I must be a jinx, because the Packers are getting their asses kicked by the Bears and it sucks big time. I love my team so very much, but I can’t stand to watch them lose this badly! I could blame the very cold and windy weather in Chi-town, but I think that is a poor excuse.
My poor team! It makes my heart hurt with every touchdown the Bears manage to succeed.
The Packers need a pre-Christmas miracle in order to win this game. And I know it’s only a game, but seriously — this will be the second time they’ve lost to this team, and the Bears aren’t even that good! Ugh!
I can’t bring myself to turn the TV back on, but I might have to because the curiosity is killing me!
Like a fish on a line, I’ve become hooked on Twitter. Sure, I’ve used it on and off for months, but it wasn’t until I got a brand new RAZR phone for Christmas (early present) that I realized what I could do with all these social networking sites. This phone is SMS capable. Holy heck. That’s a lot of techie lingo and I still don’t really know what it means.
I’ve never felt more clueless, and I’m the girl my family members call when they have a question about techie things. (Besides my very intelligent brother, but he doesn’t understand how to put things into layman’s terms — and this often confuses the person one hundred times more.)
If that’s not enough, Erin has introduced me to Utterz and I’ve fallen in love. It’s just too cool for school and I’m “royally pissed” that the Queen found the site first. She’s just too awesome for her own good, and I’ve told her so. But seriously, I love her for showing me how much more hip I can be, and you can too if only you sign up and start some Uttering. Shouldn’t it really be Utterzing? But that doesn’t really make sense….either.
With only two days before Christmas, I’m starting to stress (can you tell? Even this post is not making much sense). I still don’t have the house cleaned. I’m not really too worried about it, because no one is coming to our house. We’re going to be visiting the grandparents — one set on Christmas Eve, the other on Christmas Day — but the weather reports a snow storm, so we’ll see if we actually leave the house.
Tomorrow, Green Bay Packers vs. Chicago Bears — one of the biggest rivalries in NFL football. I’m betting on Green Bay (of course).
I’m contemplating the idea of twittering during the came — or better yet, drunk Utterz! What do you think?
With Christmas quickly approaching (and 800 gifts to wrap), I decided not to think about politics over the holidays. With just two weeks until the Iowa Caucuses, I was planning to ignore the campaign madness until January 3rd.
But then I opened a Christmas card from a friend and laughed heartily when I saw the “Huckabee for President” flier fall out of the envelope. On top of that, my mother called excitedly to talk about “the brilliant ad” Mike Huckabee is running in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina. It appears that Huckabee Fever is in the air.
I loved the “What Really Matters” ad. The bookshelf in the background resembles a cross, but the Huckabee campaign denies any intentional use.
“Isn’t it neat, how only one upright post and one perfectly-proportioned crossbar of the bookshelf are lit up, shining brighter than anything else in the room? Maybe I don’t live a holy enough life, but bookshelves have never glowed like that in my presence.”
“Although the ad suggests that the primary candidates should cease their bitter attacks during the holiday season, its directed appeal to Christians has been seen as divisive and inappropriately sectarian by some critics, including the Catholic League of America, as the Associated Press reported yesterday. Huckabee dismissed the criticism as reflecting an unreasonable insistence on political correctness, a charge not often levied at Catholic League President William Donahue.”
Okay. So maybe it was a clever “accident”, but it has sparked a lot of debate between the Liberal Left and Religious Right. Huckabee has said, “That is a bookshelf, but if people are seeing the cross in it, so be it.”
At a Texas fund raiser, Huckabee stated, “If we are so politically correct in this country that a person can’t say ‘enough of the nonsense with the political-attack ads, could we pause for a few days and say Merry Christmas to each other’ then we’re really, really in trouble as a country.”
Huckabee’s presidential rivals have also attacked his campaign, regarding the ad which has left a significant impact on Iowa voters.
When asked about the ad, Ron Paul said on Fox and Friends:
“It reminds me of what Sinclair Lewis once said. He says, ‘when fascism comes to this country, it will be wrapped in the flag, carrying a cross.’ Now I don’t know whether that’s a fair assessment or not, but you wonder about using a cross, like he is the only Christian or implying that subtly. So, I don’t think I would ever use anything like that.”
“Ron Paul put out a Christmas ad a few weeks ago and I was wondering what hidden messages there could be in. To my surprise I found a possible hidden message. Look carefully at the book case behind Ron Paul and ask yourself these questions: What is Ron Paul really trying to say to his supporters by strategically placing himself right in the middle of that book case? Is the book case really a representation of the number 11 or is symbolizing the walls that Ron Paul wants to use to separate The United States from the rest of the world? In The second picture, what do the 3 crosses floating on the left hand side of Ron Paul mean. Could it be that Paul leans to the left on the issue of religion or could it mean something darker?”
Huckabee responded to his attackers while on the campaign trail, saying, “Everything but the kitchen sink is being thrown at me. If the only thing some of these candidates have to run on is what’s wrong with somebody else, they must not have much of a platform to talk about.”
Jim Jordan doesn’t think the ad is a big deal. He writes:
“Theocracy alert! OMG, Governor Huckabee is using the three corners of a bookcase to send the secret cross message. Question: Have we become stupid? Without the cross the baby’s birth is meaningless. I may not agree with Huckabee on immigration or on his poor understanding of Mormonism, but this commercial is not controversial.”
Huckabee made an appearance on the Today Show yesterday, and defended his ad.
Huckabee: The Wall Street-to-Washington axis, this corridor of power, is absolutely, frantically against me. But out there in America, the reason we’re number one in the polls is because I’m the guy that doesn’t have some offshore mailbox bank account in the Caymans hiding my money. I’m the guy that worked my way up through it. And there are a whole lot of people in America that believe that the president ought to be a servant of the people and ought not to be elected to the ruling class….
Viera: So why do you think they’re opposed to you, Governor?
Mike Huckabee is a Southern Governor with a long track record of success and a demonstrated ability to unify and work effectively across party lines. He also happens to be an Authentic Christian Conservative — a former Baptist minister, in fact. He is also a highly skilled communicator. He is, in short, the perfect candidate.
Yes. He does appear to be the perfect candidate — almost too good to be true. I’m impressed with Huckabee’s ad because he had the courage to say, “Merry Christmas” and because he stands by his message with conviction. Only time will tell if Huckabee can win the nomination and truly lead this flailing country. In the meantime, Merry Christmas — from my family to yours.
…because I haven’t gone to workout in two months, but I just found out my gym is closing. The women-only gym that I love so very much will be closing it’s doors on December 28th.
Just last night I told my husband that on my upcoming vacation, I planned to go to the gym every single day. Except, it will no longer be there. I just read about it in the newspaper.
Funny thing is, the local YMCA called me at work today. They say they “randomly” chose my name from the “phone book” and offered me a membership at reduced rates.
Coincidence?
I don’t think so.
But a family membership at the Y just might be a good way to spend quality time with Dawson doing something other than watch Bob the Builder over and over and over again.
With the New Year around the corner, and those stupid things called resolutions haunting me, I’m thinking of joining.
Do you have a membership to a gym or to your local YMCA? Is it worth the money? Hit me with your comments, advice, assvice…whatever you’ve got!
