If you must make protest signs, Learn to Spell

Thanks to www.themudflats.net for these photos. Mudflats is an Alaskan blogger, who is funny and insightful on the political scene in that state. It always reminds me why I would never live there.

These folks are protesting the addition of the words "sexual orientation" to the state law about denying housing or education or reason to be fired from a job.


So, no mis-spellings here but I wanted to post this one next to the one below that says "gays recruit children". Is this just a really short, youthful looking heterosexual adult?




kind of hard to see but it's corrupted, with one r






Mudflats line is "honk if you can spell"







this is a talk radio show jerk in Alaska, and a good friend of the governor

Did I Forget to Blog the Grad ?

AnnaLise Bender-Brown is leaving the conservative southern California town of Thousand Oaks to attend Reed College in Hippie-ville (Portland OR). YIPPEE !!
It couldn't come soon enough for us to get her back to the Pacific Northwest. Apologies to Traci and Denise but we have never forgiven you for taking her away. :) (I guess that should read No Apologies)



for some reason the Husky Marching Band van followed us all the way to Santa Monica.


AnnaLise, showing off that SoCal tan.. Her skin was made for Portland, OR.



that's ANN a Lise to you.




last drumming gig for T.O.H.S. (she's in the white, to the right of the fake palms)

THE Grandmother, Cornie

THE Mothers, Traci & Denise

THE Godmothers, A & G

But hey, enough about the kid... how about us ? yes, we had drinks with "Natalie" from Monk. and hung out in the airport lounge with Al Pacino. God , are we cool, or what??

Mom's Rehab, the photo story

shiny new metal parts in mom's body

support teams

tues. church & coffee gang (with a couple interlopers)

you will kick those cones

and eat your veggies

and bend

and walk

and walk

and walk

and walk

and walk

and stand tall

and push this button if something bad happens

HOWEVER, no PT, group support, surgery, diet, or prayer will EVER ALLOW YOU TO DO THIS !