It's the new "Democracy, Whiskey, Sexy!"

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Found this via Hud and CaliValley:
Gore isn't quite as green as he's led the world to believe

Kinda reminds me of the time Ben Affleck said he was thinking of running for Congress, and it turned out he had only voted once in the past 10 years, and not even in 2000 when he rode around with Gore trying to rock the vote. Sheesh.

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Are there any nutritionists out there who can answer a real question for me? How do you get dehydrated when you're on a liquid diet? That seems oxymoronic to me, but naturally I have no medical knowledge whatsoever. This is a real, actual, honest-to-god question. With only the tiniest pinch of smartaleckness because that woman makes me sick.

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1 This in not in her defense....I'm so not a nutritionist, but if you drink a lot of caffine (soda and coffee) you can get pretty dehydrated. It also happens quite a bit when you live in the high altitude (happened to me twice since I've lived here BUT I wasn't on some crazy diet) When you're on a liquid diet who knows. She's probably just faking it for more negative attention.....hahaha! I suppposed the president is the devil and is sitting on her shoulders telling her to drink coffee and soda

Posted by: Angie at August 12, 2006 05:56 AM (SA3c9)

2 The caffeine/alcohol are diuretics which cause the body to excrete more urine, which then causes the dehydration...I'm with Angie...must have been drinking lots of soda and coffee??

Posted by: Nicole at August 12, 2006 07:58 AM (nTCFk)

3 What they said. If all you are doing is drinking water, then it is kinda hard to dehydrate. Water mixed with other substances may cause your mileage to vary. However, one particular symptom of dehydration isn't evident: she can still cry. When you dehydrate, the body starts cutting off the sources of liquid loss...tears are on of the first sources to dry up. If she's sniffling on camera, she's not dehydrated, she's just thirsty.

Posted by: Deskmerc at August 12, 2006 08:09 AM (15Nko)

4 I noticed that she was *also* in the hospital for a biopsy of her uterus. Could that have been the main reason she was there, but the dehydration made for a better sound bite?

Posted by: Sarah at August 12, 2006 09:32 AM (YL5y0)

5 Email your cousin Francine. She's studying to be a nutritionist. Also, your Aunt Sue would know too. She got naseous and almost passed out at Anne's wedding. She ran around the lake with your Aunt Mary that morning and then didn't eat or drink anything until later in the afternoon. Not a good thing to do! Your Mama

Posted by: Nancy at August 12, 2006 04:34 PM (pquEL)

6 sarah, i just wanted you to know that i really enjoy reading your blog. patty

Posted by: patty at August 12, 2006 09:22 PM (PYWDZ)

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Every once in a while you read a line on a blog that's just so good that you want everyone you know to see it. This is one of those lines:

The NYT confused what people read and email each other, with what they will pay for. If those two things were the same, poems about Jesus and pictures of animals dressed up in costumes would have displaced porn and gambling as the internet's biggest industries.

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I swear, The Onion couldn't have made up a story this good: Iran leader asks Germany for help on Zionism

Speaking of The Onion, we were watching the news the other day and two newscasters were talking to each other. One asked, "Are you familiar with The Onion?" The other said she was not, so the first proceded to explain what The Onion is and why it's so funny. And then at the end of the segment, the other lady said, "Yeah, um, I know what The Onion is, I just wasn't paying attention when you asked me." It was such a random, weird admission that my husband and I cracked up.

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Hud found a funny website: A complete list of things caused by global warming

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And I thought we had been around the Army for a "long time" because new privates have ACUs! That's nothing compared to R1's time in...

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1 Thanks for making me feel so old...all I can't backup/verify were the cigarettes in the C-rations. Let me get my cane and I'll be shuffling back to work. MajorDad1984

Posted by: MajorDad1984 at June 12, 2006 08:40 AM (j7S/Q)

2 Thanks! Now I feel older. I can still remember opening a C-Ration and in the accessory pack was a small pack of Lucky Strikes. I'm not a smoker so I gave them to one of the other guys going through nicotine fits. I can also remember getting a pack of Camels once too. Each pack held 5 cigarettes. I still have a handful of P-38s. Remember garrison caps? I'm not going to use the nickname that GI's called them. I hated those with a passion too. They were just as useless as the beret. Want another hint about how old I am? I can still remember when they had dancers in the clubs. Okay, I'll stop because now I'm getting depressed. R1

Posted by: R1 at June 12, 2006 09:20 PM (N1rEE)

3 Yes...old enough to remember dancers (body movement specialists) at the clubs. I want to say that my first experience in that area was at the I-Bar at Fort Benning circa 1984...may I just say "Wow!!"

Posted by: MajorDad1984 at June 14, 2006 03:27 AM (j7S/Q)

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Wanted: New best friends

Must love knitting. And talking about knitting. And reading about knitting, swapping patterns, and making knitting jokes. Must get excited about figuring out a ptbl. Knitting ambition is required: applicants must attempt patterns that make me cringe. Also must be a knitting nerd: must think the binary hat and Fibonacci sequence scarf are awesome.

Must love the other domestic arts. Sewing is a definite. Quilting is a bonus. Cooking is required. Must love calling first thing in the morning to rave about what you made for dinner last night. Must love reading cookbooks, cover to cover. Cleaning skills are a must too. Must be able to help me figure out how to get make-up out of a wedding dress or dog pee out of the sofa cushion. Bonus points if every time I call you you're cleaning the oven, or if you clean radiators when you're bored.

However, mere June Cleavers need not apply. Must have a healthy sense of humor. Preference will be given to applicants who use the f-word while discussing antique apron patterns. I'll even accept devout Catholics with a verified sordid past. Must love Alabama Worley and still keep a copy of Emily Post on the shelf.

Must be a fellow right-wing nutjob, preferably heavier on the fiscal than the social. Must want limited government and refuse WIC. Must be accepting of homosexuals, hate al Qaeda, and argue back and forth with me about abortion. Bonus points if your biracial son thinks his heritage is "Irish." Must love George W. Bush but enjoy talking about the ways he's screwing up. Extreme preference given to military wives who nag their husbands about staying in the Army.

Must have freckles, huge boobs, and look great in flannel. Must be a NON-smoker. Cubs fans need only apply if they fit all the other criteria.

Oh, who am I kidding? No one will ever measure up to Erin, Kelly, and The Girl.

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If it's at all possible, never arrange to move the week when your husband has finals for his MBA classes and when he's acting commander because the real commander is on leave. That's a scenario to avoid.

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1 Sarah, I think I can trump you on this one. Once in a land far, far away - the past, when my husband was finishing up his MS thesis he was working for the Tex Parks and Wildlife, not named that at the time. I was very, very preggie, scheduled for June to have a baby. Well, baby didn't arrive till July 17, tne thesis was completed and signed off on and the new job was in Virginia. Long story short, we left Texas when the baby was 17 days old, I nursed him all across the country, the three year old was car sick most of the way and I was exhausted! But we had fun. And it is fun to look back on.

Posted by: Ruth H at April 15, 2006 03:17 PM (w20rj)

2 Yeah moving...my least favorite topic in the military When it rains, it pours! (of course)

Posted by: Nicole at April 15, 2006 04:24 PM (Sa9Kb)

3 I remember when you were 18 mos. old, and I was six months pregnant with Michael and we were moving from Tulsa to Pittsburgh. Dad had to go ahead and move to Pittsburgh, and "you" and I were left behind to sell the house, arrange the move with the movers (they packed my car keys and also repacked a truck at midnight because they didn't listen to me when I told them all of our things would not fit on the truck they had brought). Such fun! Your dad handled the next move and has helped with all the rest since. I think he realized when he came back for the closing on the house that I was not a happy camper! Somehow you'll manage! Hang in there! Love, Your Mama

Posted by: Nancy at April 15, 2006 10:51 PM (6s7Zq)

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I couldn't help but guffaw when my husband pointed out the funniest quote from France's labor riots:

You'll get a job knowing that you've got to do every single thing they ask you to do because otherwise you may get sacked.

Heaven forbid you have to do what your boss tells you to do.

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1 Those wacky French! All this time we had it wrong, you're not supposed to do what your boss tells you to do.

Posted by: Vonn at March 27, 2006 10:14 AM (dEgRi)

2 I would have liked to have heard the context. It is either pretty funny or not funny at all, depending on whether we are supposed to be thinking about cases where the boss is only making reasonable, work-related demands or cases where the boss is asking for, let's say, sex. It is probaboy the former; I'm as ready as anyone to call the French whacky. I'm familiar with a lot of cases in this country, though, where people have been sacked after refusing to follow orders that were neither reasonable nor job relevant.

Posted by: Pericles at March 27, 2006 04:42 PM (ra2qX)

3 You're familiar with LOTS of cases in this country? You're a freaking human resources tech at Total Fina SA? Yes, I'm sure you are very familiar with complex labor laws IN FRANCE and their application and some common abuses of that system...Or you're just a tool who has to say something contrary on this blog all the damn time. Hmmm...yeah I'm gonna go with the latter. FAMILIAR and LOTS smell and awful lot like bullshit to me. I'm declaring shenanigans!

Posted by: Joe D at March 27, 2006 11:32 PM (OH/4Z)

4 Joe- I am familiar with a lot of cases in "this country," as in the U.S. You're right; I know very little about the labor situation in France, and nothing about cases of bosses making illegitimate demands on workers. My point was just that when you say "You've got to do what the boss says," you always have to qualify that, at least in your mind, with the phrase "as long as it ia reasonable, job-related demand." It is not buillshit, though, when I say that I know about a pretty good number of cases in this country. I've never given any indication on here of who I am or what I do for a living, and I don't think I'll start now. I'll let my arguments stand o fall on their own. Suffice it to say, though, that questions of illegal and unethical labor practices fall within the purview of my job.

Posted by: Pericles at March 28, 2006 12:24 PM (ra2qX)

5 Pericles, I'm sure your comment wouldn't have been taken the way it was if you weren't ALWAYS debating with Sarah. Every once in a while, it would be nice for you to just say, "Good point, Sarah." (And leave it at that) I do enjoy hearing your opinions...but throw her a damn bone for chrissakes. It's difficult to be criticized over and over and over. And I think we are all pretty clear on where you stand on a lot of issues...so saying something nice won't make us doubt where you are coming from. Seriously.

Posted by: Erin at March 28, 2006 04:58 PM (SWlCy)

6 Erin- I'll make you a deal. I'll contribute one post where I agree with something Sarah says, and leave it at that, for each time that you post a comment that disagrees with something she says, and leave it at that. Seriously, I'm sorry if I have crossed any lines in my posts here. I may not agree much with Sarah or most of the other commentators, but I've tried very hard not to remain civil and not to make any personal comments about anyone. If I didn't think that most of the people here were intelligent and willing to listen to people who disagree with them, I wouldn't bother posting or even reading. I've never thought that I was criticizing people by disagreing with them. To my mind, expressing reasoned disagreement with someone, instead of just scoffing at them, is kind of a compliment.

Posted by: Pericles at March 28, 2006 05:48 PM (eKf5G)

7 Pericles, Fortunately, I'm friends with Sarah...so whenever I disagree with her, I'm able to say it to her face. It doesn't happen very often, but I sure do let her know when it does (and it has happened fairly recently). The difference is that I make a point of telling her when I agree with the way she groks something... I think you are a pretty respectful person. I enjoy hearing about other peoples' opionions just as much as the next guy...but I also like to see warm and fuzzy comments to a friend that I think deserves them. Do whatever you want, dude. It is, as they say, a free country...Yay for that.

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It's a coincidence that I made a cake yesterday, but maybe it's not too late to add Milosevic's name to it so he can have the same "honor" as Arafat and Saddam. "Suck it, Slobodan" has a nice ring to it too...

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This magnet is just a gem. I can't wait to put it on my fridge...

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Charlie still has to take antibiotics for his stitches, and we've been dipping the pills in peanut butter for him. Today he licked all the peanut butter off and walked away from the pill. So I wrapped it in some cheese, and I'll be darned if he didn't suck on it until the cheese came off and then spit the pill on the kitchen rug. That dog is too smart for his own good!

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1 What a smart dog! The way my mother does it looks violent, but it gets the job done. She will literally take the pill and stick it down the dog's (Maggie) throat. To make herself feel better after(and whoever else is watching) she will rub Maggie's throat and give her a treat. Maggie seems to forget shortly after. Perhaps wrapping the pill in one of his favorite dog treats will work?

Posted by: Lizzie at February 26, 2006 10:27 AM (wxF45)

2 I don't think you're the type who will be able to shove a pill down his throat as advised. My trick is to stuff the pill into a hunk of sausage. Give a tiny bit without the pill, then the one with the pill. Works like a charm and they love you for it

Posted by: Patti at February 26, 2006 03:29 PM (zm7ru)

3 We do what Patti said. We use hotdogs, make a little cut in the middle to hide the pill. Winston hasn't figured it out yet!

Posted by: Stephanie at February 27, 2006 03:07 AM (Y1m/K)

4 I wouldn't advise what my Mom does; she only had to do that when Maggie was really sick and wouldn't eat a thing. The sausage wrap sounds like a good idea

Posted by: Lizzie at February 27, 2006 09:03 AM (wxF45)

5 This must be your first dog. I've owned a number over the years...and I think that the first man must have tried wrapping "medicinal roots" inside wooly mammoth fat in hopes of getting the good stuff into his faithful companion. And for years, cavewomen had to clean up messy, slippery messes of roots from the cave floor. It's "historical memory" you're dealing with. Once Og decided he was going to get the roots down that "damned dog's throat" the practice of jamming things into dogs began...and works to this very day. I'm not sure how to get medicine into a cat, but I would imagine that the process is similar...if you're so inclined to medicate cats that is. See you on the high ground. Hope you're shoving things down Charlie's throat...and hope he's doing better. MajorDad1984

Posted by: MajorDad1984 at February 27, 2006 02:31 PM (j7S/Q)

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I really want to get Lasik surgery, but I'm unreasonable paranoid that I'll be the unlucky fella who goes blind from the procedure. So sometimes I practice knitting with my eyes shut so I could continue my hobby sans eyesight...

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My favorite Valentine's moment:

As the candy hearts poured into the fiery quasar, a wonderous thing happened, why not? They vaporized into a mystical love radiation that spread across the universe, destroying many, many planets - including two gangster planets and a cowboy world. But one planet was exactly the right distance to see the romantic rays, but not be destroyed by them - Earth. So all over the world, couples stood together in joy. And me, Zoidberg! And no one could've been happier, unless it would've also been Valentine's Day. What? It was? Hooray!

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A few years ago, my brother started a firestorm in our basement when he said that his high school basketball team could beat any WNBA team. There was much shouting, but my brother held his ground. One of my friends remembered this fight when he saw that a high school hockey team beat the women's Olympic team. Maybe we should organize that basketball game and see what happens...

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My glasses broke a few weeks ago, so yesterday the husband and I went to the shop to try to pick out a new pair. There's little I hate as much as trying to find glasses that don't make me look like a complete idiot. I put on one pair and turned to my husband, who immediately said, "Nah, they make you look like Glenn Reynolds." I didn't think it was possible to laugh so hard and so quietly in a tiny glasses shop. God, I love jokes that only bloggers will get.

(We were reminded of this comment when we pulled up the Instapundit today.)

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I just found a photo from my husband's Christmas last year in Iraq:

I think this year's Christmas was slightly better...

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I'm starting to feel the itch.

When I lived in France for a year, I would dream about it. I'd wake up salivating and immediately wish I were asleep again. When my friend moved home a few weeks before I did, she mailed me photos of it just to taunt me. And since our local franchise closed this summer, the desire has only grown stronger. It's only a matter of time before I'm dreaming of it again.

Hello, my name is Sarah. (Hi, Sarah.) It's been 139 days since my last Taco Bell...

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1 Hey Sarah...maybe its a craving and you are going to join the rest of the street...

Posted by: Stephanie at November 16, 2005 08:35 AM (MOoZ+)

2 Taco Bell is a totally normal craving, not only for the pregnant...and what do you mean, you will start dreaming about it soon...you already did...can you remember Chinook and Taco Bell? If it gets really really bad you can always go up to Leighton...;-)...lol...oh, that reminds me, I was reading some post recently about Marines in Iraq...um, I believe it was Kevin Site's blog...and he mentions a marine in Fallujah who was craving a cheesey crunchy gordita...Taco Bell craving is universal...

Posted by: CaliValleyGirl at November 16, 2005 09:20 AM (fXHRY)

3 Sarah, My son is a Taco Bueno freak. He craved burritos,so when he was deployed to Baghdad I would send care packages with things wrapped in the burrito wrappers. I put a note in that said, " Just a little something for you to look forward to" The very first thing he did when he returned home was go to Taco Bueno.

Posted by: Beth at November 16, 2005 10:31 AM (AeCM/)

4 Mmm...I had Taco Bell just yesterday.

Posted by: Jason at November 16, 2005 12:47 PM (565iX)

5 LOL!! I'm right there with you. My man laughs at me all the time because it seems that's all I want to eat. He likes to cook and all I want is TB. Poor guy...

Posted by: Rachel at November 17, 2005 06:14 PM (xIUI+)

6 FYI,I don't know which base you are at, so it might be a little far away, but we have a Taco Bell here at Spangdahlem AB. (It's located in the bowling alley.) Also, if I remember right when I used to visit my folks in the Frankfurt area, we'd eat at one in the gas station on the part of the base where the Commissary is on Hanau. You probably already know that, but I thought I'd mention it just in case.

Posted by: Crystal at November 22, 2005 04:44 AM (6krEN)

7 Want to take a road trip to Wuerzburg for some shopping and TB?

Posted by: Jennifer at November 22, 2005 02:45 PM (jNzd1)

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OK, I think I'm finally starting to get a handle on the "Condi isn't black enough" idea. If a black person is a Democrat and you talk bad about him, you're a racist. If a black person is a Republican and you talk bad about him, well, I guess you're keepin' it real or something. And the n-word is racist, but "Uncle Tom" is OK. And it's OK to throw oreos at a black Republican.

Huh?

Delegate Salima Siler Marriott, a black Baltimore Democrat, said [Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele] invites comparisons to a slave who loves his cruel master or a cookie that is black on the outside and white inside because his conservative political philosophy is, in her view, anti-black.

"Because he is a conservative, he is different than most public blacks, and he is different than most people in our community," she said. "His politics are not in the best interest of the masses of black people."

During the 2002 campaign, Democratic supporters pelted Mr. Steele with Oreo cookies during a gubernatorial debate at Morgan State University in Baltimore.

In 2001, Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. called Mr. Steele an "Uncle Tom," when Mr. Steele headed the state Republican Party. Mr. Miller, Prince George's County Democrat, later apologized for the remark.

"That's not racial. If they call him the "N' word, that's racial," Mrs. Marriott said. "Just because he's black, everything bad you say about him isn't racial."

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