October 31, 2014

OMG! I am watching "Air Disasters" on Smithsonian Channel!

This one is about a crash at LAX in 1991. You will never believe who was aboard the plane:

David Koch. They are interviewing him for the story.

October 31, 2014

Scary Stories From My Neck of the Woods:

Includes the story of Madge Oberholtzer, who died tragically -- but not before singlehandedly bringing down the Klan in IN.

http://www.nuvo.net/indianapolis/ghost-stories-highlights-of-the-irvington-ghost-tour/Content?oid=2957739#.VFPtSqMpDFo

October 30, 2014

Guess what I did today!

I voted!

Go me!

October 30, 2014

"No civilization in the history of the world . . .

"has declined because it spent too much on education." -- Marc Morial, president of the National Urban League and former mayor of New Orleans

For your ponderation and consideration.

October 30, 2014

Time for a "Come to Jesus" meeting about Ebola.

Take it away, Indiana State Health Commissioner Dr.Jerome Adams:

http://www.nuvo.net/indianapolis/the-greatest-weapons-in-the-fight-against-ebola-are-facts/Content?oid=2957702#.VFK8KqMpDFo

October 30, 2014

"Nothing spreads like fear."

--the tag line from the movie "Contagion"

If you watch that movie you will see that the panic over the disease (more justified, granted, because that virus was far more easily spread than ebola) only exacerbated the situation. Just sayin'.

October 28, 2014

Watching The Rachel Maddow Show repeat.

Wow, she is really going off on Chris Christie and Andrew Cuomo about Kaci Hickox. Even more than Chris Hayes did.

October 28, 2014

Laurie Holden of "The Walking Dead" is a real-life heroine.

http://www.themarysue.com/the-walking-deads-laurie-holden-describes-her-role-in-anti-sex-trafficking-sting/

she's been participating in sting operations to stop child sex trafficking. She was on Lawrence O'Donnell tonight. I couldn't find the story on his site, but I found this:

October 27, 2014

Finally . . . a Geico commercial I actually like.

http://www.youtube.com/results?q=geico%20chainsaw%20commercial&sm=1

October 27, 2014

"Just because an old prune is wrinkled . . .

Don't mean it ain't tasty." -- Fred Sanford.