Post by mirium on Oct 11, 2009 20:45:24 GMT -5
I was without Internet access for almost TWO DAYS!!!! Not that I'm addicted or anything, that twitch in my left eye has almost completely subsided.
The good news is that, after months of a peripatetic existance (translation: I've had to move a lot), I've finally settled down and should be able to get back to my bad habits. I mean, my old habits. I mean -- I should be able to watch TV again! And find out what happened in the episodes I've missed these last few weeks! So, did something happen to Danny on CSI:NY? (I have been seriously out of the loop....) And get back to paying attention here, which I haven't been doing -- my apologies to anyone who wondered if I'd lost interest. Au contraire, mon freres!
I'm so giddy about returning to usual (I hesitate to call it "normal") that I actually read the stuff people forwarded to me. Here's one that made me chuckle, from the Borowitz Report (his sarcasm is bipartisan)...
----- Original Message ----- From: "borowitzreport.com" <andy@borowitzreport.com>
Subject: The real reason Obama won the Nobel
October 9, 2009
Nobel Insiders: Beer Summit Sealed it for Obama
Rose Garden Bash Gets High Marks in Oslo
OSLO, NORWAY (The Borowitz Report) - As the world responded with a mixture of surprise and amazement to the announcement of President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize, Nobel insiders revealed that the President's "beer summit" at the White House put him over the top.
"The committee was definitely split down the middle right up until the end," said Agot Valle, a Norwegian politician and member of the five-person Nobel committee. "Some of them were still quite upset about that nasty business with the Somali pirates."
But, according to Ms. Valle, "someone brought up the beer summit, and we all agreed that that was awesome."
Ms. Valle said she hoped that Mr. Obama's victory would be seen not only as a victory for him, but "as a tribute to the healing power of beer."
Ms. Valle acknowledged that the President's win was widely considered an upset, with most pundits having expected the prize to go to Mad Men or 30 Rock.
The good news is that, after months of a peripatetic existance (translation: I've had to move a lot), I've finally settled down and should be able to get back to my bad habits. I mean, my old habits. I mean -- I should be able to watch TV again! And find out what happened in the episodes I've missed these last few weeks! So, did something happen to Danny on CSI:NY? (I have been seriously out of the loop....) And get back to paying attention here, which I haven't been doing -- my apologies to anyone who wondered if I'd lost interest. Au contraire, mon freres!
I'm so giddy about returning to usual (I hesitate to call it "normal") that I actually read the stuff people forwarded to me. Here's one that made me chuckle, from the Borowitz Report (his sarcasm is bipartisan)...
----- Original Message ----- From: "borowitzreport.com" <andy@borowitzreport.com>
Subject: The real reason Obama won the Nobel
October 9, 2009
Nobel Insiders: Beer Summit Sealed it for Obama
Rose Garden Bash Gets High Marks in Oslo
OSLO, NORWAY (The Borowitz Report) - As the world responded with a mixture of surprise and amazement to the announcement of President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize, Nobel insiders revealed that the President's "beer summit" at the White House put him over the top.
"The committee was definitely split down the middle right up until the end," said Agot Valle, a Norwegian politician and member of the five-person Nobel committee. "Some of them were still quite upset about that nasty business with the Somali pirates."
But, according to Ms. Valle, "someone brought up the beer summit, and we all agreed that that was awesome."
Ms. Valle said she hoped that Mr. Obama's victory would be seen not only as a victory for him, but "as a tribute to the healing power of beer."
Ms. Valle acknowledged that the President's win was widely considered an upset, with most pundits having expected the prize to go to Mad Men or 30 Rock.