I say yes, you say no, OR People are Strange

RetiredLibby

Good fortune, Chickadee, and thank you for your dedication and service. You walk the walk, you amazing woman, and I so admire you! Holding you in my thoughts until you get safely back home. I know you're doing admin stuff, but it is still a relief zone. You go, woman!

bluedahlia

What HL said!

Wabbit

Chickadee you rock!  Be safe and come check in with us if you can.

alexandria58

Hi all,

    It still hurts to type, but I'm coming along. I'm allowed to pick up nothing heavier than a coffee cup for now.  Light typing is allowed.

 Lot of pages to read.  I've been sacked out in my big leather reclining chair for the past three days, away from the computer - partly because I'm taking pain killers and partly because I don't want Clint Eastwood talking to it (danger of leaving an empty chair).

    Chickadee: you are THE WOMAN!!

   Thanks for all the good wishes.  Hand starting to hurt more.  Going back to the ice.

CLC

Chickadee...safe travels and best wishes! 

pupmom

Chickadee, be safe!

Alexandria, so glad you are on the mend. Take it easy on that hand sweetie! 

Wabbit

alexandria ... good to see you.  Wishing you quick healing so you can soon be back to typing away!  In the meantime we'll just bring drinks to your chair and add a straw so you don't have to pick them up. 

1Athena1

Chickadee - have a great, productive time.

Alexandria, welcome back! Glad you can write. 

bluedahlia

Planet Koo Koo...........hahahahahahaaha!

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/08/31/michael-moore-on-clint-eastwood-s-delusional-and-detached-from-reality-speech-at-the-republican-national-convention.html 

1Athena1

I almost feel sorry for Clint Eastwood. Someone should have told him that even though the evening was full of koo koos (Marco Rubio comes to mind) - politicians are never held accountable for their insanity. Only Hollywood actors are. (Ducking for cover from "the invisible hand").

CLC

Yeah, Alexandria...good to hear you are getting better! 

suzieq60

Chickadee - safe travels - you are a special lady

The story about the empty chair and your president's response made it on our news this morning.

gardengumby

Chickadee - you are truly great.  Take good care of yourself.  We'll keep you in our thoughts - write if you can.

Alexandria - we miss you, but DON'T type if it hurts.  Remember, ice is your friend.  (Gin with ice would be good too, no doubt )

1Athena1

I am watching Rachel Maddow. She is making the point(which I didn't know) that the reason why the Romney campaign didn't show the candidates video just before Romney's speech (which is what is always done by both parties) was because they wanted to get Eastwood in the air in prime time. He was the "surprise" piece de resistance. He ended up being a disaster of course, and the Romney video itself, which was quite good, as all such videos are, was missed by the bulk of American (non cable) TV viewers. Wow. The Republicans were always such good planners, but this time and in 2008 they are operating as thought they had ADHD. No planning, no anticipating. 

And they style themselves as good at business.

No wonder Wall Street is such a disaster.

IllinoisLady

Blue....loved that.  I think you are all right about the Reps.  They are so out of touch I'd be fearful of taking their directions for how to get across the street.  Re: C. Eastwood --- past his prime some time back indicative of the majority of Reps now.  Sigh!!!! 

Jackie

AnneW

Chickadee, you go girl!!! Stay well. I know you'll be working your butt off.

I would LOVE to see Robert Redford at the Dem convention!!! Sigh. He's always tugged at my heartstrings. And Clooney would be a good second, certainly!

We're enjoying THE PRINCESS BRIDE on TV (again) and Blue Moon rising. (Uh-oh. Full moon, blue moon, and holiday weekend. Do we need to put on our riot gear and get ready to talk about brussel sprouts??)

Mods must be watching the calendar...and trying to be pre-emptive. We'll see...

1Athena1

They don't make them like RR anymore sadly. Now they are all pretty boys. I like men.

CLC

Well...if we are going to go there...let's not forget Paul Newman.  Now there was a man.

GatorGal

Ah, yes, Paul Newman!! Alexandria, great to have you back. Take it easy while you recover!! Chickadee, so proud of what you do!! You take care, too!! I haven't read a book in a long time. You all make me want to snuggle in my chair with a good book. Gotta cut off my ties with the iPad and words with friends!!

YramAL

I am a "Legends of the Fall" early, long-haired Brad Pitt admirer myself. 

Chickadee-take care. You're doing an honorable thing.

Mary 

YramAL

Mary 

kad2kar

Im voting for Vincent Price and Christopher Lee

CLC

Paul Newman was just sexy.  And his love for Joann Woodward was just sexy.

Wabbit

And Newman made/makes good salad dressing ... and donated the proceeds to charity.  Class act all around.  Redford is heavily involved in environmental issues.  Always makes my little heart race when I get emails and letters from him  even if he is always just wanting me to donate money. 

YramAL

How about a little Newman and Redford???

 

Mary 

CLC

I'm down with that...;)

alexandria58

Be still my heart!!  Two of the all-time most gorgeous men.  Like the politics too.

Hamd continues to improve. Thanks everyone.

Anonymous

Yeah, Chickadee - YOU are my hero(ine) truly, think of us thinking of you  and THANKING you for your good work.

Ok, I can't find the picture - but it was From the Terrace - just after Newman meets the Woodward character - and the movie screen ( remember when they were BIG) is FILLED, and I mean FILLED with a close up of his eyes.  Mostly I remember everyone in the theater GASPED out loud.  

Love the picture of the back of the President of the United States chair, and makes me SMILE, to think of who is sitting in it.  I know everyone has their favorite picture, this one is mine:http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/24/us/politics/indelible-image-of-a-boys-pat-on-obamas-head-hangs-in-white-house.html

Hope all are having a great day....can't remember if I saw the movie Julia, just remember how much I loved Pentimento.

Alexandria - happy healing hand...

crazy4carrots

Interesting letter to the editor in my newspaper this a.m.  To paraphrase "If it's acceptable for Clint Eastwood to pretend to talk to an invisible Obama sitting in a chair, then perhaps George Clooney could go onstage at the Democratic Convention and talk to an empty suit (Romney) in a walk-in closet".

alexandria58

Sunflowers:

     I read Pentimento a long time ago.  I remember liking it very much.

     Someone called it right on the empty chair.  The Obama that certain people are raving about is an imaginary person, and the people yelling about him are seeing their own reality, filling the empty chair with a non-existent person who personifies all their worst fears.  Clint Eastwood just made that dramatically clear.   

    Typing better today.  Might try writing later.  YAY!