Friday night entertainment

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When I was single, I wasn’t much of a club person, it was an occasional outing in New York City, not the weekly ritual that you would read about or hear about. I have always enjoyed the Friday night t.v line up. This season I have gotten hooked on the new show Grimm. The story of a Grimm descendant who has the ability to see the true nature of certain residents of Portland, Oregon. Those residents being the characters from all of our beloved Grimm fairy tales. I like it because he operates in the real world as a detective and in the “fantasy” world as a Grimm who only stops the evil characters, he befriends a “Werewolf” who has gone vegetarian. Next week is the season finale, I think because according to the previews our friend Grimm is going to be in serious mortal danger from the two powerful characters.

The show isn’t deep or particularly meaningful but it entertains me nevertheless. Can’t keep a good Grimm down.

Crazy vacation

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Back in the Day

Cap Ferret lighthouse

It was the summer of 2000. I took the two kids and my mother-in-law and her dear friend with me to France. This was a first visit to Europe for my mother-in-law and her friend. I had made all the traveling plans including renting a villa sight unseen in the southwest of France. For those who do not know my mother-in-law, she was the inspiration behind the character Marie in Everybody Loves Raymond, I exaggerate in her being the inspiration perhaps but only by a little. We had gotten off the T.G.V in the rain at Bordeaux, I had gotten all the luggage and found a bench, parked the gang while I found the rental car to drive us down to Cap Ferret. The car was not large so I struggled but I got everything and everyone in the car and managed to find the road to our villa. By this time, I was exhausted, I had pulled a few muscles and I still wasn’t sure where I was going. I stated in no uncertain terms that when we got to the villa, I didn’t want to hear any complaints whatsoever. Any complaining to be done would have to wait until morning, and by golly it was the quietest, most restful car ride ever. The villa turned out to be fantastic and the vacation was fine but my patience was tested daily by my mother-in-law.

Sarah Palin: Obama Is Bringing Back Discrimination From ‘Days Before The Civil War’

The absolute ignorance of that woman, Hannity is a hack, a fear monger and an overall hateful man. Palin has an inflated sense of ego and to think that she feels qualified to comment on how African-Americans feel and think in life in general and in academia is hubris taken to the hilt. I cannot imagine what it is like to live my life as an African-American though I have been subjected to sexist remarks and behavior and when I see people like Hannity and Palin speak their racism and ignorance, it makes me angry. The ridiculousness of saying that President Obama is taking us back to pre Civil War attitudes and behaviors leaves me speechless.
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