Posted on 05/21/2004 5:24:24 AM PDT by BigWaveBetty
Those storms going thru Springfield must have gone south of us. We are under a tornado watch, but nothing is on the Eastern Iowa radar screen I just checked.
We were quite lucky here last night. The tornados went North of us and the straight line winds disintegrated about 30 miles West of us.
I had a sleepless night, as our youngest was out serving as a storm spotter. It's hard to rest when the youngin' is out there sitting in a pickup truck being whipped around in the wind.
I'll aways remember Mother telling us that, "Once you're a mother, you will never have another good night's rest."
There will be a very special, wonderful, place for Godly mom's in Heaven where they can kick it, not worry about their goofy kids, and rest well.
God bless you all.
No comment.
Bless her h.......bless her.. uh......her whatever.
Stay safe and check in with us every so often to let us know you're ok, ok?
Checkin in: Eventhough we were under another tornado watch last night nothing developed. Not even any rain, which is a very good thing since the ground is saturated here.
Low land flooding has become quite a problem in some parts of the state.
...and those danged beavers and their dams are not helping the flooding problems.
Good Monday morning, everyone.
If hobby trappers cannot be located in that area, you may need to hire a professional trapper.
Mountain Lion was sited twice last week. Sightings were within a half hour of each other.
I am concerned because I always thought they were nocturnal. This puppy might be sick. Whatelse would explain daylight sightings?
If it's hungry enough, it will hunt during the day, or as you say, it could be ill.
Sounds like it's time for the community to have a cougar eradication effort before something bad happens.
Answering my question, why did McAwful move the dems primaries and convention up:
...this Kerry trial balloon exposes campaign-finance limits as a monumental farce. The Kerry camp is considering this maneuver so it can keep raising and spending money as long as possible without having to abide by spending limits that kick in once a party formally nominates its candidate.
Of course, the late July date was the Democratic Party's own choice--and it was selected precisely so it would let the nominee accept matching federal campaign funds a month earlier than President Bush, who will be nominated in late August. The assumption had been that the Democratic candidate would have run out of cash by this summer, but Mr. Kerry has been raising more money than he expected. In other words, Mr. Kerry embraced the rules when they helped him but now wants to ignore them when they don't. Link
There is no logical reason why the Lion should be hungry in this neighborhood. There are plenty of new calves, fawns and other young wildlife which shouldn't provide any challenge for the Lion to take.
The rifles are loaded here and hung high on the wall out of reach of children. One here in the house the other outside in one of the outbuildings. They've warned me not to take matters into my own hands should the opportunity occur.
They've warned me not to take matters into my own hands should the opportunity occur.
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Yeah, right - like that's gonna (not) happen.
The more I think on it, the funnier that gets. ;-)
Have a blast.
This also at your link from Bill Cosby's recent speech:
Brown versus Board of Education: Where are we today? They paved the way, but what did we do with it? That white man, he's laughing. He's got to be laughing: 50 percent drop out, the rest of them are in prison."
No Bill, us white folk ain't laughing, we get to pay for the ne'er-do-wells.
Now that one does make me go, hmmmmm.
Why do they call them apartments when they're all together?
Theory: To keep renting riffraff apart from home owners? ;-)
The singer was terrified by a blitz of poison-pen letters.
Madge “freaked out” when she learned of a terrorist plot to kill her two young children if she performed in Israel.
She first planned to defy the extremists but cancelled after the unnamed Palestinian group mentioned details about Lourdes, seven, and three-year-old Rocco in a series of threatening letters.
A source said: “The notes were unbelievably scary. Madonna is a strong woman but she freaked out when her kids were mentioned.
“At first she was prepared to go on stage anyway and hire extra security.
“But she was not ready to take chances with her kids — they are her whole world.”
The threats were sent to the singer’s offices in Los Angeles.
They became more frightening as they displayed in-depth knowledge of the star’s closest aides.
The source added: “It became clear that these people were not messing around — they even knew intimate details like who her personal staff are.
“She thought she was being targeted because of her Jewish Kabbalah religion. But this group were threatening her because she represents many things they hate about the West.”
Madonna, married to Brit film director GUY RITCHIE, has not performed in Israel since her 1993 Girlie Show. [clinton threat?]
She had booked three dates in September at the Tel Aviv stadium — including a televised concert on September 11 to mark the third anniversary of al-Qaeda’s attacks on America.
Madonna’s people last night insisted the Israel leg of her Re-Invention tour has been cancelled because the singer wants to concentrate on Europe.
But insiders say nothing except this security alert would have stopped her travelling to Tel Aviv. TheSun
Huh! Guessing that any number of our "singers" might not be fully appreciated by the muslim-types.
Cosby has lost his mind. Racist nitwit.
COLUMBUS, Ohio - A study shows some smokers who try to cut back are doing themselves more harm than good.
Researchers at Ohio State University followed 25 women who smoked less without quitting completely.
The study found they were more likely to take longer drags, and hold the smoke in longer.
That put more nicotine in their blood, and more carbon monoxide in their lungs.
The study also found people who use menthol cigarettes tend to inhale more smoke because it's easier to take in than smoke from regular cigarettes.
The study appears in the latest issue of 'Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behaviour.'
© Copyright 2004 Canadian Press
Monjack, who is more than 10 years Kerry's senior, is "a bit of a fast-talker," our snitch says. He's been in a bit of a lull work-wise of late, but at Cannes he "went around telling everyone he'd inherited money and wanted to invest in their films," our spy says. [He sounds as ethically challenged as Effin' himself]
"He changes his cell phone number once a week." Kerry wore her now-infamous dress at the premiere of Quentin Tarantino's "Kill Bill: Vol. 2." She was in Cannes to present her short film, "The Last Full Measure," about the ravage wreaked on a U.S. family by the Vietnam war. (PageSix)
And, in musical news:
WE HEAR . . . THAT Denise Rich celebrated "Abrazar la Vida" — the song she co-wrote with Luis Fonsi — reaching No. 1 on the Latin Billboard charts at the Raleigh in Miami with cases of Cristal . . .
It's been a whirlwind of a week here.
Rain, rain, rain. The rain is great, if you like to mow your lawn twice a week, and the night thunderstorms are bringing my 100 lb golden retriever and I closer together since she jumps on the bed and tries to crawl inside me to get away from the thunder.
On the political front I am in a huge challange which I hope to overcome.
On a happy note, I was voted to be a delegate to the GOP National Convention in New York this summer. That honor also belongs to the infamous John Ramsey, who set next to me at breakfast yesterday.
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