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Our Daily Thread 1-21-13

Good Morning!

It’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

What should we talk about today?

Quote of the Day

“I  have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where  they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their  character.”

Martin  Luther King, Jr.

QoD

Do you plan to watch the Inauguration today?  

49 thoughts on “Our Daily Thread 1-21-13”

  1. A question in today’s Times-News was “Do you plan to watch the inauguration?”
    Only 15% said Yes
    8% said “maybe”
    77% said No.
    I won’t bother with it. It means nothing to me.

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  5. My Kindle refuses to understand that I mean to type BG and more often than not change it to BY . I figured you guys were smart enough to figure it out and you did . We have been in Annapolis, MD all weekend to get to know Mr P’ s grandson . He is adorable and may be just a little spoiled after his MeMe has held him all weekend .

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  6. I have the day off but it looks like I’ll be fairly busy. I already had to take my husband to work – he signed up to be a substitute teacher but then his truck broke down and he’s had to turn down assignments because he can’t get there (and renting a car would take most of what he’d make in the day). I have an eye doctor appt at 10 (planned today so I wouldn’t have to take time off work), and I need to stop at the insurance company to turn in some paperwork. Then I can stop in where I used to work to say hello, though the person I had hoped to see turns out to be on vacation this week.

    Then trying to get some carpets cleaned done while no one is around to be in the way, and maybe fit in a workout at the Y so I don’t have to squeeze it in this evening. Unless, of course, I get a call from the place where we’re hoping to get the part for my husband’s truck, and then I’ll have to drive out to get it. Then pick up my husband from work, and take my son to the doctor to get his foot treated (warts). Then Toastmasters as usual at 5:35, and then home for supper. And then the Y if I didn’t manage to get there earlier.

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  8. Wow, aren’t you glad Pauline got a day off from work? 🙂

    No on the inauguration, like Ricky, I have to work. One of my relatives is there–she helps pro-abortion women get elected to public office. She’s been at parties all weekend, but thinks she’ll skip the ceremony.

    Not all Democrats are impressed with . . . Things.

    And it is interesting to me how growing older can fix some people in their ways like cement and cause others to become reflective . . . and inch closer to me. Prayer can do mighty things.

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  9. I certainly don’t plan on watching the inauguration. It wouldn’t interest me to watch this ceremony no matter who was being inaugurated.

    This weekend I read the book “True Grit” by Charles Portis. Have any of you read it? I’ve see both film versions and (believe it or not) the book was clearly the best.

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  10. Nope, not watching the inauguration. I’m going for coffee with the neighbourhood ladies – tough group of gals – it’s -39 out there this morning! Thankfully, one of them is picking me up! Then we’re heading in for groceries this afternoon. Hubby checked out the Jeep yesterday and of course it didn’t do any of the things it did to me on Friday – must have just been frozen funny 🙂

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  12. Yes, Pauline clearly could not have gone to work today even if she was scheduled. 🙂

    It’s a work day for me, too. Watching the inaugural? I’ll probably see a good deal of it, like it or not, as it’ll be on the newsroom TV all day long.

    But at least the fervor has died down from 4 years ago when it truly did almost feel like a coronation. People had literally lost their heads, I thought.

    Kind of a strange feeling when everyone around you is just giddy with celebration and you’re the odd person out. Living & working in what is dark blue territory makes days like this, well, seem very alien.

    But again, the elation (while still there) is much quieter this time around. Even the president’s supporters are no doubt concerned about how the next 4 years will play out.

    After all, 2nd terms are typically the downfall of nearly all our presidents who manage to get re-elected. Their “glow” begins to dim, the electorate begins to weary of them. Even I was growing tired of Bush (whom I really liked) by the time his 2nd term was up. And his 2nd term was pretty unremarkable if not dismal in many ways. 😦

    But at this stage, the Democratic hope is that the now weakened & divided GOP will pave the way for more Dem wins in the mid-term elections in 2014. And if they can take back the House and retain the Senate, the next two years will then belong to them.

    (Not to mention upcoming Supreme Court nominations, maybe as many as four — though that would be unlikely, I think. But there will be probably at least two appointments made before 2016 which could significantly alter the way many cultural issues play out for decades to come.)

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  13. Oh, hey. Maybe I’ll miss it all by the time I get to work. I see several of my FB friends posting pictures and high-fives of the inauguration as we speak. 🙂

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  14. “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.”

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    The sad part is Mr. Obama and his supports do not believe in that dream. The reason they keep pointing out that Mr. Obama is black but they forget his mother is white. Mr> KIng dream was people ae judge for who they are. But today MR. Obama and his people want people to judge them base on the color of their skin.

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  17. Sunday Sermon went well, we had 3 people who just lost a love one stop by the church for prayer and the hear a message. They were just passing by and felt the need to come in. I praise God that we were able to minister to them.

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  18. I didn’t watch the coronation/inauguration today. I never do. It was a day off for me, but I went in for a special workshop on using iPads in the classroom.

    So, Pauline, what school is so politically incorrect that your husband had to go substitute? Must be one of those “racist”, all-white Christian schools the rich Republican 1% send their elitist spoiled kids to.

    And that is called sarcasm, children.

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  19. Kim- I guess your Kindle must have auto-correct. Using the iPad at school today was frustrating because it kept changing Spanish words to the nearest English equivalent. I think I’ll ask the IT person to disable that function so students will learn how to proofread, rather than depending on spell-check/auto-correct to do their work for them.

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  22. I was somewhat surprised today wasn’t a day off for the public schools, but it’s not. They get next Monday off, but only the students – it’s a professional development day for the teachers.

    I got the part for my husband’s truck and dropped it off with his mechanic. He thinks he can get it done this week, but for now we’re still sharing my vehicle, and my husband has claimed it for tomorrow. I tried calling a co-worker who lives here in town, but he’s on vacation tomorrow.

    So I have to decide whether to spend money on a rental car, or take vacation myself. 😦 Not that I don’t like vacation, but I only have one whole day saved up so far.

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  25. I had forgotten how much flying is like herding cattle. I also discovered BG. Is more her father’s child than mine. She is anxious and “unsettled” I am the one with the upset stomach. SHE is the one dying and miserable. 🙂

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  26. Our school district was open…one co worker called in sick..I had to go in early and do her job…one which I have not done before…I only started this job last week….stress!!!! I’m not liking this job so much….perhaps I just need to hang in there until it becomes familiar and then I might like it….or not 😦

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  28. Apparently a number of teachers called in sick in our schools today. My husband was far from the only sub. I stopped in at the office where I used to work, and they said nasty stuff is going around. I talked to one friend who was sick over the weekend, better now but still doesn’t sound good. Another woman just came back today after two weeks out, and she can still barely speak. Strep throat, bronchitis, I forget what else – but no pneumonia, at least.

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  31. Tonight is just the two littlest and an eleven year old so we are having a light supper. Crackers, beef tongue, and sour pickles. Does not get much better!

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  32. I’ve been cruising local Catholic churches on one of the dumbest editor requests in a while; they want all the papers to submit “quotes” from regular parishioners on a story having to do with a new lawsuit in the priest molestation cases (specifically in LA). (another reporter at one of the other papers is putting it all together, we just have to email in a couple quotes.)

    The churches are all shuttered, I’m working the phones but people aren’t really familiar with the new story; so I’ve stuck a mass plea onto FB.

    Honestly, I hate these man-on-the-street kinds of assignments, they sound innocuous and “easy” to editors, but they’re not. They’re hard and labor intensive, especially when it has to do with getting people to talk about such a black mark on their own church. Arrrrg.!!!!

    Still hoping someone will contact me through FB in the next hour. Otherwise, I guess I’ll just go wander the streets in the dark saying, “hey, are you Catholic by chance?” So idiotic, I hate doing these “assignments.”

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  33. Interested in increasing your vocabulary this year? Here’s a list of the “Top 10 Words You Should Use More in 2013”:

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/01/18/top-10-words-you-should-use-more-in-2013/?tid=pm_pop

    My favorite:

    • Buncombe
    Rubbish; nonsense; empty or misleading talk.
    What a relief to have the election over — that great festival of buncombe that so distracted the nation for months.

    “That great festival of buncombe” LOL!

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  34. OK, I’ll clarify that: “my favorite” doesn’t mean “my favorite way of talking”. 😉 The way “buncombe” was used in the sample sentence was my favorite of all the examples at the link.

    Yikes, people are going to think I’m losing my mind or something — just keep in mind it’s still Monday 😉 My brain doesn’t warm up until about Thursday, then in gets tired about Friday or so 😯

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  36. Finally found someone to quote on a cold call to a woman listed in a church bulletin. Was turned down by a couple other folks before that, though, and I nearly got myself signed up for an Indian Casino outing with one lady who misunderstood why I was calling. 😉

    What a frustrating end of the day. Grrrr.

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  38. D2 decided not to take the dog tonight, since her car won’t fit the dog house, and it is to be too cold for the dog not to have it. She is in our basement tonight. The dog, that is. D2 is back in her warm house 70 miles away. We’ll take the dog Saturday since our minivan can fit all the dog’s things if we fold the seats down.

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  39. Rules are made to be broken, I am told. If you can get past the idea, it is really quite good. I not only have to get past the idea, but I have to skin the thing as well. The children really liked it and kept asking for more. Good thing cows have big tongues.

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  40. 6 arrows @ 21:29:15- Thanks for the link. Got a good laugh out of those example sentences, especially the one for mawkish: To her surprise, Beth found Robert’s words of love to be so mawkish that they made her feel sticky, as though she were being painted with molasses.

    So, do you prefer more or less natter and persiflage on this blog? Also, it seems that on days like this, the threads grow at a chelonian pace.

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  41. Mmm- cow tongue. I like the flavor, but the texture takes some getting used to. (Of course, it has been almost 40 years since the only time I ever tasted it.)

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  44. What kind of person lives with dogs and yet does not know that cows have tongues? Bizarre. You need to get out more. Come to Idaho. We will have some supper. I know a good recipe for……never mind.

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  45. Tonight on the dog walk I got whacked in the forehead as I walked around a truck that was parked in a driveway but still sticking out way across the sidewalk.

    Unfortunately, there also was a bunch of lumber sticking out of the truck bed.

    So as I walked into the street to get around the truck, wham, right on my forehead. Nearly knocked myself silly.

    It’s just been one of those days …

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  46. My friend’s family used to buy beef tongue to cook for their Pekingnese dog. I still can picture my friend cutting it into tiny pieces for the dog. I never knew anyone who ate it so all these years I thought of it as dog food. Then again I heard the story of the man (a boyfriend’s father) who was looking for something to eat in the fridge and pulled out a can and dug in. It was Alpo or some kind of dog food. He thought it was good. I think I would prefer beef tongue!

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  47. Sorry, Donna, to hear of your unexpected bump on the head. Isn’t it purely shocking when something like that happens? Maybe it would turn out worse if we could see something like that about to happen because we would injure ourselves more trying to avoid the accident.

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  48. Peter L. Jan 21, 2013 @ 22:59:49 So, do you prefer more or less natter and persiflage on this blog?

    Depends on the day and my mood. In other words, you never know 😉 Glad you liked the link; I thought it was pretty fun, too.

    Donna, sorry about your day. Hope tomorrow goes better.

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  49. My parents served tongue when I was growing up, as well as a lot of heart, kidneys, and liver. I didn’t like kidneys or liver, but I’ve always liked heart and tongue. They never served tripe, but I got to like that also when I lived in Spain.

    During the study-abroad orientation week (in France) before getting to Spain, we had tongue one night. I was amused at the other Americans’ refusal to eat it once they found out what it was. Not at the taste, but knowing it was tongue. They probably would have had the same reaction to horse meat in Spain, so the landlady who cooked our suppers asked me not to tell them what it was (their Spanish wasn’t as good so they didn’t pick up what she was saying).

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