January 30, 2005
ACT
The elections are over, the husband is safe and sound, and 30 January is rolling to a close.
I never answered Pixy's question about who should play me in a movie. I guess I'll have to go with Jennifer Connelly. She doesn't particularly look like me -- well, a little, and the long brown hair helps -- but she's my husband's Sam Elliot, the one actress he goes ga-ga over. So rather than compete, I'll just get her to pretend to be me!
MORE TO GROK:
Oh, and I agree with my father-in-law that I was wrong in saying my husband doesn't really look like any actor: he does look an awful lot like Rick Schroeder. Husband's cuter though.
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Never heard of her. Tell the LT he won already.
Posted by: Bunker at January 30, 2005 07:33 PM (FP9A9)
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Jennifer Connelly ... good choice! I liked her in Dark City.
Posted by: mdmhvonpa at January 31, 2005 10:26 AM (/D3gv)
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DYE
I heard about that silly Wisconsin voting rule that says that as long as someone vouches for you, you can vote. Maybe we could learn a thing or two about that
blue finger dye being used in the Iraqi elections.
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Sarah - I can hear the wailing from the ACLU already! How many snarky comments can you come up with for reasons why the ACLU would be against this?
Posted by: Toni at January 30, 2005 10:54 AM (N4tak)
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I loved most of the posts, many are so wonderful but this one is light and deep at the same time:
From Iraq the Model:
"I walked forward to my station, cast my vote and then headed to the box, where I wanted to stand as long as I could, then I moved to mark my finger with ink, I dipped it deep as if I was poking the eyes of all the world's tyrants."
Posted by: Ruth H at January 30, 2005 02:35 PM (upDG6)
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Toni, I'll get the ball rolling:
- Descriminatory against those with no arms
- Choice of blue dye clashes with style of citizens who are an "Autumn"
- Wouldn't want to deny vote to those unable to tell left hand from right
Posted by: James at February 01, 2005 05:27 PM (QvU5o)
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January 11, 2005
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Tanks:
good for the environment!
The environmental office works with units that use the training area to identify sections that are off-limits to training to protect endangered or threatened species that live in those areas. In other parts of the training area, the training actually helps wildlife flourish, Rieck said.
“Threatened and endangered species like when the landscape changes,” he said. “With tanks moving through, the land changes and animals are attracted to that.”
An information paper from the environmental office said the tanks compact the soil, creating puddles that the endangered yellow-bellied toad uses to lay eggs.
Ulrich Maushakey, the forest director for the Federal Forestry Office in Grafenwöhr, said if the training were to stop and the area no longer monitored, much of the existing wildlife would likely die off.
“If you keep the land open, all the trees come back, the area would be [overgrown] with weeds and the most parasitic species would take over,” Maushakey said. “With the land kept free of these threats, there is more of a chance for threatened and endangered species to come back.”
Hey, husband, did you see that? Two of my favorite things are symbiotic: tanks and toads!
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Now, wait a minute. Fifteen years ago the official mantra was that the tracks were destroying perfectly good forested area, and a lot of stuff in Grafenwohr was marked "do not drive tracked vehicles here" to save it.
I wish someone would make up their minds.
Posted by: Jason at January 12, 2005 12:05 PM (565iX)
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January 09, 2005
HA
Dude, Red 6, we're not the only ones who hate your
shelf toilet!
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Yeah, the male sitting while peeing thing is also funny...more curious is the fact that the only two people I know in Germany with the sticker in their bathroom admonishing men to sit down are MEN! Yes. And I asked one friend (and this guy is no girly-man: he is a linebacker for American football in Germany, at least 6'3 and 250lbs) about it, and he replied: "when you have to start cleaning your own toilet, you start caring about it".
The shelf toilet is weird...one of my brothers didn't want to visit me: he asked me first: "do you have one of those weird toilets and those stupid hand-held showers?"
Posted by: calivalleygirl at January 09, 2005 02:42 PM (KRZ8N)
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Gosh, Sarah... is this what I have to look forward to?! HA HA HA
Posted by: Suzy at January 09, 2005 03:31 PM (7qlZr)
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January 08, 2005
ROCK ON
So I'm like the last person in the world to review
Team America, but I just got back from the theater, and I loved it. I stayed home sick all day, but nothing was keeping me from the movie. I won't rehash all the same praise everyone else has given it; I'll only add that the entire military audience was cracking up.
And this song, which killed me, goes out to my husband:
I miss you more then Michael Bay missed the mark
When he made Pearl Harbor
I miss you more than that movie missed the point
And thatÂ’s an awful lot, girl
And now, now youÂ’ve gone away
And all IÂ’m trying to say is
Pearl Harbor sucked, and I miss you
I need you like Ben Affleck needs acting school
He was terrible in that film
I need you like Cuba Gooding needed a bigger part
HeÂ’s way better than Ben Affleck
And now all I can think about is your smile
and that shitty movie too
Pearl Harbor sucked and I miss you
Why does Michael Bay get to keep on making movies?
I guess Pearl Harbor sucked
Just a little bit more than I miss you
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Sarah,
I can't believe you already blogged about the movie! I loved it too...ready to see it on Tuesday?
Durka, Durka.
Posted by: Erin at January 08, 2005 04:54 PM (pVCe7)
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MAN PURSE
Hahaha. Perhaps I could get my husband a man-purse with camouflage on the flap like Tommy Lee has. Oh good lord, I can just picture the look on my husband's face if I suggested he get a purse. That's rich. (The man owns three ties, and one is a clip on. Metrosexual, he is not.)
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Hey, I carry a handbag... Well, a shoulder bag. Have done for years. Where else would I keep my mobile phone, my Palm Pilot, my digital camera, my iPod, headphones, emergency chocolate bar, headache and antihistamine pills, chequebook, spare pen... And so on?
The secret is to only buy a new bag when the old one completely dis
integrates, so for most of its life it looks all battered and worn, rather than shiny and girly.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 08, 2005 05:10 AM (+S1Ft)
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The husband does have a black Army bookbag that he carries his paperwork in...
Posted by: Sarah at January 08, 2005 06:08 AM (e/5ZT)
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Pixy, you're hauling too much junk. I cull my wallet frequently, delete as many keys as possible, and have a slimline Gerber pocket knife. I don't even like having loose change!
Posted by: Mike at January 08, 2005 08:20 AM (FP9A9)
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My husband will carry my purse all over the mall when we are shopping, that doesn't bother him a bit,
but he wouldn't be caught dead with a man purse :-)
Posted by: Pamela at January 08, 2005 02:16 PM (E34Gm)
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Oh yeah. My Leatherman's in there too, plus a couple of 20GB DDS tapes.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 08, 2005 06:49 PM (+S1Ft)
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As long as I am commenting...I don't think a man purse would float my boat, but hey, I ain't never met your husband. I did bring a manskirt home with me from Africa though. It is pretty damn cool! Haven't found just the right occasion to wear it yet but you better believe it will be to a Command function (well maybe not a submarine command though...nukes just ain't right.)
R/
Ed
Posted by: Ed & D at January 08, 2005 11:03 PM (yBNXx)
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Ching came home with an army green "map" bag that she's been carrying around since neither of us carries a real purse. Several years ago I went to an id holder - I carry my driver's license, check card, and maybe a pic of my newphew and blog card. For Christmas I got her a Hello Kitty change holder that is now attached to the strap of the map bag aka man purse. Well, she is Nerdstar :-)
Posted by: Beth at January 09, 2005 12:36 AM (h0lFZ)
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Ed must be one of them coners. My uncle had a man purse back in the late seventies- a big silver lunchbox he carried all his junk around in.
Posted by: pbnuc at January 09, 2005 01:13 AM (EelGo)
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My coach was given to me for my College graduation. At my first job we were working on the back office computer (doing an upgrade) and the techie saw it on a chair that he wanted to sit on. He told my boss's wife if she would "please move her purse".
So that's where the "my purse" comes from. Just to clarify.
Posted by: Tom at January 09, 2005 11:48 PM (uKItR)
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