So, I read this book, on a recommendation from Clucky, that was written by a man in Union, MS, about circumstances during the original investigation of the 1964 civil rights murders. It just so happens that my dad's family is from that area, and Mom and Dad both still lived in Philadlephia during that time, so I got the book to send to him.
Today I emailed Dad today to make sure he hadn't already put his hands on the book before I mailed it (he has a way of coming up with random books from time to time) and in the course of the conversation it turns out that there's a chance that my great-grandfather, who was a sharecropper, may have worked land owned by the family of the man who wrote the book, probably in the 1940's or 1950's. How Mississippi is that?
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Taking Over the World
Bwwaaahahahaha!
"What do you want to do tonight, Brain?"
"The same thing we do every night, Pinky. Try to take over the world."
Ah, my college years. Pretty well summed up in that quote from Pinky and the Brain. I Netflixed "Animaniacs" and we got the first disc over the weekend. Greg had (GASP!) never seen it. Cleary, a misspent youth. It included the first Pinky and the Brain cartoon, where Brain goes on Jeopardy to win enough money to blah blah blah and take over the world. Today I discovered that our Netflix que was altered - he moved the rest of the Animaniacs discs down on the list and moved the dedicated Pinky and the Brain discs up to the top. I suspect this is part of Brain's newest attempt to take over the world, converting newcomers to the cause and building an army. As Pinky would say, "Narf!"
"What do you want to do tonight, Brain?"
"The same thing we do every night, Pinky. Try to take over the world."
Ah, my college years. Pretty well summed up in that quote from Pinky and the Brain. I Netflixed "Animaniacs" and we got the first disc over the weekend. Greg had (GASP!) never seen it. Cleary, a misspent youth. It included the first Pinky and the Brain cartoon, where Brain goes on Jeopardy to win enough money to blah blah blah and take over the world. Today I discovered that our Netflix que was altered - he moved the rest of the Animaniacs discs down on the list and moved the dedicated Pinky and the Brain discs up to the top. I suspect this is part of Brain's newest attempt to take over the world, converting newcomers to the cause and building an army. As Pinky would say, "Narf!"
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
The Morning After
I was right. Today's going to be rough.
That aside, I had to laugh when I walked into my office (eary, had a 7:30am meeting) this morning. Clearly, I needed the holiday weekend. The state of my desk reflected the state of my mind when I left here on Friday - scattered all over the place and completely unproductive. Need to clean up and do some organizing this morning.
Something about having a peaceful weekend brought on dreams even more bizarre than usual. Sunday night I dreamed about Harry Potter. Well, not really. I dreamed that I was part of a group who were trying to defeat Voldermort, and after much careful planning we snuck up on him and pelted him with pieces of ham sandwich. I'm really not making that up. We ended up running away and regrouping, then making a second attack with eggs. The most vivid part of the dream was during the sandwich attack, when I remember thinking, "Who's plan WAS this???" Perhaps we thought that with proper nutrion or just some good food, he'd turn from his evil ways. I dunno.
On a tamer note, last night I dreamed I was babysitting Matt Lauer's children ( I haven't watched the Today Show in YEARS!), which somehow ended with a conversation with Stacey about the presidential primaries, Ron Paul, and about how much Matt's son had grown over the years. See, she didn't think I was paying attention, but clearly I was.
No more dreams now. Back to reality. I realized last week that I'll be out for both the last day of September AND the first of October, which are generally my two busiest days of the month, so I need to do some advanced planning. I guarantee you, I will NOT be thinking about work while I'm at the beach!
That aside, I had to laugh when I walked into my office (eary, had a 7:30am meeting) this morning. Clearly, I needed the holiday weekend. The state of my desk reflected the state of my mind when I left here on Friday - scattered all over the place and completely unproductive. Need to clean up and do some organizing this morning.
Something about having a peaceful weekend brought on dreams even more bizarre than usual. Sunday night I dreamed about Harry Potter. Well, not really. I dreamed that I was part of a group who were trying to defeat Voldermort, and after much careful planning we snuck up on him and pelted him with pieces of ham sandwich. I'm really not making that up. We ended up running away and regrouping, then making a second attack with eggs. The most vivid part of the dream was during the sandwich attack, when I remember thinking, "Who's plan WAS this???" Perhaps we thought that with proper nutrion or just some good food, he'd turn from his evil ways. I dunno.
On a tamer note, last night I dreamed I was babysitting Matt Lauer's children ( I haven't watched the Today Show in YEARS!), which somehow ended with a conversation with Stacey about the presidential primaries, Ron Paul, and about how much Matt's son had grown over the years. See, she didn't think I was paying attention, but clearly I was.
No more dreams now. Back to reality. I realized last week that I'll be out for both the last day of September AND the first of October, which are generally my two busiest days of the month, so I need to do some advanced planning. I guarantee you, I will NOT be thinking about work while I'm at the beach!
Monday, September 3, 2007
5 Things - Labor Day Weekend
5 Things I Accomplished from My Holiday Weekend To-Do List
1. Challenged my husband to a Spiderman pinball rematch at the bowling alley. And yeah, I won. The first game, anyway. But that was the only one that mattered, so we won't discuss the rest.
2. Started the new Disney Sorcerer's Apprentice puzzle we bought at Toys R Us when we were shopping for Dalton's birthday present.
3. Curled up in bed in the middle of the day and watched tennis on the BA HDTV. Two days in a row. The jumbo-tron in the living room is bigger, but we sold the HD receiver on Ebay last year and haven't replaced it yet, so the new BA TV is prettier.
4. Became reacquainted with the grill and the fabulous food it offers.
5. Slept late. And then took naps.
And now I'm about to go fire up the Wii and test out the new game we got in the mail las week, then order my new camera, then be done with my long weekend. Sigh. I'll miss you, holiday weekend!
19 days to vacation, and a VERY long weekend!
1. Challenged my husband to a Spiderman pinball rematch at the bowling alley. And yeah, I won. The first game, anyway. But that was the only one that mattered, so we won't discuss the rest.
2. Started the new Disney Sorcerer's Apprentice puzzle we bought at Toys R Us when we were shopping for Dalton's birthday present.
3. Curled up in bed in the middle of the day and watched tennis on the BA HDTV. Two days in a row. The jumbo-tron in the living room is bigger, but we sold the HD receiver on Ebay last year and haven't replaced it yet, so the new BA TV is prettier.
4. Became reacquainted with the grill and the fabulous food it offers.
5. Slept late. And then took naps.
And now I'm about to go fire up the Wii and test out the new game we got in the mail las week, then order my new camera, then be done with my long weekend. Sigh. I'll miss you, holiday weekend!
19 days to vacation, and a VERY long weekend!
No-Labor Day
This is the first time I've turned on a computer pretty much all weekend, other than to get a recipe or two off of it. I feel pretty good about that.
And happy late birthday to Jen, who is on the coast celebrating. Yesterday was also Melanie and Danielle's birthdays, so the same goes for both of them. What is it with Sept 2???
About to go try to knock a few more things off my to-do list before the long weekend is officially over. Tomorrow's going to suck.
And happy late birthday to Jen, who is on the coast celebrating. Yesterday was also Melanie and Danielle's birthdays, so the same goes for both of them. What is it with Sept 2???
About to go try to knock a few more things off my to-do list before the long weekend is officially over. Tomorrow's going to suck.
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