What a day yesterday on the Hill. Our Congress (that of the 10% approval rating) said no thank you on the bailout plan.

As I see it, here is the problem: No one likes President Bush.So, when he gets up and says, “Hey, you uh Congressers um, you need to uh… pass this bill. I know it’s uh…hard. It is a um… tough time,” In the past, Congress would have done just that, pass the bill. But, because of the unpopularity of the lame duck (outgoing) president, Congress is less likely to jump at his commands. (It gets better. Click to continue reading…)

I was recently contacted by a friend who works with the Kimberly-Clark Corporation and he was telling me about their promotion to support Breast Cancer Awareness and I thought this was definitely worth sharing.

Kimberly-Clark Corporation’s Viva Paper Towels and Huggies Baby Wipes have joined forces to help fight breast cancer during October — Breast Cancer Awareness Month — by donating as much as $450,000 to breast cancer research and education. (It gets better. Click to continue reading…)

I had a rollercoaster weekend! Lost a bunch on SU, won it back with Alabama and Illinois . Yesterday, my picks were the over on the Denver game, and Tampa -1. Then I heard that Carson Palmer was inactive, so I bet the Browns, but teased it with the Cards. Ugh… Yet still, the Cards had a chance to cover the tease and Warner fumbled AGAIN!!!!!!!

So, 4 o’clocks. I played a $10 parley bills -8, Chargers -8.5, Skins +10 and bears +3.    Chargers scored that meaningless (to everyone but me and other degenerates) touchdown to make it a 10 point game.

And, the Bears win and cover, $100!!!!!!!! I ended up even for the weekend after being down $166 at the start of yesterday. (It gets better. Click to continue reading…)

I’ve seen some emails going around making charts and comparisons with the campaign but after looking at the charts and “fact checking” it is obvious they are biased depending on who is sending the email.  I took the general format and some issues and put both sides actual responses.  I did not go into great detail to prevent myself from writing a book of replies.  My information was taken from CNN.com.

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Completely, totally useless.  That’s me today.  Josh was up (again) last night and to throw in a little more misery, Jake decided to get up as well.  I took Josh and Ryan took Jake and neither of us slept.

There’s no gas in the Carolina’s.  I was given a prescription for Joshua last night (he has a sinus infection) and I couldn’t even go fill it until Ryan got home because my car is on E and I can’t even fill it.  The one station with gas has over an hour wait at all times.  There’s a 20 gallon limit and the lines of cars run all the way to the interstate exit.

So Ryan had to call in today.  For one, we’re both absolutely exhausted and since I can’t drive my car, I needed his to take Jake to school and Josh to the doctor. (It gets better. Click to continue reading…)