ps.. Am majorly overdue for a roadtrip. And don't even get me thinking about romance. I fear I've burned through my quota of that for this lifetime.
Rodeo, on the other hand.... am always up for catching a round-up..

Tomorrow, good friend and I are going on day trip 'out of country' to Yukon. Shopping and change of scenery. That is if weather permitting.

Sunday, going to try and not leave house all day as busy week ahead and I have to do some housework (hate it, but like clean place).

Anyway - what r you and yours doing?

I've long felt this to be one of the most heartfelt love songs ever penned:

I was lost till you were found
But I never knew how far down
I was falling
Before I reached the bottom
I was cold and you were fire
And I never knew how the pyre
Could be burning
On the edge of the ice field

And the now chilly california wind
Is blowing down our bodies again
And were sinking deeper and deeper into the chilly california sand
Oh I know you belong inside my aching heart
And cant you see my faded levis bursting apart
And dont you hear me crying:
Oh babe, dont go
And dont you hear me screaming:
How was I to know?

Im in the middle of nowhere
Near the end of the line
But theres a border to somewhere waiting
And theres a tankful of time
Oh give me just another moment to see the light of the day
And take me to another land where I dont have to stay

And Im gonna need somebody to make me feel like you do
And I will receive somebody with open arms, open eyes,
Open up the sky and let the planet that I love shine through

For crying out loud
You know I love you
For crying out loud
You know I love you
For crying out loud
You know I love you

I was damned and you were saved
And I never knew how enslaved
I was kneeling
In the chains of my master

I could laugh but you could cry
And I never knew just how high
I was flying
Ah, with you right above me

Im in the middle of nowhere
Near the end of the line
But theres a border to somewhere waiting
And theres a tankful of time
Oh give me just another moment to see the light of the day
And take me to another land where I dont have to stay

And Im gonna need somebody to make me feel like you do
And I will receive somebody with open arms, open eyes,
Open up the sky and let the planet that I love shine through

For crying out loud
You know I love you
For crying out loud
You know I love your
For crying out loud
You know I love you

For taking in the rain when Im feeling so dry
For giving me the answers when Im asking you why
And my oh my
For that I thank you

For taking in the sun when Im feeling so cold
For giving me a child when my body is old
And dont you know
For that I need you

For coming to my room when you know Im alone
For finding me a highway and driving me home
And you gotta know
For that I serve you

For pulling me away when Im starting to fall
For revving me up when Im starting to stall
And all in all
For that I want you

For taking and for giving and for playing the game
For praying for my future in the days that remain
Oh lord
For that I hold you

Ah but most of all
For cryin out loud
For that I love you

Ah but most of all
For cryin out loud
For that I love you

Ah but most of all
For cryin out loud
For that I love you

When youre crying out loud
You know I love you

This weekend? I do what I do every weekend.

I feel like Joe Strummer, a White Man in Hammersmith Palais.

It's okay, sweets. I like your sofa.

Okay, here's what I do on the weekends: I read political posts here at TPM and then unwind with my TPM friends. And when I'm not doing that, I listen to the Clash and daydream about Paul Simonon.

And when I don't do that, I contribute to Obama.

And when I don't do that, I watch silly talking heads on Sunday morning while avoiding doing my laundry.

That's my weekend. In a nutshell.

Nice sofa, btw.

Today I am going to a birthaday party for all thepeople in the family that have a birthaday in July. There are quite a few of us.

Tomorrow I am doing voter registration in the bluest presinct in the bluest city in this red state to try and turn it blue this fall.

Hey Melissa:
How are you? Thanks for the drop by policy, which I value more every day. It was a brave thing you did -- emotionally risk-taking -- to put this down-time option out here, night after night, before the groundswell of the faithful grew.
And speaking of swelling -- please do feel free to have a laugh on me this evening, as I discover that it is hard to type while holding a pack of frozen rasberries on my face -- necessitated by the incredibly stupid blunder I made in the stable a while ago.
I was putting down new bedding in Everest's stall when I did a bad Roadrunner cartoon imitation; I was wrestling a bag of bedding that was too heavy for me onto the handtruck, which -- because I was careless -- promptly pivoted from the weight of the dropped bag so that the handle hit me in the nose, hard. Ouch. But this hurts my vanity more than anything, as I quite like my nose (which for good DNA reasons looks a lot like my avatar's). But it surely doesn't look at all like itself at the moment. (Never mind. I ask you, with appropriate shame -- can it really be more all-about- me?)
So, switching focus to your topic, and in immitation(sp?) of Garrison Keillor,I'd like to point out that it's been a powerful week, here, on "Lake" TPM. So I've been spending my weekend thinking.... thinking about what I've learned -- not only from you, but also from Aubie84, Coralsea, Ad-Absurdum (is that right? the guy with the wine glass and the dog?), Quinn, Jason Miller, LuxUltraDei (that's not right; damn- but I'm too lazy right now to look him up), Liam, Joe Perez, Clearthinker,Raider99, Ripper and, of course, Jade, Elizabeth2, Tena, CarolBG and Aunt Sam....and where, by the way, were KateO, Deannie Mills, LisB and TheraP???? But also I've learned a lot -- and this is important -- from the people who raise my blood pressure while still having something to say. (I won't list them, because that falls into negative namedropping, if not name-calling.)
Sorry, just took a little time out here to go look in the mirror and it's not a pretty picture; oh well.
Here's the bottom line: my life is enriched by learning, and y'all never stop pointing out something I never considered, by framing an argument from a perspective I would never have seen. So I thank you -- all of you..... even those of you who drive me up the wall with your unnnecessary namecalling and use of certain words (how do you spell c***t?) that offend as they discourage discourse.
Speaking of which, there is a fine thread about Obama as he may, or may not, resemble Tony Blair. Do read it before it disappears. Now that's debate, in its best form.