Shana tovah, my friends. Wishing us all a year of peace, and just a tad more mutual understanding than we've experienced lately.
I just watched the VP debate. It took all of my willpower not to play Palin Bingo.
The SNL skit wasn't too far off...
POEHLER AS COURIC: "On foreign policy, I want to give you one more chance to explain your claim that you have foreign policy experience based on Alaska's proximity to Russia. What did you mean by that?"
FEY AS PALIN: "Well, Alaska and Russia are only separated by a narrow maritime border. (using her hands to illustrate) You got Alaska here, this right here is water, and this is Russia. So, we keep an eye on them."
POEHLER AS COURIC: "And how do you do that exactly?"
FEY AS PALIN: "Every morning, when Alaskans wake up, one of the first things they do, is look outside to see if there are any Russians hanging around. And if there are, you gotta go up to them and ask, 'What are you doing here?' and if they can't give you a good reason, it's our responsibility to say, you know, 'Shoo! Get back over there!'
Really…. all political viewpoints aside, this debate was fairly ridiculous. I suppose if she was solely aiming to avoid a total implosion, then it was possibly a success from a GOP standpoint. However, I saw more enlightening debate performances in high school history class. It’s scary that she legitimately could be president, and a gaffe by McCain to have chosen her.
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And now to local news…
The book of life is open. Do what you can to make things right.
I think I’ve learned something in the past few weeks…
When you eventually arrive at the end of your days… regardless of when that may be… it could possibly be the worst thing of all to be alone. I don’t mean alone in terms of the particular space and time that marks your end… I mean really, truly alone. As in, there is no one who is ^there^. Don’t let the inevitability of human faults interfere with the divine nature of human love. That road will lead you to nowhere but the dead end of regret.
Thanks to all of you out there who reached out. You hold me up.
Here’s to 5769.
j
