Nature Abhors A Vacuum, I Think

Man is equally incapable of seeing the nothingness from which he emerges and the infinity in which he is engulfed. ~ Blaise Pascal

I wonder if Blaise would have liked LOST? My guess is that he would have.

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So, I finished another book, which means that I should post my review of the last book soon, I imagine. I actually have it started somewhere in my drafts. I shall post it soon, so you can hold quit holding your breath now.

No seriously, please start breathing again. It's a little disconcerting.

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Imagine my surprise when I checked my reader this afternoon and it had 582 things waiting for me to read. What the heck? Have I been that busy that I couldn't even take the time to read up on what everyone is thinking. Hopefully I will get to them this weekend, if not, I am afraid that I will have to push that dreaded "Mark all as read" button.

I really hate doing that. So I hope that I don't have to.

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Found out the true meaning of love tonight, shall I share?

Okay. Here goes.

Love is laughing at your husband while he is gagging over cleaning up the cat's vomit.

Have a great night/weekend!

Crappola Sandwich

Computer games don't affect kids, I mean if Pac Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching pills and listening to repetitive music. ~ Marcus Brigstocke

Lost is back.

I don't need to say any more, to be honest, because,well, Lost is back.

Oh and there was an election today as well.

Let's see, as of this writing, at approximately eleven post meridian (that's 11:00 PM in case you were wondering, I think), Cook County is getting rid of that waste of a government official in board president Todd Stroger.

Yeah Cook County. Of course, you will probably still be corrupt and all, but at least the Stroger reign is over. I guess he can always call for martial law or something, but I don't think it will work.

Pat Quinn, our governor, is leading by the slimmest of margins, but I have a feeling that he will survive the night and it looks like he'll be going up against, um, I think it's Dilliard. I really have no idea, and neither does Chuck Goudie, so... enough of that.

As for the senate race, it looks like Kirk, the republican will be going up against ... HOLD THE PHONE ... republican governor leader is now apparently Bill Brady. Cool, I like him. Although I was pulling for the "Polish Kid." That's not a slam or anything, I just can't spell his last name.

Like how I got around spelling Alexi Giannoulias for senate.

By the way, the "Polish Kid" is Adam Andrzejewski.

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Time for my mean comment - Wow, Dawn Clark Netsch is still alive? Probably misspelled that as well.

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There are days when I type these words, that I really have no idea where they are leading me. I mean, I thought I was going to talk about "Lost" but since I haven't really seen it all - excuse me for having a loud house - and I watched NCIS instead...

I think I should stop now.

Hold on... Judy Baar Topinka? What the Hell? Illinois needs to just wipe the slate clean and get a whole new crop of politicians.

Okay, I'm done.

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By the way, Lost is back!

I'm Going To Be More Annoying Than Ever!!

so says this...



Final Season Of 'Lost' Promises To Make Fans More Annoying Than Ever

February 2 is only 13 days away....

Urgo

I am a HUGE fan of Stargate SG-1 and forgot how funny and great this episode was.

The episode is called "Urgo" and it guest stars Dom Deluise as an alien conscience that was implanted into the SG-1 team. More specifically, it is episode 16 of season number 3.

Another great show that I watched tonight was,,, LOST.

We learned a few things; like what Sawyer asked Kate to do before he jumped out from the helicopter. We also learned about what happened to Aaron. I swear that I even glimpsed an older version of Claire, but no one else that I was chatting with, on Plurk, saw it. So maybe it was just my imagination. Then there was Benjamin Linus, young and innocent and shot in the gut by Sayid, well now we know why he is, well, the way he is.

Next week looks to be another real doozy of a show, so we know where I'll be, right?

On that other real popular show, American Idol, my daughter Maggie's favorite singer - Megan - was sent packing. At least Megan, gets to go home to her baby son, which is way more important anyway.

That's it for now,,, C Ya!

I LOST It!

I got home just in time to watch LOST tonight, when I was told that I had to go and pick up Benjy's friend. Argh!

Hopefully work will be slow tomorrow (because I have been under a lot of stress, jeez, what did you think?) *cough LOST on ABC.com *cough.

Now, I just have to keep from reading certain articles, and blogs...

Let's Talk LOST

Did you see tonight's episode?

All I can do is say that I think I am correct.

Correct about what Roger? Glad you asked.

I am of the opinion that the LOST gang is actually turning into a grand paradox, and the past Losties will be hunting the future Losties, and at the end of it all. John Locke will wake up and tell his wife about this wild dream that he just had. Oh, hi wife will be Eloise Hawking and his son Sawyer will come in with the grandkids Kate and Jack.

Or something like that. :)

Back to the real world... The boss told me yesterday after 6PM, to make sure that certain individuals were going to be in the office on Thursday. Gee, and if they ask me why, am I supposed to tell them that their services are no longer required as well?

I didn't do it, but I know that they will all be there. Tomorrow will not be a good day I'm afraid.

With that thought, I'm going to try to make you smile.

Some guy bought a new fridge for his house. To get rid of his old fridge, he put it in his front yard and hung a sign on it saying: 'Free to good home. You want it, you take it.' For three days the fridge sat there without even one person looking twice at it. He eventually decided that people were too un-trusting of this deal. 

It looked too good to be true, so he changed the sign to read: 'Fridge for sale $50.' 

The next day someone stole it!

Want another one? Okay.

* One day I was walking down the beach with some friends when someone shouted....'Look at that dead bird!' Someone looked up at the sky and said...'where?'

Okay, that will do for now. Have a great day/evening!

God Bless!!

Does Five Minutes Really Matter?

Let's see,

I just missed the first five minutes of LOST. So that would be a Yes. It really does matter.

What else?

Pouring milk into a large bowl of Frosted Flakes right before your two-year old has to use the bathroom, and while there wants to discuss what Thomas the Tank Engine did on the island of Sodor, over and over again. Another Yes.

How about...

Having five minutes worth of gas left, with ten minutes until the next gas station. Okay, that one may be a stretch, especially since you can't really know how much time you have left in your gas tank, that is just plain silly.

Speaking of silly, the bunnies on the header are a sign of sure silliness. Plus, I occasionally will submit a 'fluffy bunny' story here for your approval. They are also kind of cute too.

Did I mention that I missed the first five minutes of LOST?

The Silence Is Screaming

Because my Wii has been off all day.

Quick, someone call DCFS. My poor deprived children are even more deprived than usual. Besides, I can't very well play with their puppy dog eyes looking at me, right?

In all seriousness, I don't believe that the kids were grounded from it or anything, but it sure was quiet around here this evening. Then again, I was gone shopping.

Yes, I said shopping.

Shopping for some mysterious stuff that Jenni swears exists, yet I cannot find ANYWHERE.
She says that they taste great and that she really wants some. I'm not sure if this is a craving thing, or just delirium. I'm talking, of course, about Eggo Strawberry Muffin Tops. I can find Blueberry (a good substitute, mind you), Chocolate Chip, and Chocolate Chocolate Chip, but Strawberry has apparently gone extinct, or maybe never existed at all? Hmmm.

After three stores, I quit looking, but did get the blueberry muffin tops, and strawberry waffles in an attempt to please the cravings of my future child. Or at least my beautiful bride.

I was also on a mission to find Valentine colored M&M's. Go figure, three days before Valentine's Day, and they are nowhere to be found. Of course we need the Red, Pink and White colors, and can't use Blue, Green, or Brown because the cute little treats we're going to make need the Valentine colors.

Shoot me now.

Luckily, I found these after only three stores and was able to make it back for the last thirty minutes of LOST. I will now go silent to respect the wishes of my foreign readers, that don't get to experience LOST until later this year. See what I mean by the silence is screaming? Because it was AWESOME, and maybe a bit confusing. :)

God Bless,

How Do I Say This Without Spoiling The Surprise

I'm gonna be a new daddy!!!!

What's that? You already knew that? Who told? No seriously, I wanna know.

Okay that's not the surprise, this is.

Jenni, being the bestest wife ever, let me watch LOST, live. Well, okay, technically it's been in the can for a while now, but I watched it the same time as everyone else. Pretty cool. Also, I tried to follow along with my friends on Plurk AND Twitter. Dude, that's hard to do, especially when you want to write on both social media dealies AND actually watch the show.

Want a recap? Me too. :) Gonna have to read Doc Jensen tomorrow to see what I missed, although it was pretty straight forward, I think. Except maybe the bouncing back and forth in time bit. Can you imagine what the "Master Plan" of this whole story looks like. I mean we have this arc going that away, and that arc going this away. Then there is the part where they intersect, and then where they aren't supposed to intersect. Oh yeah and then there were some French people, and the always young Richard Alpert.

Ha! If you saw it, I guess you would understand. If you do, let me in on it. :)

On a completely different note. Do you think it's too risky to try and get a new job? There's one that just popped up that might be interesting. Hmmm. Oh, and if PITA is looking here, I'm not who you think I am. :)

Great news fellow Chicagoans!! It's going to get ABOVE freezing this weekend. YAY! We're talking fifties, maybe.

Did anyone else chuckle about London being shut down (make that most of Great Britain) over a measly 10cm or four inches. Yep four inches shut down the city that outlasted the bombings from those evil bastard Nazi's. What has happened to this world? Sheesh.

My little whine session down there, has guilted my Sister In-Law to actually comment on my posts. Who knows, maybe she'll start her own blog and blow mine out of the water. I would probably hate her for it, but we'd still be good. Right Jen?

MIL and FIL are on Facebook! How cool is that? I should recommend that all the teens I'm "friends" with become their friends. Most of them know them already anyway. They are the cool grandparents, after all.

Yummy, Dean's Mackinac Island Fudge Ice Cream. Why can't there be an ice cream diet? That would be the most popular thing. Ever.

If you want to laugh, really laugh, head over to Holly's Animated Life on her blog. Too funny.

Okay, I've said enough. Did I mention that LOST was awesome again tonight? Too bad about Jack losing his arm though.

Gotcha!!

Not LOST, but A Missed

I missed LOST tonight, and I hear it was AWESOME... Here's a tease

Now, I will go to bed and cry, or whine, or whatever.

I'll be better tomorrow.

Oh, I need to thank the Republicans in Congress for having some backbone and NOT approving the first step to socialism.

That is all.

What a Tangled Web

I think I will try to do my LOST recap, as promised, in bullets.


SPOILERS, there may be SPOILERS...

You

Have

Been

Warned.

• Daniel Faraday know A LOT about what is going on
• John Locke is one confused dude
• Richard Alpert, never ages. EVER
• Jack's beard is dead. Amen!
• Sun is playing out the whole "woman scorned" bit, to a hilt.
• Kate is running again
• Sayid is too cool for words
• Hurley, probably the best, and most important character
• Benjamin Linus, still creepy
• Desmond, no longer at peace, but rather with purpose
• Sawyer, shirtless for the ladies, and snarky for the rest
• Juliet, she's still there?
• Aussie chick whose name I can't remember, soon to be dust methinks
• Miles, another bad ass.

See what I mean, easy!

In all seriousness, I left last night (this morning) very impressed with the writing and the story. I'm liking the more Sci-Fi bits and have always loved time travel, hence my love of Stargate SG-1. Maybe the island is part of a wormhole. Watch out for those Egyptian gods. :)

Okay, I'm going to go and watch them again. Or go back to Twitter.

Tough choice. :)

I'm Lost! (and a day late)

Because of the events that took place yesterday (did you know that I am now a referee of youth soccer, as well as a coach?), I missed the much ballyhooed season premiere of LOST.

I know. I can hardly believe it myself.

Anyway, I don't have TiVo or a DVR, but I do have the Internet.

Thank you Al Gore!! (first and last time)

So, for the last two and a half hours I have been trying to watch the first two hours of LOST. I only have one more hour to watch. In case you all forgot, I have six kids and they LOVE their Daddy. So, I've been distracted a bit, including the five or seven minutes I allotted myself to write this up because you know I'm doing the whole Blog 365 again, and I need to get further than I did last year, at least. Which is still a couple of months away.

Anyway, season five, episode one... WOW! I am so hooked right back in. I'll tell you more about it later, maybe even after I finish episode two. :)

Damaste!