson, Jeff Daniels, Tate Donovan, Ray Wise and Frank Langella and was written by George Clooney & Grant Heslov and directed by George Clooney.

The movie was only 90 minutes, but, wow, did it get the point across of what happened in the 1950's. I don't want to go to much into the movie except to say that a strong argument could be made that what happened 50 years ago with McCarthy is happening again today with Dubya. This is one of those movies that I will be sure to recommend to Charlotte someday to watch, learn and remember. This is a movie that should be shown in every High School history class along with every college journalism class.

You know, it's amazing I don't remember ever learning about McCarthy in history class. It's almost like since that was such a dark period in the history of this country, we are afraid to teach our kids about it. Well McCarthism is one lesson we need to be sure to teach everybody so history doesn't repeat itself again.

"Good Night, and Good Luck" was excellent and I recommend it to everyone.

Politics As Usual

Well the honeymoon is over in Albany and it looks like it is business as usual with New York's dysfunctional legislators. Elliot, Joe and Sheldon had a deal that a special committee (consisting of former comptrollers and legislatures) would interview candidates for the comptroller position and present 5 leading candidates to the legislators for a vote. Well the committee only presented 3 and none of them were legislatures. From what I read, all 3 had the qualifications to be the CFO of this state and what was really great is none of them were legislatures.

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Well Sheldon and Joe got pissed off and turned on their famous "How Dare You Not Pick A Boy From The Club" attitude, ignored the committee recommendations and voted one of their boys in. I know they had every right to reject the committe's candidates, but they should have stated rejecting the committee's choices was a possibility from the begining. This committee was a big waste of time and now Dinapoli is the CFO of New York and all he has on his resume is that he's been legislature for the last 19 years. How does that make you qualified to be comptroller?

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I blame this whole debacle on Sheldon & Joe. It's amazing, we get rid of Hevesi the crook and these two clowns put in Dinapoli the goon. Yep it's politics as usual in Albany...Sheldon and Joe have egg on their face, but in my eyes Eliott is smelling like a rose.

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Cartoon Source: De Rosier’s View , Albany Times Union

NASA, Love Triangles & a Box of Depends

Well it looks like Depends has a new spokeswomen. Wow...900 miles wearing a diaper. This is good stuff. I haven't seen a love triangle get this crazy since in a long time. The NY Times has a good article, but the Smoking Gun is the only way to go for a story like this.

Time For Some Football

Well, it's Superbowl Sunday and for a lot of people today is more sacred then most holidays. Time to shove so much food and beer in your mouth that you forget about the game. To get into the spirit of the day, take a look at this video of John Madden (Frank Caliendo). This guy is great.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHARLOTTE

It's hard to believe but Charlotte turned 1 yesterday. It seamed like only last week when we brought her home (actually it will be a year ago tomorrow) for the first time. Amazing how fast times go by.

Last night, the three of us has a little party to celebrate her actual birthday and then today, the family came over for munchies, cake and ice cream. Chris was up this morning at 6am so she had plenty of time to bake and decorate Charlotte's Tweedy Cake and what a great job she did. At 2:00, it was party time, although Charlotte didn't wake up from her nap until 3:00ish. After devouring the cake it was off to the presents.

Here are some pictures and video from Charlotte's Special Day
Yeah, it's my birthday
Happy Birthday Charlotte
mmmm...Mommy bakes good cake!!
Messy but yummy
I know what it's like to have a entourage
Charlotte 1st birthday cake...Chris did a awesome job.
The kids watching Charlotte open the presents.
The family enjoying Charlotte's new table & chairs from G-Mom & Papa
My new bouncy Zebra from Laura, Tony, Erin, Michael & Kate
Michael in his "Indiana Jones" hat

Now It's The General's Fault

More and more these days, the once middle of the road McCain, looks like he made a deal 6 years ago when he dropped out of the 2000 presidential race.

According to MSNBC, at today's confirmation hearing for Army chief of staff, McCain stated of nominee Gen. George Casey: “I do not in any way question your honor, your patriotism or your service to our country, I do question some of the decisions and judgments you have made over the past two and a half years as commander of Multi-National Forces in Iraq,” he added, "During that time, things have gotten markedly and progressively worse, and the situation in Iraq can now best be described as dire and deteriorating.”

Wow...McCain is really starting to sound like a descendant of the Bush Administration. Is it just me or is McCain trying to pass blame for the failure in Iraq from Dubya to the General?

When McCain dropped out in 2000, could part of the deal be that Bush would endorse him in 2008 as long as McCain supported his agenda? It starting to sound like that to me. I once felt that McCain's central ideas could make him a presidential candidate that I would posibly consider. But not anymore...He is off and running to the far right. Something this country doesn't need in 2008.