I've been to two Madison area dog parks. They are great. If you were a dog, you would be so happy to visit one.
Last night Drew and I enjoyed the Mountain Goats' sharp songwriting and delivery. It was my first visit to State Street.
Auto liability insurance here is about $95/month less than it is on Long Island.
Snow can block the DIRECTV.
My parents taught me to play a variant of the card game six-card golf recently. It was new to me though it is "quite widespread in North America."
I went to my first movie of 2004: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. I was rooting for Good to triumph over Evil.
Whenever someone coughed I thought, "DVD."
In cooperation with the IRS, free federal tax preparation and e-filing is available to many people. PC World has recommendations.
I helped someone use TurboTax and it is smart.
First thought while walking in the above freezing weather: get out my bike!
2004 will go down as the year I watched Survivor.
Yesterday I had a Leinie.
Today I cooked lentils with whole wheat pasta, tomatoes, garlic, black beans and peas.
Forward!
John Kerry during yesterday's debate:
And what I'm learning nationally from the people I'm talking to, the people who have lost work, the people who don't have health care and can't afford it, the people who have dreams for their kids to go to school but can't get a good school, or people who want clean air and clean water to breathe, there is an extraordinary coming together in this country around this presidential race for America to live up to its promise and ideals, to what Lincoln called, "The dream of America is the last best hope of Earth."
1. That's not a sentence.
2. I bet he's locked up the votes of people who want clean water to breathe.
When you play "FLAX" on a triple word score with the X on a double letter score creating an intersecting word, well, you get many points.
You know how easy it is to progress after you haven't lifted weights for a while? That's what I've been doing.
I went to a new Pick'n Save.
Russert's questions and Bush's answers were predictable: disappointment.
Monday's must-see TV is the "Late Show with David Letterman" featuring the Beatles' performance from 40 years ago, the snowboarder who crashed during the taping of Thursday's show and Dr. Phil!
Speaking of snow, I snowshoed yesterday. There was no barbecue.
This Sunday's must-see TV is Tim Russert interviewing President Bush on "Meet the Press." Let's hope for hard questions. Let's dream of direct answers.
The Wisconsin legislature upheld Gov. Doyle's veto of the bill to allow people to carry concealed weapons.
The legislature's latest proposed solution to a non-problem is to forbid obesity lawsuits against fast food restaurants.
Time it took for the government to decide to investigate the preparedness for and response to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks: more than one year.
Time it took for the government to decide to investigate the circumstances surrounding the fleeting broadcast of a woman's breast: less than one day.
