A grapevine it's not

Well, my faith in random acts of kindness has been restored this morning. A woman at a foreclosure auction in Texas bought a house, sight unseen, and gave it back to the lady who owned it. She saw the owner on the floor, crying, waiting to say goodbye to her home, and asked her “Is [...]

The weather’s getting cooler, finally. This AM when C left it was about 55°…nice! The rents came over at lunchtime yesterday and we sat on the screen porch with the slider open. Well, we are in mid October after all. Let see, an update: work’s still hectic, which I guess is good for job security. [...]

Check out this site with side by side comparisons on their stands on multiple issues. On a disappointing note, the Red Flops lost to the Rays last night. Well, at least we got 5 games out of the deal.

Having the rents here is quite trying, let me tell you. They should be locked up in a room and not allowed to touch or do anything, especially having to do with important stuff and money (think? yes, but refrain from passing it along to others). Not to mention the fact that I’ve had a [...]

In a sign of the times, the legendary National Debt Clock in New York City has run out of digits to record the growing debt. The Times Square-area ticker needs two additional digits to track a national debt 100 times larger than the current $10.2 trillion. The DOW dropped the largest amount to date: 678.91 [...]

Here’s an excerpt from a We campaignletter I just received: “Did you notice the ads after last night’s presidential debate? ABC had Chevron. CBS had Exxon. CNN had the coal lobby. But you know what happened last week? ABC refused to run our Repower America ad — the ad that takes on this same oil [...]

She started getting anemic—her blood almost toxic—and they had to put her down today. RIP Lunafish. It was a pleasure knowing you and watching you grow year after year. You will be very, very missed.

We got to Universal around 15:30, headed to the Backwater, made one trip around, came back and eventually met with everyone. Their crew headed off to the Studios side and the four of us (L, L, C, V) went to Latin Quarter for a bite before the madness. Halloween Horror Nights has re ingratiated itself [...]

The more I watch the news,  the more I hear explanations of the ‘bailout’ plan and it’s repercussions, the more I hear the Reps bash the Dems, the more I realize we are in desperate and absolute need of dramatic change in this country. We cannot continue on this path. We need change, beginning all [...]

Thankfully, it looks as though Palin’s appeal is waning. I guess people are finally starting to realize that ‘a rotweiler with lipstick’ means absolutely nothing should she be forced to hold the reins in the white house. Perhaps Katie Couric’s interviews helped open some eyes; perhaps the awkward, forced meetings last week with international leaders [...]