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Post by pegasus on Sept 22, 2012 7:55:35 GMT -7
Good morning everyone. It's raining here and the temp's not that high, so it's a little chilly. Not-So-Happy autumn everyone. Not the most cheerful of equinoxes today. I read that AARP members walked out on Rep. Paul Ryan during a speech before an AARP meeting in New Orleans. Ryan was initially greeted with polite applause, but that didn't last long when he began to talk about Obamacare, When boos weren't accompanied by a smattering of cheers, there was silence and some walking out. I'll at least give him credit for courage. He must have known that his plan for Medicare wouldn't be greeted with cheers. I think the Yankees are going to give me "heart palpitations." It's bad enough that most of the game the score is only 1-0 in their favor, but Oakland tied them in the 9th to send the game into extra innings. The Yankee catcher, Russell Martin, hit a walk-off home run in the bottom of the 10th inning for the win. My little ole heart jes ayn't up to it anymo' It's Mystery Persons game day once again. I hope we have a good turnout. FS says she opens the board to anyone who wants to play. So I hope some of you give it a try.
For Sparkle: Meadow salsify ( Lat. Tragopogon pratensis) - a flower on a wet meadow in the Austrian Alps. Have a witty weekend everyone.
Mystery Persons tonight at 5 p.m. EST, 10 p.m. UK time
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Post by pegasus on Sept 24, 2012 8:13:06 GMT -7
Good afternoon everyone It's another nice early autumn day, sunny blue skies, temp in the 60s and no rain. The leaves are just beginning to change but nothing special yet. Well, the 3rd week of NFL football isover and a sorry one it was. I don't know what the issue is between the powers-that-be (PTB) and the game officials, but the replacesments are a joke. Where did they find them? Do they actually work football games somewhere? How can any official at any level make a mistake of 21 yeards in the placement of the football? They put the ball on the wrong side of the 50-yard line! The NFL makes all these grandiose statements about the "integrity of the game" and then make a laughing stock out of it in reality. And all their pontificaing about looking to the safety of the players. In last night's game I saw more helmet to helmet hits in this one game than all last year. The players have no respect for the officials and so "push the envelope" as far as it will go. One wide receiver, knocked unconscious, was carried off the field on a stretcher to make sure that his head injury wasn't further exacerbated. And Matt Shaub, Atlanta quaterback, lost part of an ear. The commissioner and his owner cohorts are a bunch of hypocrites. And baseball moves into its final week before the playoffs and World Series. Some pundits are saying that the best spot to go into the playoffs isn't #1 because that team will start its playoffs with two away games. In the meantime, the Yankees and Orioles are playing mirror baseball. If one wins or loses, the other does the same. Luckily for me, the Yankees are still a game ahead. I won't be around much tomorrow until late. I have an 11 a.m. appointment for an ultrasound on my neck. So don't worry when this daily greeting of mine goes missing tomorrow.
Yellow dahlia for remembering Sparkle
I hope you all have a mirthful Monday.
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Post by pegasus on Sept 26, 2012 8:26:29 GMT -7
Good morning everyone. It's been sprinkling most of the morning. Not enough to really wet anything - just enough to make for chilly misery!! I should have known. The anticipation is always greater than the actual event. I was disappointed in the NCIS premiere. One of the things that I like about the program is the lack of multiple explosions, blood and guts scenes, etc. I enjoy the intellectual solving of the puzzle. I turned off the show less than half-way through it. I checked back toward the end (Go On bored me too) in time to see Gibbs "riding off on his own" to confront the villan. PUH-LEEZ. How corny!!! I finally settled on DWTS, at least the dancing was decent and the costumes interesting. What am I going to do after the baseball season is over? So far, the network TV is proving to be a fast wasteland. And the NHL is in lockout. Until collge basketball starts I'll be reduced to watching reruns and CNN.Oh, woe is me! Thought for today: "Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and take as a gift whatever the day brings forth." --Horace (65 BC-8 BC) Roman poet.
White Gentian in memory of Sparkle
Have a wonderful Wednesday.
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Post by pegasus on Sept 28, 2012 9:09:01 GMT -7
Good morning everyone It's lightly raining here again. Not at all hard, more like a mist but it's still wet and chilly. I've had to turn my furnace on. It's Ryder Cup time - US vs Europe. I haven't decided if I'm going to watch any of it or not. Usually I find golf extremely boring to watch. Right now things are going back & forth with Europe leading more often than not. I'm sure it's a fine game to play but to watch on TV? There's been another shooting? At a Minneapolis sign making business with 5 dead, including the gunman? Four other people were wounded, including three critically. I'm sorry but I have come to believe firmly that the gun laws of this country should be universal under federal law and very strictly enforced. Enough is enough.
Good morning everyone It's lightly raining here again. Not at all hard, more like a mist but it's still wet and chilly. I've had to turn my furnace on. It's Ryder Cup time - US vs Europe. I haven't decided if I'm going to watch any of it or not. Usually I find golf extremely boring to watch. Right now things are going back & forth with Europe leading more often than not. I'm sure it's a fine game to play but to watch on TV? There's been another shooting? At a Minneapolis sign making business with 5 dead, including the gunman? Four other people were wounded, including three critically. I'm sorry but I have come to believe firmly that the gun laws of this country should be universal under federal law and very strictly enforced. Enough is enough.
Thought for Today: “Begin to free yourself at once by doing all that is possible with the means you have, and as you proceed in this spirit the way will open for you to do more.” ..Georges Clemenceau (1841-1929) French statesmaaaan & Prime Minister (1917-1920)
Pink sea lily in memory of Sparkle
TGIF my friends.
Pink sea lily in memory of Sparkle
TGIF my friends.
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Post by pegasus on Sept 30, 2012 6:57:49 GMT -7
Good morning everyone It's a cloudy, gloomy and chilly start to Sunday (a definite misnomer for today). All in all, depressing reminding me that SAD is on its waaaaaah-aaaaay! Today is the last Sunday in September which means it is Gold Star Mother's Day, a day to recognize and honor those who have lost a son or daughter while serving in the US Armed Forces.
Last day for the Ryder Cup. The US is leading Europe 10-4 going into the individual matches of toady. There are 12 matches/points up for grabs. The US only needs 4 to win the cup. Big NFL game tonight - NY Giants vs Philadelphia Eagles. New York's other two teams are in for some tough times. The Jets face the San Francisco 49ers (a loss) and the Baffalo Bills play the New England Patriots in Buffalo. We'll see if the Bills are going to be a truly good team this year. And then there's baseball with only three games to the season left before the playoffs begin. And in the East, Baltimore and the Yankees are tied for first place. <sigh> One thing that I have no intention of watching tonight is 60 Minutes's interview with Arnold Schwarzenegger. I didn't like him as an actor or as the governor of California. And what little respect I had completely dissipated with the revelation of his affair with his housekeeper and the birth of their son. And now he's going to tell all on 60 Minutes!! No thank you. <shudder> Thought for Today: "The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference." ..Eliezer "Elie" Wiesel (b. 1928 ) Romanian-born Jewish-American writer, political activist, Nobel Laureate, and Holocaust survivor.
Dahlia in memory of Sparkle
I hope you all have a satisfying Sunday.
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Post by pegasus on Oct 2, 2012 8:44:45 GMT -7
Breast Cancer Awareness Month Good afternoon everyone. Another day of chilly drizzle. It really isn't raining, just drizzling which is unpleasant when the temp is only 57ºF. I'm definitely not ready for the change of season. I'm not ready to start adding layers of clothing, turning up the furnace all day, clouds and no sun, etc. Only two days left to the regular baseball season. Yesterday the Yankees bombed the Red Sox and Tampa Bay beat the Orioles, so the Yanks are 1 game ahead, but still have to win the next two to ensure they win the division title. If they do, they have a chance to be the top winning team in the American League with home field advantage. /Well, Dallas fell on its virtual face last night with five interceptions. It's amazing how Tony Roma is said to be a top NFL quarterback but in big games always comes up with egg on his face. Just sayin'. And then there's hockey. The NHL has canceled all preseason games due to owners' lockout of the players over their labor dispute. Talks resumed in New York, with both sides still focusing on secondary matters and not the core economic issues. The strangest aspect of this is some TV local networks in Canada and the US are looking to televise the KHL, which is a Russian-based hockey league. Now wouldn't that be ironic - Russian hockey games telecast here because free market western teams are unavailable!! Thought for Today: "Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defenses of peace must be constructed." --UNESCO Constitution
Frangipani in memory of Sparkle
Have a truthful Tuesday everyone.
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Post by pegasus on Oct 4, 2012 8:19:25 GMT -7
National Golf Day Good afternoon everyone. It's cloudy again and cool. Not a very inviting day for outside activities. I'll be just as happy to stay inside where it's comfortable. Is nothing safe? Have you read about the theft of more than 600 barrels of maple syrup in Quebec, valued at more than $20 million? The Federation of Quebec Maple Syrup Producers reported large quantities of syrup missing last month during a routine inventory, finding empty barrels at a site of the province's global strategic reserve (global strategic reserve??). The recovered syrup is being returned to Quebec in a convoy of 16 trailer-loads under police escort. My quesion is - how did anyone steal it in the first place if it takes 16 trailer-loads to return it? It seems to me that somebody would have spotted the thieves. Anyone watch the entire presidential debate last night? I didn't turn it on at all. I'm so fed up with all the posturing blather we're being subjected to by both parties that I couldn't stand the thought of listening to any voluntarily. November can't come soon enough for me!! Ahhhh, the regular season is over and the baseball playoffs begin tomorrow. In case you're wondering, like I was, on TBS. I would never have thought of TBS as the TV station for the playoffs. And the first game is at an odd hour too - 5 p.m. (St Louis @ Atlanta) and 9 p.m. (Baltimore @ Texas). Batter Up!!
Thought for Today "Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are." --Bernice Johnson Reagon (b. 1942), historian & musician
Marigold in memory of Sparkle
Have a thoroughly nice Thursday
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Post by pegasus on Oct 6, 2012 7:40:19 GMT -7
National German-American Day
Good morning everyone. It's become gloomy, drear and chilly again. It makes me want to crawl back into bed and pull the covers over my head! The first wild card games are over with the home team losing both! Baltmore will play the Yankees and St Louis goes to Washington, D.C. So the battle that went on all August and Septemberin the American League, ending 9-9, will resume Sunday. In the meantime, there are the two series that begin today - Oakland at Detroit, Cincinnati at San Francisco. Play Ball!!! Have any of you read about the video that shows the supposed 'scientist' in Congress saying evolution is from "pit of Hell"? Rep. Paul Brown (R-Ga.) is an outspoken conservative Christian and a medical doctor, who calls himself a scientist and chairs the House Science Committee's panel on investigation and oversight!! A scientist?? Really?? Who believes that the earth is only 9,000 years old?? I don't object to his being elected to Congress but I strongly object that he be placed on any committee that deals with science and/or technology No wonder we're falling behind in science and math with clowns like this running things. Did you know that many pet shelters and animal rescue groups will not let people adopt black cats at this time? They promote the adoption of black cats during the summer and winter months, avoiding the Halloween season, fearing that the animals will be adopted as a novelty or end up abused because of the witchy superstitions about them!.
Thought for Today: "The paradox of reality is that no image is as compelling as the one which exists only in the mind's eye." --Shana Alexander (1925-2005), journalist & educator.
Bonnie Jean rose in memory of Sparkle
Have a great weekend everyone.
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Post by pegasus on Oct 8, 2012 8:35:52 GMT -7
Happy Thanksgiving Canada Good afternoon everyone The sun has finally decided to show its face, but the temp won't get out of the 50s. It's a nice middle of autumn day and reminds me of why autumn can be a nice time of the year. The Yankees won their first game against Baltimore. 2nd game is tonight. I'm not going to have any fingernails left!! I'm having problems with my legs and need to try and heal them. So I won't be around as much. Thought for Today: "Not what we have, but what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance." --Epicurus (BC 341-270) Ancinent Greek philosopher
Aster in memory of Sparkle
Have a madcap Monday everyone!!
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Post by pegasus on Oct 10, 2012 8:53:29 GMT -7
National Stop Bullying Day
Good afternoon everyone. We're back to goomy, dreary and altogether blah autumn day. It makes me want to do nothing more than curl up with a good book and take a nap. Now I've got to go lie down for a couple of hours and elevate my legs. It's times like this when I wish I had a laptop!! What's with Toyota? They're having a huge recall of more than 7 million cars worldwide for a potential risk of fire. Aren't they the company who was supposed to have the best made, safest cars in the world? And yet, for the past several years, they have had more recalls than any other automaker. Have you read anything that points out the utter depravity of the Taliban better than their attempt to kill a 14-year-old Pakistani girl for writing a blog that criticized them? Thought for Today: “If you can spend a perfectly useless afternoon in a perfectly useless manner, you have learned how to live.” --Lyn Yutang (1895-1976) Chinese writer & editor
Autumn crocus in memory of Sparkle
Have a worthy Wednesday everyone.
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Post by pegasus on Oct 12, 2012 8:24:53 GMT -7
•Popcorn Poppin' Month
Good morning everyone. It's been raining most of the morning but the sun has finally appeared. Unfortunately, it's definitely chilly out and tonight there is a frost warning for the area. Brrrrrrr!! I see that the European Union has been awarded this year's Nobel Peace Prize "for over six decades contributed to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights." Nothing like patting yourself on the back. My time is up and it's back to bed. <sigh> Thought for Today: "I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." --Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), Italian astronomer and mathematician
Foxglove (genus Digitalis) in memory of Sparkle
TGIF
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Post by pegasus on Oct 14, 2012 10:01:53 GMT -7
946th Anniversary of the Battle of Hastings
Good afternoon everyone The weather is playing games with us. The temp is in the 60S after dropping into the lower 30s yesterday!! C'mon already!! I'm devastated!! The captain is out until sometime next year with a broken ankle and how will the Yankees have a successful run in the League Championship without him? So far, this year, it's been Jeter, Suzuki, Tex and Ibanez who have funished the offense. I guess we'll see what this Yankee team is made of now. When the Yankees take the field without Jeter in today’s Game 2 against the Tigers, it’ll be the first time they’ve done so in the postseason since Oct. 8, 1995 without Jetes. Will A-Rod, Swish or the Grandyman step up and play like they do in the regular season? They've announced that Jayson Nix will be at shortstop today.
Can you believe that it was only 65 years ago, in 1947 that Air Force test pilot Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier at Muroc Dry Lake Bed, Calif.? And now we've been to the moon and back, have people living for months in an orbiting space station, are exploring the surface of Mars with robots!!
Thought for Today: "A true friend freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably." --William Penn (1644-1718) Quaker founder of Pennsylvania
Aubrieta in memory of Sparkle
Have a swell Sunday everyone.
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Post by pegasus on Oct 16, 2012 8:14:04 GMT -7
National Boss Day
Good morning everyone It's a overcast, chilly, altogether unpleasant day in this part of NY. So far it has no redeeming factor and I'm not a happy camper. I'm not doing too well today. So I'll see you tomorrow. Thought for Today: "No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path." --Buddha (563-483 B.C.) Hindu Prince Gautama Siddhartha, the founder of Buddhism
Thimbleweed (Anemone hupehensis) in memory of Sparkle
Have a thrilling Tuesday
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Post by pegasus on Oct 18, 2012 7:21:33 GMT -7
International Credit Union Day Good morning everyone. It looks to be another warmer than normal autumn day and believe me, I'm not complaining. Looking out the window all I see is the sun shining in a faded blue sky!! Temps may reach 70F!! Well, the Yankees are still alive (barely) thanks to rain in Detroit. So Sabathia goes today. It soesn't matter how good the pitcher is if the batters keep falling on their faces!! We're losing another print news media - Newsweek will no longer publish a print edition in the US. I guess I must be one of the few left who still gets this magazine. I will certainly miss it. Time for me to go lie down and rest my legs. Talk to you later. Thought for Today: "We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.” --Charles R. Swindon (b. 1934) American clergyman and writer
Common peony (Paeonia officinalis) in memory of Sparkle
Have a tempting Thursday everyone.
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Post by pegasus on Oct 20, 2012 8:04:45 GMT -7
National Vegetarian Month Good morning everyone. Well, today looks like a blah day. Neither feast or fowl. Slightly warmer with no rain but also little sun. <sigh> College football then the 6th game of the National League Championship. What more could a sports fan want!! Only 17 more days till Election Day. I can barely wait. I will be so glad that the whole thing will be over and I sincerely hope that this time the party that doesn't win won't start campaigning immedicately for the next one 4 years away. That's what the GOP did in 2008. What's going on in Great Britain? Tens of thousands of demonstraters in central London protest the government's austerity measures. Haven't they been protesting the austerity measures for years? Or was that only students?
Time to go back to bed. Thankfully, there's plenty of football to watch on TV!! Thought for Today: "A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation." --Mark Twain (1832-1910) humorist writer & lecturer
Sea lily in memory of Sparkle
I hope you all have a super Saturday.
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