This just may be the funniest thing I've ever seen:

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I was particularly amused by the line, "Ain't there no Black Panthers left running around with Obama's name in their Rolodex?". Why? Because the one election he lost was when he tried to unseat former Black Panther, now U.S. Congressman, Bobby Rush.

( Responding to the Chicago Tribune's endorsement of Barack Obama, the Trib Tower collapses and the corpse of Col. McCormick is spinning down Winfield Road )

I decided to go browse some yard sales today. I had three on my list, though it turned out that one was postponed due to "projected storms". I think they were confused because it's a beautiful day! I found a couple of nice quilted storage boxes, the kind that's good for sweaters and the like. I have some similar ones for shoe storage, and ( Read more... )

Win or lose, the Obamas are getting a dog after the election. The AKC has come up with a list of purebreds, suggesting the Obamas buy one from a breeder or pet store. But some of us think that the Obamas should visit a shelter, and adopt a homeless dog. (Okay, some of us think it should be a cat, but oh well.) If you think so, too, please ( Read more... )

My Independence Day holiday turned out to be entirely different than the one that I had expected, or vaguely planned. I had thought about going downtown to see the renovated Tiffany Dome at the Cultural Center, and to take in a showing of The Gay Divorcée at the Siskel Film Center. Or, alternatively, I considered going to the opening of A ( Read more... )

Went to the opera last night, Verdi's Falstaff, which I enjoyed very much, not least because I saw the second and third acts from a much better seat than usual! At the first intermission, Jim said that the couple who usually sit next to them weren't there, so why didn't I move up? Sounded good to me! Their seats are in the first section on the ( Read more... )