I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
I cannot sleep
ha
Have a good Saturday, bats.
war and rainy here too, molly. 
Nor can I.
The theory is almost too perfect to be true. Barack Obama, the son of politically progressive parents, was born Aug. 4, 1961—almost nine months to the day after John F. Kennedy was elected to the White House. Is it possible Obama was conceived on that historic night?
And if so, could history repeat itself? In the hours and days since Obama's victory, many of his exhilarated supporters have been, shall we say, in the mood for love. And though it's too soon to know for sure, experts aren't ruling out the possibility of an Obama baby boom—the kind of blip in the national birth rate that often follows a seismic event, whether it's scary (a terrorist attack) or celebratory (the end of World War II). "The mood of the country and the optimism about leadership is always somewhat related to birth rates," says Dr. Manny Alvarez, chief of reproductive science at Hackensack University Medical Center in New Jersey. "I'm gearing up for a healthy increase."
Hope and euphoria, says University of Washington sociologist Pepper Schwartz, are a serious aphrodisiac. And voters under 30 went for Obama by a margin of 2 to 1. When you combine those two elements—randy people of child-bearing age—the likely result is what the online Urban Dictionary has already dubbed "Obama Babies" : children "conceived after Obama was proclaimed President, by way of celebratory sex."
ooh!
wow. great thread to be first guy.
lookit all the cool wimmenz.
At Media Matters, the people throwing brickbats at the idea of Hilly as SoS are mostly women, thus far.
I need to start thinking about taking something, (for sleep) but I have been avoiding it. Opinions??? Ideas??
At Media Matters, the people throwing brickbats at the idea of Hilly as SoS are mostly women, thus far.
You can't tell that on the internets.
Signed:
Bob Jones
Oh dear, I seem to be awake, again!
Echidne 
ms fahrenheit, warm toddy, how 'bout it.
In the hours and days since Obama's victory, many of his exhilarated supporters have been, shall we say, in the mood for love.
Well, if someone would have been here to 'celebrate,' I may have believed it was true sooner. 
mornin', stoat.
I need to start thinking about taking something, (for sleep) but I have been avoiding it. Opinions??? Ideas??
ms fahrenheit/stop the wars
exercise earlier in the day. drink a lot of water, but none after 8pm or so. start a bedtime routine (other than falling asleep with your laptop on your lap, like me!) that includes some kind of yoga/breathing exercises...
I need to start thinking about taking something, (for sleep) but I have been avoiding it. Opinions??? Ideas??
Two double martinis.
ms f,
Have you tried the standard OTC stuff? Tylenol PM?
Lunesta *does not work* if you consume alcohol.
Ambien works, but may be habit forming. OTC anti-histamines, like diphenhydramine, work fine occasionally; but lose effectiveness if taken habitually. Have you tried Melatonin?
warm toddy, how 'bout it.
I could try it. I just don't want the hangover feeling in the morning.
Well, if someone would have been here to 'celebrate,' I may have believed it was true sooner.
ms fahrenheit/stop the wars | 11.15.08 - 7:12 am |
same here i did get a call from my mom, so that's close...
warm milk with raw onions floating in it.
Two double martinis.
Ralphie | 11.15.08 - 7:13 am
Been there. Don't recomend it.
Ms.Fahrenheit, when I have trouble dropping off to sleep, I find eating a scoop of ice cream helps. The tryptophan offsets the sugar nicely.
Besides, I like ice cream.
Two double martinis.
nooooo! unless it's for lunch.
i agree with ina. there are a lot of things to try before alcohol or other medicines for sleep. and possibly some things that might need to be reduced, eliminated or time-shifted in your lifestyle.
No, I mean the people Media Matters mentions commenting on it on TV, like Michelle Bernard and a woman from the U of NH.
Hot chocolate with mini marshmallows.
Have you tried the standard OTC stuff? Tylenol PM?
Doesn't work for me.
Tried melatonin years ago. I don't think it helped.
No, I mean the people Media Matters mentions commenting on it on TV, like Michelle Bernard and a woman from the U of NH.
Michelle Bernard is an Independent Women's Forum gal. They hate on women.
warm milk with raw onions floating in it.
Echidne, I do truly love you, but perhaps YOU need more sleep.
???
wait a minute... was that bunny always there?
i agree with ina. there are a lot of things to try before alcohol or other medicines for sleep. and possibly some things that might need to be reduced, eliminated or time-shifted in your lifestyle.
stoat
thanks, stoat. i also think that, and folks older than me can verify -- if it's true -- that you just have to accept some different sleep patterns as you age, so being as healthy a you can when you're awake means that the sleep that you do get will likely be better...
I can't help. I've always taken less than 5 minutes to fall asleep. My wife resents that about me.
Echidne, I did read a report once about onions and sleep. They apparently do work. People put a half onion under their pillow and it does the trick. But, their bed smells like onions.
I'm on a really odd sleep schedule these days: up at six, fall asleep in a chair maybe from 8 or 9 PM 'til 11 or 12, then up 'til 2 or so. I get lots of exercise, and try not to take meds; I don't drink. It's sort of uncomfortable; I'm trying to stop doing this...
Michelle Bernard certainly hates on Hillary.
Echidne, I do truly love you, but perhaps YOU need more sleep.
???
Sorry. That's one of the manymanymanymany things I've tried during my insomniac life.
Didn't work.
stoat,
No, I added it for trifecta.
trifecta gets a bunny? whaaaa, where's mine? i like bunnies, dammit!
good morning, peeps.
Dad's up.
it's too cute, molly.
looks delicious, too.
Y'know, it's interesting how much hope there is, considering how bleak the economic news is, that the wars are still going on, that all the Kuntslerian jeremiads remain unaddressed by substantive policies. But the notion that we won't have an administration that's outright criminal, that, however less than ideal is actually interested in successful governance rather than aggrandizing power, avoiding oversight and raking in the cold cash, is rather heady, and offers possibilities that appeal to very basic human needs...
excellent, you're here, Wombat. would you be so kind as to drop me a line at anheduanna AT yahho dawt com? thank you. i have a matter i'd like to discuss privately (wholly safe for work/family, tho)
Didn't work.
Echidne |
I'm sure it kept lovers at bay.....someone should write some lyrics out of this conversation.
stoat,
No, I added it for trifecta.
Molly Ivors
What are you guys talking about, and am I losing my mind?
Kuntslerian jeremiads
that makes my head hurt on a saturday morning (even tho it's just a work day for me, and i need to think about getting going).
refresh, ms f
Outrage works better than caffeine to get things circulating in the am.
Bush delivered his paean to American capitalism at Federal Hall, just a stone's throw from the New York Stock Exchange. The historic building was the site of the inauguration of George Washington and the first sessions of the US Congress. The august setting stood in stark contrast to the character of the select audience, which, in the gap between its ideological proclivities and socioeconomic reality, resembled a meeting of the flat earth society.
A total of 175 people turned out for the session, organized by the Manhattan Institute, a right-wing think tank that specializes in demonizing the poor while promoting tax cuts, financial deregulation, the dismantling of social programs and the decimation of public education.
While admitting some isolated failings, Bush rejected any indictment of the capitalist system. "The crisis was not a failure of the free market system," he proclaimed. "And the answer is not to try to reinvent that system. It is to fix the problems we face, make the reforms we need, and move forward with the free-market principles that have delivered prosperity and hope to people all across the globe."
His faith in the "free market," however, remained rock solid: "Like any other system designed by man, capitalism is not perfect [presumably, only the eternal free market created by God in the hereafter can attain such a state]. It can be subject to excesses and abuse. But it is by far the most efficient and just way of structuring an economy. At its most basic level, it offers people the freedom to choose where they work and what they do."
He continued: "Free market capitalism is more than an economic theory. It is the engine of social mobility—the highway to the American Dream."
Bush was forced to admit that even his commitment to the free market has limits. "We are faced with the prospect of a global meltdown," he said. "And so we've responded with bold measures. I'm a market-oriented guy, but not when I'm faced with the prospect of a global meltdown."
These "bold measures"—backed not only by Bush but also by President-elect Barack Obama—have amounted to the looting of trillions of dollars in social wealth in order to bail out the country's biggest banks and Wall Street finance houses. Hundreds of billions of dollars of this money is flowing directly into bonuses for financial executives and dividends for wealthy shareholders, while facilitating the consolidation of banks and the further concentration of wealth.
"Free-market principles" continue to apply in full force, however, to workers who have lost their jobs and to families facing foreclosure on their homes. For them there is no bailout, only the prospect of being forced to pay for the trillions lavished on Wall Street through further attacks on living standards, jobs and social programs.
back atcha, chidy
I just made some oatmeal, with dates, lovely stuff. That's one reason for liking cold weather.
And if anyone is wondering what to do with their salary this week, Diane has to pay for her own insurance now.
see "Donate" button at http://cabdrollery.blogspot.com/
Ruth: wild blueberries--the little sweet guys, not the fat sour ones--work great, too. Wyman's freezes them...
The animal pictured is, of course, a "cabbit", a hybrid species produced by crossing a female cat with a male rabbit.
They make interesting and affectionate pets, and can be fed a diet of BLTs, which supplies all of their nutritional requirements.
The BLT is, as anyone can tell you, the perfect food.
Yes, they are very easily house-trained. I trained mine to wiggle into even the smallest open window or vent and then go and open the front door. Very handy if I forget my keys.
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