What’s everyone doing this weekend? What’s on the grill?
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BooMan
Martin Longman a contributing editor at the Washington Monthly. He is also the founder of Booman Tribune and Progress Pond. He has a degree in philosophy from Western Michigan University.
against overseas tyrants.
I’ll be fasting and protesting.
You ROCK :o)
No I don’t.
I shiver, I quake, my head’s always on a swivel and I have a horrible stomach nowadays.
But I rock because my friends help me keep rolling. 🙂
Bullshit.
YOU ROCK Janet.
Of all the people I know, you are the most consistently active. That’s just a fact. And when I think about where you were last year, worried about leaving your family to come to DC, I just really need to tell you how very completely I respect your courage to do the things that need doing, no matter how much you shiver. So shush for a sec, and let me admire you.
Awwright wabbit! I’m shushing. 😉
I wondered where you’d been. How did the Tuesday soiree go?
My neice is getting married tomorrow, so we’ve held a bridal shower and are just about to leave for the rehearsal dinner.My daughter is the flower girl and she’s quite excited.
Then we get to paint the house.
Hangin’ on the porch with CookTing, drinkin’ a Smirnoff Ice, listening to the Tragically Hip, just back from a boat trip through the Toronto Islands and a world music festival at Harbourfront. Probably out to a reggae club this eve since it just started raining so fireworks are out.
Happy Canada Day Tribbers!
this holiday weekend:
Fourteen Things That It Took Me Over 50 Years To Learn—by Dave Barry
1. Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.
2. If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be “meetings.”
3. There is a very fine line between “hobby” and “mental illness.”
4. People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them.
5. You should not confuse your career with your life.
6. Nobody cares if you can’t dance well. Just get up and dance.
7. Never lick a steak knife.
8. The most destructive force in the universe is gossip.
9. You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and compelling reason why we observe daylight savings time.
10. You should never say anything to a woman that even remotely suggests that you think she’s pregnant unless you can see an actual baby emerging from her at that moment.
11. There comes a time when you should stop expecting other people to make a big deal about your birthday. That time is age eleven.
12. The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion, economic status or ethnic background, is that, deep down inside, we ALL believe that we are above-average drivers.
13. A person who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a nice person. (This is very important. Pay attention. It never fails.)
14. Your friends love you anyway.
Thought for the day: Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic.
This is my Pop. He died a year ago this month. This is a picture of him on his homebuilt bike, in 1962, the year I was born. He and I disagreed about a lot of things, but as far as I’m concerned he was an American original. In 04 he voted for the first time since Kennedy. He voted for Kerry of course. I wish he could’ve been around to see Bush’s downfall. I wish he was here right now. He and I had talked about building a bike together. Now THAT would’ve been a dream come true :o)
Anyway, I’m thinking of you Pop…always.
Cheers
He looks very James Dean. You couldn’t help but be a handsome devil, could you?
Actually, on second look he looks a little like Nicholas Cage.
Peace, sister.
Well, my Mom was and is a beauty herself. So I was an equal opportunity gene reciever :o)
Doh!
Great photograph!
I think the first time we posted back and forth was the night you posted about the loss of your dad.
That was the evening I read your words and decided to get to know you better… planes, trains and protest parades…
It’s a month of loss… but also an anniversary of being heartnapped into our lives.
Your memory is a lot better than mine, but it sure doesn’t seem like a year already. We’ve all experienced a lot of awful shit these last years. Sometimes I think it’s a wonder there aren’t hearts literally bursting all over the world.
That is the truth.
Leave it to you to cut to the chase so well.
I’m sitting here, lucky as fucking hell to be in one of the most free and diverse countries on earth, and yet, so many are suffering all over the world. In so many ways.
But I’m still drinking and listening to the Hip.
I’ve actually hesitated posting a diary recently about peacekeeping, masculinity, canada, community, and the tragically hip, because I don’t think I’ll do it justice… but perhaps if I get my groove on this evening, I just might.
Peace brother, happy Canada/ Independence day. You are a true American patriot. You and Janet. Awww, hell, all of Boo… even those I disagree strenuously with.
I’m lucky too. Not to be a resident of New Orleans, or to be Haitian, or Iraqi. I’m glad you said you were lucky because it reminded me not to act so hurt when I’m a fortunate one. Can you imagine what it must feel like to be an Iraqi, with random bombs going off, torn bodies everywhere? I can’t.
I mean, I can, but it hurts too much, so I really ultimately can’t. But I can still speak and do. And that is what’s important.
I’m cheering you now with my makeshift pint glass 😉
And I won’t ask you why you would hesitate to write anything here. I’ll only encourage you to let it fly.
wow – very powerful. Peace be with you.
Independence Day: A Pledge of Allegiance
Any pledge is an empty pledge when it divides the nation rather than unifying the nation. The Pledge of Allegiance to the American flag is an empty pledge when it is a pledge to a symbol but not a pledge to the founding principles and values of the United States of America.
I had to buy this ginormous bottle though….my only choice if I wanted it.
when you requested Sweet Baby Ray’s BBQ sauce in order to be able to “grill” properly, and that elderly woman who called you “baby boy”…..I can’t help but wonder if it isn’t sort of an aura that you attract and exude.
Sweet Baby Ray’s is awesome.. I like the hot & spicy version on hamburgers instead of catsup or mustard (with a big slice of onion)..
Good gawd woman…you just mentioned my worst nightmare. (Well, okay, just in the innocuous daily scheme of things :^) Every time my husband finds coupons or specials for Sweet Baby Rays, he comes home with a case full. After case full. Leaving me to figure out how to store all of it. (I shudder at the thought…while still…being happy for you :^)
I’ll be wasting much of the weekend on hobbies – either tomorrow or monday I’ll brew beer, and then tuesday I will be playing in the local Independence Day Parade. (Redwood City CA).
Wasting?! Please, consider your hobbies living and enjoy them fully – won’t they renew and refresh you? Feeling renewed and refreshed, won’t you be more patient and kind towards others? Heck, your hobbies contribute toward world peace!
As a citizen of the world, I thank you for spending time on your hobbies.
Well, I just got done grilling up some chicken. We had hummus, pita, apples, Swiss cheese and potato chips with garlic dip to go with it.
Tomorrow we’ll probably do something similar with pork and corn on the cob.
That, and watching my granddaughter ride her brand new bicycle. She’s nine years old and just getting the hang of it.
When it rains it pours: Hasselhoff has surgery after shaving accident
Anyone notice the live video of “Ha”‘s performance of “Freedom” astride the Berlin Wall on VH!- all afternoon?
I noticed the synchronicity even before I made it so. Sometimes the subtext is so subtle it takes a dive into a youth wasted watching Knight Rider and comes out the other end with Da.