sunny blizzard

~E~ It is almost overwhelming to me to realize how much music is embedded in my very bones. Scrolling through i-tunes searching for music to add to my ipod has led me on an emotional journey that I absolutely did not expect. I have alternately cried, danced and felt immeasurable joy as I tracked down the music that I've loved and listened to for my entire life. This song takes me back to an age when my parents were friends with six or seven Venezuelan families - we would have them over for parties, they would dance, they would play instruments, they would sing, they treated me like an adult. ME-a very shy and awkward just-turned-teenager. JOY! It's been a pleasure returning to those parties in my mind and now realizing how amazing those people were. That song carries me to the days when I would sit alone in my room and just listen endlessly to the radio and to my own music, purchased with babysitting money. I would agonize over what I might have done to make the cool kids igno...

~E~ If one is considered 100% disabled and receives, tax free, $58,000 per year from the Navy, how does one also serve as Senator and run for president and accept a salary on top of this benefit? According to the LA Times : Sen. John McCain has long said he is in robust health and is strong enough to hike the Grand Canyon, but he also is receiving what his staff Monday termed a "disability pension" from the Navy. According to t his blogger, who was in the armed forces: Total disability will be considered to exist when there is present any impairment of mind or body which is sufficient to render it impossible for the average person to follow a substantially gainful occupation; Provided, That permanent total disability shall be taken to exist when the impairment is reasonably certain to continue throughout the life of the disabled person. The bolding is mine. McCain is a huge hypocrite for accepting this payment considering he is and has been gainfully employed ...

~E~ I'm missing my dad, my Uncle Don and my Aunt Judy. I called my mom today to tell her I love her. All of you reading here, I appreciate you as well. Have a lovely day.

~E~ I would like to invite you all to my new restaurant, The Tented Kilt. Al and I are going to open it one of these days, and trust me it will be the new hot destination! The servers will all be men wearing kilts - tall men, short men, ripped men, slightly chubby men, because women don't like just one type of guy. They'll be all outgoing and friendly and flirty and you'll want to come back as often as you can. Everyone will be treated like gold, the servers will spend time chatting and joking with the customers and everyone will feel special. We'll serve great pub food like the lovely pub grub in Ireland. We'll serve ice cold local beers, hard ciders and non-alcoholic drinks. We'll sell tacky little tchotchkes - shot glasses and pint glasses with our logo on them; bar coasters; bobble head Tented Kilt guys; calendars; key chains etc. Line up, folks! If anyone would like to design a logo, feel free, and if any guy would like to submit a photo for consideratio...

~E~ For real. It amazes me how many men think this is ok, and how many men AND women don't think it's that bad. Have you ever heard that you should feel complimented when a guy sexually harasses you? When I was around 13, I rode my bike to the park to sit and enjoy the sunshine. Some guy rode up on his bike, stopped about 30 feet in front of me and pulled out a blanket. He spread it out and laid down with his feet facing me. He had very baggie shorts on and no underwear. At the time I thought he didn't realize what he was doing. Now I know better. Needless to say, I left shortly after. The asshole ruined my afternoon just to give himself some kicks. If someone tells you this has happened or is happening, believe her. And don't dismiss it as no big deal.

~E~ Between supah busy work stuff and falling behind on home stuff, I fear I have not been in a writing mood, my friends. I do have several FASCINATING ideas floating around in my head and I'm certain they will come tumbling out soon. Enjoy the rain. At least it's not snow.