PAT W - found that despite the existence of 14 millions shoe styles available for women on the American market she, the mother of the groom, was wearing the same ones as the bride's mother. Obviously, good taste runs in families that find each other.
MARY - has volunteered to work with the Obama campaign.
ALICE - has been studying Dr. Doolittle science and can already talk to pheasants and deer. What's more, they talk back!
TRASE - has entered her sixth month of impending motherhood and is sparkling.
BILL FROM WNNCO - sent this cartoon, which appears to have been much forwarded. It may reflect his attitudes towards Bush:
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SCOT - served as Best Man this week and discovered that he really loved the role. He planned a canoe outing, a golf outing, a bachelor party, and served as a regular all-around gopher for the groom. He wonders if there is a job opportunity as a professional best man.
JIM and MARILYN - have been married 45 years!
JOSE - brought a new suit from Paraguay and wore it for the first time to the Walhalla wedding. Oops, he got too close to a candle and now ... holy jacket, Batman!
FELIX - has proven to be a great house guest, especially if the hosts aren't home.
MARSHA - got some new shoes. Those of you who know her can admire the stylishness. Those of you who don't can just move along. SPARTY - many of us have enjoyed watching some of the Olympics, but SPARTY is expressing dismay at the level of nationalism involved in the games. He just wants to see the good athletes. He doesn't want to know about their parentage, or sing their anthems.
DASHMANN- regaled friends with stories of experiences in women's bathrooms, occasionally wearing a ski mask.
BUD - after a few gin and tonics, he has won a badge of courage by stumbling into a low table on a dark deck.
IRISH MIKE - In the wake of John Edwards' confessions to adultery, MIKE reminds us once again of the Truman adage that "Democrats get caught with their pants down, Republicans get caught with their hands in your pockets."
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I trust Sparty has read Mitch Albom's column on nationalism in the Olymipics.
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080817/COL01/808170438/1082/COL01
Well worth reading and well worth the cut and paste effort.
I'll have to read that article. Tony went to bed early last night in disgust over the coverage here. It's the same everywhere I'm sure. Ten minutes of some event with an Australian in it, then ten minutes of adverts, then we see a five minute montage of Olympic moments in slow motion set to some popular music, then five minutes of some talking head idiot in the studio (who tells us that we are going back to the exact same event that was just interrupted by ads or else interviews the grandpa of a medal winner), then finally another ten minutes of competition, and the cycle starts again. We missed the women's pole vault live last night because we had to watch the millionth replay of a medal winner and discuss her boyfriend. Help!
By the way, no Aussies were in contention for the pole vault. I might add it's one of Tony's favourite events (lots of eye candy for the male audience). Thank you for letting me vent my frustration.
This has always been the frustration of watching Olympics on American T.V., also. But, NBC is doing much better this year. No long drawn-out fluff pieces about some athlete from Botswana, for example. And, if you have cable here, they are a number of channels carrying the games so you can keep track of a lot more. In fact, you can do what I do and that's turn into a fat bump in front of the TV. :(
Yes - we too have been parked on the lounge eating lots of chocolate and cookies and other junk food, not to mention the odd glass of red wine, while watching the finely tuned athletes do their stuff. We'd be there you know, if it weren't for our lack of fitness, talent and determination.
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