From Cake Wrecks
SNL, September 13, 2008, opening skit:
Perfect Palin accent. Fabulous beauty queen moves. Great lines.
This election season is just so perfect for comedic fodder. Keep it coming!!!!
From Cake Wrecks
Susan Eisenhower, granddaughter of General Dwight D. Eisenhower, expressed my thoughts exactly on the Colbert Report (Wednesday, 3 September 2008):
“Sarah Palin has demonstrated that the Republican Party seems to care more about right to life issues and choice issues than it does about the economy or national security.”
THANK YOU!
She is a life-long member of the Republican party who just left her party’s affiliation two weeks ago. She has worked for twenty years in the foreign affairs field and she is best known for her work in Russia and the former Soviet Union.
How many people do you know who wake up and need to decide about getting an abortion or where they can marry their same-sex partner? I truthfully don’t know one person in that situation. But EVERYONE I know wakes up and has to figure out how to put food on their table, gas in their car, and pay for their kids’ doctors appointments.
I am personally pro-life, but I just can’t support the evangelical extreme view that not even in cases of rape, incest or the mother’s health is abortion acceptable. We have much greater issues of concern for the well-being of every member in society TODAY, and it saddens me that this one issue is always seems to overshadow the more pressing issues that face more Americans on a daily basis and which directly affect their quality of life. I have never had an abortion, I would never have one, and I wish that all women who can’t be a mother would carry their babies to term and bless waiting couples through the miracle of adoption. In spite of my personal and religious feelings on the matter, it is not the only or even the most important issue in this year’s election.
At first I was completely perplexed by John McCain’s appointment of Sarah Palin. The reason, however, soon became very clear to me: He needed to energize the Evangelical Right to garner their support in order to win the presidency.
And garner he did. In just about 4 days, they poured $10 million into his campaign.
As such, I’m worried. Obama/Biden are going to have a tough road ahead. There are alot of religious right and Republicans who are falling head over heels for Palin. That said, Obama’s supporters poured $10 million into his campaign in one day, following Palin’s “hockey mom/bulldog” showdown on Wednesday night.
As individuals and Americans I can respect both McCain and Palin; he’s a moderate, decorated war hero, who has shown he does want the best for this country. Who can’t respect that? She’s a tenacious go-getter working mom of a special needs child. Who can’t be a little flustered by her good looks and poise?
That said, I have some serious concerns about having a creationist in our White House. Americans need more moderation, not more extremism.
My father was a faithful Christian/Mormon scientist. His field was the History and Philosophy of Science, and after years of research, he wrote a book detailing his understanding of evolution vs. creationism. Specifically, that Science and Religion are not mutually exclusive. I also do not want someone in the White House who has made comments that insinuate the war in Iraq could be considered a holy war.
I’ve been loving the following commentaries about this whole issue:
Mudflats – a fellow Alaskan perspective
So tonight Foo & I walked through our new home getting the home inspection done. There are some water stains on the ceiling of one of the bedrooms downstairs, and the inspector lifts up the ceiling panel to see where it could be coming from.
Perched right there behind the ceiling panel was a. . . . JESUS BOBBLEHEAD!!
No joke! It’s a Jesus Bobblehead! Omigosh. Foo and I were cracking up so much. Who doesn’t love a Jesus Bobblehead?
After we check for drugs or money, we’re going to just leave it there, and place a few of our own in the house we’re leaving. . .
You’ve got to check out this blog, it is freaking hilarious: Cake Wrecks
This is the diaper cake I made for Ski Bum’s baby shower. . .
I think my 2 sisters and I have Nazi German cervixes.
Here’s the breakdown of our first deliveries, from first “real” contraction to baby coming out:
- Foowife: 55 hours, finally ending in a c-section
- Jewels: 33 hours, after 3 hours of pushing
- Ski Bum: 27 hours, after 1 hour of pushing
Both Jewels & I stalled at 7 cm and tried to get it going with an epi and pit cranked to the max. Hers worked, mine didn’t.
Ski Bum was only at 4 cm after almost 18 hours after getting induced. Once her midwife broke her water, though, finally her hard labor kicked in and without any drugs at all, she was pushing that baby out in 9 hours.
My older sister AMP and my mom must have inherited the other side of our family tree: Irish cervixes! Their deliveries were like 6-12 hours.
All of us deliver overdue, though – anywhere from 3 days to 4 weeks!
Here a few pics of Ski Bum’s new baby girl – born Saturday, August 9. Yes, her husband (ER resident) delivered their baby with the midwife coaching! Jewels is in the last picture, and was there the whole time.
But Will sure can – I’m so sad he got kicked off already! Geesh! His solo as James Brown was fun, creative, and alive – I didn’t want it to end so quickly. I don’t think he’s done a bad dance all season, and I really thought that it would be him and Katee in the final two.
One of the things I liked about him is that he was so considerate of Jessica when she’d get bad reviews, and he just seems like he is such a kind person.
I really wanted the three African American guys to be in the final countdown. I like Mark’s quirkiness, but he is no where near as talented as Will, Twitch & Joshua.
But really, this show, just like American Idol, is a popularity contest. And you can be popular without being the most talented.
I would have to say that Twitch is my favorite for some reason. There is just something so adorable about him and I love that he, as a street dancer, can pull of these technical dances. I loved his composer-style solo a few weeks ago. Great art.
Although Joshua has really shown his strength, also as a street dancer, in his ability to pull off the technical dances too. And he’s such a strong man when dancing, but such an adorable guy off the stage.
Katee is a huge surprise. When she was picked to be in the top twenty, I hadn’t seen her dance much and she sounded so bratty. But now I see that she is definitely the best female dancer on the show – a few mistakes here and there, but never a bad dance. And she’s so cute and sincere.
Chelsie is also pretty amazing – she incredible to watch her precision and showmanship.
I hope the finale comes down to Twitch, Joshua, Katee and Chelsie. I would be happy with any of them winning, but probably Katee deserves it the most since she has such a range of strength, and has been the one who has most consistently outperformed the others.
bat·gasm [bat-gaz-uhm]
–noun
1. the pleasurable physical and emotional sensation experienced when anticipating, watching, or talking about Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight.
This movie is, simply put, stunning. It delivers on every front. Every supporting actor holds their own – Heath Ledger (absolutely incredible), Aaron Eckhart, Gary Oldman, Maggie Gyllenhaal – they’re all great.
Katie Holmes was lukewarm in Batman Begins, and as such the romance between her character and Bruce Wayne wasn’t believable to me. With Maggie Gyllenhaal, though, it’s strong. Her delivery on just a few lines in the movie is emotional and deep. I felt the longing that Bruce Wayne has for her, and as such, his decision was that much more powerful.
Christian Bale is fabulous – I love his deep, raspy voice as Batman.
Some of the stunts had me grinning ear to ear. How did they do that?
I can’t wait to see it again in 3D on an IMAX.
