Tag Archives: obama
10143 – Friday
Chugging through apps today – confidence renewed a bit after talking to a recruiter yesterday.
TMBG in Baltimore tonight! ack, how’d I miss that? Ah, well, I’ll have to see if I can catch ’em next time.
President Obama has chosen the 10 charities that will receive his $1.4 million in Nobel Peace Prize money. They include a group that provides housing for families of patients at military hospitals, and a Haiti relief fund.
1 year ago – pietasters date, salad, bloody fun day, local news, newton sleeps in the trash can, wind power, slave records for insurance companies
2 years ago – med doodle stat,
3 years ago – wachovia, chipotle, pictures out birding, BHK’s potato soup
4 years ago – justice and friendship, walkabout, thai, @ sushi, dabble db,
5 years ago – net down, simile, super-poots, a little about myself, dmw
6 years ago – newt pic,
7 years ago – spam, barbed wire, slow walk, stinky bus, spring break starting
8 years ago – news articles from 1902, poem tag linked to me, Scott name confusion, cool databases
9 years ago – Big Bird Song, cell phone jamming / scanning modes, a good day, “feet and blisters, web”
9989 – Monday.
Well, it’s a little over a year since Obama has taken office.
I haven’t looked for a while, but I looked at the Obameter just to see where he stands. Off the 500 promises being tracked…. see below.
Promise Kept 54
Compromise 14
Promise Broken 7
Stalled 17
In the Works 149
Not yet rated 274
Two of my touchpoints, the use of torture and closing guantanamo are both listed as "in the works", more detail at the links.
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far too many pictures from yesterday’s walkabout – lots of fun with Larry, Chris, and BHK on a lovely autumn hike. Did a bit of geocaching, too – dropped off the meagan and paris bugs.
We also met Aaron Greene at the Cypress Swamp… he’s a very talented photographer!
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1 year ago– decorative cabbage pic, moring walkies
2 years ago – la tolteca stinky, silly web page, q&A meme
3 years ago – more walkabout pics – vizcaya
4 years ago – frito bandito, monkey pic, dang hialeah, bk’s bday, RI out of office, MM quits, shot patience, newt thought bubbles, doodle selfport
5 years ago – rain on glass, Afrocaribbean religions, postcard, heroclix, fosters home, edbook, wal-mart, ray romano, crackheads and thugs
6 years ago – Frankie the mooch timeline [MUCHO DRAMA FURIOSO!], 3-minute 4am phone post, Justice league, Spectre
7 years ago – Chevy Tahoe Commercial poem, Green Banana Moon, cool words, twilight
8 years ago – caption picture poll, turtle-butt breathing, big brain’s 2nd incarnation
9 years ago – memories feature added, strip mall of sin, mall of the dead, hunter thompson returns to reporting
9591 – Thursday
BHK brought the element in for an alignment at the dealer today. Mechanical issue, it turns out. Insurance should cover it, but it has to be looked over first.
The moon was orbiting pretty close tonight, I nearly banged my head on it. My gut is still out of whack – I may have to go to the doctor tomorrow if this keeps up. Cereal and Milk for dinner – that should soothe a bit.
Pye, birdwatching this morning, as we left the house.
Self-portrait taken at midday today, with a tiny self-portrait inside the phone.
I think I look odd here – overhead lights, I guess. I’ve lost a little weight, but still working on it.
Note the dueling scar just between cheekbone and beard.
I have an irrational fear of post-getting a tattoo – I figure that as soon as I get one, I’ll accidentally scar my body in a way as to make the design appear torn or crooked.
That said, I don’t know what sort of tattoo I’d ever get.
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President Obama retook the oath of office last night because of mistakes the first time around.
Also – PolitiFact has compiled about 500 promises that Barack Obama made during the campaign and is tracking their progress on our Obameter. We rate their status as No Action, In the Works or Stalled. Once we find action is completed, we rate them Promise Kept, Compromise or Promise Broken.
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1 year ago – busy month, knees and backs, Bill O’Reilly doesn’t know about homeless vets, hello kitty counterstrike, Q&A meme
2 years ago – newtcam live, snow pics, reh 101, spidey hits (what killed my youtube acct),
3 years ago – superhero drawing memes, CNY, Bro’s situation improved briefly, lost, spidey video views, Sting
4 years ago – Worked late, EN’s cable out, sad- sicky mel, busy phone, amber alert, great day to be alive theme
5 years ago – Year of the monkey!, new icons, act like a monkey, a fellow ljers house burns down
6 years ago – honey rant, healing hands, newt pic, cuss control, cold snap
7 years ago – spy ware killer, stab-dream, home school poll, animal noises around the world, sound
8 years ago – IMT stuff, be good, Model of the modern super-criminal, birthday wish