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Nov 22 2010
trust and surrender
There are those moments.
Few and far between.
Have you ever fed a lover with just your hands?
Close your eyes and trust it, just trust it
Have you ever thrown a fist full of glitter in the air?
Have you ever looked fear in the face
And said I just don’t care?
And you have to…. Listen.
Nov 20 2010
1st Annual DD Going Out of Business Rummage Sale
Come one come all!
Everything’s free! or trade. or socialist community grab.
Bring all your shit! Purge your buckets and bookmarks! lol.
First things first: We’re gonna burn this Diary!! I mean ESSAY! Ive pre-set the self-destruct for an unrevealed time, so fire away until then. But only after the jump there. Please and thank you.
Psssst. It’s also a thinly disguised ruse for a trip down memory lane and some possible roasting er rule breaking I mean tributes below the crease. shhhhh.
(Well, I mean, since The Boss has already promised to pre-emptively banished* me… so what the hell. lol) *that would be a posthumous ban…. in the future… making the “blogging the future” site tagline all the more verifiable, you see.
Who’s got ponies?!?!!
There shall be music. And dancing.
Rejoice, rejoice, let the morphing begin.
Celebrate!
Take the leap.
Nov 20 2010
1st Annual DD Going Out of Business Rummage Sale
Come one come all!
Everything’s free! or trade. or socialist community grab.
Bring all your shit! Purge your buckets and bookmarks! lol.
First things first: We’re gonna burn this Diary!! I mean ESSAY! Ive pre-set the self-destruct for an unrevealed time, so fire away until then. But only after the jump there. Please and thank you.
Psssst. It’s also a thinly disguised ruse for a trip down memory lane and some possible roasting er rule breaking I mean tributes below the crease. shhhhh.
(Well, I mean, since The Boss has already promised to pre-emptively banished* me… so what the hell. lol) *that would be a posthumous ban…. in the future… making the “blogging the future” site tagline all the more verifiable, you see.
Who’s got ponies?!?!!
There shall be music. And dancing.
Rejoice, rejoice, let the morphing begin.
Celebrate!
Take the leap.
Nov 18 2010
Some Other Time
and no, it’s not what you might think. lol.
It’s this… ta dah!
The CD is available to pre-order now … this is my alternative life when I unglue myself from the blawgs… Musician’s Wife.
Nov 17 2010
Grandma’s Buttons
Mad crazy busy these past few days. Productive, though, and I’ll have some goodies to share here maybe later today. Meanwhile, in the midst of the remodel mayhem (garage/laundry room) and other stuff, Kid’s school pants broke a button last night. Well, sometime yesterday, but it only came to my attention at about 10 P.M. last night. :-/
“Oh!” said I, “Let me go for the Grandma stash and find a button to replace it.” I knew, beyond a shadow of a doubt, I’d find one to fit.
“Kid?” I said, “Remember how I told you that Grandma was the ultimate original Packrat? who grew up during the Depression and she found a(re)use for everything? No waste. She knew to recycle, before it was hip.” So, yeah, I’ve got buttons for anything and everything.
Oct 31 2010
sham/e UPDATED
Michelle Shephard’s tweet:
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40 years. Wow. #Khadr looked straight ahead. Widow of soldier he was convicted of killing cheered out in court.
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#Guantanamo sentence 15 more than even Pentagon prosecutors asked for in #Khadr case.
# The 40 year #Khadr sentence unexpected. Pentagon lawyers asked for 25. Prosecutor had said, “send a message.” I’d say they sure did that.
Ill try to come back later to add updates and more info.
Sick. Just sick. The widow cheered.
shephardm
#Guantanamo prosecutors, #Khadr lawyers on the way to media hangar for press conferences. #Military jurors have declined to be interviewed.
updates below
Oct 29 2010
I Want My Father Back You Sonovabitch
Emotional day today in Guantanomo tweetland. I’ve spent much of yesterday and today following along with the live tweet squad tweeting from the media pool on the Sentencing Hearing of Omar Khadr, the Toronto-born Guantanmo prisoner, now 24. The somewhat well known (in certain circles) “Child Soldier” who was shot and captured on July 27, 2002 in Afghanistan by U.S. Special Forces at the age of 15.
For a better take on the final plea deal a few days ago, I’ll point you this article by Dan Gardner who concludes:
So what does the plea bargain really mean? Khadr has already spent one-third of his life in prison. He is being tried by a stacked military commission. He faces the very real possibility of spending the rest of his life in a locked box. And so, on Monday, after eight years maintaining his innocence, Khadr confessed. Sure. He’s a terrorist. Whatever.
A coerced confession is no confession. And if Omar Khadr’s confession cannot be described as coerced, the word should be stricken from the dictionary.
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But today. Today was hard.
Oct 25 2010
For Omar [updated x 3]
[Updated below after the click]
Forgive my inability to fully express the depth of grief I feel.
For Omar.
For justice. For peace.
For a future for my daughter and all our children sold off to the highest bidder.
God help us all.
Oct 15 2010
freaky Friday
wanna re – caption this?
Photo of the Day: The White House seen from the North Lawn is bathed in pink light in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month Oct. 14, 2010.
(Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson)
See more official photos at http://wh.gov/photogallery