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Rants! & Raves! 6.13

Written by Kristin Chapman
June 13, 2008

24 Comments

Here it is, Rants! & Raves!, your weekly chance to sound off about the week past. Remember the rules:

1. A Rave! is something that happened during the past week that you’re pleased about and is signified by the word “Rave!” and/or an appropriately peppy emoticon.

2 A Rant! is something that happened during the past week that you’re ticked about and is signified by the word “Rant!” and/or an appropriately grumpy emoticon.

3. You may Rant! about something a person said, did or wrote, but you may not Rant! about generally disliking a person.

Have fun!

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24 Comments to “Rants! & Raves! 6.13”

1. by mommy 06.13.08 at 8:15 am

Rave: Summer. I love it.
2. by Make it Man 06.13.08 at 8:41 am

I have nothing to complain about.
3. by Make it Man 06.13.08 at 8:42 am

Stealth Raves….
4. by Samuel 06.13.08 at 8:42 am

Rant: I am amazed by our five Supreme Court elites that they think terrorists should be treated like American criminals rather than fanatical killers eager to destroy America. Are these justices wholly ignorant of the enemy and previous Court rulings? Now terrorists will have the expectation to be treated as ordinary Americans. This is as ridiculous as it is dangerous. Why should foreign terrorists, who have never set foot in the United States and who do not respect our laws, enjoy the same rights under our Constitution as U.S. citizens?

Justice Scalia, writing in dissent, said: “The game of bait-and-switch that today’s opinion plays upon the Nation’s Commander in Chief will make the war harder on us. It will almost certainly cause more Americans to be killed.”

Chief Justice John Roberts, in his own dissent to Thursday’s ruling, criticized the majority for striking down what he called “the most generous set of procedural protections ever afforded aliens detained by this country as enemy combatants.”
5. by Make it Man 06.13.08 at 9:12 am

I wonder what American’s treatment would be like if any of them were caught doing those things in any other country in the world?
6. by Chas 06.13.08 at 9:18 am

Second Semuel’s rant.

Rave: We made a day trip to Highlands yesterday. We spent much of the day looking for a motel in which we stayed on our honeymood 51 years ago. The only thing I had it identify it was a picture of Elvera standing in front of it holding an orchid. We showed the picture to several people and asked if they could place the motel. Several looked at the picture this grey haired lady showed them of this pretty young girl standing in front of a building. The contrast must have been obvious. Only one comment was made. One guy said, “That’s a good picture.” But he also recognized the place. We had passed it several times, but didn’t know to look for it. It was on US 64 on the way home. We stopped and looked around. It was old and decrepid, like we are. But we’re glad we found it.

It’s a terrible thing Pauline and the others up there are going through. The real shame is that I wish we had it. I think we could handle all of it. If the ground is soaked that much, we might have some landslides, but I suspect our reservoirs could hold the water. We are thirsty here.
7. by adios 06.13.08 at 9:22 am

Rave: An LA studio is very interested in my screenplay.

Rant: The legal documents one must wade through to sell a screenplay is beyond belief.
8. by michelle 06.13.08 at 10:08 am

Wonderful friends the world over. My prayer partner enjoined them to send me birthday cards on Tuesday. Counting the card from Southwest Airlines, I got 60!

Very humbling and now I get the joy of responding–via e-mail!

I got to hear my husband speak at a Sustainability Conference yesterday in San Jose to glowing reviews. We’re SO glad we don’t live in brown Silicon Valley.

Oh, we SO much need some of the rain you guys are hogging in the midwest.

This new Mac operating system is turning my hair grey really fast–no one mentioned this “intuitive advantage.”

Exciting news for Adios!
9. by KayVee 06.13.08 at 10:23 am

I spent yesterday afternoon in a hot, sunny football stadium watching Granddaughter and 524 of her closest friends graduate from High School. So many beautiful young people give me hope for the future of our country.

We had a lovely celebration dinner at sunset, in a restaurant with an ocean view. WOW!

Got a flat tire on the freeway in the dark on the way home.

Got off the freeway safely and son-in-law came to my rescue.

Congratulations, Adios. Keep us informed on the progress as your script is filmed.
10. by Peter L 06.13.08 at 10:33 am

Michelle- We would send you the rain, but the storms come from the West. You just live on the wrong side of the Rockies.

Rave: We were wise enough to buy a house on the bluff, 100ft above the river.
11. by NJLawyer 06.13.08 at 10:35 am

The President has said he accepts the Supreme Court decision AND that he’ll seek new legislation to correct the problem so that those who are not terrorists will get a fair shake from us. (Okay, now you can be mad at me.)
12. by Mark Roth 06.13.08 at 10:44 am

It may be Friday…

But Sunday’s a-comin’!
13. by Mark Roth 06.13.08 at 11:52 am

Today is my folks’ Fiftieth Anniversary.
14. by Pauline 06.13.08 at 11:52 am

We’re high enough above the river that all we’re likely to lose is the basement carpet, and whatever it takes to get work done to minimize future damage from water in the basement. We won’t need boats to get to and from our house like some people my husband passes on his way to work.

There is so much flooding that a lot of people can’t get to where he works, and he was one of only 13 people who made it in last night. His team - what there was of it - was assigned to another part of the warehouse, where he tried to fill in for two different jobs. He probably won’t be able to get to work himself tonight because the water keeps rising and they’re closing the last bridge through the area he has to drive through.

That would give him four nights off in a row, including the next three which he asked for so we can celebrate our 19th wedding anniversary. (He’ll probably need the first night just to catch up on sleep after so many weeks of working 7 nights a week.)

Someone told me the Thai restaurant we want to go to will probably not be closed by the flooding, even though it’s only two blocks from the river.
15. by kBells 06.13.08 at 12:32 pm

Hubby took the child to see his mother and I have the house to myself.
I don’t know what to do first.
16. by CoyoteBlue 06.13.08 at 12:56 pm

Rant: Posts on this blog regarding mixed race individuals that insist that identifying with one half more strongly than the other is dissing the other or the other’s entire lineage. Being a mixed race individual, I do know from experience that one is treated like the minority half unless one can successfully pass for majority. I do believe those that deny this or try to, er, white wash it either have an undying idea of American utopia or an utter inability to deal with tough issues.

Rave: simple pleasures like a cold beer on hot day. Also teleworking.
17. by CoyoteBlue 06.13.08 at 12:57 pm

second rave: NJ’s post above

second rant: Decrying the Supremes for recognizing that we do have a Constitution and that it matters.
18. by Make it Man 06.13.08 at 2:24 pm

I got some new expensive software to play with today… I’m hyperventilating…

I can’t really play with it until I get some major work done on the main program.

Motivation
19. by Make it Man 06.13.08 at 2:46 pm

ABC asks if this is the last century of civilization?

ABC asks if it’s the end of the world:
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=5045549&page=1
20. by kimberly 06.13.08 at 3:06 pm

Well, MIM … it may very well be the end of the world, but probably not for the reason ABC offers.

But thanks for the link.

We survived the storm!

Lord Peter Wimsey (to whom I was introduced this spring.
21. by JaneDoe 06.13.08 at 4:36 pm

Ah. Looking forward to a weekend of camping.

It is going to be muddy.
22. by outkast 06.13.08 at 9:29 pm

I take the family on a 2-week vacation a week from today in our new SUV.

Next Friday is still a week today, plus this next week I’ll be feverishly working to pay for the fuel bill for driving 3,000 miles in a vehicle that gets half the MPG my Jetta gets.
23. by grandma 06.14.08 at 12:07 am

Got all the work done that needed to get done this week and sent out thanks to a great employee and a great husband! Couldn’t have done it without them.

Was a very frustrating week. If it could go wrong, it did! Plus the snow made everyone a bit on edge.

But, we made it and when DH and I went out and played 18 holes of golf and it was a beautiful evening! (Even if our game was bad!)

Get to see granddaughter Reegan for a short visit tomorrow. That is the 3rd time this month. That is just AOK!
24. by steveaubrey 06.14.08 at 12:20 pm

Rave: My home-built PC powered up the first time I plugged it in, and it’s been working without physical problems for a week.

Rant: Still going through the software setup (Ubuntu host, VMWare Workstation, WinXP guest)

Rave: Even the software is over 98% complete.

Rave: I took the Gravatar plunge!

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