i'M A PEOPLE PERSON

"If I hate 99.9% of the population, then that leaves about 6 million people who I like or at least can stand. Which makes me a people person."

Thanks to Chris at Cynical-C!

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

"Liberals got women the right to vote. Liberals got African-Americans the right to vote. Liberals created Social Security and lifted millions of elderly people out of poverty. Liberals ended segregation. Liberals passed the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act. Liberals created Medicare. Liberals passed the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act. What did Conservatives do? They opposed them on every one of those things...every one! So when you try to hurl that label at my feet, 'Liberal,' as if it were something to be ashamed of, something dirty, something to run away from, it won't work, Senator, because I will pick up that label and I will wear it as a badge of honor." -- Matt Santos, The West Wing

Thanks to Simply Left Behind for the great quote!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

TWO ACTORS

Found this terrific photo today on TYWKIDBI.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

"Bittersweet October. The mellow, messy, leaf-kicking, perfect pause between the opposing miseries of summer and winter."

~~Carol Bishop Hipps, In a Southern Garden, 1995

THE LAPTOP RETURNS

The laptop is back and working like a dream. Have to reinstall some things, but it's so worth it to have the little guy back.

LAPTOP HOMECOMING?

Today, the laptop may be coming home after an extended stay in the Tech Support ward.... We're keeping our fingers crossed.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

"When you think of the long and gloomy history of man, you will find that more hideous crimes have been committed in the name of obedience than have ever been committed in the name of rebellion."
~~C P Snow, English novelist and scientist

MISSING MY LAPTOP

It's been about two weeks since my laptop went on sick leave. It just did not want to get up one morning. I ran diagnostics, tried starting it from the disc, but with no success. It has been in the hands of Maru's school tech guys for about 2 weeks. The one tech assures her that he can get it up and working again.... We'll see.... In the meantime, we're not on the computer much; just posting emails and twitters from my phone.