Pause Ponder and Parliament

I didn't quite know what to make of our picture this week. But you guys certainly did.

Mike LaScala could not resist the urge to crowd ride during the Beastie Boys concert at the Paramus, New Jersey Convention Center.

Bahamian transplanted Canadian 00dozo from When I Reach seconded with:

Fifteen minutes into a Democratic filibuster, Glenn Beck turns into a brain-eating zombie.

Tgoette at Sophiticated Lunacy submitted this private member's bill:

Supporters of the gay rights initiative celebrated passage of the bill with a group hug,

And Whitey - how ya doin' Whitey? - added to the debate with:

Apparently the 54-40 option was voted down.

Now Whitey, a sports nut, went all cerebral on me with his reference to the historical debate of "54-40 or fight" from the 1844 Democratic leadership race. It refers to where the U.S. wanted to draw it's boundary with Canada. The U.S. was a few degrees off, settling on the 49th parallel. Whitey - I'm impressed! (I had to Google it. I thought you were talking about the Canadian rock group!)

But sometimes the simplest caption does the trick. Don from Beyond Left Field won the vote with...

I want my quarter back! That's my quarter dammit! I was saving that for the bathroom. Now give it here you thief!

I think you'll agree Don aptly captured our government at work. Way to go Don. You be hangin' with dufus. Congratulations.

And once again thanks to all for playing along.

Oh, before I let you go, I wanted to mention Vicki Likes Frogs over at Glitter Frogs gave me an award this week. I'm honoured to have received...

...yep, the One Lovely Blog Award! Isn't that cool. Thanks Vicki!

But that ain't all.

Oslo's own Cruella "Gotta Get To My Thesis" Collett over at The Giraffability of Digressions thinks I'm strangely irresistible. Ahem, well I don't, um, ah, know what to say. What? Oh, my BLOG is strangely irresistible. Oh, okay.

Thanks, Cruella. That's one neat award! Oh, and don't forget to spell-check your thesis, eh. *winks*

The Polka Dot Door

A long time ago, when I was 22, my first child was born. That kid grew up on a little Canadian kid's show called Polka Dot Door, produced by the TV Ontario network. And Dad, more often than not, sat through those shows with his little one. Nine or so years later when a brother, and a year after that when a sister came along number one son was moving on to Knight Rider and The Dukes of Hazzard. But there was a nice overlap where his siblings picked up where he had left off with Polka Dot Door. And Dad was right there to welcome them. So you're looking at a Polka Dot Door veteran. The show began in 1971 and ran to 1993. I didn't watch the full run but I did get in my fair share. The formula was pretty simple. A young male and female host, which seemed to change every week, sang songs, told stories, made crafts and generally did their best stimulate little brains. The show opened as follows... Imagination Day! Oh boy! You know what happens on Imagination D

My Back Pages - November

I know, I know, I know I should have reported in before now. But sometimes real life just gets in the way. I attempted 5 books in November. I say attempted because I slapped a big DNF (did not finish) on Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon. I just can't seem to get into this guy. It's the second or third of his I've given up on, Not so the other four, starting with a biography of Stephen Stills called Change Partners. This followed by a hilarious biography of the guy responsible for National Lampoon called A Stupid and Futile Gesture - How Doug Kenney and National Lampoon Changed Comedy Forever. I ended the month reading yet another biography, this one of the man behind Rolling Stone magazine,. It was called Sticky Fingers: The Life and Times of Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone Magazine. A fascinating read. So last month I hit the magic number 50 I'd imagined for myself back in January. If I roll this month into my yearly total I'm at 54 books. And I still hav

30 Days of Photos III #4 Sour

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