I was in a bad mood and then I saw this . . .

http://www.fairygothmother.co.uk/

I only wish I had a place to wear this kind of stuff to.

Me by My Daughter

Me by Me

Ha!

Pelosi on her trip to Syria

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/041307B.shtml

"NP: The president is not king, the president is the president of the United States. America is a democracy. We have to make decisions based on our judgment. Thus far, the president's judgment hasn't been good, in terms of say for example the war on Iraq. So with all due respect to the president and the role he has, we want respect for the role we have. And members of Congress have gone on fact finding trips since our country began. We're not going to stop because the president wants to avoid the facts and doesn't want to engage in dialogue. We had a bipartisan trip, interesting that the administration chose to ignore the trips of the Republicans who had been there in the week that we were there."

"NP: Everyone has a right to be critical of it [Syria trip]. The point is that we had a very high level visit, which was very well received. The president wants a blank check on all of his foreign policy, including the war. We're simply not going to give that to him."

"CB: But traditionally that has been the power of the presidency. There are some who would argue that legally it is the president's responsibility to conduct foreign policy and it wasn't just the Washington Post, the New York Times' editorial page said that your job is to spur the administration to pursue active diplomatic policy, not to attempt to conduct the diplomacy yourself."

"We have to make decisions based on our judgment."

Shmoop to Nancy: No. You have to make decisions based on The Constitution of this country as charged by the American people. That is your job.

H.

Offspring

For a snarky Friend of mine

"A cousin of mine who was a casualty surgeon in Manhattan tells me that he and his colleagues had a one-word nickname for bikers: Donors."

Stephen Fry

One Day . . .

One day my Mom gave me a one
To buy some gum
But I bought a gun

By J. A. K.
(My Son)

He wrote this. It's a rock song.

Vintage Shmoop

I think I was 22 in this photo. So that was 14 years ago. Yikes!!! I kinda like the Elizabeth Bennet hairdo. Actually I loved that hairdo and wish I could wear it everyday. I'm borrowing a digital camera right now, so I'll try to get a current image of the Shmooper up. This photo was taken by Robert Diamante. One of my best friends in the whole world.