Missyisms

Merry Christmas in 2008

Merry Christmas everyone!

For the first time this week we're having decent, but cold (brr) weather! The sun is shining, the snow and ice are on the ground...not flinging down from the sky...and though cold, actually much colder than forecast, it is above zero degrees F (-17.78 C), but only just above zero...we'll take it.

Christ's blessings to you all on this day, the day we celebrate his birth!

Merry Christmas!

Pride and Prejudice...Facebook Style

Missy is a fan of Pride and Prejudice Facebook style.

Well worth the reading. A few of my favorite lines from the above link:

Elizabeth Bennet and Caroline Bingley are attending the event Take a Turn about the Room.

Fitzwilliam Darcy is proposing to Elizabeth Bennet. It is not going well. :-/

Mrs. Bennet KNEW that single men with good fortunes would want wives.

It's all funny. Check it out and let us know what you think.

Gotham, Illinois

You've probably heard that the governor of the state of Illinois was arrested and indicted today. This was NO SURPRISE to the good residents of Illinois. No, the only person that seems surprised that the governor was arrested today...is the governor himself! Yeah, Blogo really and truly is that stupid.

No, the good citizens of Illinois were not surprised that Blogo was arrested, we're just surprised it took this long. 

And, there's another surprise...why weren't there more arrests? Clearly this doesn't end with the governor and his chief of staff. Remember, the FBI has said today, "If it (Illinois) isn't the most corrupt state in the United States, it's certainly one hell of a competitor." They didn't say the governor was the most corrupt...they said the state, and since they were discussing the government when the statement was made, we can safely assume they meant the government was corrupt...so why not more arrests? And the U.S. Attorney? What did he say? He said, "Gov. Blagojevich has been arrested in the middle of what we can only describe as a political corruption crime spree." I repeat, where are the other arrests? Let's see, Democratic Machine in Chicago? Illinois Congressional reps? IL reps at the federal level? More arrests better be coming! This is so over due!

There was one slightly humorous note today: We've now learned that Blogo was trying to blackmail the Chicago Tribune. The Tribune has been very hard on Blogo (and rightly so), so he was trying to get their editorial board removed by blocking any incentives to help with the sell of the Chicago Cubs. In their entertainment section today, which was published before Blogo was arrested, the Tribune had a short article about the release of the DVD for the movie The Dark Knight. The reviewer was disappointed that the DVD extras did very little to highlight Chicago as the shooting location, and thus the background, for the two latest Batman movies. Hmm, Chicago...Gotham...Chicago...Gotham. Ouch.

Of all the days to be wanting Chicago to be exposed as Gotham, today was just too close to the truth.

Updates

I've been sick with a cold and have been void of energy lately. I spent Thanksgiving weekend sleeping as much as possible and coughed through the following week. The holiday season is SO not the time to be sick. I'm so behind with everything now. I don't know if I'll get Christmas cards out this year; say you'll love me anyway. ;-)

I even missed Chats_Noirs' birthday! I'm sorry! Happy belated Birthday!!! I hope you and EEK had a wonderful day! 

Winter has arrived in the Chicago area. The temperatures have been abnormally cold and the snow has been wet and icy. I'm soooo ready to move south! Somebody take me please!

Reggie's latest blood test showed his red blood cell count was still 41%, which is good for a dog his age. His Prednisone has been lowered from 20 mg a day to 10 mg. He's also finished with his four-week run of antibiotics. I wasn't sure he was feeling well over the weekend, but today he seems better. His next blood test is a little over a week away. Poor Reggie really, really needs a haircut, but with his immune system weakened and his high dosage of Prednisone, the vets have discouraged me from taking him to the groomers. He's at risk for viral and respiratory diseases.