maandag 18 april 2011

maandag 18 april 2011 Up at 4:00. Turn on BBC News. The Finns are a bit surprised. Top Story - Nationalist True Finns Gain In Finland Vote. So, it's the trend. Turning right is popular in Denmark, Netherlands and France, too. By the way - France Had Right To Halt Migrant Trains From Italy. Menton, France has been met with "undeclared demonstrations." Left-over Kingfish for breakfast. Turn on Stephanie Miller. They discuss the hullabaloo over an Obama e-mail. Report - Orange County Republican Party Leader Slams Colleague Who Sent Obama-Chimpanzee Email. The e-mailer is described as "a polite, gentle grandmother." Steph interviews Gov. Deval Patrick (D-MA) about his new book A Reason To Believe: Lessons From An Improbable Life.

Explore the Natchez Trail before going to work. Walk up to Whole Foods to get some Café Mexicano and a cookie. Let's remember the hard-working people who pick and prepare our coffee beans.

Busy schedule. Sam shadows me until 11. Fifteen-minute breaks for Cristin, Pam, Anne and Elaine. 11 to 11:45 - Jessica's lunch. I hang out with the 8 rambunctious Dolphins in the Bike Room. At least the Sea Otters know how to clean up the place. 11:45 to 12:30 - Anne's lunch. The 6 Sea Otters are eating lunch. Tanja is subbing for Pam. She tangles with the boys at nap time. The girls go to sleep easily for me. 12:30 to 1:15 - Cristin's lunch. Over to the Starfish. The kids are finishing lunch. I change a few diapers, and Toni reads stories. 1:15 to 2 - Toni's lunch. Only 3 Starfish are sleeping. The other 4 are insomniac. They keep me busy. 2 to 2:45 - Patty's lunch. Quiet time for the 8 Seahorses. Alex wakes up early. 2:45 - Charmaine get a 15. Walk to Convention Center to get my Monday Mundo burrito. Drop off stuff at my place. Check news - One Year After The Spill, BP Is Looking Strong. Those bastards manipulated and coerced the situation to their advantage while residents and wildlife of the Gulf Coast still suffer. Read - Black Tide: The Devastating Impact Of The Gulf Oil Spill.

I need some fresh air. Short walk around d'town. Motorists are heading to the on-ramps to fight traffic... a world governed by our deadly addiction to oil. Back home. Play Futurama - Mars University.

Gearshift: No, Bender, wait. We're the lamest frat on campus. Even Hillel has better parties than us. Please, you've gotta stay and teach us how to be cool.
Bender: Hmmm... okay, but I'll need ten kegs of beer, a continuous tape of "Louie, Louie," and a regulation two-story panty-raid ladder.

You know... I attended Mars University... dropped out after 2 weeks. All I got was this lousy t-shirt.

Burrito and salad for dinner. Watch Glee - Sectionals. Despite many complications, the gang make it to the Western Ohio Sectionals. Rachel makes a dramatic entrance from the top of the auditorium, and she belts out her favorite Barbara Streisand song - Don't Rain On My Parade.

The others follow her down to the stage... receiving a standing ovation. The group then performs You Can't Always Get What You Want by the Rolling Stones, to the applause and cheers of the audience.

Sorry. Glee is all new and fresh for me. Thanks to Netflix, I can watch it. Switch to Hardball. Chris Mathews does a segment - Politician vs. Poet. Rick Santorum's new slogan on his camgaign sit - Fighting To Make America, America Again - has some similarities to the 1938 poem by Langston Hughes - Let America Be America Again.

Hughes wrote a beautiful poem about equal rights. It's a chance to put Santorum on the spot. Rachel Maddow - Turn The Lights Off. The Tea Party's Over.