Headline News 2006-11-09

From ABC News:
Landscaper Refuses to Work for Gays
Says conventional wisdom wrong: "they have no sense of style"

From ABC News:
Mo. Jail Painted Pink to Calm Inmates After Failed Prisonbreak
Contrary to conventional wisdom, they do have a sense of style

From ABC News:
Rumsfeld Expected to Face War Crimes Charges
Osama Bin Laden files suit

From ABC News:
Kevin Federline Seeks Custody of Kids
Wants to keep Jamie Lynn Spears

From ABC News:
Democrats Now Control Majority of Governorships
Ride to Hell in handbasket to be shorter, smoother

From ABC News:
French Fall Short of Kissing Record
Osama can't hold ass still long enough

From ABC News:
Okla. Vets Use Maggot Therapy on Horse
New use found for Michael Moore

From ABC News:
Andy Griffith Loses Bid for Wis. Sheriff
Helen Crump scandal follows, foils career

From ABC News:
20 Eunuchs to Collect Taxes in India
Don't have to be nuts to want job

From ABC News:
Massive Recall of Acetaminophen Underway
Last straw for Republicans

Blogrolling 2006-11-09

Items of interest from the blogroll.

• Jon Swift looks at Rumsfeld's legacy.


• Wyatt Earp (Support Your Local Gunfighter) pays penance.


• Perri Nelson says the GOP lost because they abandoned conservatism.


• Lost In Limo Ohio says we're watching...


• Al Capone wants fair treatment.


• Seawitch goes postal.


• Politics in Alabama looks at the day after.


• Planck's Constant has 13 reasons the GOP lost


• Jim Lynch (bRight & Early) has a gift for Dubya.


• ALa (Blonde Sagacity) has hope.

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Dumped

I've been dumped.

Yes, this lady I've had a relationship with ... has dumped me.

Every day, I would get home from work, and I'd hear her voice.

Oh, she wasn't at the house. We didn't live together. But every day, she always left me a message on the phone. And she told me how important it was to call me. I meant something to her.

But now it's over.

She's dumped me.

I knew this day would come. In my heart, I knew it wouldn't last. Oh, I could have tried to fool myself that we had more ... but we didn't. And I knew it.

Wednesday, there was no doubt it was over. And yes, I saw it coming.

When I got in from work Wednesday afternoon, I went straight to the answering machine. The call counter was at "0" ... and she hadn't called.

And I knew she wouldn't call again.

But ... you know, there's a chance she will call again. I just need to wait.

In fact, I know she'll call again. Not this month. Not next month. Not even next year.

But, I think after enough time has passed, she'll call.

Yes, I expect that one afternoon in 2008, there'll be her voice on my answering machine:

Hello, this is Peggy Martin. And I'm calling to ask for your vote...

I can hardly wait.

Headline News 2006-11-08

From ABC News:
Mideast Arabs 'Delighted' by Democrats' Wins
Glad Bush is no longer President

From ABC News:
Sandinista Comeback: Ortega Wins in Nicaragua
Rode Pelosi's coattails to victory

From ABC News:
Beijing Issues 1 Dog Per Family Rule
New diet fad hits capital city

From ABC News:
Google positioning for move into radio
Vaudeville next

From ABC News:
Faith Hill Calls CMA Freakout a 'Joke'
Says "I never should have hired John Kerry's speech-writers"

From ABC News:
Bloggers Target Gay Celebs
Kos seeks companionship

From ABC News:
Women Poised to Grab Historic Stake in D.C.
Driven through Rumsfeld heart

From ABC News:
Doctor: Paterno Cannot Coach From Field
Loss to Wisconsin supports doctor's assessment

From ABC News:
Derby Winner Barbaro Has Cast Removed
Will coach Penn State against Temple

From ABC News:
Blind mice see again after retina cell transplants
Song to be rewritten

Blogrolling 2006-11-08

Items of interest from the blogroll.

• Public Eye makes a shocking discovery about yesterday's election.


• Tony (blah blah blog) had hoped the nation had learned a lesson he learned years ago.


• Frank J. (IMAO) sees an opportunity.


• Michelle Malkin looks at what didn't lose.


• Irina Tsukerman (The IgNoble Experiment) says she's not cutting and running.


• SarahK (IMAO) went to vote.


• Spacemonkey (IMAO) says a four-letter word.


• Heidi (Euphoric Reality) says we get the amnesty plan anyway.


• Mrs Jose Goldbloom (Goldbloom's Padded Cell) missed an anniversary.


• Fmragtops found a better program than the election returns.


• Conservative Cat knew ahead of time what was wrong.

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Beer Party For The Seven-Year-Old

Every family it seems has one of those months where just about everyboyd's got a birthday going on. There's this one week in July where it seems there's a birthday every day. But Basil's got him November. He's got three grandchildren with birthdays in Nobember. And his son's birthday is in November. As is one of his nephews. And his wife's got some family with Nobember berithedays birthdays.

So, this'll be a busy month for Basil's houwsehold. And it started already.

You see, last Saturday was one of his grandchildren's brithdays. His oldest granddaughter turned seven.

Now, seein as how it was a birthday for a seven year old, and seeing as how it was in Alabama, the girl's daddy threw a beer party. Again this year.

Lots of 20-somethings showed showed up. Most brought their own beer. But not all. Some brought bottles of other stuff. Most of it was on ice. The rest went over ice. And some was Ice House. You know, the good stuff.

The party did have to make it through the whole thing with the kids eating potatoe chips and sticking weiners on coat hangers and holding them over the fire. Same witht he marshmellows. And the busting open the pinata that was shaped like a slice of pizza and contgained all the left-over hallowween candy.

I was worried it would start the delay of the beer drinking what with all the kids of the folks that hang around the little girl's daddy being there. But it didn't. We was poppin' tops and telling jokes the whole time.

We did have to stop the party for a minute while they brought out the birthday cake. They made up a bunch of cupcakes and spelt out "happy birthday" and the little girl's name. It was cute. And what was really cute was that the kids wanted a cupckae with the "happy birthday" letters on them. One grabbed the cupcake with the "y" on it but put it back down next to the ramains of the girls name. And here's what it looked like.



Now that's how to party.

Oh, there's another party scheduled in a couple of weeks. For the other two of Basil's grandchildren. That's the day fo the Auburn-Alabama football game. I'm just hoping their mama keeps kickoff time in mind. I mean, we do got our priorities.

Democrat Sonny Perdue? Does Mary Know?

MSNBC was pointing out Democrat wins at such a steady rate, despite at the time Republicans had won more races, that they accidentally announced a GOP win. But they covered themselves by calling the Governor of Georgia a Democrat.

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Seems the fact didn't fit the story. So they changed the fact to fit the story?

Maybe not. Maybe they just screwed up.

NBC screwing up?

Yep. I'd believe that.