Bob and I raked leaves last weekend, which is just as well, it’s much colder today and wouldn’t be as much fun, even though we had a stiff wind.
In these short days to Winter Solstice, I put up the tree and the Christmas decorations a little early, including a beautiful grapevine, cedar and arbor vitae wreath from this year’s Woods Hole Village Renaissance Fair.
The three grands did make it to the house for dinner the other night, and the younger two helped decorate the tree, while I hooked up the DVD player so they could watch a movie. We postponed the visit to the Holiday Village until tonight after supper, but the youngest was so upset about missing the “Cwistmas lights” that we drove by so that he could see them.
Minding the Grands
I’ll be kid-sitting this Thursday night in a marathon session with my 3 grands.
It’s kid-sitting, mind you, not baby-sitting, as my granddaughter, almost age 8, corrected me (“we’re not babies, huff”).
Young Programmers
The Falmouth Public Schools have an active, CORI-compliant volunteer program, and they’ve asked me to speak tomorrow at the High School’s Junior Career Day on Software Engineering/Computer Programming.
Good Tidings to You
On this, the day before Thanksgiving, one wishes for an escape from the next 5 weeks of good tidings among the Haves and BahHumbugs to the rest of us.
What Is It About Texas, Part III
Yet another woman who claims postpartum depression as a defense has killed a child in Texas.
Her astute neighbors describe her as a “loving, attentive” mother.
It’s rumored that Katie Couric and Matt Lauer are on her defense team.
Only kidding about that last remark.
Okee, Dokee…
A 10-year old, partially eaten grilled cheese sandwich has sold for $28,000 on eBay.
Another Reason To Really Hate Florida
The macho men on the Miami Police Department have a new form of amusement: using 50,000 volt Taser guns on little kids, one as young as 6 years old.
A Handful of Random Post-Election Thoughts
If Bill Clinton had “delivered” Arkansas for the Democrats, and John Edwards had done the same with North Carolina, John Kerry would be the President-elect.
And why didn’t MoveOn give a hand to Doris “Granny D” Haddock in her run for Senator from NH? As previously noted, MoveOn’s rate of success was pathetic: only 5 of their 27 candidates for the House or the Senate were elected.
MoveOn Candidate Results
Just thought you’d like to know: five of the 27 candidates for the House and Senate endorsed by MoveOn were successful in their election bids.
These are:
House
Allyson Schwartz (PA)
John Salazar (CO)
Melissa Bean (IL)
Senate
Ken Salazar (CO)
Patty Murray (WA)
A number of the remaining 22 candidates lost in squeaker races, which might set them up well for another try.
Take Heart
Liberals and true Conservatives everywhere, take heart: the turnout was still less than 60% of eligible voters. Even with a bare majority of 51.1%, only about 30% of all eligible voters chose Bush.
I can well believe that 30% of the American electorate is homophobic, in favor of school prayer, etc. That certainly doesn’t mean that the rest of us have to pander to them.