The end of summer

Last day of August for me is the last day of summer. I know--summer actually continues on a bit more. But for me this is it.

Wendy took the picture above while we on summer vacation. She woke up early and logged into the computer. She turned around and decided to capture the moment of both boys, still asleep in the hotel room. I did a bit of digital processing to turn the picture into this image.

Goodbye to the summer that was--time to move on to Autumn.

...to act as Americans not Republicans

I first and foremost sincerely hope that Gustav does not cause further damage to New Orleans and that part of our nation.

But I did find this statement from McCain in the NY Times curious: “''I pledge that tomorrow night, and if necessary throughout our convention, we will act as Americans and not as Republicans,'' McCain said, ''because America needs us now.''” [emphasis added by me.]

I wonder if Mr. McCain would care to differentiate how Republicans act differently from Americans? Sounds like a continuation of the old idea of Red America and Blue America, instead of the United States of America... if I may borrow a idea I recently heard from Obama.

The Moonstruck House

The NYTimes today has an article about the Moonstruck House. This is the house that was used as the home of Loretta Castorini (played by Cher) and her family. The article gave the address, so I found it on Google. Even though most of the film was shot in Toronto, it is still just interesting to see the context.




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Paris for President!

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The links of the week

The 7 Hamburgers of the Apocalypse
Truly gross!
McCain Camp: 'Obama Has Played the Race Card' | The Trail | washingtonpost.com
Obama is NOT playing the race card. McCain and others are trying to play the fear card. And they hate that they are getting called on it.

Doonesbury@Slate - Daily Dose
OK, Even I had to laugh.
Key GOP senator won't attend party's convention - Nation & World - The Olympian - Olympia, Washington
Things that make you say "hmmmm"
Slashdot | Scrabulous Is Dead, Hasbro's Version Brain-Dead
Hasbro is totally in the right, but if their interfaces isn't good they are going to end up hurting themselves.


Cuil trips over its Web index in early going | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com
I experienced this yesterday. However, today 'gennaula' does actually return some entries. Do I give it another chance?
Autism group: Advertisers dropping Savage -- Newsday.com
Savage losing advertisers? GOOD!
Rabbi condemns release of purported Obama prayer note - CNN.com
This is so inappropriate.

John McCain's Humble Campaign?

This is great...