13 Thursday: This and That
1. If THIS is the National Geographic’s Photo of the Month (seen at Sandy’s) then the photo to the left is my answer to it.
2. My nephews, pictured jumping off a Blue Ridge Parkway Mountain, are not named This and That but are Mat and Pat.
3. Worst political T-shirt hoisted on a kid HERE.
4. Best fortune telling advice of the week HERE.
5. A 24 hour intestinal bug I caught from Joe last week brought whole new meaning to the phrase “I feel like crap.”
6. Contemplating cutting into our house to add a sun room feels as scary as planning plastic surgery.
7. While watching the Emmys with my lap top beside me, I looked up some actor bio’s and eventually found myself hooked (like you don’t want to watch but can’t turn away from the scene of a bad accident) on a bad plastic surgery site. Needless to say, I didn’t sleep well that night.
8. I just found a podcast link on (Andy Morikawa’s blog) to the radio show I was on in August on global warming and local sustainability. At the time I felt I did only a little better than Sarah Palin being interviewed, but listening to it now I can see that I wasn’t half bad.
9. And the commentary I posted last week “Who is the Real Liar” about Max Blumenthal’s book about the Christian right extremist campaign to spread fear and lies about Obama was published in The Roanoke Times HERE.
10. This is my 204th Thirteen Thursday. At that age do you think a face lift is in order?
11. Best line Obama said on Letterman that I didn’t hear because I went to bed so I could wake up early to babysit Bryce: Letterman asked him about former President Jimmy Carter’s claim that racism is behind recent political attacks and Obama answered, “First, it’s important to realize that I was actually black before the election.”
12. In last year’s late September’s 13 Thursday, I wrote, “This is the time of year when I put on socks, and the butter in the butter dish is no longer the consistency of mayonnaise.” But this year the butter never got like mayonnaise and I wore socks in August.
13. Is it just a coincidence that a dunce cap and a wizard’s hat, and a KKK hood and a church steeple all look the same?
More 13 Thursday players are HERE. My 203 other 13 Thursdays are HERE.
September 24th, 2009 12:33 am
#11: I LOVE it!
#13: It may very well not be a coincidence, Colleen. Too funny!!
September 24th, 2009 2:12 am
Wow, you are consistent! TT is more than old hat to you. Bravo 🙂
Re: #3 Seeing kids wear awful political t-shirts and picketing is just another form of indoctrination to me. I feel so sorry for them.
September 24th, 2009 6:05 am
Wow ~ thats a lot of 13’s! Were Matt & Pat really jumping or did you photoshop those pics? Looks like they could be on a trampoline?
September 24th, 2009 8:16 am
Hope you’re feeling better!
September 24th, 2009 8:21 am
I have no idea how to photoshop to that extent. They really were jumping and I was timing my shots to look like they were in the air. It was fun!
September 24th, 2009 8:56 am
love the commentary in the roanoke paper. good for you.
September 24th, 2009 9:07 am
Construction is a mess but so worth it for a garden room. My south facing garden room gets constant use in the winter and adds a lot of heat to the house. Whereas I think plastic surgery is pretty ridiculous and not worth it IMHO.
September 24th, 2009 9:11 am
I meant to say the garden room gets constant use all year round and is cool in the summer and adds heat in the winter.
September 24th, 2009 9:13 am
Those are the reasons for going ahead but I need a good blueprint before I cut into the house and I want something that looks natural and blends in.
Most people who get plastic surgery think they look good but they look worse and unnatural.
September 24th, 2009 10:16 am
I don’t care if you do a facelift on it or not. I’ll read your TTs regardless.
ps. the podcast doesn’t seem right to me.
September 24th, 2009 10:36 am
The podcast interview with me and others starts after the replay of the McKibben talk in Floyd.
September 24th, 2009 11:04 am
Sorry about that bug– Good photo answer to the photo of the week.
Doug Thompson seems to be in a deep funk..sorry i love his photos..
September 24th, 2009 11:23 am
A sunroom would be such a nice addition, but let me tell you from personal experience, any house construction is a headache. Love the pictures!
September 24th, 2009 12:03 pm
Wow ~ they really did high jumps! I really thought they were just put onto a different background.
The songs on my list are all pretty new ~ Becky is into the newer rock vs. classic (what i’m used to listening to) and they came from her computer. I bet though, that you would know quite a few, if you heard them…
September 24th, 2009 1:51 pm
That Obama line is hilarious!!!!!
September 24th, 2009 2:07 pm
That fortune is very profound. The one I have pinned to my work cubicle reads “Remember, every downhill has its uphill.” I have it pinned up next to a poster from when the Red Sox won the World Series in 2004 ;0)
September 24th, 2009 3:14 pm
I’ve never been able to stand Letterman, but did hear about that exchange on the evening news–excellent rebuttal! Your last one had me chuckling, too!
September 24th, 2009 4:07 pm
That is a lot of TTs; 100 more than I have. I enjoyed this one, as always.
September 24th, 2009 7:16 pm
Hi Coll….I’m not big on face book but Matt felt so bad for my hollowed out guy face that he downloaded these very pictures along with a few others for me so that Mr. Hollow Man would go away (lol!). I love these pictures! We had a ball. Love, Trishxo
September 24th, 2009 10:12 pm
re: #10 – never 🙂
September 24th, 2009 10:17 pm
My server might have me under the knife soon whether I want to be or not!
September 25th, 2009 5:25 am
As always, Colleen…a fascinating, interesting and amusing TT….!
My opinion about The Emmy’s was posted about two hours ago…If you get a chance….
Also: I believe that Jimmy Carter is correct in what he says. Never ever EVER would any congressman be that Rude to a WHITE President….And that is just the tip of the iceberg in my view!
September 25th, 2009 8:11 am
I agree Naomi. But I also understand how Obama might need to act as if it’s not true, not be a victim and hold his head high.
September 25th, 2009 8:14 am
You have one of the best camera’s to be able to do that with Matt & Pat.
I am so happy they published your piece!! Another great TT! xo