I haven’t done a Bag of Randomness in weeks and I doubt anyone has noticed, but I’m thinking less is more.
I like adding a 1960’s effect to modern pictures.
At the end of this month I’ll be spending a week in Austin visiting with the IRS. Yup, that’s how I always dreamed my summers would be like as a child.
And then in a month’s time, I’ll be in NYC and Chicago.
When I hear the name Brian Wilson, I think of the Beach Boy, not the pitcher.
I’ve been pretty sick the past couple of days, I threw up for the first time in nine years. My first of our marriage. That was followed by chills and other unpleasant stuff. The weird thing was, I was just fine all day Sunday, but when midnight hit, it all went downhill.
To help with all the nausea, I’ve been taking some medication. The medication is in some kind of child proof bottle, but that bottle turned out not to be ToddlerGeeding proof. Before we knew it, pills were all over the floor when our backs were turned for only moments when we were out of the room. Of the 30 in the bottle, we could only account 20. The remainder we either lost, in ToddlerGeeding, or in the dogs.
That event made me make my first ever call to Poison Control. Hopefully that will be my last ever call, but that’s not to say they weren’t very professional, just that I don’t want to have to call that number ever again.
Thankfully ToddlerGeeding was just fine. As for the dogs, I gave them hydrogen peroxide to induce vomiting, but here’s the problem, they swallowed vomiting preventing medication. After monitoring all parties for four hours, no symptoms, so per poison control, it looked like we were safe.
First Lady funerals are always interesting. They are never to the scale as their husbands, understandably so, but it’s always interesting to see who will attend. It was nice seeing W escort Nancy Reagan to her seat, but his parents didn’t show. I guess at their age, W represented the family. As far as I could tell, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter also were not in attendance.
At one time a congress didn’t need to vote to raise the debt ceiling, but I believe Newt’s congress changed that.
It’s my understanding that to raise the debt ceiling, there’s no requirement to include any spending or tax increases or decreases, but the Republicans are wanting to do something big in terms of spending cuts in order to get the debt ceiling raised. It’s my belief that enough time has passed and the deadline is so close, that for the next decade, the U.S. has hurt their credit rating image. It may say one thing on paper, but international investors will be skeptical.
If the debt ceiling doesn’t get raised, you can count on the Dow falling at least 1500 points in one day, followed by a big rise in interest rates, followed by 15% unemployment, and a lot of other crazy stuff. I remember spending a day in a finance class during graduate school about the implications of what would happen if the U.S. defaulted on their debts, and it ain’t pretty.
I think the chances of the debt ceiling not getting raised is greater than 65%. I hope I’m wrong.
I think Speaker Boehner wants to cut a deal with Obama, but I don’t think he has the power to influence the most ideological members of his party.
Closing tax loop holes is another way of raising taxes, but I’m OK with that. Companies like GE shouldn’t get away without paying any taxes because of said loop holes, surely that sounds reasonable.
I agree, their is too much waste in Washington in terms of spending. But I think that should be discussed separately from raising the debt ceiling, perhaps during budget time. I bet a lot of folks don’t understand the difference between the two.
Rupert Murdoch’s news empire seems to be on shaky ground with the strangly and generically named News of the World shutting down abruptly, and now it seems The Sun is also in hot water. The apple doesn’t fall far from ten tree, it’s only a matter of time before we hear something shady about one of his U.S. news organizations.
Baby Geeding is just adorable. Amazing how quickly they grow up. __All that budget talk is giving me a headache.__I have a close relative, a survivor that says Komen is the best thing to donate too if you so desire. She has told me that very very little is wasted. __Yes…..it was missed. Anytime your blog isn't updated, I miss it!__Thanks Keith and keep up the good work. Hope you feel better soon!
I noticed the Bag of Randomness was missing but I presumed you were busy with work and family and hadn't had time. When my grandaughter was younger, we found a small bottle of children's liquid headache medicine lying empty near where she was playing. She said she had a headache and so she rubbed it all over her head. We couldn't be sure so we had a nice long to talk with the folks at poison control. I watched the PBS News Hour the other night. A former assistant secretary of the Treasury for George H.W. Bush said that he has spoken to all the reps and senators in Congress concerning the direness of not raising the debt ceiling. His talk is non-political. He said the leadership in both parties definitely understood the seriousness of the effects, but that the Tea Party people would not accept his analysis. There is a lot of concern that the party leadership does not have control over their membership. I'm afraid if there is a default, the economy will be affected for decades. There was talk today of looking into Murdoch's news gathering activities in the U.S.
Your beautiful daughter reminds me of both my kids and especially my girl. She had a little hair till she was 2 or 3. Then it just exploded. I missed when she had just a little. I used to love to rub her head. LOL. Your girl is just so beautiful.
Bag of Randomness is my favorite part of BON! I normally check BON at work, so I can't even see the videos unless I pull them up at home. BOR is how we know what's going on with you and what you think about things.
I did miss BOR as well. I enjoy reading your comments.
In regards to the debt ceiling, like everyone else I was kind of confused why both sides, but especially Republicans in this case, seemed to be putting so much at risk just to avoid raising taxes. It's debatable on whether taxes should be raised now (or spending cut) with the economy still so fragile, but given the prospect of a default it seemed to be time to start compromising.
But then I read this article and I'm confused again: http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/07/15/seven-m…
I know its Fox news and the writer isn't a fan of Obama, but are his main points legitimate? That just because we don't raise the debt ceiling doesn't mean we will default anytime soon? Is Obama scaring seniors more than necessary in regards to the SS checks? I have more reading to do.
i for one have noticed there were no bags of nothing and i missed them.
love the picture of ToddlerGeeding; she is growing and looks like a pure delight. i would have been freaking about the pills…glad all turned out well.
President Clinton wasn't at the funeral; he said plane problems.
Off course I noticed there was no bags of randomness…just chalked it up to you taking a bit of summer breather.
Baby Geeding is just adorable. Amazing how quickly they grow up. __All that budget talk is giving me a headache.__I have a close relative, a survivor that says Komen is the best thing to donate too if you so desire. She has told me that very very little is wasted. __Yes…..it was missed. Anytime your blog isn't updated, I miss it!__Thanks Keith and keep up the good work. Hope you feel better soon!
I definitely noticed the absence of the daily bag. Figured you needed a break from it and I wouldn't blame you. Coming up with daily material is work.
I noticed the Bag of Randomness was missing but I presumed you were busy with work and family and hadn't had time. When my grandaughter was younger, we found a small bottle of children's liquid headache medicine lying empty near where she was playing. She said she had a headache and so she rubbed it all over her head. We couldn't be sure so we had a nice long to talk with the folks at poison control. I watched the PBS News Hour the other night. A former assistant secretary of the Treasury for George H.W. Bush said that he has spoken to all the reps and senators in Congress concerning the direness of not raising the debt ceiling. His talk is non-political. He said the leadership in both parties definitely understood the seriousness of the effects, but that the Tea Party people would not accept his analysis. There is a lot of concern that the party leadership does not have control over their membership. I'm afraid if there is a default, the economy will be affected for decades. There was talk today of looking into Murdoch's news gathering activities in the U.S.
I CERTAINLY did miss Bag of Randomness. 🙂
Your beautiful daughter reminds me of both my kids and especially my girl. She had a little hair till she was 2 or 3. Then it just exploded. I missed when she had just a little. I used to love to rub her head. LOL. Your girl is just so beautiful.
Bag of Randomness is my favorite part of BON! I normally check BON at work, so I can't even see the videos unless I pull them up at home. BOR is how we know what's going on with you and what you think about things.
I did miss BOR as well. I enjoy reading your comments.
In regards to the debt ceiling, like everyone else I was kind of confused why both sides, but especially Republicans in this case, seemed to be putting so much at risk just to avoid raising taxes. It's debatable on whether taxes should be raised now (or spending cut) with the economy still so fragile, but given the prospect of a default it seemed to be time to start compromising.
But then I read this article and I'm confused again: http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/07/15/seven-m…
I know its Fox news and the writer isn't a fan of Obama, but are his main points legitimate? That just because we don't raise the debt ceiling doesn't mean we will default anytime soon? Is Obama scaring seniors more than necessary in regards to the SS checks? I have more reading to do.