Sen. Scott Brown, Pink Leather Shorts, and the Absurdity of Politics by Archetype

One of Massachusetts Republican Senator Scott Brown's campaign gimmicks was to drive everywhere in a pickup truck, thereby 'proving' that he's a regular guy (never mind that he's very wealthy). One wonders what would have happened to Scott's image had the Coakley campaign stumbled across this little sartorial tidbit (by way of Rumproast; italics mine): Arianna told me that he showed up for his first real date with her mother, Gail Huff, a TV newscaster to whom he has been married for more than 23 years, in pink leather shorts. It's family lore. The pinkish color drained from his face when I asked him about it during a conversation in his campaign office just before we took off in the truck. He clarified that the shorts weren't something that he went out and purchased -- it wasn't like that at all. "I did the couture shows, and instead of paying in cash, they paid in clothes," he said. "And one of the things I had to wear were leather shorts. And these happened to be pink." As he told the story, he seemed, almost in spite of himself, to get into it. "If I wore these now," he said, "I'd get shot. But it was the '80s. Pastels were in. It was all pastel-y." I remember the '80s, and, even when I possibly could have had the physique to pull it off, I would never had been caught in pink, pastel-y leather shorts. I certainly never would have worn them on a date (presumably in public). Even if I wanted to ensure that my date would never want to see me again, I still wouldn't have worn pink leather shorts. I'm guessing Brown probably wishes he hadn't done that. Seriously though, this does demonstrate just how stupid politics by archetype is. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post...

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SXSW panel: 'From Hulu To Yahoo Widgets: Will The Internet Transform The TV?'

Time: 4:10 p.m. Monday Panelist: Richard Bullwinkle, Rovi Corp. The gist: The Internet will change television, but not in the ways you might expect. The convergence won’t be about checking your stocks or the traffic on your family room TV (you already have convenient devices better suited to those tasks) but harnessing the power and content of the Internet to enrich your entertainment experience. Quotes: “You buy a beautiful, 50-inch device, hire a carpenter to hang it on the wall, have it wired by a professional and then it just sits there. To upgrade from MySpace to Facebook you just change the url; upgrading your television requires a carpenter and a guy to drag wires through your walls.” Takeaways: The challenge of convergence will be to create interfaces that can help entertainment consumers find content that is relevant to them and to be able to inform others about content they create themselves, more similar to a computer search than an “ugly” television program guide. Bullwinkle encouraged individual content creators to get used to writing about their creations and to create social networks around their content

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Let me 'splain. . . No there is too much. Let me sum up.

Last post was in April 2009. We had no money. No room on our credit card. We were pregnant with our 3rd baby. We were grateful for the things we had going for us at the time: the bills were paid, the pantry was full, and there was a roof over our heads. We had health insurance. That day I checked our credit union account obsessively hour after hour. Dave called his office trying to learn anything he could about when the overtime checks would hit. It was a popular inquiry that day; we weren't the only ones counting on that money for groceries and diapers, and incidentals until the end of the month. The one day we all needed the state to deliver checks on time we ended up waiting until late afternoon for the money to clear our account. We had plans to leave on vacation that day. And although we probably should have stayed home we went anyway. Our vacation was at our family cabin so our overhead was low. It was that weekend that we decided to pursue foreclosure on our house in Santa Cruz. Our house was slowly pulling us under and we knew it was just a matter of time before we didn't have enough strength to keep from drowning. We researched. Our financial planner, our tax guy, legal experts all said the same thing. Walk away. Just stop making payments and wait for lender to catch up to you. Go into foreclosure on purpose. Walking away from debt-any debt-was a completely foreign idea for us. I should point out that we spent at least the past year (2008) trying not to get out of debt entirely. We contact our lender every few months and got (mostly depressing) updates on opportunities to refinance. Ironically we were upside down in our house because of a large line of credit that the lender offered. Initially we declined, happy with the smallish hole of equity debt we already had. The lender assured us that it was no big deal, common practice to extend equity after a refi. So we took the money and used it to improve the house. And we also financed one of our cars with it (better interest rate) and paid for our dog's cancer radiation with it (don't ask). We spent within our means and never had mortgage payments we couldn't afford. Like everyone else we expected that when it came time to sell the house the improvements would shine, we'd sell for more than we paid for it, and have a nice profit. But wouldn't you know it the housing market tanked just as we needed to unload the house. The shocking reality was that selling the house at market rate would have cost US money. $50,000 was a conservative estimate from our trusted realtors. While our loan holder complained that his hands were tied, out came the federal programs designed to help people like us stay in our homes and avoid foreclosure. But there was just one problem: we weren't in our home anymore. By this time we'd been living in SLO for a year and successfully rented the house to keep our mortgage current. Federal programs are only for people living in "at risk" homes. Ours was considered a secondary home. We felt so frustrated. We'd done everything right. We paid all our bills on time, lived within our means, had crazy good credit. Even though we needed help just like everyone else we weren't in financial crisis, in danger of losing everything. There were no programs being rolled out for us. As much as we loved our neighbors, the street where we lived for 5 good years, the house where our baby boys were born (one of them quite literally) there was no other choice. We opted to short sale the house and get out of our mortgage debt in a way that felt most responsible to us. This is where things started to look up-a little bit anyway. My mother in law is a realtor and referred us to another amazing realtor in Scotts Valley. The local realtor was very experienced with short sales. We conducted the entire short sale transaction via telephone and email. And as it turns out the couple that bought our house were none other than our realtor's daughter and her future son in law. Another thing we had going for us was that we already had our financial life very organized-thanks to a financial planner we've had for years. In the end the process took about 2 months. Far faster than most short sales. Our credit took a hit of about 100 points. We had great credit to start with and now it in the "good" range. We are current on our auto loan and credit card bills so we expect our credit rating to bounce back quickly. Still, banks have advised us to not even ask about loans for another 2 years. Hopefully we will still have a chance to enter the housing market in SLO. We visited our old street on Halloween weekend 2009. We finally met our realtor in person, and the lovely couple that bought our house. I stayed in the foyer of our old home as we made our introductions. I craned my neck to see what they'd done with the place. I really wanted to run around and have one last look at every corner of the place. I decided it was better to get in and get out quickly or else they were going to find me 20 minutes later waxing on about the shower stall my son was almost born in, or how deeply I loved my old kitchen, or how after we got the keys I literally laid down on the living room floor and marveled that I owned. a. home. Had I stayed more than a few minutes in that foyer I might have felt so comfortable in my own home that wasn't mine anymore as to help myself to a large glass of wine (I knew where the glasses were stored after all). Then I'd settle in. Take a few generous sips of wine And tell the young couple that you just never, never forget your first house and all that happened in it. While all this short selling and debt removal was going on I took a few days off in July to have a baby. Audrey Elizabeth born on 7/24/09. That is another tale in itself. . .I am going to try to come back and post lighter things when I can. I have 2 friends who said that I should. So I hope the 2 of you read and comment. If I'm not writing and making my friends smile then it just feels like I'm all miked up in an empty auditorium mumbling to myself "Is this thing on?" Send to a friend

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10 More Types of People You Meet in College

his day trolling web forums, making funny cat pictures in MS Paint, and watching reruns of Family Guy.... 10. Stupid Catch Phrase Guy My hands are wet That's what she said! . Stupid Catch Phrase Guy... , , or . 9. The Double Minor Guy College? Sure, I guess. This is the mentality of Double Minor Guy. He did OK in high school, and decided that a university was probably the next step. He thinks... how unique' it is for a GIRL to know about Schrodinger's Cat. 7. Awesome Asian Guy Awesome

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Roman Polanski's new movie joins four other films opening in the Valley this weekend

1. Green Zone: Rated R for violence and language. Matt Damon searches for weapons of mass destruction during the early days of the Iraq war. He soon finds the most elusive weapon of all - is the truth. (They didn't screen it for us here in Fresno, but I can tell you that it's getting very mixed reviews on RottenTomatoes.com. Critics are almost evenly split on whether it's worth seeing.) 2. Our Family Wedding: Rated PG-13 for sexual content and brief language. Two fueding families try to get along in the week's leading up to a young couple's wedding. (Most critics are ripping this one to shreds, like Ed Douglas from ComingSoon.net: "Misguided and embarrassing for all those involved; could have easily been a segment in the atrocious Valentine's Day." Hey, I liked "Valentine's Day!") 3. Remember Me: Rated PG-13 for violence, sexual content, language and smoking. Twilight's Robert Pattinson stars in this story about the power of love, the strength of family, and the importance of living passionately and treasuring every day. (Critic Marshall Fine of HollywoodAndFine.com sums it up: "Limp and witless. A romantic drama with all the body of chicken noodle soup.") 4. She's Out of My League: Rated R for language and sexual content. The story of a normal guy with average looks and an average job - until a stunning woman begins to think he's something special. (This movie was much better than I expected it to be, and a lot funnier too! I warn you though, the comedy is very adult and sexual. Can you say - manscaping???) 5. The Ghost Writer: Rated PG-13 for language, nudity, sexuality and violence. From director Roman Polanski... the story of a British ghostwriter, who agrees to finish the memoires of a former Prime Minister. What sounds like the opportunity of a lifetime, turns into a project doomed from the start. (Susan Granger of the SSG Syndicate writes: "Sleek and sophisticated, evoking memories of Hitchcock. It's an elegant reminder of what a great director Roman Polanski was - and is.") (ER/JT)

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Spring Break . . . It's ALL True!

Spring Break rushes towards us like a drunken uncle at a family reunion—slowly, clumsily, but with every intention of talking about your sex life. Fortunately for us, everything we have ever heard is actually true! Spring Break 2010! Let's puke!!! Personally, I could not be more stoked to finally get to go on college Spring Break. I've seen MTV's Spring Break Addition. I know what it is supposed to be like. Someone gives me two thousand dollars and a spray tan, then me and my best bros fly to Florida. When we land, someone gives us our ration cards guaranteeing a fifth of Grey Goose per quarter-day. Then a beautiful off-duty bartender whispers into my ear two magical phrases: the first we say to get five bikini-clad, std-free women to want to play volleyball and the second we need only to think to get them to back in our complementary hotel suite doing their best Girls Gone Wild impressions. College! Spring Break is next week, and, despite my incessant pokes, messages, and tagged notes, Carson Daly has yet to send me my two grand. I'm pissed. I mean, I'm not asking for any special treatment. I just want what every other guy is getting: a crazy alcohol driven freak fest. Don't worry about the rations, Carson! I can make due on a fifth a day! Can't say for sure that I'll be wearing this shirt, but otherwise this is me with all my best bros! I wonder if the girls have already sent in their binding contracts committing them to hooking up with at least 10 less attractive guys? I have been denying chicks like crazy because I know for a fact that Spring Break is such a sure thing. All these girls at school are like, "Date me, please, date me!- but I'm like, "Naw girl, Daddy's got an important Halo 3 match to prep for." Spring Break: Florida, prepare for teaB4GG3Rpoop111 to storm your beaches! More than anything, it is going to be SICK to meet the friends I get assisgned for the week. I can't wait to see who I get paired with. I wonder if they're going to tell me in advance who my top dawgs are going to be, like roommate decisions. Dudes out there, if you're reading this, pray that MTV randomly pairs us together to be best friends for the week because they don't call me Dickweed for nothin'!!! All that is left is the big question: did they or did they not receive my description of my perfect woman? If they don't have the girl who I inevitably create a deeper bond with and continue our relationship after the truly epic Spring Break, I WILL FLIP. I've seen the specials. I know what I am entitled to. If she hasn't read "Dune,- "Dune Messiah,- and "Children of Dune- than you have failed, Spring Break. You have failed. But I'm not worried. Spring Break is as true a tradition as graduation night[1], summer after a first year of college[2], and my best friend's wedding[3]. Worst comes to worst, I can make some money off of the scumbags who cheated me out of Spring Break. If I don't get my tickets, spray tan, girls, etc., I'll sue! I know my rights. I, as a young, male College student, am entitled to everything I've ever heard about Spring Break. It's in the Constitution somewhere. Spring Break 2010: Florida! Because it is all true! [1] Source: "American Pie- [2] Source: "American Pie 2- [3] Source: "American Wedding- View Article Written 2010-03-12 14:00:00 by Zak Dychtwald from 1 like

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Re: [BEL-R] Free Access to the 1930 US Census (Regine Brindle)

if there aren't a lot why don't you just list them in the group. I'm doing the same for my area in Illinois and Iowa Craig Smith- family surname DeBates -------------------------------------------------- From: "D. LANGEDOCK" Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 6:27 PM To: Subject: Re: [BEL-R] Free Access to the 1930 US Census (Regine Brindle) > I began looking at the 1930 census Michigan records (first 30 0f 1130 > pages) this evening and found some Belgium families. What information > should I record and to whom should I send this information to? > There is quite a bit of info on each line of the census, how much of it > would be recorded or passed along. > As well, what system is in place so people don't start working on records > that have already been looked at by others? > I also work on Family Search as an indexer and arbitrator, but for a break > it's nice to change once in a while. > Thanks > Dave Langedock > > > --- On Fri, 3/5/10, belgium-roots-request@rootsweb.com > wrote: > > > From: belgium-roots-request@rootsweb.com > > Subject: BELGIUM-ROOTS Digest, Vol 5, Issue 55 > To: belgium-roots@rootsweb.com > Date: Friday, March 5, 2010, 8:01 AM > > > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Free Access to the 1930 US Census (Dirk De Wever) > 2. Re: Free Access to the 1930 US Census (Regine Brindle) > 3. Re: Family Research (njtransplant@cox.net) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2010 10:13:16 +0100 > From: "Dirk De Wever" > Subject: Re: [BEL-R] Free Access to the 1930 US Census > To: > Message-ID: <9C65EF2B4E1848ED84394D2445F50A97@dewever> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Dear Regine, > > Went to http://www.archive.org/details/1930_census, and saw a lot of > census > data from Alleghene, a location in Pennsylvania. > Am I right to believe that the whole work is stil 'under construction'? If > not, what about OHIO? > > kind greetings Dirk > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Regine Brindle" > To: "The Belgian Researchers" ; > "Family History Researchers" > Cc: > Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 11:11 PM > Subject: [BEL-R] Free Access to the 1930 US Census > > >> AWESOME! >> To find the 1930 U.S. Census records on the Internet Archive, >> start at: http://www.archive.org/details/1930_census to conduct your >> search. >> >> Anyone want to help pull the Belgians from these??? >> We would be happy for your help and add this on our webpage! >> http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inbr/index.html >> in the "Records online" section. >> >> Regine >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> BELGIUM-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2010 05:25:51 -0800 (PST) > From: Regine Brindle > Subject: Re: [BEL-R] Free Access to the 1930 US Census > To: belgium-roots@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <942951.99908.qm@web83003.mail.mud.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > Dear Dirk, > > You are correct. > Here is what Dick Eastman wrote on his blog on the subject. > > http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2010/03/1930-us-census-available-free-of-charge-on-the-internet-archive.html > (I copied it below) > > I didn't check Ohio, so it may be one of those 'coming soon'. > It's still a good place to look if you don't want to pay the extra fees. > Dick Eastman's conclusions sound the same as those I drew about the > Canadian census.? The index available for free is not as easy to work as > the one on Ancestry, but the Canadian free images are better than those on > Ancestry so, I use a combined technique of looking up in the index and > closing in on the Belgians then I take the information and go to the > images on the other site and do an extraction of my own. > > As you know we have been working on pulling out the Belgians from the US > Census for some time.? Guy Gallez had done a tremendous job with the > census prior to 1880 and Chcuk Van den Eeden along with a few others have > helped with the later census but it is a HUGE undertaking.? I don't think > we have begun touching at the 1930 census. > > Any help anyone is willing to provide is welcomed.? I would not want to > take your efforts away from FamilySearch Indexing though, especially the > Belgian project, but your contribution to this census project would be > most welcomed. > > Take good care, > Regine > > Here is Dick Eastman's article: > March 02, 2010 > > > > 1930 US Census Available Free of Charge on the Internet > Archive > > > > Here > is a pleasant surprise: the Internet Archive is placing the 1930 U.S. > Census online and is making it available at no charge. This is a "work > in progress;" but, the census records from many states are available > now, and the remaining states will be added in the near future.The > records are offered in exactly the same format as the microfilms > created by the U.S. Government. In fact, the online images appear to be > copies of the microfilms. The images are being offered "as is." That > is, there is no index available, only the images. If you already know > where your ancestor lived and (hopefully) the enumeration district, you > can view the images one at a time until you find the information you > seek. > > > > > > You can find enumeration districts on FamilySearch at > http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=subjectdetails⊂ject=870702⊂ject_disp=Census+districts+-+United+States&columns=*,0,0. > Once you know the enumeration district, return to the Internet Archive > at http://www.archive.org/details/1930_census? to conduct your search.If > your ancestors lived in a small town, you can probably find them > without determining an enumeration district in advance. However, for > those who resided in cities, the enumeration district is a valuable > piece of information that allows you to zoom in on the correct > neighborhood quickly although you will still need to look at a lot of > images to find what you seek.While > it is nice to see a free version of the census available, I doubt if > this will have much impact on the commercial companies that also offer > census images online for a fee. The commercial companies have indexed > most of their records, and finding someone in an index first is much, > much easier than manually looking at hundreds of images in search of > the right family.While > I appreciate the free, unindexed images, I'll still gladly pay a few > dollars a month to have an index available. I suspect most others will > do the same, especially after trying to find someone in the free > records.Of > course, now is an excellent time for your genealogy society or > historical society to index the records for your area and place your > own index online, with each entry pointing to an original record on the > Internet Archive.To find the 1930 U.S. Census records on the Internet > Archive, start at: http://www.archive.org/details/1930_census to conduct > your search. > > > > > > > Posted by Dick Eastman on March 02, 2010 > > --- On Thu, 3/4/10, Dirk De Wever wrote: > > From: Dirk De Wever > Subject: Re: [BEL-R] Free Access to the 1930 US Census > To: belgium-roots@rootsweb.com > Date: Thursday, March 4, 2010, 3:13 AM > > Dear Regine, > > Went to http://www.archive.org/details/1930_census, and saw a lot of > census > data from Alleghene, a location in Pennsylvania. > Am I right to believe that the whole work is stil 'under construction'? If > not, what about OHIO? > > kind greetings Dirk > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Regine Brindle" > To: "The Belgian Researchers" ; > "Family History Researchers" > Cc: > Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 11:11 PM > Subject: [BEL-R] Free Access to the 1930 US Census > > >> AWESOME! >> To find the 1930 U.S. Census records on the Internet Archive, >> start at: http://www.archive.org/details/1930_census to conduct your >> search. >> >> Anyone want to help pull the Belgians from these??? >> We would be happy for your help and add this on our webpage! >> http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inbr/index.html >> in the "Records online" section. >> >> Regine >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> BELGIUM-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > > End of BELGIUM-ROOTS Digest, Vol 5, Issue 55 > ******************************************** > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BELGIUM-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

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Jonathan Garvey (Merlin Olsen) Dead At Age 69

"Jonathan Garvey (Merlin Olsen) Dead At Age 69." Someone died today who had a positive effect on my life. His name was Merlin Olsen and he died from cancer at the age of 69. While many people older than I remember the glory days when Olsen played NFL football for the then LA Rams, I will always remember Merlin Olsen as the soft spoken best friend of Charles Ingalls played by Michael Landon on the long running hit TV series "Little House on the Prairie". I was a late to the party viewer of Little House on the Prairie, but through the years I became a huge fan of that show as it made it's way through re-runs on several different cable networks. Merlin Olsen's character of Jonathan Garvey came across so nature, it would be difficult for me to picture Olsen in any other role. Millions of Americans loved to watch "Little House on the Prairie", because it portrayed old fashion family values during a time in the 1980's when it seemed like the only thing most people cared about was money, the stock market and themselves. For me, Jonathan Garvey on "Little House" was the type of guy who was the perfect role model for me. I was in my middle 20's when Olsen and Landon brought that show to television back in the early 1980's. It may sound silly to many of you reading this, but when I heard the news that Merlin Olsen had died today - I felt a deep sense of sorrow as if I had lost a member of my own family. Olsen character of Jonathan Garvey will live on throughout the years in re-runs of "Little House on the Prairie" and I must, in the near future, find a cable channel that still carries that old TV show. May God be with Merlin Olsen's family tonight. I hope they know what a big impact their family member had on millions of people around the world. In my view, Merlin Olsen was a wonderful role model for men even today and I hope that the positive effect that he had on me and many others will continue to be felt for generations to come. Little House on the Prairie: The Complete Television Series

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Pedophile Politician's $150K Bribery Scheme

clipped by: sahara clipper's remarks: So let's recap, shall we? The guy is a pedophile. He pays someone off to keep that secret. Then when he's about to get caught, he beats his victim to the airwaves with a spinned confession. Is this what passes for political courage? Republicans say they won't ask Garn to resign. After all, he's the Utah GOP's point man on new ethics legislation that comes in response to -- you guessed it -- a bribery scandal. Clip Source: www.truecrimereport.com Though no one can beat Florida's sheer volume of depravity, tiny Utah, with its repressed religious culture, has gotta be America's weirdest state per capita. Meet Kevin Garn, the 55-year-old majority leader of the Utah House... 25 years ago, the then 28-year-old Republican decided to do a some naked hot-tubbing. That wouldn't be a crime -- if he hadn't done it with a 15-year-old girl The matter seemed to have been left in the past until 2002. But that's when Garn (pictured above) decided to run for Congress. In Utah, you can't be a good family-values conservative when you get naked with other family's daughters. So Garn decided to make sure no one knew about it. He paid Cheryl Maher, the girl in question, $150,000 to keep her mouth shut. In recent weeks, she'd been contacting newspapers to get her story out So yesterday, Garn beat her to the punch, going before the Utah House to confess his sins. Weirdly enough, he was given what the Associated Press describes as "thunderous applause." Tags: scumbag politician alert, utah

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