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Raccoons...
2008-04-17 21:30:00
First, I have to thank Mark C. from Comcast's executive offices that left a comment offering to help me with my problem. Had I known that Mac and blogger decided to get along after I left and go ahead and publish that post I might have contacted him. It's probably just as well I didn't know. We all know junkies are not very nice people when deprived of their drug of choice. :) Anyway, Comcast has been nothing but nice and helpful and sympathetic when I called and I am totally happy with the service when I have it. Until I got the digital phone service I did not know what a clear call sounded like. It even makes other people's lines that I could not hear in the past, clear as a bell. My only worry is that I do live in a storm prone area and we do have tornadoes and hurricanes on a regular basis and I just wonder if this will be a regular occurrence. I guess I will just have to wait and see and cross that bridge when I come to it. I sure don't want to go back to Bellsouth.Now get...

Comcast Triple Play
2008-04-15 17:30:00
Maybe Comcast 's Triple Play isn't such good idea....especially if you live in storm prone areas like I do :) Yep, you guessed it...still no cable, internet or phone. As a friend of mine used to say AAACCCKKK!!!! Twelve days!!!! and no end in sight. I'm here at the library where they have Mac's. Apparently Mac's and blogger on a public computer don't get along very well...as I think the moderator ate the comments that I tried to post. Just wanted to come in to post that we are ok, albeit a touch insane from the lack of communication tools. Great...the Mac just told me it could not contact blogger...so this may post...it may not. If you posted comments and don't see them please post again...if you can remember what you said :) If you're like me you can't...so don't worry about it. I'm still here doing the best I can. I've gotten some great studying in though :) Just about ready to take the test. That's about it for me today, I was on a roll but now thanks to comcast......
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Whew!
2008-04-06 23:21:00
We had a slow moving front come through here on Friday that lasted most of the day and left in it's wake devastation almost as bad as the devastation of Katrina...at least here in Jackson. We have not had power or cable since about 2pm Friday. We have some outside help in here to help with repairing the lines but not nearly as much as with Katrina so it's moving a bit slower. It might be as late as Wednesday of next week before we get up and running again. I am not checking emails and posting comments on my son't computer at work. It's Sunday afternoon and most of the guests have checked out so I can do this. I might not be able to do it again. I just wanted to let everyone know what's going on...I'm not neglecting the blog just can't get to it :) I hope all of you are having a better week!!!

Joan Wile's New Book: Grandmothers Against the War: Getting Off Our Fannies
2008-04-04 01:22:00
I can't wait to read it! Here's part of an email she sent to me this morning..."Here's all the dope: GRANDMOTHERS AGAINST THE WAR: Getting Off Our Fannies And Standing Up For PeaceAuthor: Joan WileForeword: Malachy McCourtPub. Date: April 29, 2008Publisher: Citadel PressPre-order from amazon.com or bn.com First signing: May 5 at Barnes & Noble 82nd and Broadway, Manhattan One Person CAN Make A Difference! Have you ever woken up in the middle of the night thinking, "I've got to DO something," but felt like you were just one person who couldn’t bring about change? Well, Joan Wile woke up one night thinking she had to do something about the war in Iraq. Little did she know how far she would go… Joan founded Grandmothers Against the War in 2003. In this outspoken memoir, she tells the amazing story of the courageous, spunky women who stood up for their beliefs and refused to back down. From staging a protest in Times Square and getting thrown ...
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Tell GM to Offer Real Hybrid Solutions
2008-04-03 00:41:00
Seems as though GM has decided to have an open dialogue with consumers about what we want in a vehicle. Please click the title of this post to go to the page and send a letter to GM. The letter can be edited...so, tell them what you really think. Like, how about building a real solution with all wheel drive and for under $15,000 would be great :)
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Piano Blues Musicians
2008-04-02 14:30:00
Fitzgerald over at Squeeze My Lemon is doing a series on piano blues musicians. Awesome! Thanks Fitz! Thought you all might want to go check it out :) Be sure to check out the sidebar for other great posts.
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It's about time for another "blues artist" post
2008-04-01 02:53:00
I get a great many visitors from CrossroadsClub27, mostly from European countries looking for blues or at the very least expecting to find a similar site to CR27. No, I have to tell them that site is one of a kind. I do pick a blues artist from time to time and review their history and music. I do have much blues related content to the left in the finetune player if you would like to have a listen.Today I am trying to decide who to review. I love Howlin' Wolf almost as much as I love KoKo Taylor. Then, I love B B King too, especially with Bobby "Blue" Bland or with other friends. There are so many I love I am having a difficult time deciding. This is why when you come to visit you probably think WTF because I haven't mentioned the blues in awhile. Sorry, I've been on the political soapbox as of late. :) I think later on in the week it will be Howlin' Wolf. I promise to be more regular with it in the future, k? Oh, and thanks to Ark over at CrossroadsClub27 for all the traffic......
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Prin's Pink Diamonds
2008-04-01 01:46:00
A couple of days ago I was wandering around looking for sparklie e-mail birthday cards for the boy because he loves things that sparkle. I guess he got that honest, although I do love to pick on him about it from time to time. I ran across a site that has multitudes. They also have blogger layouts. This, to me, is very cool because I don't particularly like what blogger itself has to offer. They are functional but so very boring and restrictive. I found one on this site that I love...because I love pink diamonds. I set it up but did not post to it...needed to think about what I wanted to do with it. Guess what? Google's spiders decided it was a spam blog and locked it. Now I have to wait for them to review and unlock it. This doesn't really bother me because it gives me more time to think and more time to contact people.Lately, I have been very impressed with what I am reading, primarily from women bloggers. So, since it is a girly, girl layout and all pink and such I'm thinking...
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Happy Birthday! My Most Awesome Son!
2008-03-28 15:31:00
Nineteen years ago today the moon was full and you could wait no longer, even though your idiot mom thought it would be so cool to have a child on April Fool's Day :) I thank God that you had the good sense to have none of that foolishness. I have thanked God for your very existence every day of your life...even through your worst times, which were few and far between. I don't talk about you much on this blog, in fact, I think I've only mentioned your birth story and how funny that was. You are way too special to talk about on a random day in a random way. You are the most wonderful child I could have ever been blessed with and even though I get grouchy sometimes I have no complaints because I know that you are one of a kind, the closest thing to perfection I have ever witnesses in another human being and I am truly blessed to have you. I'm sure there are other children out there that have to do what you do, but I'm also just as sure that there are no other children that do it ...
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Winter Soldier Carries On
2008-03-28 15:22:00
IVAW Newsletter
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Bazooka Joe's Anti-Psychiatry Blog
2008-03-27 16:27:00
This blog just fascinates the hell out of me...I just get lost in it. The link associated with the title will take you to the very first month of his writings. As a child abuse survivor, I can relate. I guess that's why it fascinates me so. As a social worker I take offense to some of it but realize he has a right to his own feelings born from his own experience and environment. The reason the link takes you to the first of his posts is that there are some beautiful poems on that first page. I remember when my abuse used to inspire me to write such prose and it makes me smile, even given the subject matter because I know he's come a long way and he's going to be alright....
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Thank You Granny Peace Brigade!!!
2008-03-26 16:00:00
Thank you to the Granny Peace Brigade for leaving a comment providing us with the link for the YouTube video of the Atlanta Grandmothers being arrested for a peaceful demonstration. If you would like to donate to help with their legal expenses please send check or money order to:Grandmothers Legal Defense FundGeorgia Peace & Justice Coalition/AtlantaPO Box 133016Atlanta, Georgia 30333on the memo line write: Grandmothers Legal DefenseHere is the video:

The Granny Peace Brigade
2008-03-25 16:11:00
I knew I would find a video of it. I hoped there would be one of them trying to enlist in Atlanta but this is all I could find.
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Social Work Library@Boston College Blog
2008-03-25 14:23:00
Click the title to be taken to an example of what I started out to do with my blog...what I had in mind... I would be depressed now, realizing the difference, except for the fact that my site, encompassing six separate blogs, I believe is much more comprehensive. I would just copy and paste the links I found on there and put them into the appropriate blogs here, but I believe Ms Kate Silfen deserves the credit for what she has done, so I will simply suggest that you go check it out. The blog is clean, neat, no-mess, no music, just up-to-date information that social work students at Boston College would need. There is a much similar blog done by A Sutton, the librarian at UIUC. I'm not going to include a link for her work. I wrote her a long email before spring break asking to be included on her list and she couldn't be bothered to even respond. Spiteful, I know.... :)
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Joan Wile--Anti-War Granny
2008-03-23 20:24:00
This post is from Joan Wile's used to be "Old but Cool" blog. This is where I get some of my anti-war posts. This is one of those posts, I must warn you...put your coffee down and swallow before you read it. All I have to say is YOU GO GIRLS!!!"AMERICAN GRANNIES EXPRESS OUTRAGE AFTER 5 YEARS OF WAR;Grandmothers in 20 Cities Protest Occupation; Some Get ArrestedWith knitting needles, with dirty linen clotheslines, many with songs, and some with acts of civil disobedience, grandmother groups across the United States in at least 20 cities expressed their frustration, their deep rage at the continued occupation of Iraq. This was the granny was of commemorating the end of five years since the bombing of Iraq on March 19, 2003.The coordinated granny actions, initiated by the Granny Peace Brigade in New York City, were the latest ones demonstrating once again that the grandmothers of America have been in the forefront of the peace movement since Day One of the U.S. catastrophic invasion o...
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Behind the Illusion
2008-03-23 16:11:00
I've had this blog in my reader for quite some time now. Some of it's subject matter is painful...too painful to find words for or to even read on a regular basis. I might also be a little mad at her for leaving and not coming back...but, hey, I do understand a girl's got to make a living. Today I'm going to post, in it's entirety, an article I found through her site. Believe it or don't. After all, it's only yet another story of the powerful trying to destroy the poor. It's strange...how we keep coming back... Levees Blown Say Eyewitnesses - Media Ignores Them Eye Witnesses Living Near 17th St. Levee Say Loud Explosion Heard Just Prior To Raging Waters Flooding The 9th Ward By Greg Szymanski 1-9-6 Eye witnesses are starting to come forward, some only a block away from the 17th St Canal levee break, saying they heard a loud, powerful explosion right before water starting gushing in, as they ended up in a matter of minutes floating d...
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Happy Easter!!!
2008-03-23 01:47:00
I was looking around today for something to share with you since I can't share the meal or the music that we will enjoy later today :) Hope you and yours are having a great Easter !Oh, Happy Day--Sister Act 2--I couldn't resist :)I remember the first time I ever saw this, I was grown and I cried like a baby :) Just like every family reunion I ever went to...

Some songs that I took with me down my path to social work...
2008-03-21 14:13:00
These songs will be forever with me...they are part of my soul...not blues, but a part anyway :)Jackson Browne--Doctor My EyesWhitesnake--Here I Go AgainCrosby, Stills, Nash and Young--Teach Your Childrenthat's enough for today :) :)
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Hobostripper
2008-03-21 12:09:00
Since the banks are wreaking havoc on peoples lives these days and we might all be homeless tomorrow or next week or in a few months I thought I would share this most exquisite site with you. So if you are homeless or think you might be shortly then please go to her site and start learning how to live on the road. She will tell you things that you have not as yet imagined that you would ever need. Be sure to check out the sidebar and archives as they are well worth the read.

Child Poverty and Family Economic Hardship: 10 Important Questions
2008-03-20 22:14:00
I thought I would share some charts with you today. When I read the article it was mostly yada, yada, yada stuff to me, but then I thought it's probably because I have been reading this stuff for the past five years. I don't totally agree with some of the statistics because I think they are somewhat out of date. They don't take into account the vast increases of the past year, but I did think you might be interested in three of the charts. They do, after all, come from the National Center for Child ren in Poverty , Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health. If you would like to read the entire pdf just click the title to this post.2008 Poverty GuidelinesU.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesPersons in Family or Household1 $10,4002 14,0003 17,6004 21,2005 24,8006 27,6107 31,0908 34,570For each additional person, add 3,480Children by family income, 2006Above low income61%100-200% FPL22%Less than100% FPL17%Source: Estimates prepared by the National Center for Childre...
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How To Clean Up a Flourescent Bulb
2008-03-20 04:17:00
Please click the title of this blog post to read the article on why you should know the proper way to clean up those florescent bulbs we have all been so diligent about using. Seems as though the amount of Mercury in one of them can poison 6,000 gallons of water(among other things) as opposed to a regular incandescent bulb which only poisons 1,000 gallons of water.How to clean up a fluorescent bulbBefore cleanup: Vent the room1. Open a window and leave the room for 15 minutes or more.2. Shut off the central forced-air heating/air conditioning system, if you have one.Clean up steps for hard surfaces3. Carefully scoop up glass fragments and powder using stiff paper or cardboard and place them in a glass jar with metal lid (such as a canning jar) or in a sealed plastic bag.4. Use sticky tape, such as duct tape, to pick up any remaining small glass fragments and powder.5. Wipe the area clean with damp paper towels or disposable wet wipes and place them in the glass jar or plastic bag.6. ...

Obama--The True Meaning of Grace
2008-03-19 12:39:00
If you haven't already heard Obama 's latest speech discussing race in this country, Alternet has a good one Politics Unusual: Obama Abandons Blame Game in Sophisticated Discussion of Race that includes the video of the speech. I encourage each and every one of you to listen to the video...and then listen again and again until you truly understand what this awesome man is really saying. I have never in my long life heard one man epitomize such true grace, dignity and eloquence when speaking about healing racial disparities. I honestly never thought I would see it in my lifetime.In stumbling around this morning I found a pretty cool site for all of us "visual" learners out there. It's not totally free which is not in keeping with the basis of my site but you can try it out for free. It is Thinkmap Visual Thesaurus. Here is an example of how it displays the information for you:"grace" NOUNS grace (Christian theology) the fre...
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See...I'm not the only one wondering about Bush's sanity...
2008-03-17 12:03:00
Go take a look at this recent article from AlterNet.

Irag Veterans Against the War
2008-03-16 22:01:00
Thought I'd share this email:Dear IVAW supporter, I'm here at Winter Soldier: Iraq & Afghanistan with 250 members of Iraq Veterans Against the War and military families who have gathered to testify about the realities of the occupations. Our community is strong as we share our stories and build our resolve to bring the occupations to an end. We are in the midst of history in the making, as eyewitness accounts of the occupations unfold before our (sometimes tearful) eyes, and thousands watch from screenings around the world, on the satellite broadcast, and live via our website at ivaw.org. The experience can only be described as moving. To build our movement, I'm writing today to ask for your financial support. If you are moved by the Winter Solider testimony, I invite you to give online now. As BBC news reported today, at the first Winter Soldier events in 1971, "their harrowing stories helped turn American public opinion against the war." The impact of our 20...

Now If I Just Had a Man... :)
2008-03-16 14:48:00
I had a man once that loved this song and we loved our Sunday mornings :)

My Sweet Lord....
2008-03-14 14:05:00
Edit: Deleted all but "My Sweet Lord " They were making my page load way to slow :) Hope you enjoyed it while it was up :)It's been a long, long week. Thank you my sweet Lord for helping me get through it....My Sweet LordAnd since I finally figured out how to share youtube videos with my faithful readers and George Harrison has been on my mind lately, I think I'll share some more :)I feel better now :)

Vote for Obama: Postcard Writing Campaign. Adopt this Campaign for Your Ar
2008-03-12 23:44:00
Pass It On: Write Postcard s for Barack If you want to participate or if you want to help coordinate postcard writing in your area, send us an e-mail at info@womenpassiton.org Here is how to participate in 3 easy steps: STEP ONE: Individually or with other women in your community, purchase 10 or more postcards for each of you to write along with postcard stamps. If possible, purchase postcards that represent your city or state. HU note: for those of us in New York City, postcards showing other things or places would be better, though I'm kinda partial to those that show the Statue of Liberty. The federal court has ruled it's in New Jersey anyway. STEP TWO: If writing postcards in a group, you might have a Postcard Party to get them all written and posted at the same time. Each postcard message should be brief and to the point - no more than 2-4 sentences. Here is a sample message: Dear Fellow Vote r, I voted (or I am voting) for Barack Obama for P...
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Salute Me I Voted!
2008-03-11 22:49:00
That's what it says on my sticker anyway....I love to vote! It just makes me feel like all is right with the world...at least for this day :)K, I'm ready for CHANGE now :)
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Stand Up for Your Fourth Amendment Rights
2008-03-11 19:46:00
Got this email today:"At this point it seems that all is lost on FISA. It looks like in the process of negotiating a compromise with the Senate, the House will be forced to have an up-or-down vote on retroactive immunity. We shouldn't expect that vote to go our way. But rather than getting mad while we watch the Fourth Amendment go up in flames, we're going to start getting even. We've picked out some of most reactionary Democrats, and are turning it over to progressive activists like you to decide who the worst offenders are. We'll then run ads and robo-calls in their congressional districts to let their constituents know how poorly their Representative is representing their rights. Go here to cast your vote and chip in to the effort to hold Congress accountable: http://action.firedoglake.com/page/s/gete venforfisa We're starting our effort to get even on several of the Blue Dog Democrats: John Barrow (GA-12), Leonard Boswell (IA-3), Chris Carney (PA-10), Brad Ellworth (IN-...
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