Okay........we made it back from New York Yesterday.......we spent five and a half hours in Laguardia Airport.......that was not fun.........but new york was fun..........we went and saw wicked.....and it is the best thing i have ever seen ever...........ever........the special effects were soooooooooooooooooo goood......and we got to go to the Dakota Building and Strawberry Fields.......those were pretty much the highlights of my trip............but it was a lot of fun....
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Friday, May 9, 2008
Political Correctness
In a world where Santa can no longer say Ho Ho Ho and the lollies and bikkies we ate as children have vastly different names (Fads instead of Fags, Scalliwags instead of Golliwogs), this mother is struggling to keep up with being politically correct and is barely hanging on.
I mean, how are we supposed to school our children in the acceptable vernacular (and the connotation) when we don’t even know or understand why half of it exists in the first place?
When did it become unconscionable to say short instead of vertically challenged; or to call a footstool a pouffe and more importantly, when did men stop opening doors and paying for dinner?
I mean, what is the world coming to? Political correctness has taken over and in the process, a decidedly unpleasant environment has resulted.
No longer is protecting people’s feelings and sensibilities the result of jargon change, it has now taken on extreme proportions and like most people I feel that political correctness is so ridiculously incorrect I can hardly speak.
When my little pumpkin told me how much he liked his new brown friend at school I rushed to hush him, explaining that she is indigenous, not brown.
When he asked a man in a wheel chair in line at the bank, why he had an ‘inside car’, I explained that it was rude to invade people’s privacy with such questions. When he asked me why the blind girl at school was called ‘visually impaired’, I had to tell him that I actually had no idea- TINA SHAW
“When you're drowning, you don't say 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me,' you just scream.”- John Lennon
Quote............
“I am, as I've said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.”- Billy Joel
Sleep
So, I finished packing last night.......i hope.....i had to wake up at 5:30 this morning just like every other day, but tonight i'm going to the Nashville Tribute Band's tribute to the pioneers....and that will last until like ten eleven ish.......so i won't go to bed tonight until like midnight.....then i have to be at the airport tomorrow by 5:00 so i'll probably have to wake up at 3:30......then, tomorrow, i'll be doing stuff until late that night because we are going to see Wicked tomorrow.....so i will be short on sleep for a little while......it's going to suck.......
Thursday, May 8, 2008
YAY....WE LOVE WAL-MART
Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, said sales at stores open at least a year climbed 3.2 percent, beating its forecast and sending the shares higher. Industry sales climbed 3.6 percent, the most since March 2007, the International Council of Shopping Centers said.
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
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