Here are some very well done composite pictures showing the siege of Leningrad during World War II and the same locations today.
http://www.akademifantasia.org/?p=468
It gives me the sense of watching the ghosts of those who suffered through such hard times.
Friday, February 27, 2009
Friday, February 20, 2009
A moving weekend
Tomorrow I help my daughter move some of her things to her fiances' house. Only 15 more days until my baby is a married woman.
How is this possible when it was just a few days ago that she was a tiny little thing, wearing her toboggan cap in the incubator? She was so small and helpless and now she is an adult.
Where do the years go?
How is this possible when it was just a few days ago that she was a tiny little thing, wearing her toboggan cap in the incubator? She was so small and helpless and now she is an adult.
Where do the years go?
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Welcome to the new Socialism
So the powers that be have decided the only way to save our economy is to give away $787 billion to their favorite special interest groups. Nice.
Does anyone else remember during the presidential campaign when Obama promised his administration would be "open", "transparent" and "honest"? Or when he promised that all bills would be posted online for 5 days so everyone would have a chance to review them?
So why did this huge bill get forced through by the Dems who didn't even let Republicans in the room when they discussed the differences between the House and Senate bills?
And this isn't the first. He's already broken his "Sunlight Before Signing" promise on a few other bills-The Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay act and the S-Chip update. Now his excuse is that this is an "emergency" bill so it doesn't count. The other 2 were not emergencies but they don't count either. And if it was such an "emergency" to pass this bill to save our economy why did he wait several days to sign it, and more importantly, why does most of the "emergency" spending not take place for at least a year, if not longer. How does putting off spending stimulate the economy?
How about this Mr. President
- Stop lying to us, you've been doing that long enough and you've only been in office a few weeks.
- Stop telling us your administration is so pure and honest when from the looks of things you can't even hire people that obey the law and pay their taxes.
- Stop taking OUR money because you think you know how to spend it better than we do.
- Stop trying to socialize our nation.
Look, even though you did a good job of not having a paper trail during your entire adult life or actually voting on anything of substance we can still piece together enough to realize you are a Marxist. (Karl, not Groucho. Though with your cabinet choices it's getting harder to tell)
Sadly you've got most of the news media too enthralled or scared to ask any hard questions or do any actual investigative reporting so it will probably be a long time before the great majority of Americans realize what you are doing.
Hopefully it won't be too late.
Does anyone else remember during the presidential campaign when Obama promised his administration would be "open", "transparent" and "honest"? Or when he promised that all bills would be posted online for 5 days so everyone would have a chance to review them?
So why did this huge bill get forced through by the Dems who didn't even let Republicans in the room when they discussed the differences between the House and Senate bills?
And this isn't the first. He's already broken his "Sunlight Before Signing" promise on a few other bills-The Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay act and the S-Chip update. Now his excuse is that this is an "emergency" bill so it doesn't count. The other 2 were not emergencies but they don't count either. And if it was such an "emergency" to pass this bill to save our economy why did he wait several days to sign it, and more importantly, why does most of the "emergency" spending not take place for at least a year, if not longer. How does putting off spending stimulate the economy?
How about this Mr. President
- Stop lying to us, you've been doing that long enough and you've only been in office a few weeks.
- Stop telling us your administration is so pure and honest when from the looks of things you can't even hire people that obey the law and pay their taxes.
- Stop taking OUR money because you think you know how to spend it better than we do.
- Stop trying to socialize our nation.
Look, even though you did a good job of not having a paper trail during your entire adult life or actually voting on anything of substance we can still piece together enough to realize you are a Marxist. (Karl, not Groucho. Though with your cabinet choices it's getting harder to tell)
Sadly you've got most of the news media too enthralled or scared to ask any hard questions or do any actual investigative reporting so it will probably be a long time before the great majority of Americans realize what you are doing.
Hopefully it won't be too late.
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Rugby and NASCAR
What a dilemma. NASCAR's new season starts today with the Daytona 500 while the 2nd day of the USA 7's rugby tournament is on Setanta sports live from San Diego. I've been flipping back and forth all day trying to keep up with both. So I got to see Jr. cause a big wreck and watched France come from behind to beat Scotland. The rugby match was the more exciting of the two. Scotland was ahead at the end of regulation time and France took possesion just before the buzzer. Then they managed to keep their play going for longer than they had possesion in the entire 1st half of the match until they worked it down the field and scored the winning try.
Somebody should have yelled at them in German, and they would have surrendered on the spot.
But England just took the lead back from South Africa.
If you've never watched rugby, give 7's a try. It's a shortened, faster version of regular rugby: very fast paced and exciting. Next year I may try to make it to San Diego for the tourny.
Argentina and USA in the Cup semifinal coming up in a few minutes and then the winner plays against the winner of SA v Eng later.
Update: Eng just won.
Update: the sequel--USA fall to Argentina 19-14 so they are out of the playoffs.
Somebody should have yelled at them in German, and they would have surrendered on the spot.
But England just took the lead back from South Africa.
If you've never watched rugby, give 7's a try. It's a shortened, faster version of regular rugby: very fast paced and exciting. Next year I may try to make it to San Diego for the tourny.
Argentina and USA in the Cup semifinal coming up in a few minutes and then the winner plays against the winner of SA v Eng later.
Update: Eng just won.
Update: the sequel--USA fall to Argentina 19-14 so they are out of the playoffs.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
The virgin post
rambling
Adjective
1. long and irregularly shaped: a rambling fourteenth-century church
2. (of speech or writing) confused and long-winded
Noun
the activity of going for long walks in the country
Adjective
1. long and irregularly shaped: a rambling fourteenth-century church
2. (of speech or writing) confused and long-winded
Noun
the activity of going for long walks in the country
I'm not sure which definition best fits. I'm hoping my ramblings will resemble long walks in the country-casual, comfortable and enjoyable like the walks I have enjoyed with my two best friends. Though you may find them confusing and irregularly shaped.
Someone asked me over the weekend if I was going to keep a journal when I go to Scotland this summer. Sounds like a good idea to me so I'm going ahead and starting now, however this will not be just about my trip to the auld sod but will include other various and sundry posts, thoughts, pictures, random brain drippings, etc.
So I'll be posting more as I feel like it.
Slainte!!
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