sunny blizzard

~E~ I haven't been posting deep thoughts lately. I hope this will make up for it. This woman is amazing, not to mention freaking adorable, and I smile through all of her videos. Look her up on youtube - Julia Nunes.

~E~ I'm not entirely sure what to make of this. I think it's an, ad based on the last frame, but.. He dances better than I do.

~E~ Bwhaaa...?? That's what gas is today. Every time I see a lower price I do a double-take. It seems very surreal. I know it won't last. And one cannot hoard gas. Here's to public transportation!!

~E~ Thanks, popster. The following is written by my dad, who was in the Korean War. The Essence of War I watched as the giant Globemaster transport plane touched down on the runway, as gently as a leaf drifting to earth on a brisk fall day……….. It was early July. Truce talks aimed at ending the Korean War were finally being taken seriously. To improve their positions prior to a settlement, Chinese and North Korean forces had conducted a major offensive against “Old Baldy” and “Pork Chop Hill.” ……. The bloody battle surged back and forth across the slopes of the two hills. After five days of violent, often hand-to-hand combat, friendly troops recovered the lost ground. As in most battles, the only accomplishment was the death and maiming of thousands of young men. The sheer number of wounded mandated that only those who could not be safely transported would be treated at MASH or divisional facilities. The rest were treated on the battlefield, rushed to the nearest airstrip and loaded on...

~E~ The child seems to be improving. No longer must he arise every hour on the hour to douse his eye with antibiotics. No longer must he visit the kind physician every day. He has to go back in two days for a followup and he'll see what's up then. He does look very handsome his new glasses, I must say. It'll be even better when his eye stops glowing red.

~E~ Yes. Yes, they do. Know what else sucks? When the editorial page of your local newspaper has four columnists write about how awesome it is that Obama was elected - and NONE of the columnists was a woman. After having a woman make a darn good run for the presidency (and reveling in the fact that there might be someone high up in government who would inject some inkling of the fact that women make up over 50% of the population) it feels especially painful to be poked with that stick. I always noticed things like that before but I somehow thought that after having Clinton and Palin running for high office we could actually acknowledge that women exist. Nope. We're still invisible. And frankly, women are a big reason that Obama was elected. Perhaps if Mr. Obama finally does make an effort to bring women's issues to the forefront it will trickle down? P.S. I strongly believe addressing 'women's issues' will make the world a better place for everyone. And someday ...

~E~ He did it! He won!!!!

~E~ I'm scared for my son. He has an ulcer on his cornea and a very bad eye infection. It started last week, I took him to the doc on Saturday (we were sent straight to the hospital from there) and it's not improving significantly yet. It's bad. If it doesn't get better, he could lose his vision in that eye. I can't save him from that and that hurts. This is what his eye looks like; warning, it's gross. It didn't really hit me until today just how serious this could be. I hope this clears up.