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A retired Government paper pusher trying to make sense of something

Saturday, February 26, 2011

A Tale of Two Photos

































I don't remember if I've ever mentioned it before, but do to his parents work schedules I have the pleasure of Ethan's company on Thursdays and Fridays.These pictures are from the other day. Now for a little background. In the top one we see that Ethan has lovingly placed his precious "blankie" around our 10 year old cat. I'm not a big fan of cats, but this one deserves a medal. Remember the chicken and noodles?
In the second Nana has come home and Ethan is posing proudly in his favorite hat. (See here). Now as Mr Harvey used to say "Is the rest of the story".( That gives me an idea for a post about Paul Harvey and my Grandfather, but I digress). Follow Ethan's line of sight in photo number one. Can you see the Old Spice deodorant on the table? Upon returning from ,what I thought was a quick trip to the coffee maker, I found the cat vigorously rubbing his head on the carpet. "Kitty smells good" proudly proclaimed Ethan. As you may have noticed Nana's posture has a rather tired look to it in the second photo. Perhaps chasing Ethan around the house as he shouted"Charge Ethan's Men!"(yep, I taught him that one) had something to do with it.So when Daddy picked him up we could be excused for our collective sigh of relief. Much later we got a call from my daughter, Ethan wanted to tell me something. "I sad Granddaddy, I miss you" As I'm pulling on my coat my daughter yells "NO DAD! he just wants to know if he can see you tomorrow".After I assured him we would do errands together he said "OK I happy now". If you ever wonder if you can love a grandchild as much as your own child..... trust me,no problem.

Monday, February 7, 2011

Get Real


OK lets see is this news? Does this deserve any attention? She made a mistake for Pete's sake. She displayed quick thinking and amazing professionalism to get through it.I felt her sincere love of country and excitement for the event come across. Get off her back. The bigger issue with her ilk is the bad role model they are for young women. The bigger outrage is the number of girls who will be forced into the sex trade in this country alone. Media, get real.



PS: Old School,this is about Christina Aguilera singing the National Anthem at the Super Bowl.