Election 2012

Please tell me people still aren't considering her as a viable candidate ...

"(Paul Revere) warned the British that they weren't going to be taking away our arms, by ringing those bells, and making sure as he's riding his horse through town to send those warning shots and bells that we were going to be free"
Sarah Palin
June 2, Boston

Okay first I can not believe that there are historians who Are sticking up for her ... WHAT? and my kids are being taught by these people?

Second - Revere didn't warn the BRITISH he was working against them

Third - there were no BELLS, but there was a bell tower where the signaler sat and waited

Fourth - Revere didn't finish his ride, in fact he only got a little ways into it ... It was finished by some doctor, I believe (I'm sure someone can tell me his name)

Finally - must because you got the answer wrong and they are tLking about it - doesn't make it a GOTCHA QUESTION ... Why can't you just say "it was a busy day and I screwed up the answer" ... Or even better DON'T ANSWER QUESTIONS.

Look - I picked on Obama when he said we had 57 states and then corrected it in a different statement to 52 ... Even gave the benefit that maybe he was counting the two main territories ...

But the one thing he DIDN'T do was blame the questioner every time he put his foot in his mouth.

Oh and what was that question she was asked?
What had she learned on her trip to Boston

How may I ask is that a "gotcha"? She had so many options to an open ended question like that.

Another Season Over

{sigh}well another summer season at the lake is over....the boats are pulled and the docks too.

Actually not a bad weekend for closing up...yeah it rained the majority of the time, and we pulled docks in the lightening but it had to get done. I know we are crazy for being in the water during a thunderstorm but my FIL wouldn't take no for an answer.

But it wasn't bitterly cold like it has been in the past...no hail storms, no straight line winds, no strong winds...other than the rain that came down so hard you couldn't see it wasn't too bad. We started at about 8am and had it all done by 10am....actually it was one of the shortest pullings we've ever had, and we actually had less of a crew.

Normally for Opening and Closing weekends we have a full crew--everyone in the family (with the exception of my BIL) are expected to be there, and for all the financial help the folks are giving the other parts of the family they better well had better be there--but this year for some reason, the whole of my SILs family decided to take a powder! A total, absolute, see you maybe if I need money, powder.

So we put in the docks by ourselves and had to pull them out by ourselves...and it went BETTER~!~ I couldn't believe it, but then when you have only a few doing it, and these people are determined to get it done instead of bullshitting or fucking around, you'd be surprised at how fast it goes!!

We also re-arranged the storage sheds and pole-barn that holds the boats, and this year a neighbor's car...boy did we ever have to re-arrange it--we may have to do it again too, depending on whether they can figure out a way of getting the backhoe in.

Picked up some more wood, but it was too wet last night to stack...and I'm kind of hoping it will start raining here soon so it will be too wet to do it tonight too--I don't mind stacking the wood, its just that most of it is pretty funky because its so old...yuk@!

Saw this on my HSS Partner's Page

And just had to share it with all of you. You put in your first name and then it comes up with a "title" for you. So here is what "Ginger" got me:

My Peculiar Aristocratic Title is: Empress Ginger the Villainous of Midhoop St Giggleswich Get your Peculiar Aristocratic Title

I'm not sure I could handle being an Empress though, how about this one?

My Peculiar Aristocratic Title is: Reverend Countess Ginger Gargoyle the Eerie of Happy Bottomshire Get your Peculiar Aristocratic Title

Don't know about that "Reverend" part though...trust me, I'm no clergy!

I do suggest popping in your last name even though it says "first name" only....it just makes it sound better in my mind.