“The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.”
– Henry Kissinger
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It’s been a day.
The office is being repainted this week so I’ve been breathing in fumes since Tuesday. To top it off on Tuesday I forgot to take my morning meds which was like the 3rd or 4th thing I forgot that morning and by that time I really couldn’t go back home again. It’s been a week of forgetting at least one or two things every morning — stupid time change.
Anyway, normally missing one day doesn’t really affect me. Missing two in a row is a nightmare. Well, apparently those days are over with the new blood pressure medicine.
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Tags: wellness, acid reflux, stomach emptying test
14 - Average number of bras a woman owns.
6 - Average number she wears regularly.
8 - Number out of every 10 women who are wearing the wrong size bra.
Source: Health, October, 2006.
Tags: bras
I moved to Maine 2 1/2 years ago, leaving my old life behind. Most people up here and most people online don’t know many of these things from the first 33 years of my life…
Tags: Thursday Thirteen, meme, bloghopping
“There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating: people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing.”
– Oscar Wilde
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71 - Percentage of people in a British study willing to trade their office-computer password for a candy bar
1 - Rank of Snickers bars among most popular vending-machine snacks
Source: Health, September, 2006
Tags: candy, interesting trivia
This year’s election offers the chance, after four decades of one-party control, to bring to the House a new majority that will transform the way Congress works. That historic change would be the end of government that is too big, too intrusive, and too easy with the public’s money. It can be the beginning of a Congress that respects the values and shares the faith of the American family.
Like Lincoln, our first Republican president, we intend to act “with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right.” To restore accountability to Congress. To end its cycle of scandal and disgrace. To make us all proud again of the way free people govern themselves.
Let’s hope that the Democrats learn from the Republicans’ mistakes.
Perhaps the solution lies in changing the geometry of the question. Instead of trying to regulate the content of ads, we use public funds (or funds from the Parties) to run a frequent public service message that corrects the inaccuracies of any recent ads - perhaps produced by the Factcheck.org folks. Since a candidate would not want to have the airwaves filled with objective criticism they would be inclined to stay as reasonable and civil as possible.
Tags: 2006 election, Republicans, Contract with America, Contress, ethics, scandal, Democrats, negative political ads, election tampering, politics, factcheck.org, DHS, TSA, passports, Hasan Elahi, FBI, mental illness, anxiety, depression
I know it’s been a while. I kind of get around to posting things when I feel like it these days. I meant to post right away about my experience flying out of the Portland Jetport in Maine but I didn’t have access to a computer while on my trip and when I got back, I had company and then one thing led to another and then I just never got around to it.
So, today I’m getting around to it. So there.
I kind of felt it was important to report my observations since at the time of my flight in
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Tags: U.S. Airways, Portland Jetport, TSA, flying, airport security
Everywhere is within walking distance if you have the time.
– Steven Wright
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The Hotline 1-888-DEM-VOTE (1-888-336-8683)
By calling 1-888-DEM-VOTE, voters can learn more about their rights, find their polling location, and report problems and get answers on Election Day.This is your democracy. Know your rights.
Know Your Voting Rights
- If You have problems, you are still entitled to cast a provisional ballot.
- If you are in line before the poll’s closing time, you are entitled to vote.
- You are entitled to view a sample ballot at the polling place before voting.
Source: The Democratic Party Voting Rights Institute
Update:
Election Protection’s 1-866-OUR-VOTE has live operators who can address some problems over the phone and dispatch lawyers
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20 - Percentage of U.S. restaurant meals that were purchased from a car in 2005.
32 - Restaurant meals, per year, the average American actually consumes in the car.
24.7 - Minutes that the average American connutes to work each day.
3 - The increased risk of obesity that you incur for every 30 minutes you spend sitting in the car each day.
Source: Eating Well, October/November, 2006.
Tags: obesity, interesting trivia, eating out
Back in 2003, USAToday.com had a story about the rising cost of insurance and how this could and would probably lead to employers taking a personal interest in the health and wellness of employees in an effort to find ways to cut costs — not because they genuinely like you, though that might also be the case too. Who knows, right? 
They’re offering wellness assessments that ask about vegetable and alcohol consumption, smoking and exercise. They’re tracking lab tests and prescriptions to predict which workers may fall ill. Some
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I exercised my American right to vote. Have you?
If you do nothing else today, make it your priority to stop at your polling place and vote, whether it’s Democrat, Republican, Independent, Green Party. It’s important to voice your opinion by pulling that lever, filling in those dots, checking that box, punching those chads, touching those screens, whatever the voting mechanism…and of course, double checking to make sure that your vote is recorded correctly.
Show off your pride at having shown up and participated in one of the greatest freedoms and powers you’ll ever experience — the right to
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“Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves — and the only way they could do this is by not voting.”
– Franklin D. Roosevelt
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52 - Percentage of Americans who can name at least two members of the cartoon Simpsons family.
28 - Percentage of Americans who can name at least two freedoms granted in the First Amendment.
21 - Percentage who believe the right to own a pet is one of them.
Source: Health, July/August, 2006.
Tags: First Amendement, The Simpsons, Freedoms, trivia
“When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer ‘Present’ or ‘Not guilty.’”
– Theodore Roosevelt
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I’ll admit that I’ve been avoiding talking politics lately. I’ve noticed that the closer it gets to an actual election, the less I like actually talking about politics and the issues with anyone, even the people I generally agree with. Everyone’s so super-charged emotional and a little bit scary. It’s best just to keep quiet and wait it out, in my not-so-humble opinion — besides, my mother always told me that you learn more when your mouth is shut and your ears are open.
It just so happens that one of my pre-move projects is to sort through my unread magazine
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52 - Percentage of Americans living in eastern states who’d rather have Bill Cinton as their dad than George W. Bush.
28 - Percentage who would pick Bush.
45 - Percentage of Southerners who’d choose Bush over Clinton as their dad.
29 - Percentage who would want Clinton.
Source: Health, June, 2006.
Tags: Bill Clinton, George W. Bush
“Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.”
– George Eliot
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