Bush breaks the law and it’s the Democrats’ fault for not stopping him??
Walter Pincus includes this gem of a quote in his article about the appearances of Democrats Jane Harman and Tom Daschle and Republicans Pat Roberts and Peter Hoekstra on Meet the Press yesterday:
At the briefings, Roberts said, “Those that did the briefing would say, ‘Do you have questions? Do you have concerns?’ ” Hoekstra said if Democrats thought Bush was violating the law, “it was their responsibility to use every tool possible to get the president to stop it.”
I’d like to believe this is an example of ÜberSpin, but, unfortunately, it’s just par for the course…
Continue reading Those Darn Democrats
Wow. It’s been more than two weeks since my last momento. I haven’t stopped writing though, it’s just that I’m working on *stories* instead of momentos, and not posting them here. But one of the stories I’m working on *was* inspired by a photo on the “Tempest in a Teapot” blog, so I’ll post a snippet, just so the blog doesn’t look dead!
Continue reading No, I haven’t given up!
Inspired by this image on Tempest in a Teapot, a photo blog by Prospero’s Daughter. (This is a copy. Click on the picture to go to the original.)
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Terran Diplomatic Envoy Michael Glaine took inventory of his miseries: Yes, he was hot, thirsty, and way beyond tired of the so-called “primitive charms” of this backwater ball of mud. And egads, his feet! Two lead weights, more like. Muscles he hadn’t known existed protested six nights of sleeping on the ground, and seven days of marching over the rutted track that the Xantosians thought of as a road. Of course, in an Herculean display of diplomatic fortitude, none of this showed on his face, nor in his enthusiastic responses to the natives as they pointed out yet another “magnificent” feature of the interminable landscape.
Continue reading Welcome to Castle Anthrax
To me! A half a century of living. Am I an elder yet? AARP thinks so, but I certainly don’t feel wise enough to be an “elder.”
It’s also our anniversary, so I’m taking the day off to spend time with my honey!
Continue reading Happy Birthday
Inspired by this image on Double Exposure, a photo blog by cscs. (This is a scaled-down copy. Click on the picture to go to the original.) Note, this is best read after reading Empire State Building
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The transport whooshed by, ruffling Daniel’s hair with the wind of its nearly silent passage, its details reduced to a blur by its speed. The sight tickled one of the blank spots in his memory. Somehow, he knew that he should recognize it, but he had no clue why he should recognize it.
Continue reading The “n”
Marshall Whittman wrote today on his Bull Moose blog that:
Rovian politics will result in a meager domestic legacy for this President. Besides moving the judiciary to the right…
This strikes me as one of those “Aside from that, Mrs. Lincoln, how did you like the play?” moments.
Continue reading Aside from that, Mrs. Lincoln…
Inspired by this image on Tempest in a Teapot, a photo blog by Prospero’s Daughter. (This is a copy. Click on the picture to go to the original.)
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Bethany haunted Marie every day at 3 PM. It had started the day she came home from the hospital. Marie didn’t need the reminder that Bethany’s death had been her fault.
That haunted her every waking moment, and most of her dreams as well.
Continue reading Through the Park
Inspired by this image on Double Exposure, a photo blog by cscs. (This is a scaled-down copy. Click on the picture to go to the original.) Plus a tip of the hat to Julie Czerneda and Cheryl D.
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Brian had been looking forward to the World Fantasy Convention for weeks. The thrill of walking into the bustling, cavernous lobby at the Madison Concourse was immediately eclipsed by the thrill of a brief glimpse of one of his favorite authors, similarly arriving. He stopped dead in his tracks, registration desk forgotten, and looked around, trying to see into and through and over the crowd, to see what other authors he could find.
Continue reading Red Rock
Inspired by this image on Double Exposure, a photo blog by cscs. (This is a scaled-down copy. Click on the picture to go to the original.)
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Peace. That’s what Judy needed most, now. The funeral, the pain, the grief-stricken relatives, all that was behind her. Ahead of her was the need to find a new way of being, of going on after everything had changed.
Continue reading Blizzard
(We interrupt our daily momento to bring you a political rant.)
I think I’m having a Fitzgasm.
Cheney Adviser Indicted in CIA Leak Probe
A federal grand jury today indicted Vice President Cheney’s chief of staff, I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, after a two-year investigation into the leak of a CIA agent’s identity …
Continue reading Ohhh! Ohhh! Yes! Yes!! YES!!!