5 long years

I was going to wait until tomorrow to post about the anniversary of the war - but I can't. I'm simply going to post two links.

This is one of the saddest photos I have ever seen - and it really says it all.



And in an alternate universe we have President Jackass -


night all....

This Call Is Being Recorded

So as I mentioned a trillion times I am in school finally finishing my undergraduate degree. This is my last semester and we are working on a thesis. Your thesis is a big project and you have to do tons of research. Not just regular research out of a book but interviews, experiential etc. All the kind of research that you might do if your paper was going to be published.

So with that in mind I am doing some interviews over the phone. Anyone who has done this knows how hard it is to ask questions, listen to the answers, write everything down and keep the interview moving along. So on the advice of my thesis group I went out and bought this nifty little device.

All you have to do is to hook this into your phone and then hook up a tape recorder to the other end and before you know it you are taping your phone calls. The best/worst part is the other person has no idea. I called my sister and she said that there was no way to tell on her end that she was being taped.

I don't know about you but I find it creepy that for under $100 I can take everything that is said on my phone - or worse that I could be being taped without my knowledge.

Just a reminder it is absolutely illegal to tape someone's phone calls without their consent. Of course I will be telling all of my subjects in advance that they are being recorded and will immediately shut it down if they don't want to be recorded.

I mean who do you think I am? George Bush?


And let's not forget GO SOX!!!

Just Some Questions

Here are some random things from my brain:

What happened to Jacob Dylan and The Wallflowers? They came out with a kick ass first record...and then nothing.

Can you fucking believe that Tom Petty was 57 on Saturday?

Does anyone else think that it is ironic that Rosanne Barr is chastising Britney Spears on her mother skills?

Does anyone really want to hear the Spice Girls song? Apparently yes - the tickets for their reunion show sold out in something like 31 seconds....unbelievable.

I have two Panera Bread cafe's within one mile of me. Why can't I get decent fucking service at either of them? They have this asinine system where the person who takes your order - then goes and fills it. So you are left standing there - usually with a huge line behind you while they meander over to get your lemon-aid or bagel. Thankfully they leave the big orders for the "kitchen" thing they have going on. Every time I go there I want to grab the manager and scream at them "don't you see how fucking inefficient this is"? But I don't. And the best was today - I was in there getting scone and the woman who was getting my lemon aid was busy talking to the girl at the register about how the great comment that got mailed in about her was put up at some company meeting. This is while she is supposed to be getting me my drink and she hands it to me while she is still talking to her and never looks at me. The kicker is this woman was well over 50 so I can't even blame it on "those damn kids". She won't be getting any fucking great comment from me. Bitch.

Is anyone else disgusted that we spent 40 million on the Whitewater and Monica Lewinsky investigations but only spent 15 million on the 9/11 Commission? Good to know we have our priorities right.

This is an excellent breakdown of the World Series.

Is new TV as bad as it really seems? Literally the only show I watch now is Bones on Tuesday nights. That's a great show.

I've decided that when you get labeled a bad driver they actually make you move Rhode Island. Does anyone in that fucking state know how to drive?

Somehow this doesn't make me feel any better. Is there anyway to fast forward time?

Does anyone really care that Dumbledor is gay? Did it matter in any of the stories?

Is it wrong that I agree with ADW that using your femine "wiles' (In my case cleavage) to get things from men (and sometimes women)? No I didn't think it was wrong either.

This is one of my most favorite blogs. I read it everyday. It's an honest day to day view of what a life is like with a child who is autistic.

OK kids - that's all I got tonight. Be good.

Unbelievable

Or as George put it unFUCKINGbelievable. Bush is at it again.

Yes I'm home - I'm exhausted but worse now I'm exhausted and pissed off.

Fucking bastard.

One more thing

I couldn't let the day go by without mentioned that yet ANOTHER Bush crony has finally resigned. How many does this make? Three? Four? That FEMA guy - Rumsfeld - Rove - and now Gonzales. I wonder what it's like to watch the empire you thought was bullet proof crumble around you? I wish I could feel sorry for the guy - wait a minute let me check.....nope no sympathy here.