tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60279002024-03-14T02:45:49.407-05:00Collective Sigh"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
andantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16211022789486787328noreply@blogger.comBlogger2473125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027900.post-84012166444302572602009-06-18T20:54:00.002-05:002009-06-18T21:00:24.519-05:00Sad news - My mother (you know her as andante) passed away peacefully on Tuesday, June 16, 2009, after a long fight with cancer.I know she loved to read all of her daily blogs, so thank you all for being her friend in that respect.- her daughter Mary (or Andantette as she called me)andantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16211022789486787328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027900.post-83592007646125913942009-05-01T15:11:00.004-05:002009-05-01T15:50:11.844-05:00From the ridiculous to the sublime...The conductor of the orchestra is Andre Rieu from Austria . The young lady (Melissa Venema), her trumpet and her rendition of the Italian version of TAPS ( IL Silenzio Toque de Silencio)makes your hair stand on end. andantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16211022789486787328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027900.post-87058503799427486532009-05-01T13:59:00.004-05:002009-05-01T14:45:25.838-05:00Did you have bad day?Yeah, I've had them, too.Let's give Republicans a little love - they're fixin' to have a bad decade or so...(Don't ask me why these appear twice, just enjoy them twice).andantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16211022789486787328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027900.post-47974020634801508392009-04-30T05:11:00.006-05:002009-04-30T05:19:40.596-05:00Beyond epic failThis brand spanking new $200 million dollar Airbus 340-600,the largest passenger airplane ever built, sits just outside its hangar in Toulouse, France without a single hour of airtime.They might want to rethink the brakes.Plane meets wall...wall wins..andantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16211022789486787328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027900.post-31015219513512720502009-04-28T14:10:00.002-05:002009-04-28T14:12:16.719-05:00.andantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16211022789486787328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027900.post-26164477715520392132009-04-27T06:42:00.004-05:002009-04-27T07:01:45.323-05:00When the saints come marching inI fell the other day.Yes, I have an “I fell and I can’t get up“ button, but this fortunately wasn’t worth summoning the paramedics.The easiest (?) entrance/exit to our house is the side door that leads to our trashy carport. Problem – two steps only, with about a 7 inch rise. That’s always been difficult, especially as we age (gracefully, of course) and somehow theandantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16211022789486787328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027900.post-46998284058329406542009-04-24T15:22:00.011-05:002009-04-24T15:50:41.360-05:00The EndGM to pull the plug on Pontiac The brand credited with originating the muscle car will no longer be part of GM's future, according to a source.There was a time when I thought my life was incomplete without a GTO Judge.A black one, of course..andantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16211022789486787328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027900.post-2347870353757559672009-04-23T15:02:00.002-05:002009-04-23T15:14:38.783-05:00The Party of New Ideas?Meghan McCain slams Cheney, Rove: "You had your eight years - Go Away"That's the spirit.Democrats are quite used to coming up with the concept of new ideas.Now all the GOP needs is some good, long-term ideas.So far, all I think I've heard is we need a few guys running around screaming at cows to stop farting..andantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16211022789486787328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027900.post-57130930127945148422009-04-22T14:19:00.002-05:002009-04-22T14:22:10.559-05:00How long before we hear this...Who killed David Kellerman?I'm betting on Michelle Obama with the Portuguese Pooch.In the vegtable garden..andantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16211022789486787328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027900.post-67982729784448711942009-04-18T18:23:00.015-05:002009-04-18T19:37:39.315-05:00Not pet picture of the dayThis is Baby Molly of High Meadow Farm, just a ways down the road.Ain't she sweet? A sweet little baby alpaca.Baby Molly meets one of the farm dogs. Farm dog is a little skeptical, with good reason. He knows she'll grow up.Here's Baby Molly with her elegant Mama, who certainly lost some of that elegance a about a week later.It was shearing time.Alpacas don't appreciate andantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16211022789486787328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027900.post-33535490350370886052009-04-18T14:12:00.002-05:002009-04-18T14:18:18.159-05:00The former Clown In Chief is in ChinaDear GodBush said after he left the White House and moved into his new home in Dallas, Texas, he decided to take his Scottish terrier Barney for a walk. To be a good neighbor, he said he carried a plastic bag so he could clean up his dog's droppings. The task seemed ironic to him, he said. "I was picking up what I had been dodging for eight years," Bush andantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16211022789486787328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027900.post-25822891018383871892009-04-17T18:39:00.004-05:002009-04-17T21:21:00.728-05:00Old Fogey Friday Fun NightWhat a great treatfor weary travelers!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UE3CNu_rtY*****And of course, ther's Susan Boyle, who wants to sing for the Queen.The Queen should be so lucky.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZYYep - you'll have to do the url's yourself. This little old lady is too tired to get it' at the the moment.andantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16211022789486787328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027900.post-7953952153420586902009-04-15T10:04:00.002-05:002009-04-15T10:13:46.944-05:00Out of itI've been somewhat out-of-the-loop for quite a while, and I have to admit this whole Teabagging business really had me confused.I think I've got it now, though.There are apparently some folks who don't like ANY taxes, and I sincerely wish them luck when their house is on fire and they're waiting on the neighborhood bucket brigade.The majority seem to be protesting any taxes going to 'andantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16211022789486787328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027900.post-57016455328464943152009-04-11T22:04:00.004-05:002009-04-11T23:01:12.894-05:00Easter tradition and deviled eggsI really should apologize for the blanket "I'm fine" in the last post.There are still serious physical issues going on. After all, they don't irradiate your brain because it's a greater priority than the growing need for stronger chemo or other torture to the old lung stuff.But I AM fine mentally - as much as I can be, I guess - and spiritually. Gawd, it's a sorryandantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16211022789486787328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027900.post-72838209745044764792009-04-06T11:59:00.005-05:002009-04-06T12:09:06.481-05:00StuffFirst of all, I'm fine. A little more "quality time" in the hospital recently where they discovered some brain lesions - what's left of my brain is now being irradiated and it's a very effective treatment. My doctor has left for a 2-week vacation to Costa Rica (isn't that too bad?), so I get a very welcomed 2-week break from chemo.All North Carolina will be quiet tonight as we bend our will andantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16211022789486787328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027900.post-75354811289652705762009-02-10T22:18:00.002-05:002009-02-10T22:21:11.287-05:00Wall Street: This Stimulus Is Pretty LousyDear Wall Street -Would you like a look at what little is left of Mr. Andante's IRA?I'm sure it would make you feel blessed.Sincerely,Andanteandantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16211022789486787328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027900.post-61752060888008716442009-02-08T00:25:00.004-05:002009-02-08T01:12:03.099-05:00CrapThere's been so much Republican whining lately it's hard to know what makes my head explode harder& faster - but I have finally decided the idea that FDR's New Deal "failed" may be the winner.Have these jackasses ever sat down and talked with someone who lived through the Great Depression? I'm talking about one of the millions of Americans who didn't just sail above it on the family andantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16211022789486787328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027900.post-67100686469468265282009-01-30T00:01:00.007-05:002009-01-30T07:22:19.090-05:00AwwwwwMitch McConnell, the top Republican in the U.S. Senate, warned his party on Thursday it must appeal to a broader spectrum of American voters if it hopes to recapture power in Washington.I am thoroughly enjoying watching the Republican clown show as they whine about shooting themselves in the foot. Feet. Whatever.Keep up the good work, boys.*****Water bills too high?This might be the problemandantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16211022789486787328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027900.post-18416872312782345852009-01-20T13:59:00.001-05:002009-01-20T14:01:14.276-05:00FiguresHow interesting is it that a Bush appointee - Chief Justice Roberts - messed up his little part in the ceremony?andantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16211022789486787328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027900.post-70335553836527072222009-01-20T12:06:00.007-05:002009-01-20T12:33:32.796-05:00DoneAm I the only Democrat in the country NOT on the Mall today?Just a few observations...HW Bush should swat Cheney out of that wheelchair and use it himself.I've heard waterboarding is good for a bad back....As rich as the Bushies are, couldn't they afford to buy Laura something better than a burlap sack? I know,I know - it's probably some high-priced designer original. Still looks like a andantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16211022789486787328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027900.post-54285560465106651312009-01-18T22:46:00.002-05:002009-01-19T05:41:50.886-05:00I’d get down on my knees, but it’s too hard to get up.Tuesday, January 20, 2009What a day. There will be champagne, backslapping, high fives, and terrorist fist bumping.And I hear there’s a new Democratic president, too.On Tuesday, I will be a one-year cancer survivor.Oh, not one-year cancer free…it’s still with me. But when I was first diagnosed, nobody expected me to see the summer.I saw it. Itandantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16211022789486787328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027900.post-3107467240169756562008-12-16T15:23:00.003-05:002008-12-16T15:45:06.763-05:00Is this thing on?So much has happened, but I just had a chemo treatment with some really `ugly` stuff yesterday, and chemo-brain is in full swing.Before that, I spent some more quality time with the hospital - pneumonia, again. Sort of put a damper on Thanksgiving this year.*** `Tis the season when people the world over ask the age-old question - `Whatever shall we give Andante for Christmas?`I andantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16211022789486787328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027900.post-69580828414473960142008-11-27T05:53:00.002-05:002008-11-27T05:58:52.295-05:00Happy Thanksgiving!Hope yours is a good one. Even though I am still recuperating from being in the hosptal, where I caught a crappy cough & cold, I still plan to attend the annual In-Law Food Fest.With a fork in each hand.andantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16211022789486787328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027900.post-8170295937166256602008-11-22T14:34:00.007-05:002008-11-22T15:41:48.658-05:00That was the vacation that wasA generous, kind friend offered us the (free) use of his Cherry Grove Beach, SC condo. Hot dog! I hadn't had a vacation in five years!We rented a car, since both our vehicles are either pushing 100K miles or already over it.We picked up the car, got the condo key & directions from our friend, and excitedly went home to pack and get ready to leave the next andantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16211022789486787328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027900.post-90448290960683721672008-11-05T00:38:00.001-05:002008-11-05T00:40:34.823-05:00Dear Planet Earth -You're welcome.Sincerely,Andanteandantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16211022789486787328noreply@blogger.com