The Neon Nurse's Colorful Raving

Truth, Justice and the American Way

2009-03-09T13:00:04Z

I found this, part of an old public service comic book ad, on a blog called Polite Dissent which, despite the name, isn't usually particularly political. More like the intersection of comic books and media with medicine.

The ad (you can see the whole thing by clicking the link) is from 1952. The statement is still true and relevant, and there are still crotchety old men arguing for strict individual independence because they're cheap and want to hang onto every "red cent" they own.

Personally, I think when it comes to matters of patriotic duty, you rarely go wrong siding with Superman.

What Schultheis shows us

2009-03-02T12:20:40Z

As you probably already know, Republican State Senator Dave Schultheis shocked the public last week by accidentally saying something he really meant out loud.

He explained he could not vote in favor (a second time) of a bill that would require HIV testing for pregnant women, because it would help them escape from the consequences of their sexual promiscuity. Well, it wouldn't help them so much as their BABIES, but see, dealing with a sick and probably dying child would teach the mother and her family valuable lessons about the right way to act.

What Sen. Schultheis has done, aside from earning the scorn and contempt of anyone with even a modicum of decent human feeling, is give us a sterling example of why separation of church and state is such a good idea.

Where he went so very wrong was in trying to present his faith-based belief as a rational argument. Not ONLY because he's no good at reasoning through a dilemma and coming to a sensible conclusion that matches his avowed belief system. That part is probably due to lack of practice. Among religious extremists, analyzing beliefs is frowned upon. Hey, they're called beliefs for a reason -- you are SUPPOSED to BELIEVE them without question!

What lies beneath the surface of many faith-based beliefs is an attempt at social control, a desire to make everyone join their world view of shalts and shalt nots and nothing in between. What they claim to want and what they REALLY want are often two entirely different things. Trying to rationally explain a belief like this is likely to result in a bright spotlight blazing directly at how the person of faith REALLY feels. As it did in this case. Oops.

Of course those who freely choose to believe the rules of a given religion and follow it have the fundamental American right to do so. But real life in the real world is infinitely complex. No matter how hard they pretend it isn't, try to pretend that ALL answers can be found in their holy text, or the words of their religious leaders, the stubborn real world doesn't give in and simplify itself to suit their need to ignore the hard issues.

That is why making the law, and judging compliance with the law, must stay within the realm of reason as much as possible. It is not the place for wishful thinking, or rigid adherence to one sole way of dealing with the problems of life.

Sen. Schultheis needs to stay in our memories and be held up as a prime example of how dangerous moral conviction without a damn lick of sense can be.

He expressed this hope. "...it may make a number of people over the coming years begin to realize that there are negative consequences and maybe they should adjust their behavior."

Perhaps he will clue up and see how very strongly these words apply to him.

I may be a rationalist, but I do believe miracles SOMETIMES happen.

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Past Posts (Personal, not Political) can be found at The Neon Nurse’s Charting.

Something old, something new

2009-02-27T04:58:58Z

No, no one I know is getting married. I just ran across an interesting link to a page for some people who want to re-start the Whig party. Interesting stuff!

http://modernwhig.org/

This could be an idea whose time has come. I've seen quite a few online laments in the past few days from Republicans who feel that the Radical Right has swiped the party they thought they knew out from under them. I can understand them not feeling ready to switch over to the Dem side. So maybe a new centrist party is the answer.

What would be needed to make that work, of course, is a radical change in how elections are run (and good luck with THAT). It could be done, though. Ken Gordon from here in Colorado proposed a change only a few years ago that would work well. It's called run-off balloting.

What that means is that voters could add a second choice to their ballot. Let's say in a pretend race we have the A, B, C, D and E parties represented by candidates.

We'll call A and B the long-time traditional parties, who used to be the only games in town. But the new C, D and E parties have strong core groups of supporters and a lot of fresh ideas, plus it's something new so they are getting a lot of media coverage.

So when the votes are tallied, wow, shock! NO ONE got over 50%, which is the minimum required to win outright. It came out like this A: 30%, B: 29%, C: 9%, D: 12% and E: 20%.

The lowest number of votes were for the C candidate, so he's out. Now the second choice votes of that candidate's supporters come into play. They are added to the totals of the votes for the other four candidates. Now the count is A: 31%, B: 30%, D: 12% and E: 27%.

Still no 50%, so we go again, now taking off the D candidate and counting the second choice votes. That brings us to A: 34%, B: 32% and E: 34%. Wow, getting exciting now, eh?

B is now eliminated. (Let me pause a second to say this is an over-simplified explanation, because some of the D 2nd votes might have been for the C candidate in the second round, and some of the B's 2nd votes might have been for Ds and Cs. So it would take a lot of figuring and rules to work out the details, and probably computers as well, and...yeah. Plus it would come down to individual votes rather than percentages. But let's press on, shall we?)

Basically whichever candidate, A or E, gets at least 16% of B's voters 2nd choice votes gets boosted to the magic 50% number and wins the election. Since A and B have historically been rivals, E stands a very good chance of being the winner!

Like I said, a highly simplified version of the process. I probably won't see it in my lifetime, but who knows? Fun to think about!

How 'bout that speech?

2009-02-25T22:23:31Z

The man can talk, you have to give him that.

Used to be I didn't really care about watching political speeches. I figured I would get all the highlights online later. But Obama is actually making it interesting, giving people a reason to tune in and vicariously take part. With a little luck, that will translate over time into people making a little effort to take part and help out more in Real Life.

If you also watched, did you notice how by the end the Republican side was joining in on the standing Os? Maybe that's a good sign too.

We can only hope.

Sunday funnies

2009-02-23T20:33:41Z

I'm not that into sports, but I still like Tank McNamara. Strips like this one is why. (Width adjusted for your reading convenience.)

Past Posts (Personal, not Political): This week on The Neon Nurse’s Charting: One catch-up post, mostly complaints. Not exactly riveting stuff.

Markey Meeting Marathon

2009-02-20T02:47:27Z

Wow, Betsy Markey, our new CD-4 rep, is really maximizing her Colorado time while Congress is on break. During her visit here to Lamar today, she said she'd been in La Junta the day before, and in Campo this morning. Next up were Eads, Kit Carson, and Fort either-Collins-or-Morgan...and that's all TODAY! Seriously, if you notice a crowd forming in your town, wander over there. It could well be Betsy holding a meeting!

There was a good-sized, varied crowd in attendance here today. Our local elected officials were hoping to hear good news about stimulus funds coming our way. Betsy did know of one big chunk of change, $1.3mil for the four Prowers County school districts, mainly for Title 1 and special ed. That sum is in addition to $$ to be named later for school construction and upgrade projects! Other subjects discussed included credit card regulation for both consumers and small businesses, the Farm Bill, our county museum expansion project, water (always!), and whether the CRP (Conservation Reserve Program) will be renewed. People pointed out that in some places around here on Tuesday, when the wind was blowing 40-50mph, there were blackout conditions near acreage that had been recently plowed. If farmers and ranchers can't afford to keep their land unplowed and in grass, we could see a quick return to the bad old days of the Dust Bowl.

Betsy was only flummoxed by one question -- mine, and that was only for a moment. Being well-acquainted with the 'only so many hours in a day' problem, and guessing that every meeting Betsy has attended and will attend would just keep the requests piling up, what I wanted to know was how those of us who want to see progress happen could best join in the effort. What could WE do to help HER?

"No one has asked me that before," Betsy said. But she's a quick-thinker, and came up with some suggestions. We can provide information on the problems we want to see addressed, by sending it in to her office in DC by email, OR by visiting one of the new regional offices she is setting up around CD-4. Due to Federal rules they can't accept volunteer help from the general public, BUT if high school or college students want to come help at the offices for school credit, that's a possibility.

After the meeting some of us went over to check out where Betsy's new Lamar office is going to be. It's a good space, right across the street from the Post Office and the SE Colorado Enterprise Development offices. I'm thinking this visit from Betsy is going to turn out to be the first of many!

Report from PoliGeek House

2009-02-17T21:29:00Z

Before he left for the bus to school this morning, MrMike woke me to remind me that Obama was going to be in Denver today. He was almost as excited about it as if he was going to be there himself.

When I (eventually) got up and turned on my computer, I checked Twitter, as I always do. One of the first things I noticed was @DenverChannel (7, The Denver Channel) tweeting that @speakercarroll (Colorado's Speaker of the House, Terrance Carroll) was livetweeting from the museum. So I jumped on to add him to my Following list.

DenverChannel also mentioned they had a live feed going at their site. For some reason, a live feed fascinates me like bubblewrap fascinates our cat Sandy. Not just because it comes in more reliably than regular TV on a day when the wind is blowing 40-50 mph. Yes, like today. But there is something about sitting here in my personal home spot with LIVE unfiltered camera feed RIGHT HERE on my personal screen that makes my inner geek squee uncontrollably. I almost feel like I could go outside and find a flying car parked in my driveway!

Not that I would flive it on a windy day like today.

So I sat here gawking and marveling at the shots of Air Force One (?) on the ground at Buckley, and the motorcade rolling off across the flat prairie like a modern wagon train. When they cut over to them getting onto Colorado Blvd near the I-70 exchange, I trilled to The Clone how amazing it was that the Prez and his crew were driving on the SAME STREETS I myself have driven on many, many times. I recognized the scenery, see?

OK, I'll try to calm down.

Of course there were a lot of speeches once it started. The text of those are posted all over already, so you can easily find them if you want to. I'll just hit some highlights.

MrMike will be very happy when I tell him one of the things VP Biden emphasized most was various kinds of rail improvements he hopes we will see come from the stimulus bill.

When it was finally Obama's turn to speak, he thanked all the Colorado pols. I thought it was funny when he said, "Mark Udall -- he's not here, but give him a big round of applause anyway."

Obama has good comedy instincts. He said it was nice to be back in Denver and deadpanned, "I was here last summer. We had a good time." The crowd didn't seem to be sure whether that was a joke or not. Obama had paused a little, as if waiting, but when there was no strong response he just smoothly moved on and got into his speech.

It probably won't get the play it deserves, for something that I think is pretty ground-breaking in terms of how We the People can interact with government, but Obama said we can expect to be able to hold our elected officials accountable at all levels by seeing exactly where all this money will be going, through the new link at Recovery.gov. I for one am bookmarking it. We'll see.

Again using the miracle of COMPUTERS!YAY! I watched the actual signing up close and personal. Obama wrote with one, picked up another from a tray, and grinned at the cameras, saying something about using ten pens. And he did. I'm kind of curious how that works. Does he just write a few letters with each one, or what? Must Google.

Afterwards we got to see him and Joe work the crowd a bit. I recognized Betsy Markey, our CD4 Congresswoman, and Gov. Bill Ritter, and maybe Jared Polis if that was him standing beside Betsy. There were several others I glimpsed that I think might know, but my doubt proves I am really not THAT much of a player in the big political picture.

OK, I have to get back to work trying to stimulate our personal economy now. These books won't wrap and mail themselves.

Reorg news at last

2009-02-16T21:18:16Z

The main purpose of county reorg meetings is to establish the party's Central Committee for the next two years (or is it one? I think it's two). Our group re-elected the whole slate by acclimation. We also added Mendi Choat, one of our up and comers, as Public Relations Director and named Delaine and Randy Dunning as our reps to the state Appointments Committee.

The meeting was a little extra fun for me because I got to meet someone I had only known as an online name, Wade Norris. He is working in our area for the CASA project, which helps keep at-risk kids from getting sucked in and squished flat by the system which is theoretically there to help and protect them. (Yes, I AM a bit prejudiced in this regard. Sorry.)

We discussed a bunch of other ideas for future projects too. Wade kindly offered to help us start a Young Dems branch. When I told my son MrMike this later, he got so excited he could barely fall asleep that night. I also got approval to get to work on my idea for a Meetings Committee. So now I suppose I have to actually DO something....

Think good thoughts.

Past Posts (Personal, not Political): This week on The Neon Nurse’s Charting: Not really a lot. Some mildly amusing pics and me complaining about this and that.

I <3 Tom Toles!

2009-02-14T21:10:58Z

If I could I would have his cartoon babies.

I'll be back in the game myself soon, with the update on the Prowers Dem Reorg. At least I hope so....

Not a quote from last night's press conference

2009-02-10T23:31:37Z

"This shit's getting WAY too complicated for me." (Click to hear)

OK, here's the back story. In his book, Dreams From My Father, Obama quoted a friend of his several times. A friend whose mama was not standing there to make him tone down his language. Since Obama did his own reading for the audio version, clips came into existence of him saying these naughty words aloud. Those of us who are secretly twelve are highly amused.

Go HERE for the details and more sound bites with extra bite.

As far as the press conference went, I didn't get to hear it all because we had a typical windy day going on. That makes the satlink go all wonky, so you miss 10 second chunks of what you're watching. On the whole, I thought Obama did pretty well. Yes, he paused a lot in some places, and talked for too long in others. But I would bet some serious money that the first chance he had, he started reviewing his tapes and making notes on how to do better next time, and I would bet even more money that he will!

Amicable divorce?

2009-02-09T22:46:06Z

Wow, I almost did a whole week's worth of posts in a row! (You can jump over to see what happened to my weekend from the PP,PnP link at the bottom of this one.)

Just about the only thing in the news, seems like, is the caterwauling in Congress about what should or shouldn't be in the stimulus package they might or might not pass.

Quite a lot of the fuss seems to be coming from the R side of the aisle. Short version: They hate everything about Obama's version like poison, and anyone else who doesn't hate it just as much is failing to be bi-partisan.

As I have said before, I'm not an economist by any stretch of the imagination. But with my average grasp of simple logic, I can see that if, say, $16 mil is made available to SE Colorado to continue work on Highway 287, then there are going to be new jobs available for doing that work. There will be payments made to companies that sell concrete mix, and highway signs, and machinery. Those companies can pay their workers. Those folks, and the highway workers, and everyone else putting a hand to the task, can buy groceries for their families, and tires for their vehicles, and hard hats. And beer. The money will go spreading around and around that way, helping everybody. What does a tax cut do besides make people who are already in good shape smile even bigger? Beats me.

It seems to me that these R's insisting that their ideas get included are acting like a pissed-off, clueless guy being sued for divorce. The other party, throwing in the towel because she just can't take it any more, agrees that being amicable is the way to go. There are kids to consider (the American people), and besides, it's the nice, responsible, mature way to be.

But as they sit down with the lawyers and try to work out how to deal with the almost bankrupt family business (the economy) and custody and all, the ex keeps complaining because his desires aren't being automatically considered the most important. He just doesn't seem to understand that it was his insistence that all was well, and he was doing everything right, that caused the current financial and emotional crisis in the first place.

So yeah, buddy, you are going to have to pony up child support, and it will go for things like school costs and health insurance, even if you think that's not a priority. The kids are going to be allowed to play with any other friendly kids in the neighborhood, even the ones of a different race or religion. Since you can't buy out the family business, you're going to be bought out, which means you don't get to make the decisions on running it any more.

Because amicability can only last so long in the face of delusional stubbornness. And then reality has to take over. The judge (Obama and the majority votes in the House and Senate) will make the final decision about what is going to get done. Those who don't like it don't HAVE to like it. It's a free country. They are welcome to keep trying to come up with better ideas for the future.

They might be taken more seriously if they would quit whining and crying and throwing hissy fits, though. Just sayin'.

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Past Posts (Personal, not Political): This week on The Neon Nurse’s Charting: book-mending, snorting cinnamon, baby hummingbirds, a beautiful table I will never have, and odd stuff like that.

Not a Rush fan

2009-02-06T21:53:34Z

But you knew that about me, right?

Here's one of the better Pundit Kitchen pics I've seen lately. I know it's not anything Michelle REALLY said, but I believe she thinks this way. Mainly because that's the kind of mom I am too. If you have a hankering to visit an ER, just hurt one of my kids....

see Sarah Palin pictures

Plywood

2009-02-05T21:49:57Z

My exciting idea for an exciting project sprang up today when I noted that the local lumberyard is having a HUGE sale on plywood. A full 7/16th thick sheet for only $7.29! The reason this is good is that on several occasions last year, the Prowers Dems had need of one of those sandwich board triangle signs, but always on days where there were big doin's all over town, and no one we knew had spares to loan out.

Now for a little work, some spare hardware and less than $20, we can have FOUR of our very own! Plus give a very minor teeny-tiny stimulus to the local economy.

Life is good.

If my plywood euphoria does not meet your need for quality blog content, try this cartoon. It actually ran last year some time, but it still makes a good point about people expecting perfection right away.

A future for high-speed passenger rail in Colorado?

2009-02-04T22:35:26Z

Due to popular demand (WeatherDem, that means YOU!), I thought I would give a more detailed report on what I learned at the Rocky Mountain RootsCamp 2009 breakout session given by a representative of the Rocky Mountain Rail Authority. Whose name I foolishly did not write down. My bad.

Basically, the RMRA is doing feasibility studies and data gathering on desirable train stops, potential passenger load, and physical terrain conditions. This will all eventually become a "useful tool for lawmakers to take the next step" of approving the funding and giving the go-ahead for construction, possibly as soon as 2015.

Right now it looks like a likely starting place would be to create a direct rail line between DIA and downtown, because that is where the major interest for potential travelers currently lies. Another possible priority is the I-25 corridor. Modern high speed rail requires limited curvature and low grades, which fits the landscape profile along I-25. (This is why existing freight rail lines won't work for high speed rail.) It is also a region of potentially high interest to passenger traffic. The I-70 mountain corridor has high interest too, but that section of the line is going to be far more expensive to build, because much of it will either need to be elevated, or run through ten mile long tunnels through the mountains.

There are good reasons for getting started now on establishing high speed rail. As Colorado's population grows, so will the number of vehicles on the highways. Modern passenger trains can move a lot more people for a much lower cost in fuel and pollutants. Getting even some trains rolling will help us meet our goal of 20% less emissions by 2020. It is also the first step towards a nation-wide system of safe, clean and affordable public transportation, the new version of Eisenhower's establishment of the interstate highway system in the 50s.

I say let's get those shovels ready for workin' on the railroad all the live long day!

Stimulating SE Colorado

2009-02-03T22:23:46Z

I know economics is a complicated, almost mystical, system that no one truly fully understands, most especially me. But I do think I am seeing patterns now and then, concerning the proposed economic stimulus program. The tendency is for those evaluating it to say, A) It's WAY too big!! and B} Why isn't my favorite recipient getting more out of it?!?

That was the subtext in this article in the Pueblo Chieftain Sunday, anyway. However, they did have a good list of the projects currently on the list for southern Colorado, which included "$16 million for continued widening and replacement of U.S. 287 in the state's southeast corner, completing Region 2's part of the Ports-to-Plains highway corridor."

The Ports-to-Plains project has a website, if you want to study up on it yourself:

http://www.portstoplains.com/

RootsCamp and more!

2009-02-02T22:58:12Z

I don't know why going away for a one day meeting wipes me out so much. I mean, it's mostly sitting, and I didn't even undersleep hardly at all. Yet here I am dragging through the day like a slugged slug.

It's lucky I did decide to go through my 'paper brain' and make lists of what I should be doing this week, or I would have TOTALLY forgotten that I am supposed to go to an interview tonight! I volunteered to be on the board of the Lamar Housing Authority when I read an article in the local paper lamenting that it couldn't even do business right now because someone moved away, leaving only two members of a five person board. Can't make quorum from that no matter what you do. So since I have SO MUCH Copious Spare Time, I filled out an application. Happily it seems like a fair number of others have too, so whether I get on or not, it will be okay.

The event I went up to Denver for was called Rocky Mountain RootsCamp, which is exactly what it sounds like, a daycamp for grass roots progressives. Unlike the day camp I remember attending as a Brownie, I did not come home with cash totaling twice my weekly allowance because some of the older Girl Scouts actually sleeping over paid me to collect them a bunch of caterpillars. Ahem. But I did come home with lots of interesting info and ideas. Got to learn about a new youth outreach video project, hear the report from the Rocky Mountain Rail Authority, which is doing a study on feasibility and costs for developing passenger rail in Colorado, and a bunch more. People can also spontaneously suggest sessions, and I was asked to help with one on how to use Twitter, which was gratifying but alarming. No one's phone caught fire or anything, though, so that was okay.

All in all, it was fun and informative, plus I got to catch up with a bunch of friends I don't get to see very often. I have a few pics, which I will try to process and post soon.

In national news, I was impressed all over the place today by getting an email from MyBarackObama.com. I am guessing they sent it out to everyone on the whole DNC mailing list, and theirs too. They want people to set up house parties this weekend to inform folks about what the Economic Stimulus Plan will be doing in their region. I did a little looking around, and found some Colorado groups were setting up theirs to be a part of their mandated county party Re-organizational meeting. That seemed like a heck of a good idea to me, so I set Prowers County up that way too.

It's just, WOW, you know? An administration that not only knows HOW to use modern communication venues, but is trying its best to use them to get the American Public active and involved in making things better! Pinch me, I gotta be dreamin' here!

Past Posts (Personal, not Political): This week on The Neon Nurse’s Charting there...isn't much. Mainly those 25 Random Things everyone is probably sick of by now. But stop by if you want to.

Obamania?

2009-01-27T22:36:52Z

OK, I admit it. I thought this was fabulous (h/t to Sufimarie for pointing it out):

This one, not so much:

I guess it could just be that I think things like the Space Commander-in-Chief and the Obama/Spiderman comic are cool because they appeal to my personal interests. Maybe Chia pet enthusiasts think that item is super and the ones I like are silly, who knows?

It seems to me, though, that we haven't even seen the peak of Obama-related gimcrackery yet, despite his administration getting off to a blazing start last week. There are still a lot of people out there who want their own little piece of Hope, Change and Fun.

Could be that's a good sign. No one who is thinking straight can disagree that we are facing potential disaster on multiple fronts. Americans are going to have to pull together, and it does seem like we are all more likely to head in the same direction when we're chasing after a celebrity. Maybe Obamania will lead to an attitude similar to the one Will Rogers said people had about FDR. "If he burned down the Capitol, we would cheer and say, 'Well, we at least got a fire started anyhow.'"

At least people buying all these goofy items are contributing to economic stimulus.

Free downloadable pics from the Space Prez artist, under a CC license, can be found HERE.

If you MUST have a $20 Chi-Obama, it's HERE.

Busy Monday

2009-01-26T19:58:02Z

It's 40%ing all over outside this morning, and a balmy 13 degrees as I write. Still, there is one sign of spring not smothered in snow, and that's the re-organizational meetings for all county branches of the Colorado Dems coming up between Feb 1-15.

After kicking around potential dates and times via email last week, we stepped things up by securing a room today. I was told EVERYTHING at the Community Center was taken for Feb 10th. Reeeally? Or do I smell a GOP Conspiracy???? Nah, probably not, or they would have blocked the Cultural Events Center at the Library as well.

So there you go with some actual local content for a change!

Past Posts (Personal, not Political): This week on The Neon Nurse’s Charting I helped Mike make a cell, reviewed a very good book, talked about the 'Rockeration' (TM MikeSpeak) and Twittered a lot. Feel free to drop by and read, if you like.

In our dreams!

2009-01-23T06:17:31Z

Collecting action figures can be fun. Modifying them can be REALLY fun!

Because here's some change I can seriously believe in!

Details, and more pics, can be found at the manufacturer's site HERE.

Up next....

2009-01-22T07:50:44Z

We're Number One!!

2009-01-19T21:20:46Z

I saw this great chart in a diary from Meteor Blades at Daily Kos:

Colorado tops the nation (at 39%) for number of women legislators (state level)!

Yes, we can do better. But for now, yay us!

Full story here.

YouTube recommendations!

2009-01-19T07:40:59Z

Did you know that when you find someone you like to watch on YouTube, you can subscribe to their...YouTube thingie, and get an update when they put up something new?

Here are two guys I highly recommend. Roy Zimmerman writes great songs with scathingly funny, yet meaningful, lyrics. This one is a 'tribute' to Ann Coulter, called My Conservative Girlfriend.

The other is Uncle Jay, who does a funny overview of recent news events in a sort of short, kid show, guise.

Get on their list --- you won't regret it!

Power Workout x 2!

2009-01-18T06:57:52Z

Here's an interesting project for the handyperson/renewable energy aficionado. The following links lead to two cool articles from The Mother Earth News Online, which were published in 1981. They tell how you can adapt a bike to produce pumping power (like for water) or even electricity!

The writer admits that you can't power your whole house this way. Using a car battery to charge up and then draw from, you would have to pedal about 20 hours to get an hour's worth of electricity. But if you were going to be working out on an exercise bike anyway, hey, you'd be getting a little something back!

It's very easy to go to these pages and print them out for later use. You know, just in case of total economic collapse or something....

Part 1

Part 2

Responsible Adult Way vs. The Sure Thing

2009-01-17T00:47:44Z

As a mom and grandma, I try to set a good example for our young people by aspiring to the Responsible Adult Way in most if not all things. (And sometimes not quite getting there lets one show the good example of trying, trying again.) But I have to admit, this cartoon appeals to me.

Relevant to my interests

2009-01-09T07:18:32Z

I happened upon THIS very interesting story today.

The call has gone forth to those friends of mine likely to have access to a comix shop, and I hope to acquire one for my very own.

Yes, I am just that geeky.

Good luck finding one of YOUR own!