http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:39:12 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:39:12 Hi,

It has become apparent to me that I am having a hard enough time just breathing these days. I am staring hard, every morning, at my children to gather the courage to get up and keep living. In a nutshell, it is being a walking dead woman. I have, so very much, appreciated the many kindnesses ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MrsGrumpy/47 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 08:24:05 http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v58/laura.harper/leonard.jpg

Thank you everyone, for continuing to care. This is a nightmare from which I don't appear to be waking up from. It hurts, it freaking kills me to get up every morning. Isn't he handsome?... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MrsGrumpy/46 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 22:40:28 I feel that one who twists that which many use in a positive way to bring about hatred, racism and violence against one's fellow human is not worthy of being memorialized by myself:

""I listen to feminists and all these radical
gals - most of them are failures. They've blown it.
Some of them ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MrsGrumpy/45 Tue, 15 May 2007 15:06:00 I tend to apply events such as the VT shootings to my own life. My mind,and my heart, cannot wrap itself around what it would feel like to receive a phone call or a knock on the door-telling me my reason for living was gone.

When I read of soldiers dying I cannot imagine what it would be to kiss... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MrsGrumpy/44 Tue, 17 Apr 2007 11:23:02 This is what I do. I log onto my computer and go here:

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/

And I scroll through names. Names like Brian A. Mack who was 36, my husband's age. I wonder what it would be like to face a day knowing that I need never make his lunch again, or jol... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MrsGrumpy/43 Thu, 08 Feb 2007 23:15:08 But I do feel the time to push for equal rights for all is now, because even now is too late. It should be a non issue because of that. But it's not.

I am not gay but..

...I do not allow my children to use the term "that's so gay" "you're queer" or any other such offensive (yes offensive) ter... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MrsGrumpy/42 Tue, 06 Feb 2007 13:46:53 It is a wonderful thing to work the polls, handing out campaign literature for someone you believe in alongside your best friend. I arrived late, the precinct I was scheduled to work at had no area 100 feet away from the polls and still within shouting distance of the public. So, I joined PassingFai... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MrsGrumpy/41 Tue, 07 Nov 2006 12:00:11 I'm going to try! :bounce:

http://www.nanowrimo.org/

I mean to do this every year and this year I'm going to. You have no idea how many unfinished pieces I have laying around. This may be just the start to finishing something, as funny as that sounds. Most of all, it will be fun!!! :hi: :hi: :... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MrsGrumpy/40 Wed, 25 Oct 2006 06:02:36 Way To GO...Magglio!!!!

Sweet Baby, you have made watching baseball fun for your football loving Mama.

I guess genes can crossover... WannaB has become as rabid a baseball fan as her mama is a football fan (sigh...where did I go wrong). Her enthusiasm has led me to actually spend money on pro... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MrsGrumpy/38 Tue, 19 Sep 2006 08:31:56 In light of all the 9/11 anniversary stuff... The posts on security etc, I thought I would share this with you.

This past weekend I went up to Grand Bend (actually Bayfield) Ontario for a Girls Weekend. My husband's aunt has a cottage there on Lake Huron. I was extra positive to make sure I had m... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MrsGrumpy/37 Thu, 14 Sep 2006 08:48:22 Golly! How happy I was to hear the words I say to the television set every night...and that I said at least 6 times today... spoken out loud on the television. My fondest hope is that the murmur of dissent soon becomes a deafening roar. That the 45% who now blame Mr. Bush soon grows to 60...then 70.... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MrsGrumpy/36 Mon, 11 Sep 2006 22:06:23 -Is that I couldn't console an 8 year old boy yesterday morning. Much as I tried, I rocked him like I hadn't since he was a toddler. I went through a box of Kleenex, drying tears that wouldn't stop coming. At times like these it sucks to be a mom. I can't explain away why one of his favorite televis... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MrsGrumpy/35 Tue, 05 Sep 2006 07:49:50 freedom....blah...blah...blah...

Terra! Terra! Terra!

blah...blah...blah...

heckuvajob...blah...blah...blah...

sigh...

It's all crap. ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MrsGrumpy/34 Mon, 14 Aug 2006 23:45:45 You looked really nice in your suit in tie for your little PR production yesterday... but, I still wonder... We are fighting this :scared: War On Terror :scared: ***insert dum dum DUmmmmm!!! here*** and yet the man responsible for your little escapade into destruction of civilization in the Middle E... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MrsGrumpy/33 Wed, 14 Jun 2006 08:54:11 (albeit not often) when I was a single parent. Sue me. Sue me Hard.

I'd do it again as well. See? As a single parent (on a very fixed income) I wasn't able to afford a baby sitter...a washer/dryer combo...BUT, the one thing I felt I was allowed to do was live my life. Sorry I appear to have been... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MrsGrumpy/32 Mon, 12 Jun 2006 13:20:44 http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006606120424

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LAS VEGAS -- UAW President Ron Gettelfinger, in a bluntly worded report to members on the eve of the union's convention, said the automotive sector faces challenges unlike any other in the union's 71-year history.

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Get... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MrsGrumpy/31 Mon, 12 Jun 2006 08:21:15 Me? I've never owned a pair.

I also lived in a trailer at one point.

Right now there's an SUV in my drive... albeit only because they can't get the gas mileage down enough to make the Pacifica a wagon..

There's deer meat in my freezer.

Bobby Labonte is HOT...

This morning my son scor... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MrsGrumpy/30 Sat, 20 May 2006 17:16:11 There is no litmus test, set of "rules" or by laws for me to follow.

I don't think about what the "proper stance" would be before voicing my opinion on something.

I try not (and sometimes I fall short) of calling others DINO's, DLCers etc...

My best friend on earth is an atheist (yeah, I k... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MrsGrumpy/29 Tue, 02 May 2006 12:46:57 Not, "not guilty", for you are just as guilty as the meth addicts you used to sneer so openly about on your show. Just as guilty as Robert Downey Jr. Victim of the same shakes, nausea and pain...guilty of the same Weakness. Yes, Rush...You... You are just as fallible as the rest of us, and, each ti... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MrsGrumpy/28 Tue, 02 May 2006 07:57:50 stones. They always have. Ever since I signed on. Perhaps other people have a better way of framing the debate. Perhaps some think of me as a Lounge Lizard (even my best friend on earth is guilty of that) who can add nothing of substance to the GD's. Oh well I say. The two or three who read and resp... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MrsGrumpy/27 Tue, 25 Apr 2006 12:49:43 She's like really sensitive...and it's really hard for her to wake up in the morning...

Oh, and she's like...really a Drama Queen...so...yeah...I hope you got it. ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MrsGrumpy/26 Sun, 23 Apr 2006 17:04:07 ***For background: This woman is relatively a decent person except for her penchant of sending un snopes'd (think Ollie North warned us about Osama), pro Iraq War/George Bush sentiments with little or no backup...pray for our soldiers, propaganda...She is a member of a Nazarene faithful...when it fi... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MrsGrumpy/25 Sat, 22 Apr 2006 18:06:04 and I am not. How about you? What should YOU be doing right now, instead of hanging out with your computer?

First on the list for me is Spring Cleaning...if we ever want to put our house on the market. ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MrsGrumpy/23 Sat, 15 Apr 2006 15:56:58 long with my dad, my grandpa, cousins, aunts...you name it. We had a blast. Back then, you could get decent seats for cheap and the biggest ego on the Brewers' roster was basically mild mannered Stormin' Gorman Thomas. My first crush was on Sixto Lezcano...Molly was called the "Ignitor" and Robin wa... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MrsGrumpy/22 Tue, 04 Apr 2006 22:01:21 Interesting that seawolf brought up the ethics question. Yesterday my son and I were at Kroger. I decided to use the U-scan express (anyone else think our groceries should automatically be reduced 10% because we ring them ourselves?). As I was scanning our items, my son said,"Mom, there's money in t... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MrsGrumpy/21 Wed, 29 Mar 2006 10:47:18