The sunset...inside

Guess who's coming to town!

Oh, happy day!

(sarc)

Up Close with Roses

These lovely, old-fashioned roses can be found on the grounds of Lake Shore Rehabilitation Center, 7200 N. Sheridan Road.

The bumble bee might live in the neighborhood, too!

The Hypocrite and the High School Crowd

Chutzpah! Obama Requires MI High School Seniors Have Papers to Shake His Hand

Question: Do we even want to know where that hand has been?

Pam Meister writes today:

A friend sent me a little something he saw on Neal Boortz’s site, and I couldn’t help but wonder at the chutzpah of Barack Obama, his administration, and their supporters in Congress and the media.

In fact, chutzpah doesn’t even begin to describe the hypocrisy encapsulated in this little tidbit.

President Obama is planning on attending the graduating ceremony of Kalamazoo Central High School in Kalamazoo, Michigan, next month. He intends to shake the hand of every graduating senior. No big deal; politicians love this sort of “mingling with the commoner” PR moment.

But there’s a catch for those seniors who want the honor of pressing flesh with The One:

Seniors are being asked to provide their birthdates, Social Security numbers and citizen status to the Secret Service so background checks could be performed.

Huh.

Read the rest here.

From the Window: Morning Fog

Hear me now, and hear me well...

...if it ain't broke, DON'T fix it!

Seattle's Best Coffee Stirs Up Heated Opinions

The simplified design seems rather generic, say some of the kinder observers.

Other pundits are calling it a bowl of cereal filled with tears.

But the harshest critics say the new look seems more appropriate for a blood donation center.

"Seattle's Best Blood Bank," wrote one snarky blog commentator.

"High school art students could do a better job at designing a logo," proclaimed another.

Ouch.

Read the rest here.

Oh, BTW...

...don't you think she's looking a bit "woozy"?

The curls are uncurling
as his presidency unfurls

There'll soon be nothing left
for her or the girls.

About the new Header...

I really love this shot of 'Cloud Gate', otherwise known as "The Bean", done here in Chicago. Many have photographed it, many have shot their own reflections. I did not.

I changed the header because, as an artist, I like change every now and then. And I, myself, have 'changed' many times in my life. I am changed now, and I may change tomorrow. After all, I change clothes a lot!

But I never change the basics. Ever. Nor should you.

If you love America, don't 'change' that love for something like, say, OBAMA. He is not America. Understand that, and let me repeat it: HE IS NOT AMERICA. HE IS NOT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. I don't even think he is OF the United States of America!

He is merely a man who you elected, under duress I might add, who has been, tonight, eating $100/pound Wagyu beef while trying to impress the president of Mexico.

And, what did YOU have for dinner?

Birds do it, Bees do it...

...baboons and Capuchin monkies do it--IN PUBLIC!

They 'groom' each other.

I believe that is where the term 'nit-pick' came from.

And just what did the First Spouse do tonight before the photo-op?

"Here, Barry, let me pick that eye-junk off your lashes. You should'a seen that, for all the time you've been spendin' lookin' in the mirror! And don't bother me again for the next couple of days! Dayum, I'm a busy woman!"

She 'groomed' her husband (IN PUBLIC!)--who many of you thought was PERFECT in every way!

Obviously, though, SHE is not. Just look how the stays of the dress cut into her underarm flab. She'll have bruises tomorrow!

And what's with the phony wig? And the phony personality?