In the North American Handbook for Surviving Parenthood, rule #73 states: “Never sit down in a dark room without completing a physical inspection of the seat.”
As an example, I offer you myself.
Birthday season is moving right along in the Kauffman Family Household (version 2.2.2), and yesterday we celebrated birthday #3 of the season, Adam’s third. One of his favorite presents…
Bush Makes Surprise Visit To Work – The Onion:
According to sources close to the president, Bush barely had time to rest during the four-hour visit. He first met face-to-face with several high-ranking U.S. officials, who briefed him on the situation in Washington. Bush then signed a number of documents, took a guided tour of the facilities, and in a symbolic show of support for the current…
Bush’s EPA Is Pursuing Fewer Polluters – washingtonpost.com:
The Environmental Protection Agency’s pursuit of criminal cases against polluters has dropped off sharply during the Bush administration, with the number of prosecutions, new investigations and total convictions all down by more than a third, according to Justice Department and EPA data.
The number of civil lawsuits…
Putting aside this evening, which was a total loss, today was a pretty good day. The latest round of steroids and antibiotics gave me a bit of a reprieve from sinus pain. Dad came over for a nice dinner. Afterwards we sat around the table sipping a dessert wine, just hanging out and enjoying each other’s company.
The evening was even better, considering the set back we had on Thursday. My…
Auburn played a heck of a ball game. It’s just a shame they had to play it late at night, on a day when I was having a pretty good day. I’d like to say that Florida had some kind of moral victory… outplaying the Tigers, or being the better team… but it wouldn’t be true.
You get greedy when your team wins a lot of ball games. You want them to win them all.
Newsvine – White House: No Cover-Up of Bush’s Flub:
Anyone reading the official transcript of Bush’s statement on education Wednesday would see that he said “children do learn.”
Except that’s not what he said.
Bush flubbed the line and said “childrens do learn” — a particularly embarrassing gaffe given that he was surrounded by young students and…
Newsvine – Giuliani Party Seeks $9.11 Per Person
The International Association of Fire Fighters accused Republican Rudy Giuliani of exploiting the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks because a supporter is holding a $9.11-per-person fundraiser for the presidential candidate.
I was listening to the Real Time with Bill Maher podcast this afternoon, and during his monologue he brought up the flap over…
Guess what boys and girls! I had copy machine training today! Can you think of anything more exciting? Watching C-SPAN maybe?
Before I went I told some folks I knew I was leaving my shoelaces and belt behind… for my own safety. Oh, and it was everything I thought it would be. We had the corporate rep in, telling us all the latest in copy comedy. One thing did stand out though (besides the…