Mo Bettah

Okay, forget that BS from earlier.

These are the frivolous items I wish for birthday gifts:

Brain Candy DVD
Watcher in the Woods by Florence Engel Randall
Ear buds
And at least one item from my Amazon Wish List that isn't baby related unless it is one of the vintage cartoons, like Cool McCool or Milton the Monster.

That is all.


Cool McCool


Milton the Monster

Mini Rant: Politics + Belief = No

Why are politicians in the proselytizing business?  This is all messed up.  Just crunch some friggin numbers for christsakes!  And regular math, please, not Voodoo economics.  The job has nothing to do with religion.

To even post it irritates me, but this is what brought on this mini rant.  An msnbc article with excerpts of Boehner's speech to Republican friends at the Ripon Society:

“But listen, we are Americans and we will figure this out. These next couple of weeks, next couple of months, frankly, the next 20 months, are going to be a very difficult period for us. While we want to stand up and fight for more fiscal responsibility, want to stand up and find a way to move tax reform that will help our economy grow, to do the things we believe in, we’re going to be doing it in an environment that is going to be far more hostile than anything that I think we’ve seen for a long, long time.  We’re going to have to make some big decisions about how we as a party take on this challenge.  Where’s the ground that we fight on? Where’s the ground that we retreat on? Where are the smart fights?  Where are the dumb fights that we have to stay away from?"  

We are Americans, dammit, we do things that we believe in. 
We don't pick dumb fights. 
-The next GOP slogans

Am I not thinking this through enough?  Definitely.  Do beliefs always have to be religious?  Should politicians annex his or her beliefs when in public service?  Can it be done?  I know there are books written solely on this subject and it's too early for me to get into it.  I guess I'm probably just up for ranting this morning.  I don't know why, my baby slept really well last night--which means I got some sleep too.
I'm just a complainer, I guess.  Happy Thursday. -A

Note to the world

I love Siggi's Icelandic style Skyr!!!!!!!!!!!
Funny, I found a picture of Iceland in Google Images and it is connected to a blog post from a blogger that also professes his/her love of Siggi's Icelandic style Skyr.
Here's the pic:


Here's the blog post.

Aw!

I shared a pear with my baby yesterday....nothing is cuter than a baby taking a bite of a pear!!!
Ok.  That is all.