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Cheryl, I just contributed $9.14
Sorry it's not more, but that's all I had in my PayPal account and I just can't spare even a penny out of my bank account.
Also, on topic 
, I'm sharing my hotel room with Charlie (He couldn't afford to come otherwise). I emailed Ofer too, but didn't hear back. Does he still need a place to sleep or did he find something?
Jessica, thanks so much! I just sent you an email. Very much appreciated. I thought the .14 was a Howard Dean code.
I haven't heard from Ofer and I don't have his phone number anymore since I have had so many computer problems and lost a lot of data. You might try him one more time since he might have been gone or the email got buried. That has happened to me before.
Renee, thank you for posting this on the front page.
Thank you too, Denise. I am feeling better already. It is just when so much hits at once and keeps hitting...
Cat, yes that is PayPal. Chipin is a charity group that is basically a front for free that lets you set up a cool widget but it redirects you straight to PayPal. I had donated to a domestic abuse shelter in SD last year and that is how I heard about them and the ability to set up little fundraisers.
Renee, is that photo of you when you were a kid? It is so darling!
cHeRyL!
Why does your ChipIn end on the 11th?
(My CC payment cycle changes on the 12th!)
Is that when Netroots Nation gets started??
I can't call it "NN" because I always read that as "National Nurse"! 
(I'm working on putting a thread in draft for whenever one is needed.)
listener, THANK YOU!
It takes about 3-4 days to get from Paypal to me and I leave on the 16th, so I was being safe chosing the 11th since I leave the morning of the 16th. The 12th works too and I can extend it if necessary.
I appreciate any diary but please don't put about my being on my last $$ or about my bank situation because that was intended just for the HEP family.
I don't really want the rest of BFA to know my personal troubles other than I am just looking for some help with transportation costs.
Okay, you all have to see this video.
http://underourskin.com
I have believed a long time many of these diseases are related to what we are doing to the environment and pesticides is a big one. I had some exposure and not sure if you that I was in the process of being tested for MS which my neurologist was pretty sure I had when I lost my medical insurance. I was able to stop my tremors and paralysis on my own through alternative methods, mainly supporting my immune system and getting some of the toxins out, although I still have a lot. Also found out indoor mold was the biggest trigger for my seizures.
I read today that a woman who has angiomas like me (I have literally 10s of thousands) was able to reverse hers through mercury detox. I spend most of my time on medical boards and don't get to the political stuff as much as I used to as you can tell.
Anyway, I found the video on Rosie.com. Love her blog. She converts more Republicans than any famous person out there, including politicians. When I had money, I used to buy from her store because she had fun stuff and all the proceeds (100%) go to her kids charity.
One good thing is I stocked up on my main medication a few months ago so have enough for 3 more months. At least I do not have to worry about that. I also found a very cheap medical alert bracelet which I realized I now need, especially for travel.
cHeRyL! | 07.05.08 - 8:39 pm
Not to worry, cHeRyL...I don't even blog "over there" anymore.
I can't find my way around,
and the real community is here.
And anyway, I wouldn't tell your story as that's yours to tell. ♥
So many people on my health boards for other issues also have lyme disease. You never heard of it prior to the 1980s which makes me wonder what we did to the environment to cause this bacterial and viral run amok. I got lots of tick bites as a kid and back then they didn't seem to carry the disease.
listener, I am just being cautious because some other well-intended folks got my personal info out on Google and I am worried it will hurt me in job hunting, especially the medical stuff.
I lit another candle for Ally earlier.
I agree with you, cHeRyL, that the planet heating up is a big part of why there are all these illnesses related to microorganisms.
We are mostly water.
If global warming is mutating and killing frogs,
what's it doing to us?
cHeRyL ♡
Renee ♡
Cat ♡
puddle ♡
cHeRyL...
Ally had another great day!
Her Mom relates...
SATURDAY, JULY 05, 2008 05:33 PM, EDT
Hello,
Today was (and still is) another fun day.
We spent some time with friends ... Ally LOVES to pull grass out of lawns, AND she got to see a wild turkey!
We were able to find a car seat for Ally today. We could not find the exact one we wanted, but we really needed to find one before the big drive to Boston, so we decided on a different one.
Ally finally gets a bath tonight!
(She has had to miss some baths lately because of the bone marrow biopsy and the bandages covering those up.) Chances are she will still have a stinky foot (which is good....because the game would not be nearly as fun if it were "clean foot")
Happy Long Weekend! One more day!
Are there any Jewish folks here who can help me with a recipe? I can't remember the name of it but we made them during Jewish holidays when I lived with my NJ Jewish family. Anyway, they are these potato patty things that you make and you can also make them from left over matzo. I am trying to make a version of them not with potatoes but with some left over gluten-free flours I have as a low cost meal. Just experimenting but if anyone knows what I am talking about and has a simple recipe, would love it. I can't remember if it was Yom Kippur or Hanukkah or what where we made them but I am sure you can tell me. It has been a few years, lol.
I feel pretty sheepish stopping by only when BFA crashes, and this time it looks fatal. bear with me while I'm jonesing. my little accident with the electric fence left me on flexiril which isn't real conducive to anything but nodding off, but Renee you are an angel to me for keeping this alternative going
thanks and note the new e-mail
What a great update!
"Ally LOVES to pull grass out of lawns, AND she got to see a wild turkey!"
I love pulling grass. As a kid used to sit in the wild grass that was taller than me. Never have seen a wild turkey though, even in farm country.
Ooh, Phil. Sorry to hear about your fence incident. BFA runs way too slow for my old system so I don't get to read the posts more than once a week or so and trying to login and comment is torture.
Latkes
is that what I am thinking of?
anyone with a compromised immune system needs to stay out of flooded Iowa, that muck was some real funky stuff and now it is dust
OR are they just potato fritters? I really have no mind left. I do remember the Dreidel game though, lol.
Phil, that is what I was thinking with Katrina too. When Marcia volunteered there I worried about her. I knew I couldn't do it so just donated a bunch of stuff to World Care. Are they involved in helping Iowa folks? I know they do a lot worldwide and it all goes to the people or at least more than 90%, unlike most charities that have 70%.
Wolfgang Puck has an interesting one that I could make with some modifications:
Potato Latkes
Recipe courtesy Wolfgang Puck
8 medium potatoes, peeled
1 medium onion
Lemon juice
1 cup flour
1 cup milk
1 egg
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/8 cup melted butter
Freshly grated nutmeg
Salt and pepper to taste
Watercress, to garnish
Caviar, to garnish
Applesauce, for garnish
Creme fraiche, for garnish
Grate potatoes and onions on a large-hole grater. Splash with lemon juice and squeeze out excess water.
Mix flour, milk, egg, baking powder, and nutmeg. Add to the potatoes and then add the melted butter.
Heat some peanut oil in a skillet and fry until golden on one side. Flip, and cook the same way on the other.
Serve with watercress, caviar, applesauce, and creme fraiche.
**For Passover, omit the baking powder and replace the flour with matzo (ground into flour), which will make a slightly denser latke. Fry it slowly.
Not a water cooler...more like a water closet!
flush
I guess not really being able to even get on the blog I am missing the watercooler controversy, lol.
sorry
a bit negative
are you going to deanfest subway?
First it was spinach, then tomatoes now jalapenos...another reason I try and support local small farmers as much as possible.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/
news...0,1339689.story
Big corp farms and all the lack of quality control is often the culprit. Plus food is not as good with long travels on trucks. Wish I lived where I could have a garden again. Tried container gardens but the heat and sun killed them all.
Hi Cheryl,
Sent you a little something to add to your trip. Hope it helps.
We are community here, and no authoritarian jerks can stop that.
Hi folks, thanks for the welcome. Guess this is going to be home now.
Pat
Phil,
I'm scheduled to go to DeanFest, but won't know for a while if Jackie's daughter can stay with her while I'm gone.
Latkas
I just shred potato and onion, form into a patty, coat with egg and bread crumbs and fry in oil, but I'm sure there's more extensive recipes out there.
Defiinitely Latkes!
I make my own version.
I just grate potato, onion and carrot (sometimes a little sweet potato) and add a bit of corn meal. Maybe an egg, but that's optional if you're using a griddle. A little butter on the griddle is okay, but not necessary.
{{ { ♥ Phil! ♥ } }}
I didn't know about your electric fence incident. How powered was it? We're you knocked out?
I hope you are feeling good soon.
As someone with a low-normal immune system (which dips below normal when ill),
I feel so much compassion for all of you,
especially for the weaker ones.
♥
Hubby and I
who had our first baby at 19
are on our third viewing of Juno.
Have you all seen it?
Although we would have made very different decisions than Juno,
we LOVE the movie, all of it...
the dialogue, the acting, the detail work, the nuances.
Exquisite!
Thanks for the recipes. Yours are much simpler and require less ingredients so that will be better for me.
We are getting hail right now. Really weird weather the past few years but I welcome any rain or moisture because it cools things down.
Thanks, Pat!
I worked all day and it was a highly surreal day:
(A) As I drove up to Hopkins Bookshop
I noted that the Cathedral has a new sign up by the corner
announcing itself and "Hopkins Bookstore."
HUH?
There are now two signs that read Bookshop and one that reads Bookstore.
It has NEVER in all its 26 years been Bookstore, always BookSHOP.
People are always trying to remember at the counter what to write on the check.
And I think, Oh, yeah, this will help.
[I left a message for my boss:
The Bookshop could say to the Cathedral,
"Have I been with you so long,
and yet you do not know me?"]
(B) Then, I get to the door and there's a big spiderweb on the door handle.
Geesh, you close for one day. Ha!
(C) I scurry in, disarm the alarm, up the lights and *viola!* ~
discover thin glass splintered all over the back room...
Apparently a lightbulb shattered to smithereens
including all over a keyboard.
So I vacuum everything.
(D) Then, some old friends came in whom I haven't seen in many years (moved away, and now are back).
They'd never been in the shop before,
and not far from the front door they found a cell phone and an iPod with earphones.
They were just turning it in (we are now the local police too, I guess, ha!) and didn't know I worked there.
So, while there they bought some children's books for their granddaughter who was with them.
(E) After they left I tried to figure out the phone number of the cell phone, but no luck.
I did manage to find a message on it from "Jes" with a phone number.
Called it and the person who answered was able to guess the make of the phone.
She then CALLED IT (remember, even *I* didn't know the number), and it definitely was her friend Dave's phone.
So she came by and got it for him.
That was so funny.
Here I am in this interfaith bookshop inside a cathedral
frequented by clergy and church ladies,
and in walks a young woman with tatooes, toting her cell phone and pack of cigarettes,
with punk hairdo and makeup.
I told her (quite honestly) that I liked the tattoo on her arm
(It looked like an Egyptian bracelet. Very cool.)
She seemed pleased. Said she didn't even know the shop was here
and started to look around.
So I explained that it's an interfaith bookshop
and she stayed and looked some more.
Also, she wouldn't take the iPod incase it wasn't her friend's.
She blew me away with her honesty and intelligence...very quick thinker.
A short while later she called to say the iPod was her friend's after all,
and she came back for it.
I remarked on what a good friend she was to come twice.
She said her friend lost his wallet too, and we were both sad it wasn't found.
Just as I was thinking someone had stolen all of this off her friend
probably during the fireworks,
she said he'd been out jogging and figured it had all fallen out of his pocket.
These were our only customers the whole day.
I earned my keep by entering upcoming new books information into computer inventory.
Long day. Gonna catch some zzzz's.
My Mother married at 19, had her first baby at 20. She had five surviving children, one died and two miscarriages. She told us not to get married before 30, lol. I still cannot believe she had all those kids because she is such a small boned, tiny woman. Her pregnancies were very hard too and we were average to large babies. Plus she was suffering from Graves then hypothyroid and untreated at the time. They were very poor to and she did not have a lot of help. We were one of the *small* families in my area. Many families had 12 to 15 kids. No, we aren't Mormon. Catholic.
None of us did marry before 30 except my younger brother. He was 29...just 5 months away from his 30th.
I just heard Venus won.
YES!!
Love her. Totally love her. Always like her sis too but liked Venus better and sis got kind of weird through the years but Venus has stayed true. I am not into spectator sports at all but I love watching Venus.
She is such a Goddess and her name is so appropriate. So beautiful too.
listener, I did see Juno. I thought the acting was excellent and I knew the history of the writer who won an Oscar. Ellen Page is always superb. Jennifer Garner is an underrated actress who can do a lot of different roles and I hope to see her in more good movies where she can stretch her acting chops. The actress who played Junos mother I love too, but her name is escaping me right now. She was on West Wing.
[I left a message for my boss: The Bookshop could say to the Cathedral,
"Have I been with you so long,
and yet you do not know me?"]
LMAO
That cracked me up!
Thanks, listener. I needed that.
"Here I am in this interfaith bookshop inside a cathedral"
I didn't know your bookstore was in a Cathedral. Cool.
When I was a teenager the top thing I wanted to do when I moved to NYC was visit St. Patrick's Cathedral. I love good architecture.
We have a really nice mission here that they restored a few years ago. I only went once because it is clear across town over an hour and a half away but took lots of photos and film until the priest nicely told us we can't film during mass, only afterward. Yeah, you can tell who was the first timer. Ran into a former co-worker who happens to live near by and goes all the time. It is located at the edge of an Native American Reservation. My very religious Mother love it too.
Whoo hoo! Pat's here to stay!
Yes, you really cannot judge a book by its cover so to speak. I worked with a friend in accounting many moons ago and she had tattoos all over. I am not really into tattoos but hers were great. I don't like when they use too much black and too close together because it ruins it. I have seen some really beautiful ones though. I like Kimmy's Howard Dean one.
They treated my friend like crap at the company, but she was the sweetest most generous person.
cHeRyL...
I love good architecture.
LOL! You won't find any at this cathedral!
It's a cement block and really boring in my book.
There was once a gorgeous Gothic cathedral, but it burned to the ground (arson).
So they built a cathedral that cannot burn.
Too bad, too, IMNSHO. It is really ugly!
Give me the children's chapel at the Anglican Cathedral in Montreal, or the gargoyles of Washington National Cathedral or the windows of Westminster Abbey!
Allison Janney played C.J. on West Wing...
and definitely a favourite of ours there!
Hubby is 7th of 10 children, cHeRyL. I am 3rd of 4. In his case, the family was Catholic. In my case, the family just happened that way. When people asked us how many children we planned to have, we'd say, "More than 4 and less than 10."
I feel for your mother! I had big babies too, mostly, and I'm 5 ft tall. But I had great medical care.
Wasn't it Free Spirit who had the HD tattoo?
I miss Free...
AND Miss Kimmy!!
♥&hearts
Anyone heard how she and that gorgeous brood of hers are doing?
Well, we're getting together with family tomorrow,
so I'd best really get some sleep.
If anyone lurking would like a chance to post some political thought
please jump right in!
We're easy going here and friendly
and welcome good conversation. ♥
Quick post before I head to bed
Here is a link to Kimmy's My Space page. I don't know if it's marked private. If it is not, you can click on the picture to view all of her pictures. She and Frank are no longer together. She is with someone new and very happy!
http://profile.myspace.com/
index...riendid=3101637
Cheryl, Danny at BFA front paged my post about you getting to NetRoots. He took down the HEP link at my request. I had no idea he would do that. I think he's trying to get back into our good graces.
Darn it looks like it is set to private - but she is getting remarried in September so that is good news!
I should write to her about BFA - Phil was commenting how he'd like to see her reaction if she found out how it is now.
LMAO I'm going to do it.
Kimmy has a great Howard Dean one and she had been photographed by the media a lot because of it. I will try to find some old stories.
I know Free had tattoos but not sure if she had a Dean one. Kimmy's is really big, across on of her forearms.
OMG, Denise. I will have to check it out. I think we have reached the $250 now. The car issue will have to come later as I don't feel right asking people for help with that. If these corporations would stop ripping people off we wouldn't be in these positions. First they poison us with their toxins while they get rich, then they steal from us via their financial institutions. It is my life's dream to see an end to corporate personhood.
THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
Thanks to all of you who donated, had me in your prayers, send good vibes or all of the above.
I just realized that there are comments on the Chipin page. Have to go read them. BBL.
I am trying to thank Susan and my Outlook keeps crashing on send. I think t was sending out doubles all day too. Ugh.
Free Spirit has ONE tatt: designed by jc.
cHeRyL ~~ I really wish I could help -- just beyond my capacity at this point: not even any thing in my paypal account. But such good luck and light sent your way FWIW.
Here is one of the Kimmy Cash stories.
http://www.brendastardom.com/arc....asp?
ArchID=338
And another one with good stuff on Howard "fighting corporate greed".
http://www.lacitybeat.com/cms/st...499&
IssueNum=29
Puddle, I totally understand and good thoughts work too.
I didn't know JC did Free's tattoo. What is it of?
I am trying to find the photo of Kimmy's Dean tattoo. There was a great one published in late 2003 in a major newspaper. I can find tons of photos of her on Google, but not that one.
One of these days I will need to email her a photo from my punk days which preceded hers by about a decade. She is pretty punk. I was ugly punk, lol.
I was even voted "girl most likely to become a punk rock star" in my senior class. HA! I only think I dressed punk about 3 times during high school so not really sure where that came from because my punk days were more college but it was a small conservative town so just my hair color was considered wild.
This one I think is really pretty. I wonder how that holds up during the years like if the colors fade a lot?
I like that there was very little black used.
http://www.paulgraham.ca/albums/
...o_iamkimiam.jpg
Finally found it! This is when she still had the plastic covering so it was really fresh.
http://boortz.com/images/funny/
f...dean_tattoo.jpg
Eugene then created Truth and Hope.org to do ads since Dean's official ones were so bad.
Oh, the memories. Dean was the original Hope candidate and he also spoke the truth, not to the corporatists. I don't know if there will ever be a campaign like that again.
Kimmy is posting at BFA on the main page. LMAO she got my note
She is looking for you Cheryl. I told her you were here.
Potato latkes--you will find basically the same thing in German cookbooks.
Lyme disease--imported from Europe, and then spread across North America by birds.
Found these two articles about health care which I though should be interesting. Gotta run now--ER calling. BBL
The Doctors' Revolt
Doctors, the traditional advocates for the medical status quo, are increasingly in favor of major reforms to the U.S. health-care system.
Roger Bybee | July 1, 2008
http://www.prospect.org/cs/
artic..._doctors_revolt
=============================
A Limited Health-Care Success in Massachussetts
Everyone who looks at the Massachusetts health reform plan sees what they want to see. But evaluated on its own terms, the plan says much about the pitfalls and promises of reform.
Ezra Klein | July 2, 2008
http://prospect.org/cs/articles?
...massachussetts_
cheryl! hiii you guys!! Whats going on Cheryl? Shitty times? What do you need? im here for any help you need!!
xoxoxoxo
my email is missdeepfried at gmail dot com!
Back again.
Herr Puck's latkes recipe must be nice if one likes that sort of thing, but is far too complicated for my tastes; there is virtue in simplicity.
listener--thanks for the good story.
Oh, I'm so sorry to hear things didn't work out for Frank and Kimmy--but glad to hear things seem to be good for her now. Here's to them staying that way!
Oh great, you found the photo of Kimmy's tattoo--it is a nice one.
Kimmy!!!!
"Oh, the memories. Dean was the original Hope candidate and he also spoke the truth, not to the corporatists. I don't know if there will ever be a campaign like that again.
cHeRyL! | Homepage | 07.06.08 - 1:34 am"
cHeRyL!--You said it. I think it was a once in several generations sort of thing. Even if it didn't succeed, it sure busted things loose, and pointed the way.
I was moderately surprised I could remember my PayPal ID--visit a coffee shop or something on me.
P.S.:
cHeRyL!--What car issue? Share!
Going fishing for a week while wife bakes on the beach. We do meet up for supper and dancing in the evenings...lol
I won't be able to light a candle for Ally 'till I return but I'll be thinking good thoughts for her listener. I tried last night to send a little $$$ Cheryl's way but my card wouldn't go through paypal...glad to see others stepped up to the plate to help you Cheryl. When I get back it'll be full speed ahead with Dem. Comm. stuff.
Later all...hope I don't return as a lobster (I do have a carload of sunscreen...lol).
THANK-YOU, REED! &9825;
I'll light one from you when I light mine, until you're back!!
On the 10th they go to Boston.
Then it gets hard.
&9825; = ♡
{ {{ ♥ Miss kimmy !!! ♥ }} }
Loves at ya, sweetie!
How's that gorgeous Munchkin of yours?
Check yer email, Miss kimmy! ♥
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