A Time for Change!

To many, New York is the center of the world (the center of the universe to New Yorkers). If anything happens anywhere it happens here. By default, if you live in New York you should be fully aware of everything going on in the world because you live in the center of the world. Well, for me New York has had the exact opposite effect. For two years I have lived in a bubble, completely oblivious to the world around me - that is until about a week ago. By shear luck, and the fact CNN has a monopoly on airport televisions, I saw the recap of the Democratic National Convention, and John McCain's Vice Presidential running mate announcement. Now I am ravenously devouring any piece of information I can get.
It is clear to me, and I hope clear to every other living, breathing, thinking, voting adult in the United States of America, this is one of the most important and decisive elections of our time. I am amazed by the media coverage and the unabashed expression of opinions rather than facts, but more than that I am amazed - sometimes impressed and sometimes appalled - at reaction of the voters.
In a google link I found a blog post entitled America's Hottest Govenor for President. The blog entry itself is just your typical liberal dronings, a regurgetation of that has been said since the announcement, with nothing new or intellegent to add. What I did find interesting though, were the comments made to this post. Of all the comments for or against Gov. Palin, this one is truly insightful.

friendof theUS says:
Dear friends - I’m a Malaysian. America, despite her failings, is too important for freedom & human rights so the choice of president is all important. Obama is a nice chap with a good heart, trying to do good things. But remember the scene from Lord of the Rings - when Frodo asks Gandalf to bear the Ring? DO you remember Gandalf’s answer? It is so true. The same is true of Obama. These are dangerous times - the enemy wants to destroy freedom and replace it with a death cult. These are not Nazis or Commies, but far more dangerous adversaries with a philosophy that dements the mind - until even stoning to death is justifiable. McCain knows the value of freedom for it was taken away from him in Vietnam. a person like Obama will make a good president - but only in the future during a time of peace. But for now we need McCain - cos the enemy is at your gates.

Birthday Trivia

Although I have no know blood relation to Ransom E. Olds, the inventor of the Oldsmobile, we have a very significant connection. On August 26, 1950, exactly 30 years before I entered this world, R.E. Olds left this life.

crazy.

Read, Riting, Rithmatic

Could someone please explain to me HOW I made it through four years of college in a writing based major (Humanities) and a Masters program (80 page thesis) when I am a terrible writer?

Can You Believe This?

If you want to know about the otherside of the Olympic games read this.

Maybe I Didn't Want to know

A friend of mine had this ADD/ADHD test on his blog. I have always wondered if I had ADD, my mom has even questioned if I had ADD. So I thought it would be funny to find out what this test had to say.

Maybe I didn't really want to know........

The Benefits of Work

As many of you may know I am not particularly thrilled with my job, but even with all the drawbacks it does have a few benefits. One of which is learning fascinating yet completely useless information.
As part of my job I search the internet for new news on rare books and the auction world. Sometimes my research brings up very fascinating information that is completely irrelevant to the topic I am searching. Finding cool information (like this) is definitely one of the highlights of my day.

More on the Real Thomas Crown

What's Going On: There was more to him than met the eye...

The Real Thomas Crown Affair

This is the craziest story....
http://www.bynonartservices.com/2008/08/13/stolen-art-uncovered-is-it-yours-appeals-fbi/

Swearing & Cursing - What it means to cuss

Living in New York I think I have heard more swearing than I ever heard before in my entire life. Words generally associated with immature hoodlums, vagrents, and sailors are used in daily speech by educated, and otherwise refined men and women. Rather than becoming numb and immune to the harsh language I have become increasingly sensitive. Words I used to find just offensive now cut me to the core. Especially the taking of the Lord's name in vain. This change in me has caused me to ponder and wonder at the nature of these words and what they really mean.

I always wondered what taking the Lords name in vain meant. What did it mean to take something in vain? It didn't make sense to me that to take something in vain meant to use it as a swear word. A few years ago I was listening to Dr. Laura and she made a comment that really resonated with me. She said in essence, that that taking the Lord's name in vain was not using his name as a swearword, but rather not living up to the covenant you make to take his name upon you, to stand as a representative of him at all times, in all things, and all places. This was the truest answer I had ever heard. But then it made me think, how did using the Lord's name as an exclaimation, a curse, come to be accepted as the meaning of taking the Lords name in vain?

Sitting in my office, hearing the Lord's name exclaimed several time a minute, I came to realize why hearing His name used so flippantly, so negatively, hurt me so much. That single word, that precious name, is simplest form of prayer. When we use his name so flippantly we are disregarding, discrediting, and disrespecting one of the most precious gifts given to us as human beings, as children of God.

Somebody put Crack in my Coke!

My mind has been racing at a million miles an hour today. Which is good because I am suddenly full of good ideas for EVERYTHING! But it is almost moving too fast for my own good. I am a little bundle of energy and I don't what to attribute it to. I've been like this since I woke up this morning - Courtnie can attest (just ask her what I was like running The Bridge this morning). I feel like Twitchy from Hoodwinked. I swear someone must have slipped crack into my Diet Coke!

Sara Talks-o-lot

I don't know why but I have this overwhelming desire to share every little thing that comes into my head. It can be the most random, most mundane thing but I want to tell someone - I want to share. It is to the point of ridiculousness. For the past three weeks all I have done at work is look at address lists....all day long.....for THREE weeks! Nothing can get more boring than an address list of 100,000 names - but somehow I find something interesting and immediately I want to tell someone - anyone! "Oh look that person lives in San Marino...my mom lived in San Marino...I wonder if they have any connections....Oh! how funny! Look! Their store is Mostly Maps. Ha ha! 'We're only mostly maps' it's like "He's only mostly dead"....I wonder what else they sell....comic books? tennis shoes? :) etc. etc. etc" and I sit and wish for someone to tell all my random wonderings to.

I feel bad for my future husband. I appear relatively quiet at first but watch out! Sara-talks-o-lot

Ps. the other funny thing is everyone at work comments on how quiet I am. hee hee! Little do they know.

What's the Big Deal?

I don't quite understand it, but New Yorkers love their Deli's. Long aisles of food sitting on warming trays waiting for you to serve yourself.

You would think that because these are the hot-spots they would offer the most bang for your buck. Wrong! These self-serve purveyors of semi-warm semi-good food are ridiculously expensive. Today, thinking I would run get a fast, nutritious, inexpensive lunch, I patronized one of our local deli's. My lunch consisted of a scoop of cottage cheese, four slices of pineapple, an apple, a piece of garlic bread and a diet coke. This light fare cost me $9.00! I can buy better food for a better price at the airport or Disneyland!

Never again!

Today's Lexicon

It has been debated, challenged and questioned. Here is the answer:

Yeah - (yě'ə, yā'ə, yā'ə) Pronunciation Key adv. Informal Yes. [Variant of yea.]
Origin: 1900–1905

Yea - (yā) adv. Origin: bef. 900
1. yes (used in affirmation or assent).
2. indeed: Yea, and he did come.
3. not only this but even: a good, yea, a noble man. –noun
4. an affirmation; an affirmative reply or vote.
5. a person who votes in the affirmative. Indeed; truly: They have spoken, yea shouted
their reply.

Yay!- (yā) interj. Used as an exclamation of pleasure, approval, elation, or victory