Friday, May 26

Call him what you want

I'll call him Al

juice

oil

Depends on your definition of 'bad'. Really, I don't think Darth Vader is any more real...

Thursday, May 18

Yay May

On Prospect, On Tompkins, On L(onger!) S(pring!) D(ays)

SnorkleNow

Before Daddy takes our flippers away

Bananas

None for anyone. Got your attention?

B-b-b-b-bad

Badness only skin deep?
Now here's any area I have convictions forming. Who hell wants the state, or any private corporation to have divinity over their remains?
Discuss.

Ride On

Who knows, this article may be a little fluffy. But there ain't nothing fluffy about whatever might cause one to shed 50 or 60 pounds. And feel better.

Wednesday, May 3

Tuesday, May 2

Tax Breaks and Benjamins, Just Go Away

Oops, if Rush and Brit Hume are pissed....

Wise Men Speak:
David Winston, a Republican pollster who advises the Senate Republican leadership, called the rebate an intuitive way to show voters that Republicans were on their side. "It is like putting the American family budget ahead of oil company profits," Mr. Winston said. "How do you help the American families out? Well, give them some money."

Sunday, April 30

Wednesday, April 26

What's the value

of a songbird, a wave, a tree?

Pow

In 2004, guns killed:
56 people in Australia
184 people in Canada
73 people in England and Wales
5 people in New Zealand
37 people in Sweden
and
11,344 people in the United States.
Yes, that's right: in the United States the firearm homicide rate was thirty to forty times the firearm homicide rate of the other five countries, which, unsurprisingly, have significantly stronger gun-control policies than the United States.
As an example, in World Report on Violence and Health (2004), the World Health Organization stated that more than 90% all violence-related deaths occur in poorer countries. Yet the United States continues to remain in the bottom of the heap for both number of homicides and overall homicide rates.
-from The Brady Report, anti-gun Lobby

Tuesday, April 25

Vivir es Crecer



No, it's not 'Seeing is believing' (Ver es Creer), but it is Espanol...
On Saturday, I celebrated Earth Day by passing the CLEP test in Spanish. Testing out in this will facilitate my graduation in June with a Bachelor of Arts. There aren't many out there who've lived as long as I've been in school, but to those who never gave up on me I salute and offer gracious thanks. Most of all for the support of my mother Sandra, my wife Betsy, Jacqui Rickman and Tom Sheridan. Your love is priceless.
I'm not sure if anyone reads this blog anymore--perhaps you withdrew for fear of holding my studies back. That excuse now has expired. I still hope for your participation!!
And I especially look forward to calling, writing, talking, playing and being with many of you in the coming year. Living is Growth!
Til we meet again,
Jesse

I just love the headline...

"Enron Founder to Say He's Optimistic, Not Dishonest"

Anyone seen The Smartest Guys in the Room ?!?!
It gets to the heart (?) of what is up in this country.
Just another opinion
-J