Emily, What you have to teach Jude is that if some kid comes walking toward him in a menacing way, he should punch the kid right square in the nose. From your blog it sounds like the kid was doing---invading Jude's space. A punch in the nose stings but is not life threatening unless the kid is a bleeder.That will teach Jude that there is nothing wrong with a preemptive strike. Who know--the kid could be a threat. In a little while all the kids on the playground will come to respect Jude. They may not like him but they won't invade his space anymore.Signed, the wise man
Creighton is going to be on Fox Sports MidWest on Sat. at 7:00 CST playing Southern Illinois (big rivalry). Hopefully Creighton can limit their turnovers.
Next time we come in town we're skipping the Irish Democrat and going straight to the cheap beer lady cage place. Question - do they have busty women there or should we bring our own?
Diane is one of my nurses. This was at our office Xmas party. It was tamer than last year. I just finished my day. Several patients came in right at 9PM. The last one was a 386 lb. man with a large abscess on his inner thigh. He needed to have it drained, so now he feels much better. I'm tired and kind of scared to go home. Pat, don't you have a picture of me with a pan on my head?
This morning I have to introduce a faculty member who is giving a lecture on expository writing to our new MFA students, then sell books for the lecturer Linda Sue Park, (who will be introduced by our fabulous faculty member Kate DiCamillo). Then I take a break, then go to a lecture titled "Stopping and Starting: Pace and Structure in the Novel."
Then I'll go home and MAYBE come back for a reading tonight. I'll be happy when everyone goes home Tuesday morning.
Speaking of Kate, all of you with kids should buy her books. She wrote Because of Winn Dixie, which became a movie and The Tales of Despereaux, which won a Newbery award and is going to be a movie, and some other books, one of which will also be a movie. I'm not sure which. All writers say she's going to be one of those who last through history. Anyway. See ya.
Update: This is NOT the student you want to represent your program when you have smart visiting speakers. Speaker: "Are there any questions?" Student: "You sparkle. Did you sparkle before you won the Newbery?"
When you and Monica are no longer married, can I still visit you? My family is still friends with Bill Egan even though he and my dad's sister separated years ago. Perhaps you can get an apartment above the lady cage place and Phelan and I can stop there on our way to Omaha.
Diane, the other dancer, told me astory about how her and her huband came into that bar one night and there was a lady, in a teddy, laying on the counter with another lady licking her all over. They found it so weird and mesmerizing that they couldn't leave. They go there a lot now. Nothing that odd has happened since. No this is not a stripper bar. It's very much like the Whittemore pub. In a working class neighborhood. Everyone we saw there was very normal
I am the quintessential Bears bandwagon fan. I know being a bandwagon fan is a bad thing. But I’m not ashamed. Living in Chicago and having nothing to do (post Huskers) but watch this extremely successful and exciting team is how I became a bandwagoner. So today I’m putting on my recently acquired, Ditka-era sweatshirt to go to a bar and watch the game. And if they win, I’m fully prepared to dance on tables as if the Super Bowl Shuffle actually meant something to me.
It's a good thing you're not running for Pres. Pepperloin...Rush Limbaugh was so "taken aback" that Obama was backing the Bears (he's from Chicago) Rush said, "How can a man runnung for Pres. not back America's team, the New Orleans Saints? How can he be Pres and not cheer for America's team?" He was SERIOUS!
I think that's a great idea for bar...make the women climb up the cage to bring the beer down...like food gatherers in a modern sense. Woemn have to wear jeans to get in, and be able to climb!
m.e., the only thing that qualifies me for President is that I was born in the United Sates. But if I did ever run, many embarrassing pics would surface. Namely one that Ed has where I have my pants around my ankles in the middle of Marie's Rip Tide.
There is a new terrorist litmus test that you may or may not be aware of. When exposed to Bud Light, the skin of a terrorist will change to a milky blue color. During the course of my peronal terrorist watching activities, I've been known to spill my BL bottle on suspected subversive elements.
I'm pretty sure there are terrorists in our neighborhood, because a neighborhood assn meeting was held at 4:30 (end of 3rd quarter)...we are officers, so I went (Mike owes me!) I reported the score and got updates and they all didn't care. So, I now have to be vigilant...I mean they fly flags and look normal, but, I have a funny feeling. They also held a fundraiser during nebraska'a bowl game.
I just remembered that they had brew pub beer at the last event (Upstream beer) so there was no Bud Light to be spilled...I'll bring a 6 pack to the next meeting and spill it on them! That sounds dangerous, though!
Emily...Jude wasn't hitting at Mom and Dad's house...he was the one running toward the kids saying, "kids,kids"...so, at the park, now, the kids are running toward him and I bet he's a little scared and hitting is sort of a naturl reaction...so, be gentle, whatever you decide to do. Take his hand and sort of "pet" the other kid...like a kid does to a dog. Once he touches the other child gently, I bet he'll be fine!
Emily, Pay no attention to that last posting from m.e. Instead, as I wrote previously, teach him to smash the other kid right square in the nose. The other kid might be hiding a stick or some other weapon as he comes running at Jude so Jude has every right to effect a preemptive strike. /Signed/ The Wise Man
How do you teach a kid to hit? I'd say it's either in his nature or not in his nature. Even though I was brought up in the m.e. style of conflict management, I still don't think I would have had it in me to haul off and smack somebody even if Omaha Mike told me to.
But what would I know...I'm unfit for dating let alone raising children.
On a lighter note, Bears win. Though I think Peyton Manning is a classy and upstanding individual (did you see him refuse to put on his AFC Championship hat until he congratulated Tom Brady and Bill Belecheck who never showed up for the mid field greeting?). I'm afraid I have to side with three time convict Tank Johnson and the rest of the Chicago Defense come Super Bowl Sunday.
I just put dinner into my new crack pot (thanks Des!)...chicken, red peppers, tomato and spinach with curry and garlic. Hope it's yummy...I also just made 2 delicious tuna sandwiches for lunch (for Mike and I)...and right now I'm eating a Delicious apple...I better get to the office so I can eat my sandwich!
Yes, we were fans during the dark years (pre-1985 for you younguns) so it was fun listening to the game on our way back from Indiana. I think Stevo (the new Mr. Cell Phone) called Grace twice during the game. The Colts/Patriot game was more exciting, though. I predict the Cubs will bring Samardzija up soon, maybe before he's ready, because he's a draw. Notice how those of us exposed to Polish culture can instinctively spell his name right. I hope he'll be OK. Grace said he might play in Peoria - I hope he plays in Des Moines. Who's that Iowa State guy who returned all those kickoffs for 35 to 80 yards? Where was he three years ago? I don't remember hearing anything special about him.
Oh - here's awarning for you all: Stevo's sister Karen had laparoscopic surgery Friday and the nurse told her when she got home, to warm a towel in the microwave and put it on her stomach because it would help with the pain. So when they got home, Stevo's mom put the towel in the microwave for a minute and Karen put it on her stomach under her sweater and dozed off in the recliner. Twenty minutes later she woke up because she was getting uncomfortably hot and she picked up her sweater and smoke poured out and the towel started charring right in front of her eyes - black spots spreading and smoking - and she threw it off. She ended up with minor burns on her stomach and hands, and her sweater was ruined. Weird, huh? So don't use the microwave to warm anything but food, or maybe for a wet compress.
Bar story : When we were in college, Stevo and Slam were in a bar in Crofton NE and there was this real big bear of a local guy who kept buying them drinks and paying to play pool and Slam kept beating him. They became more and more uncomfortable because he wouldn't let them pay for anything, and he was getting belligerent but still kept buying rounds. Finally Slam said something like, "No, man, we're not drinking unless you let us pay for one." and the guy got right in his face and, jabbing him in the chest with his forefinger, said, "I'm paying for the f-ing beer and that's the last f-ing time I want to hear anything about it!" and the whole time, his cigar was wagging back and forth and disappearing into his mouth and at the end of his statement, it vanished and he gulped it down and belched smoke. I think they accepted the beer and later escaped out through the kitchen and the back door.
Joe K., Jude and I have been suffering from bad cough and lots of green snot for about 5-6 days. This was preceded by clear snot for about two weeks. Worth a trip to the doctor?
Only if either of you have a fever or are really uncomfortable. If the drainage is dark in the morning and clears as the day goes on, it usually is nothing to worry about. Please see the check-out lady on your way out.
If Samardzija plays in Peoria, you are all welcome to visit and party with us. When Ryan heard he signed with the Cubs, I immediately mentioned watching a few Peoria Chiefs games (farm team for Cubs). Ryan hunched over into that put-upon husband stance and mumbled "yeah, okay" because A. He's not a big baseball fan, B. He loves Michigan and, hence, hates Notre Dame, and C. Even though he doesn't love baseball, he sustains a very complicated love/hate relationship with the Cubs that is usually manifested by pain and disgust when the Cubs blow it (again. and again.)
That just makes him a typical Cubs fan. There's nothing like minor-league baseball. A family can actually afford to go. You can show up in the third or fourth inning and the kids won't get too bored because you'll have enough money left to buy cotton candy, but don't mention it until the cotton candy guy has just gone past your section, because then they can occupy themselves looking for him and watching his agonizingly slow progress back to your section.
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Monica - why do you have so many clothes on?
Is this your night job?
Looks like FUN!
wow... going undercover on your terrorist watch activities. how patriotic.
Emily, What you have to teach Jude is that if some kid comes walking toward him in a menacing way, he should punch the kid right square in the nose. From your blog it sounds like the kid was doing---invading Jude's space. A punch in the nose stings but is not life threatening unless the kid is a bleeder.That will teach Jude that there is nothing wrong with a preemptive strike. Who know--the kid could be a threat. In a little while all the kids on the playground will come to respect Jude. They may not like him but they won't invade his space anymore.Signed, the wise man
The girl with Monica looks like, "Beth," from The Real World.
The Real World: Cedar Rapids
It don't get more real than that.
Creighton is going to be on Fox Sports MidWest on Sat. at 7:00 CST playing Southern Illinois (big rivalry). Hopefully Creighton can limit their turnovers.
Monica,
Next time we come in town we're skipping the Irish Democrat and going straight to the cheap beer lady cage place. Question - do they have busty women there or should we bring our own?
Diane looks pretty busty there.
Joe K. will shortly be dead.
She looks more like she's at the bus stop than pole dancing.
That last post was Pat.
I'm just writing to say good bye to Joe K. and offer my condolences to the Kennedy kids.
Oh and who is Diane?
Diane is one of my nurses. This was at our office Xmas party. It was tamer than last year. I just finished my day. Several patients came in right at 9PM. The last one was a 386 lb. man with a large abscess on his inner thigh. He needed to have it drained, so now he feels much better. I'm tired and kind of scared to go home. Pat, don't you have a picture of me with a pan on my head?
This morning I have to introduce a faculty member who is giving a lecture on expository writing to our new MFA students, then sell books for the lecturer Linda Sue Park, (who will be introduced by our fabulous faculty member Kate DiCamillo). Then I take a break, then go to a lecture titled "Stopping and Starting: Pace and Structure in the Novel."
Then I'll go home and MAYBE come back for a reading tonight. I'll be happy when everyone goes home Tuesday morning.
Speaking of Kate, all of you with kids should buy her books. She wrote Because of Winn Dixie, which became a movie and The Tales of Despereaux, which won a Newbery award and is going to be a movie, and some other books, one of which will also be a movie. I'm not sure which. All writers say she's going to be one of those who last through history.
Anyway. See ya.
P
Update: This is NOT the student you want to represent your program when you have smart visiting speakers.
Speaker: "Are there any questions?"
Student: "You sparkle. Did you sparkle before you won the Newbery?"
P
Joe,
When you and Monica are no longer married, can I still visit you? My family is still friends with Bill Egan even though he and my dad's sister separated years ago. Perhaps you can get an apartment above the lady cage place and Phelan and I can stop there on our way to Omaha.
Diane, the other dancer, told me astory about how her and her huband came into that bar one night and there was a lady, in a teddy, laying on the counter with another lady licking her all over. They found it so weird and mesmerizing that they couldn't leave. They go there a lot now. Nothing that odd has happened since. No this is not a stripper bar. It's very much like the Whittemore pub. In a working class neighborhood. Everyone we saw there was very normal
What is your strangest bar story?
You sparkle!
GO Bears!!!
I am the quintessential Bears bandwagon fan. I know being a bandwagon fan is a bad thing. But I’m not ashamed. Living in Chicago and having nothing to do (post Huskers) but watch this extremely successful and exciting team is how I became a bandwagoner. So today I’m putting on my recently acquired, Ditka-era sweatshirt to go to a bar and watch the game. And if they win, I’m fully prepared to dance on tables as if the Super Bowl Shuffle actually meant something to me.
Hey, what’ a bored Husker fan to do?
BTW, who wants to come see Smardjgzjtja pitch this summer at Wrigley Field?
...IF he makes it to the big show. Joe Jayjack, what's the word on that guy? Smardjghzijea?
It's a good thing you're not running for Pres. Pepperloin...Rush Limbaugh was so "taken aback" that Obama was backing the Bears (he's from Chicago) Rush said, "How can a man runnung for Pres. not back America's team, the New Orleans Saints? How can he be Pres and not cheer for America's team?" He was SERIOUS!
I think that's a great idea for bar...make the women climb up the cage to bring the beer down...like food gatherers in a modern sense. Woemn have to wear jeans to get in, and be able to climb!
According to Rush's logic - if a Tsunami swept across Lake Michigan and hit Chicago, it would then be okay for Obama to root for the Bears.
Former President Bush is a big Houston Texans fan and they're hardly America's team. $hit, they're hardly Houston's team.
Sorry for my extreme posting. Twister is on HBO and I'm very bored.
m.e., the only thing that qualifies me for President is that I was born in the United Sates. But if I did ever run, many embarrassing pics would surface. Namely one that Ed has where I have my pants around my ankles in the middle of Marie's Rip Tide.
Hail to the Chief.
There is a new terrorist litmus test that you may or may not be aware of. When exposed to Bud Light, the skin of a terrorist will change to a milky blue color. During the course of my peronal terrorist watching activities, I've been known to spill my BL bottle on suspected subversive elements.
Terrorists certainly do have a curious genetic makeup. Many of them have two tongues. A healthy open-mouthed kiss makes for a simple diagnosis.
Okay, I'm off to go watch the game. If the Bears lose, by this time next week I will be a loyal, long time Peyton Manning fan. Maybe.
I'm all for the Colts.
P
I'm pretty sure there are terrorists in our neighborhood, because a neighborhood assn meeting was held at 4:30 (end of 3rd quarter)...we are officers, so I went (Mike owes me!) I reported the score and got updates and they all didn't care. So, I now have to be vigilant...I mean they fly flags and look normal, but, I have a funny feeling. They also held a fundraiser during nebraska'a bowl game.
I just remembered that they had brew pub beer at the last event (Upstream beer) so there was no Bud Light to be spilled...I'll bring a 6 pack to the next meeting and spill it on them!
That sounds dangerous, though!
Emily...Jude wasn't hitting at Mom and Dad's house...he was the one running toward the kids saying, "kids,kids"...so, at the park, now, the kids are running toward him and I bet he's a little scared and hitting is sort of a naturl reaction...so, be gentle, whatever you decide to do. Take his hand and sort of "pet" the other kid...like a kid does to a dog. Once he touches the other child gently, I bet he'll be fine!
Emily, Pay no attention to that last posting from m.e. Instead, as I wrote previously, teach him to smash the other kid right square in the nose. The other kid might be hiding a stick or some other weapon as he comes running at Jude so Jude has every right to effect a preemptive strike. /Signed/ The Wise Man
How do you teach a kid to hit? I'd say it's either in his nature or not in his nature. Even though I was brought up in the m.e. style of conflict management, I still don't think I would have had it in me to haul off and smack somebody even if Omaha Mike told me to.
But what would I know...I'm unfit for dating let alone raising children.
On a lighter note, Bears win. Though I think Peyton Manning is a classy and upstanding individual (did you see him refuse to put on his AFC Championship hat until he congratulated Tom Brady and Bill Belecheck who never showed up for the mid field greeting?). I'm afraid I have to side with three time convict Tank Johnson and the rest of the Chicago Defense come Super Bowl Sunday.
Go Bears!
by the way, have you all heard the legend of udder dog?
http://pepperloin.blogspot.com/
It's udderly amazing!
The Colt's AFC shirts were really ugly, though...
Are these Bears going to learn the Super Bowl Shuffle? It will be hard without The Man!!!
I just put dinner into my new crack pot (thanks Des!)...chicken, red peppers, tomato and spinach with curry and garlic. Hope it's yummy...I also just made 2 delicious tuna sandwiches for lunch (for Mike and I)...and right now I'm eating a Delicious apple...I better get to the office so I can eat my sandwich!
I won $4 from the Powerball lottery!
My Man Payton...Sweetness... is The Man I'm referring to (above) is why I have to cheer for the Bears...the other Payton.
Yes, we were fans during the dark years (pre-1985 for you younguns) so it was fun listening to the game on our way back from Indiana. I think Stevo (the new Mr. Cell Phone) called Grace twice during the game. The Colts/Patriot game was more exciting, though.
I predict the Cubs will bring Samardzija up soon, maybe before he's ready, because he's a draw. Notice how those of us exposed to Polish culture can instinctively spell his name right. I hope he'll be OK. Grace said he might play in Peoria - I hope he plays in Des Moines.
Who's that Iowa State guy who returned all those kickoffs for 35 to 80 yards? Where was he three years ago? I don't remember hearing anything special about him.
Oh - here's awarning for you all: Stevo's sister Karen had laparoscopic surgery Friday and the nurse told her when she got home, to warm a towel in the microwave and put it on her stomach because it would help with the pain. So when they got home, Stevo's mom put the towel in the microwave for a minute and Karen put it on her stomach under her sweater and dozed off in the recliner. Twenty minutes later she woke up because she was getting uncomfortably hot and she picked up her sweater and smoke poured out and the towel started charring right in front of her eyes - black spots spreading and smoking - and she threw it off. She ended up with minor burns on her stomach and hands, and her sweater was ruined. Weird, huh? So don't use the microwave to warm anything but food, or maybe for a wet compress.
Wow!
I have used the microwave to dry underwear in an emergency, warm socks for the girls when they come in from the cold, etc.
Joe Jayjack
I wish I had your recording ... is it on a 45?
Can anyone send me Don's address ASAP? ANd will the address be good for at least a week or two?
Don Straub
SPRTC #200
2100 Shepard Drive
St. Peter MN 56802
It's good until he transfers to another unit, which could happen at any time with no warning. But I would think his mail would follow him there.
Bar story : When we were in college, Stevo and Slam were in a bar in Crofton NE and there was this real big bear of a local guy who kept buying them drinks and paying to play pool and Slam kept beating him. They became more and more uncomfortable because he wouldn't let them pay for anything, and he was getting belligerent but still kept buying rounds. Finally Slam said something like, "No, man, we're not drinking unless you let us pay for one." and the guy got right in his face and, jabbing him in the chest with his forefinger, said, "I'm paying for the f-ing beer and that's the last f-ing time I want to hear anything about it!" and the whole time, his cigar was wagging back and forth and disappearing into his mouth and at the end of his statement, it vanished and he gulped it down and belched smoke. I think they accepted the beer and later escaped out through the kitchen and the back door.
It might have been Fordyce, NE. It was some tiny border town.
Thanks Cathy.
Joe K., Jude and I have been suffering from bad cough and lots of green snot for about 5-6 days. This was preceded by clear snot for about two weeks. Worth a trip to the doctor?
Only if either of you have a fever or are really uncomfortable. If the drainage is dark in the morning and clears as the day goes on, it usually is nothing to worry about. Please see the check-out lady on your way out.
If Samardzija plays in Peoria, you are all welcome to visit and party with us. When Ryan heard he signed with the Cubs, I immediately mentioned watching a few Peoria Chiefs games (farm team for Cubs). Ryan hunched over into that put-upon husband stance and mumbled "yeah, okay" because A. He's not a big baseball fan, B. He loves Michigan and, hence, hates Notre Dame, and C. Even though he doesn't love baseball, he sustains a very complicated love/hate relationship with the Cubs that is usually manifested by pain and disgust when the Cubs blow it (again. and again.)
That just makes him a typical Cubs fan. There's nothing like minor-league baseball. A family can actually afford to go. You can show up in the third or fourth inning and the kids won't get too bored because you'll have enough money left to buy cotton candy, but don't mention it until the cotton candy guy has just gone past your section, because then they can occupy themselves looking for him and watching his agonizingly slow progress back to your section.
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