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any of these yelling people against health care reform have any idea how F'd up our health care system that we have in place is right now? what a bunch of idiots. i see the hoops that need to be jumped through on a daily basis and how insurance companies drag their feet not to pay in a timely manner if at all. it is all BS. the premiums paid to the insurance companies and the claims not paid is ridiculous. the money lost for uninsured people who get treatment but choose not to pay is astronomical. we need a fix.
so turn off fox you dolts and get the facts.

This year

My guy and I are blessed financially with the ability for me to stay home this year with the baby (even though she's not a baby anymoe). This is pretty rare these days in my neighborhood, so I feel lucky. I really need a longer beak from work than summer, and Mandolin needs to be with me now more than before. I haven't told the school that I'm not coming back yet, but I just feel so much better now that the decision is final, it's like I can breathe.

The Women

I watched this movie today and, it was okay, not great but the one thing that was remarkable was that Meg Ryan looks like a monster. Way too much collagen and botox. It was distracting because it was so awful and it made me wonder why no-one in her life is telling her that she needs to stop cuz she looks like a monster and why she doesn't see it when she looks in the mirror.

YAY

Looks like Paula Abdul will not be on American Idol anymore. YAY

Playing for Change

I saw this documentary tonight on a local public TV station and I thought it was wonderful. The director went around the world and had street musicians play well known songs and then put them all together to make one combined version. He also interviewed the musicians about how music is the great equalizer among cultures. I loved the first song they played, which was "Stand by me." The director just found people and said "play this song any way you want to" and recorded it. If you get a chance to see this, do spend the time watching it.

At the start, the director made a good point some of the best music isn't played by someone well known or even celebrated in the media.

Verb, there's a nice group of children singing hyms, and it made me think of you. The Omagh Community Youth Choir, from Northern Ireland. The founder spends some time talking about terrorism and how music helped them move on from a bad incident.

here's a link to go watch the "stand by me" video. A lot of the other musical pieces are easily found on the Internet.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8018743903334132825

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FYI

Remember Rob and "Amba" of Survivor and The Amazing Race?
They had a daughter:
Daughter