<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720547</id><updated>2011-04-21T19:49:14.187-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Jimsonweed</title><subtitle type='html'>what are they smoking?</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hermother.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720547/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hermother.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>mary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01052654309109336549</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>32</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720547.post-109520202924095803</id><published>2004-09-14T15:44:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2004-09-14T15:47:09.240-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>We're winning the hearts and minds of the Iraqi people.  Our "mission of liberation" has allowed Iraq to join the ranks of other great democracies like Russia and Chile.  Listen, if you can't beat 'em you might as well take a long hit of the jimsonweed and wait for the white light to take you.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720547/posts/default/109520202924095803'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720547/posts/default/109520202924095803'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hermother.blogspot.com/2004_09_01_archive.html#109520202924095803' title=''/><author><name>mary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01052654309109336549</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720547.post-108237249433634402</id><published>2004-04-19T04:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2004-04-19T04:04:30.450-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>The New York Times &gt; International &gt; Middle East &gt; Security Companies: Shadow Soldiers in Iraq: "'I refer to them as our silent partner in this struggle,' Senator John W. Warner, the Virginia Republican and Armed Services Committee chairman, said in an interview."Think Roland the Thompson Gunner, gone to fight and "kill off the Congolese."He came into my bar for one growing season.  He was </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720547/posts/default/108237249433634402'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720547/posts/default/108237249433634402'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hermother.blogspot.com/2004_04_01_archive.html#108237249433634402' title=''/><author><name>mary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01052654309109336549</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720547.post-108228517306368669</id><published>2004-04-18T03:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2004-04-18T03:49:07.560-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>The New York Times &gt; International &gt; Middle East &gt; U.S. Closes Long Sections of 2 Routes to Baghdad: "American officials said early last week that Kellogg Brown &amp; Root, a private American military contractor and a Halliburton subsidiary, had stopped all convoys running into Iraq after the ambush on a fuel convoy at Abu Ghraib on April 9 of this year. "  This is the privitasation of non-combat </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720547/posts/default/108228517306368669'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720547/posts/default/108228517306368669'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hermother.blogspot.com/2004_04_01_archive.html#108228517306368669' title=''/><author><name>mary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01052654309109336549</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720547.post-108215554930921509</id><published>2004-04-16T15:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2004-04-16T15:48:42.263-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>The New York Times &gt; International &gt; New Book Says Bush Asked for Iraq War Plan in 2001: "Bush said Friday the subject of Iraq came up four days after the terrorist attacks when he met his national security team at Camp David to discuss a response to the assault. ``I said let us focus on Afghanistan,'' Now we know this is a very rehersed answer because if Bush really said anything like that it </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720547/posts/default/108215554930921509'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720547/posts/default/108215554930921509'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hermother.blogspot.com/2004_04_01_archive.html#108215554930921509' title=''/><author><name>mary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01052654309109336549</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720547.post-108199096476545248</id><published>2004-04-14T18:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2004-04-14T18:05:36.403-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>The New York Times &gt; International &gt; Middle East &gt; Bush Supports Sharon's Plan to Withdraw From the Gaza Strip: "President Bush, in a significant shift in American policy, told Prime Minister Ariel Sharon today that the United States would not object if Israel retained some West Bank settlements under a future peace accord."Knock, knock, knocking on Heaven's door.Mr. Bush, appearing with Mr. </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720547/posts/default/108199096476545248'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720547/posts/default/108199096476545248'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hermother.blogspot.com/2004_04_01_archive.html#108199096476545248' title=''/><author><name>mary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01052654309109336549</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720547.post-108193949621064240</id><published>2004-04-14T03:44:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2004-04-14T03:47:46.670-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Welcome to uComics Web Site featuring Pat Oliphant -- The Best Comic Site In The Universe!poppy and skipper go one on one.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720547/posts/default/108193949621064240'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720547/posts/default/108193949621064240'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hermother.blogspot.com/2004_04_01_archive.html#108193949621064240' title=''/><author><name>mary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01052654309109336549</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720547.post-108193940737780850</id><published>2004-04-14T03:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2004-04-14T03:46:17.856-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Welcome to uComics Web Site featuring Jeff Danziger -- The Best Comic Site In The Universe! et tu?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720547/posts/default/108193940737780850'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720547/posts/default/108193940737780850'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hermother.blogspot.com/2004_04_01_archive.html#108193940737780850' title=''/><author><name>mary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01052654309109336549</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720547.post-108193932531882516</id><published>2004-04-14T03:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2004-04-14T03:44:55.810-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Welcome to uComics Web Site featuring Tony Auth -- The Best Comic Site In The Universe!  ouch</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720547/posts/default/108193932531882516'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720547/posts/default/108193932531882516'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hermother.blogspot.com/2004_04_01_archive.html#108193932531882516' title=''/><author><name>mary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01052654309109336549</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720547.post-108193881977789591</id><published>2004-04-14T03:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2004-04-14T03:36:30.390-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>The New York Times &gt; Opinion &gt; Op-Ed Columnist: Cruel Choices: "And what should parents do when the Janjaweed seize their children, or gang-rape their daughters"And where georgie is the wrath of his christian god now?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720547/posts/default/108193881977789591'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720547/posts/default/108193881977789591'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hermother.blogspot.com/2004_04_01_archive.html#108193881977789591' title=''/><author><name>mary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01052654309109336549</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720547.post-108193787003663844</id><published>2004-04-14T03:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2004-04-14T03:20:40.856-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>The New York Times &gt; Washington &gt; News Analysis: Making a Case for a Mission: "'We're changing the world,' Mr. Bush said halfway through a speech and news conference that was largely an hourlong justification for holding fast in Iraq, no matter how the casualties mount, no matter how chaotic.In his little sermon on the backs of the rising casualties, georgie let it be known he was doing god's </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720547/posts/default/108193787003663844'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720547/posts/default/108193787003663844'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hermother.blogspot.com/2004_04_01_archive.html#108193787003663844' title=''/><author><name>mary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01052654309109336549</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720547.post-108189023402934960</id><published>2004-04-13T14:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2004-04-13T14:06:44.483-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Mubarak Tells Bush of Serious Concerns on Iraq: "'The situation in Iraq has improved,' Bush insisted,"Okay, Now I know that little fucker is sucking on jimson weed.  This ability to disassociate oneself from the reality the rest of the world is experiences is truly psycotic.  We want this guy a knat's hair away from pushig the big red A button?And what happened to all those angry voices who </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720547/posts/default/108189023402934960'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720547/posts/default/108189023402934960'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hermother.blogspot.com/2004_04_01_archive.html#108189023402934960' title=''/><author><name>mary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01052654309109336549</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720547.post-108179720745963095</id><published>2004-04-12T12:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2004-04-12T12:16:16.700-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Back in the dirt.  Only saving grace.  Look at the headlines, whatever bsInc thinks is happening is killing a whole lot of people.  I think the bush twins should go over and show those Iraqis how to behave.  Or they could do Rebel yells to cheer on our men and women who are dying to save their daddy's face.  Poor folks are paying so that bshInc can continue in the biggest sell of to the elite </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720547/posts/default/108179720745963095'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720547/posts/default/108179720745963095'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hermother.blogspot.com/2004_04_01_archive.html#108179720745963095' title=''/><author><name>mary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01052654309109336549</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720547.post-107352143110050113</id><published>2004-01-07T16:23:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2004-01-07T16:25:04.513-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Kingston Technology Memory Upgrades HomepageHELP!!!!!!!!!!!Why is it that everytime I buy a new piece of equipment to replace an old worn out piece I "have insaficient RAM"This time I'm adding the perfect printer and getting  the same fucking message.  I am not a computer/electronics junkie (I got all of that out of my system when I bought five computers in one year hoping to find the "right"</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720547/posts/default/107352143110050113'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720547/posts/default/107352143110050113'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hermother.blogspot.com/2004_01_01_archive.html#107352143110050113' title=''/><author><name>mary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01052654309109336549</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720547.post-107084072830939413</id><published>2003-12-07T15:45:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2003-12-07T15:46:10.733-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Someone new must have moved into the building.  There is the wonderful odor of pot roast traveling through my little garret.  Most of the smells are to die for, and I suppose my cholesterol count and extra hundred pounds means that eating such things as red meat will kill me sooner rather than later.	Torture, hmm	Torture.	Baby your torturing me.	Now you send all those smell all around me	Are</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720547/posts/default/107084072830939413'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720547/posts/default/107084072830939413'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hermother.blogspot.com/2003_12_01_archive.html#107084072830939413' title=''/><author><name>mary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01052654309109336549</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720547.post-106782078178241254</id><published>2003-11-02T16:53:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2003-11-02T16:52:59.973-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Money for nothing and the chicks for freebshInc is getting the $87 B (no loans here) for the rebuilding of Iraq and Afghanistan.  Seems the boys WHO KNOW WHAT IS BEST FOR ALL OF US realize that money invested in education and infrastructure will more than pay for itself over time, as long as it is out of country. This just in, nearly 3.8 million families went hungry last year.  Someone in the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720547/posts/default/106782078178241254'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720547/posts/default/106782078178241254'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hermother.blogspot.com/2003_11_01_archive.html#106782078178241254' title=''/><author><name>mary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01052654309109336549</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720547.post-106738397991857440</id><published>2003-10-28T15:32:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2003-10-28T15:32:59.143-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>The sun was shining on the sea,    Shining with all his might:He did his very best to make    The billows smooth and bright—And this was odd because it was The middle of the night.Reading an editorial today on Cheney’s blatant and criminal manipulation of the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth flimflam of the American people I am reminded of the folks back home.The moon was </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720547/posts/default/106738397991857440'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720547/posts/default/106738397991857440'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hermother.blogspot.com/2003_10_01_archive.html#106738397991857440' title=''/><author><name>mary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01052654309109336549</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720547.post-106713193070573865</id><published>2003-10-25T18:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-10-25T18:32:10.273-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>I have outfits.  Now I have been known to dress in ways that are very, hmmm, riveting, but I thought I lost the art of outfits.  Appearel-lently not.  I’m not asked for fashion tips and I think I might have become quaint.  God I hope not.  Silk suits don’t suit me and the flash and fire of a young body and a strong libido have gone only the libido stays.  Trouble is casual sex is too much like </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720547/posts/default/106713193070573865'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720547/posts/default/106713193070573865'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hermother.blogspot.com/2003_10_01_archive.html#106713193070573865' title=''/><author><name>mary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01052654309109336549</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720547.post-106668969346425537</id><published>2003-10-20T15:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-10-20T15:41:33.220-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>And then...Does everyone else get a diffent version of nytimes than the one I pull up every morning?  I swear, if I were bshInc I would be trying to kill the person who iss so effectively making me appear to be a clueless idiot.with best regardshermotherSizzling Economy Revitalizes India By AMY WALDMANAs it should. Big Bus1ness is sending all our jobs there.  Of course their economy is </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720547/posts/default/106668969346425537'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720547/posts/default/106668969346425537'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hermother.blogspot.com/2003_10_01_archive.html#106668969346425537' title=''/><author><name>mary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01052654309109336549</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720547.post-106668891089434760</id><published>2003-10-20T15:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-10-20T15:28:30.760-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>my career as a writer who actually sold a thought or two has ended with the increase in minimum prices at redpaper.com.  They won't miss me.this is my entry for today.stop the machinesink bshInc.My keyboard gave up the ghost last week and I schlepped up to Nashua to pick up the latest in bargain basement prices at Staples.  They didn’t open until 10 on Sundays so I wandered over to Home Depot</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720547/posts/default/106668891089434760'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720547/posts/default/106668891089434760'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hermother.blogspot.com/2003_10_01_archive.html#106668891089434760' title=''/><author><name>mary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01052654309109336549</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720547.post-106600635551052056</id><published>2003-10-12T17:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-10-12T17:52:34.913-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Alleged pimp denies charges, says he let 'girls hang around'LOWELL The 63-year-old former exterminator living on a $798-a-month Social Security check said he was just being nice to some of the women in the neighborhood. He said he knew they were prostitutes, but he was a little lonely after his wife died last year and they were nice to him.lowell sunThis is what Lowell use to be, the wedding </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720547/posts/default/106600635551052056'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720547/posts/default/106600635551052056'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hermother.blogspot.com/2003_10_01_archive.html#106600635551052056' title=''/><author><name>mary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01052654309109336549</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720547.post-106444603867582815</id><published>2003-09-24T16:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-09-24T16:27:18.446-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>I wonder if anyone ever reads this?I've been working again.  Seems I've made subbing high school so radically cool that I am now forced to go to middle schools if I want work. When I took the job it was the morning after a particularly worthless day of freshmen.  Stop me if you've heard this"You're in my personal bubble.""What did I do, I didn't do nothing.""What you're throwing me out </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720547/posts/default/106444603867582815'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720547/posts/default/106444603867582815'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hermother.blogspot.com/2003_09_01_archive.html#106444603867582815' title=''/><author><name>mary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01052654309109336549</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720547.post-106366871604370760</id><published>2003-09-15T16:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-09-15T16:39:48.863-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>I planted bulbs in the garden today.  Simple process.  Rake off all the cedar chip powder, fork the ground, pull out all the cedar chip powdered chunks, loosen the soil, throw the bulbs out artistically, then throw the bulb food out artistically and bury the whole kit and kaboodle at the appropriate depth.  I planted a whole 4x5 section today.  I only have 50 sections to go.  I love dirt.Mary </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720547/posts/default/106366871604370760'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720547/posts/default/106366871604370760'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hermother.blogspot.com/2003_09_01_archive.html#106366871604370760' title=''/><author><name>mary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01052654309109336549</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720547.post-106350659145824938</id><published>2003-09-13T19:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-09-13T19:29:51.416-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Of the two sexes, women are the least logical and the most likely to come up with completely unrelated cause and effects.  This is not always true, my exband does reaches I still can't believe, but as I am exposed to our current leader and his click I am less and less sure of my condemnation of the weaker sex.  Maybe it's just my "volunteer" in the garden today is short a couple of circuits short</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720547/posts/default/106350659145824938'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720547/posts/default/106350659145824938'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hermother.blogspot.com/2003_09_01_archive.html#106350659145824938' title=''/><author><name>mary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01052654309109336549</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720547.post-106337174249172762</id><published>2003-09-12T06:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-09-12T06:02:22.406-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>I stopped sleeping last century and manage 5.5 hours of sleep now without the help of a script.  (I know this because every decade or so some doctor thinks he can fix it with a sleep study.  I have neither sleep apthnea not narcolepsy.)  Needless to say script stops me from going into sleep-deprivation psychosis, so I load up every night.  Yesterday was a pisser.  Two people I trust to be honest</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720547/posts/default/106337174249172762'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720547/posts/default/106337174249172762'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hermother.blogspot.com/2003_09_01_archive.html#106337174249172762' title=''/><author><name>mary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01052654309109336549</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720547.post-106327875567595576</id><published>2003-09-11T04:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-09-11T04:12:35.703-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>"Rather than flooding the zone with more Americans, which means you have to have more force protection, more support, it is, we believe, vastly better to continue to invest in encouraging the Iraqis to provide the kinds of increases and ramping up of their own security capabilities," Mr. Rumsfeld said in a speech at the National Press Club here.This is the Fred and Barney principle of economics</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720547/posts/default/106327875567595576'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720547/posts/default/106327875567595576'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hermother.blogspot.com/2003_09_01_archive.html#106327875567595576' title=''/><author><name>mary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01052654309109336549</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720547.post-106324009242897747</id><published>2003-09-10T16:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-09-10T17:46:45.173-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>BshInc is tightening the thumb screw in hope of frightening Americans into forgetting the lies they have been told by this administration.  "Of course we have lied to you, but it is only for your own protection.  Listen, this pains me more than it does you."  Mr. Bsh's wants to toughen the provisions of the Patriot Act like broadening the categories of terrorism-related crimes punishable by </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720547/posts/default/106324009242897747'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720547/posts/default/106324009242897747'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hermother.blogspot.com/2003_09_01_archive.html#106324009242897747' title=''/><author><name>mary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01052654309109336549</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720547.post-106323045847131981</id><published>2003-09-10T14:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-09-10T14:47:38.506-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>I got an email from my mother today, yeah, I have amother.  She and my brother have been covering my ass and keeping me off the streets and I am so greatful.  This email brought of the myth of "my failure to follow through"  It is interesting, how other people see you.  I have a number of friends here, far away from California and my other life and they would tell you that I was amazing.  Now I </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720547/posts/default/106323045847131981'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720547/posts/default/106323045847131981'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hermother.blogspot.com/2003_09_01_archive.html#106323045847131981' title=''/><author><name>mary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01052654309109336549</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720547.post-106316365899527672</id><published>2003-09-09T20:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-09-09T20:14:19.023-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>"We have no desire to own this problem or to control it," Mr. Wolfowitz told the committee. "The more other countries are prepared to contribute, the more they're absolutely entitled to share and control over how resources are used."I believe him.  I do.  And next week angels have promised to dance on the head of a pin in an effort to get me a job.I'm waiting for the Iraqi version of "</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720547/posts/default/106316365899527672'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720547/posts/default/106316365899527672'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hermother.blogspot.com/2003_09_01_archive.html#106316365899527672' title=''/><author><name>mary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01052654309109336549</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720547.post-106313581074318778</id><published>2003-09-09T12:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-09-09T13:59:56.993-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>"Just walk out of my life like everyone else has" it must be said that writers of fiction get a little slack, but as the person who supplied the leg she hid benind for nine years I think I deserve a little respect.Now, for today's newsDidn't get called to work today.  Was it because I raised a stink about hiring practices?  I'm a sinking ship so excuse me if I move the deck chairs around.  </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720547/posts/default/106313581074318778'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720547/posts/default/106313581074318778'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hermother.blogspot.com/2003_09_01_archive.html#106313581074318778' title=''/><author><name>mary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01052654309109336549</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720547.post-106305688114684864</id><published>2003-09-08T14:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-09-08T14:39:43.976-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>The next time someone complains that babies should come with an instruction book (they do, it's by B. Spock, just incase you missed it.)  Tell them to wait until they start getting old, no memory, body tone shot to hell and the insistant whisper in your ear that you've missed the best of...I don't remember.At my last real job I was fired for, among other things, failure to multitask.  Now I ask </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720547/posts/default/106305688114684864'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720547/posts/default/106305688114684864'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hermother.blogspot.com/2003_09_01_archive.html#106305688114684864' title=''/><author><name>mary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01052654309109336549</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720547.post-106176089265711601</id><published>2003-08-24T14:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-08-24T14:36:04.710-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>"We need a shitload of wax if we want to ride this thing."  This statement of fact was issued by a blue-eyed, golden-curled skateboarder.  He was referring to a sloping ledge, buttress, whatever...  I asked him how much was a "shitload?"  Sensing danger he quickly zoomed off, but the question is still out there.  How much is a shitload?  Is it more than a bushel?  Less than a peck?  So..I love </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720547/posts/default/106176089265711601'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720547/posts/default/106176089265711601'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hermother.blogspot.com/2003_08_01_archive.html#106176089265711601' title=''/><author><name>mary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01052654309109336549</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5720547.post-106176081052183555</id><published>2003-08-24T14:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-08-24T14:33:30.563-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>"We need a shitload of wax if we want to ride this thing."  This statement of fact was issued by a blue-eyed, golden-curled skateboarder.  He was referring to a sloping ledge, buttress, whatever...  I asked him how much was a "shitload?"  Sensing danger he quickly zoomed off, but the question is still out there.  How much is a shitload?  Is it more than a bushel?  Less than a peck?  So..I love </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720547/posts/default/106176081052183555'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5720547/posts/default/106176081052183555'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hermother.blogspot.com/2003_08_01_archive.html#106176081052183555' title=''/><author><name>mary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01052654309109336549</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry></feed>
