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Revenge of the Fallen
Last week, my older children and their cousins and uncles went to a late showing of Transformers II. Even though I liked the first movie, I stayed behind because (i) they wouldn’t get back until almost midnight, which is almost two hours past my bedtime, and (ii) the reviews were so bad. Don’t make the same mistake. Most everyone in the group liked it, and Big Hollywood is receiving a lot of positive comments.

Kournikova at Center
Wimbledon tennis spokesman, Johnny Perkins, says that the tournament operates a casting couch system of play, with the better looking players grunting on Centre Court – with its superior acoustics – and the less attractive wimmin battling it in outer courts.

Received in an Email:

“The object of the game is to destroy American capitalism by having the government take over everything! Tokens include a bus, a teleprompter, a sprig of arugula and a waffle iron. Wanna play? No? Too bad, you’re already playing… And quite frankly, in this game, nobody wins!”

America Coming Out of Its Rock Star Stupor?
“Is Barack Obama approaching the end of his masterly run? . . . Obama’s extreme deficit spending and auto bailouts have for the first time made him responsible for policies people want to change. That’s a novel position for him after running so long against all that people disliked about the Bush years. . . . The fight over health care will be telling. Once again, people are being asked to believe that a trillion dollars in new spending is fiscally prudent. Once again, they’re being asked to believe that the government can manage an enormous, complex enterprise — even more so than the auto companies. Once again, they’re being asked by their audaciously ambitious, supremely self-confident president to suspend their disbelief. If the public doesn’t go along this time, the Obama phenomenon will have experienced the end of its heroic period.” NY Post.

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5 Responses to “Tuesday”

1. AuntieD Says:
   July 3rd, 2009 at 7:19 pm

   What bird is that????? I can’t find it anywhere.

2. Eric Says:
   July 4th, 2009 at 4:32 am

   Boy, I don’t know. I was searching for a “Twitter trademark” and just picked a bird I thought was pretty. I didn’t save its description. I’ll run a quick search and let you know if I find it.

3. Eric Says:
   July 4th, 2009 at 4:34 am

   I found it!

   Unfortunately, the photographer merely calls it “Little Bird.” But she does give us a small clue: She said she took the picture at the London Zoo.

   http://www.flickr.com/photos/24544962@N05/2954177455/

4. Anorak Says:
   July 5th, 2009 at 1:08 am

   Thanks for the link – please add Anorak to your blog roll?

   All the best

5. AuntieD Says:
   July 5th, 2009 at 10:31 pm

   I found it! It’s a Superb Starling! (Lamprotornis superbus)
   a member of the starling family
   East Africa – Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania
   Thank you so much for the London Zoo info.

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