The Brooklyn Art Library!

We took an mini-entourage with us to the Brooklyn Art Library to check out the oldest daughter's   "Sketchbook Project" submission.



Hey!   It was there!   Her name, location (Munich, Germany) barcode and other secret stuff are included on the back of the book.   She even gets an e-mail notifying her if someone decides to "check out" her sketchbook!   Awesome...but scary too!   Dontcha think?


  Very cool!   And a good time was had by all.


If you're ever in the area...check it out!

62 Degrees and Snow!

In spite of today's temperature...the white (grey) stuff is still here!   This stuff is from January 27th!   Three weeks ago!   Can't pull out the flip-flops just yet!

The Sketchbook Project & My Daughter!

Thousands of sketchbooks will be exhibited at galleries and museums as they make their way on tour across the country.   One of those books belongs to my oldest daughter, the Puma sneaker designer!

The tour starts this weekend at the Brooklyn museum and runs through February 27.   Additional exhibits are scheduled for Washington, DC; Atlanta, Georgia; and a half dozen other cities.

After the tour, all sketchbooks will enter into the permanent collection of The Brooklyn Art Library, where they will be barcoded and available for the public to view.

28,838 artists from 94 countries around the world are participating!

Bachmann Refuses to Say Obama is a Christian and Citizen

She received her law degree from Oral Roberts University. At the time of her graduation, it was the largest Charismatic Christian university in the world! Therefore, in her mind, President Obama is a Muslim born in Kenya.

To help reduce the federal deficit, maybe she’ll give back the more than a quarter of a million dollars her family received in farm subsidies from 1995 through 2006! It will always baffle me...how does a person like her win elections?   Must be a lot of Teabaggers in the 6th Congressional district. Dontcha think?

A Historic Fraud Against the American People!

Chris Matthews - War Crime Hearings!



I'm proud to say that I never believed the Bush propaganda (bullsh*t) about WMD!   At the time, I believe that over 60% of Americans ate this dog food.   Truly...a tragedy and a scar on America that will never be forgotten... at least by folks like me!

Hope Phones

I saw this on the news this morning.   Very cool idea.   I've got a few old cell phones lying around here.   They even pay for the postage!!!

American's discard over a half a million cell phones every day, and only 10% of those phones are recycled.

But Hope Phones helps bring a new life to your waste.

If we throw away 500,000 phones each day, and each is worth $15-$50, then with just 1% of that money, Hope Phones can raise enough to buy new phones for a million health workers.   Yes, a million.

Because health workers in the developing world use simple phones, a donated phone has a huge impact- if you send in your used iPhone, for example, Hope Phones can purchase 5-7 phones for healthcare workers.

How?

Go to:
http://hopephones.org/donate/

Print the postage-paid shipping label,
and stick it in the mail to:
Hope Phones Recycling Center
794 Industrial Court
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302

Voila!

That Missing Case for War!

“Although we assess that Saddam does not yet have nuclear weapons or sufficient material to make any, he remains intent on acquiring them”




Donald Rumsfield
“Known and Unkown”
(An excerpt from his book as he stated in the October 2002 National Intelligence Report)



4,500+ American soldiers and over 100,000 Iraqi civilians have died based on Saddam’s so-called “intent”!   Another 30,000 Americans soldiers have been wounded!  Known or Unknown!!!

(Caricature from Joe Bluhm)

Happy Valentines Day!

Bought these as a goof!   But...she claims she really likes them!   We'll see if she ever wears them!   Stay tuned!

“It wasn’t meant to be”

“It wasn’t meant to be” is really a hard term to accept.   It was extremely hard for my youngest daughter, but hard for the rest of us as well.   She even had T-shirts made up for my grandson, Romell, with the phrase “I’m a big brother”!   But…it wasn’t meant to be!   That’s the condolences that everyone said.   Believe it or not…I try to find solace in that.

Turns out, it was a miscarriage...or something like that?   Doctor said the "baby" wouldn't make it to "term"?   She was only a month or so pregnant…but still.   Damn!   We were hurt, if for nothing else, because she was hurt.   It was emotional.   It sucks.

I am a staunch supporter of “Pro Choice”.   I firmly believe it’s up to a woman to choose…not the government.   However, I look at my grandson, Romell, and say wow!   What if, for whatever reason, my daughter decided that, at that time, it wasn’t meant to be?   And then she chose…that it wasn’t meant to be”?   This world would have lost out on an incredible, beautiful child named Romell.   Makes you think.   I’m just sayin’.   Don’t cha think?

Witnessing a Pivotal Point in History!

Sitting here in my kitchen watching history being made!   18 days and Mubarak has resigned.



Checking it all out on MSNBC with commentator Richard Engel (on the left).   This dude is awesome...speaks fluent Arabic.   Blew me away!

My Girlfriends at CPAC!

My daughter's PUMA sneaker!

OK...bragging rights!
My oldest daughter, had an internship with Puma in Germany.   While there...she designed these children's sneakers...that actually went into production!   Her internship is over and there is no monetary gain/compensation for her...but damn...ain't this awesome!!!!



Go buy them here!

Colonoscopies

Dave Barry, a Pulitzer Prize-winning humor columnist for the Miami Herald, wrote an article on this.   In true Dave Barry fashion it cracked me up and is a must read for those of us over 50! I can appreciate the humor...because I've had a few of these in the last couple of years.


Someone appended the comments below to the original Dave Barry article when it was forwarded to me...and these REALLY had me laughing out loud!

A physician claimed that the following are actual comments made by his patients (predominately male) while he was performing their colonoscopies:

• "Take it easy, Doc. You're boldly going where no man has gone before!"
• "Find Amelia Earhart yet?"
• "Can you hear me NOW?"
• "Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet?"
• "You know, in Arkansas , we're now legally married.'"
• "Any sign of the trapped miners, Chief?"
• "You put your left hand in, you take your left hand out..."
• "Hey! Now I know how a Muppet feels!"
• "If your hand doesn't fit, you must quit!"
• "Hey Doc, let me know if you find my dignity."
• 'You used to be an executive at Enron, didn't you?"
• "God, now I know why I am not gay."

And the best one of all:
"Could you write a note for my wife saying that my head is not up there?"

Sarah Palin and the Moose