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Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comBlogger32231100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1155158177917678212006-08-09T17:15:00.000-04:002006-08-09T17:16:18.076-04:00LOSERMAN 2006I will admit that reading about Lieberman’s loss last night brought me political happiness that I haven’t experienced since…since…ummm…good gravy when is the last time any of my candidates won anything?Oh. Hillary 2000.Ok. Worse yet, it isn’t even that Lamont is my guy. Seriously, the best I hoped for from Lamont was that he would present enough of a challenge that we’d forever be Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1155094739322659102006-08-08T23:38:00.000-04:002006-08-08T23:38:59.326-04:00WHO'S CRYING IN HER SOUP NOW??Should Lieberman win the primary, and my guess is that he will, are all the newspapers that are joyously calling the election for Lamont going to feel stupid or are they going to pretend they never did any such thing? And, on a sidenote, are they going to feel like idiots for falling for the whole "Daily Kos is all knowing and all powerful" again (see 2002, 2004)?WhoDawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1155094433806514102006-08-08T23:31:00.000-04:002006-08-08T23:33:53.810-04:00DRUDGE: LOSERMAN SAYS HE'S NO LONGER A DEMOCRATIt's like when the Dixie Chicks "quit country music."Sen. Joe Lieberman has conceded the U.S. Senate primary to challenger Ned Lamont but vowed to petition his way onto the November ballot as an independent.Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1155094096209492282006-08-08T23:26:00.000-04:002006-08-08T23:28:16.216-04:00LOSERMAN LOSESThe Lamont people better fricking win the Senate seat. Cause if they doon't...Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1155093629914366592006-08-08T23:14:00.000-04:002006-08-08T23:20:30.003-04:00RICK BLAINE IS FUNNYVery, very, very, very, very, very, very, very (DEAR GOD, MAN! Have you no billable work????!) funny.Someone should get him a blog.Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1155060829300645812006-08-08T14:13:00.000-04:002006-08-08T14:13:49.373-04:00BOY DOES SHE...I just can't believe Clareified wasn't the number one result for this search.Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1154960679669492712006-08-07T10:22:00.000-04:002006-08-07T10:24:39.786-04:00THAT'S ME!I mean my cake. Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1154920339842007872006-08-06T23:11:00.000-04:002006-08-06T23:12:19.923-04:00CONVERSATION OF THE DAYPeter: "She's not able to come to the home phone."Me: "Why?"Peter: She's not home.Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1154912363453377972006-08-06T20:57:00.000-04:002006-08-06T20:59:23.540-04:00LIFESTYLES OF THE NCI walked in on the valet reading PlayBoy. I told him to just give me the keys, I'd get my own car.May have to burn the keys.Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1154910938429458972006-08-06T20:35:00.000-04:002006-08-07T14:35:32.636-04:00BURNED, BABY, BURNEDI burned the shit out of myself today...pardon my French.I decided to make some chicken parmesan --- you know, start to put a dent in my nineteen pounds of leftover chicken breast. I put the first one in the oil, without incident.In fact, I was worried that I hadn’t let the oil heat up enough, because there wasn’t much sizzle sounds.Well, turns out...the oil? Plenty hot. Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1154739818721439962006-08-04T21:02:00.000-04:002006-08-04T21:03:38.806-04:00HEY NOW!It's all fun and games until bombs start falling on the Catholics. The bombs destroyed four bridges along the main north-south highway in what had been the largely untouched Christian heartland north of Beirut and far from Hezbollah territory. With the road from Beirut to Damascus already cut at several points, this was the only practical way to bring in relief and other supplies from Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1154730082074907992006-08-04T18:19:00.000-04:002006-08-04T18:21:22.170-04:00BUT NOT GAY LOVEAiken's third album, "A Thousand Different Ways," will be in stores September 19. The new CD combines 10 cover versions of well-known songs from the '70s, '80s and '90s with four new songs, RCA Records announced Thursday.Tracks on Aiken's new disc include Bryan Adams' "Everything I Do (I Do It for You)," Celine Dion's "Because You Loved Me" and Elton John's "Sorry Seems to Be the Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1154720577471256892006-08-04T15:42:00.000-04:002006-08-04T15:42:57.770-04:00CLAREIFIED.COMType it in!! It's fun.Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1154701004596347782006-08-04T10:15:00.000-04:002006-08-04T10:16:44.670-04:00KNACK LEAD SINGER HAS BRAIN SURGERYProbably to get that damn "My Sharona" out of his head once and for all.Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1154638674535324972006-08-03T16:57:00.000-04:002006-08-03T16:57:54.646-04:00NOT SO RANDOM THOUGHTThank God those videophones never really took off.Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1154636874510270812006-08-03T16:27:00.000-04:002006-08-03T16:27:54.643-04:00UHH...WHAT NOW?A man charged with drunken driving from the passenger's seat has asked a judge to throw out an incriminating statement he made to a state trooper. When D'Alessandro approached the vehicle, he said he found the driver, Lucas Enbacker, holding a large sandwich with both hands and he detected a strong odor of alcohol.When the trooper asked why the car swerved, Pittman leaned across Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1154627931494964582006-08-03T13:55:00.000-04:002006-08-03T14:09:48.110-04:00SINCE THIS IS CONSIDERED BLOGGING THESE DAYS...I've been listening to Murder (or Heart Attack) non-stop this week.Don't know who it's by.via ANDawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1154627264780402222006-08-03T13:45:00.000-04:002006-08-03T13:49:14.963-04:00TAKE THAT SURGEON GENERALPeople who study exceptional longevity — the state of living to 100 or beyond — say factors like diet, exercise, health habits, social support and the ability to find meaning in life appear to play a role in getting people to, say, 85. But, some of them say, they suspect that genes play the dominant role in hitting 100 or above.“I have no one that was exercising,” said Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1154626103948178202006-08-03T13:25:00.000-04:002006-08-03T14:10:49.883-04:00WEB HOST?So...I got the domain name clareified.com for my birthday...I wanna move this blog there and be all cool and on movable type.How the hell do I do that? Willing to pay reasonable fees for design/hosting...but needs to be done quickly...you know, haste is the key ingredient in impulse buys.Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1154624830666426802006-08-03T13:06:00.000-04:002006-08-03T13:07:10.740-04:00RANDOM BLOGSURFING WITH DAWNI meant it. Don't ask me why. It's random. See this post's title?Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1154622036553239162006-08-03T12:17:00.000-04:002006-08-03T12:20:36.656-04:00OH.MY.GOD.Embattled Sen. Joe Lieberman is trailing businessman Ned Lamont by double digits in the race for the Connecticut Democratic Senate nomination, a new poll released this morning shows.The Quinnipiac University poll gives Lamont a 54 percent to 41 percent lead among likely Democratic primary voters and is the latest indication that the three-term incumbent is in serious danger of losing Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1129961169382575222006-08-01T16:03:00.000-04:002006-08-01T21:51:07.583-04:00NO FRIENDS FOR DAWN IN THE ECB"That's what they call a friendship in Bed Stuy...a guy who doesn't steal your bike."- Chris Rock on 'Everybody Hates Chris'First off, you should know that I didn’t get the training wheels off my bike till I was twelve years old.I know that probably sounds late, but I had actually made remarkable progess since I was only allowed to ride my bike up and down the block Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1154453247848227662006-08-01T13:25:00.000-04:002006-08-01T13:27:27.960-04:00Gibson: I am not an anti-semiteWhen later informed by his publicist that "anti-semite" means someone who hates the Jews, Gibson quickly retracted his protests with a simple "Oh...ok, then. Cause I totally hate the Jews."Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1154446668122973702006-08-01T11:36:00.000-04:002006-08-01T11:37:48.206-04:00NOT SO RANDOM THOUGHTUhmm...you can never tell when knowing the words to "These Boots were made for walking" in French will come in handy.Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1154444412011444502006-08-01T10:58:00.000-04:002006-08-01T11:00:12.086-04:00WE'LL TAKE ITWith black creators giving more acceptability to the image, it is now starting to appear more often in television commercials as well. Most recently some variation of this character has appeared in commercials for Dairy Queen, Universal Studios and Captain Morgan rum.But despite the popularity of such characters among blacks, the use of the image of big black women as the target of Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1154404066368967512006-07-31T23:47:00.000-04:002006-08-01T08:20:25.303-04:00REST IN THE WESTMacaroni has a very funny “how we met” story.I don’t remember all of it, but it goes something like this:“Hi I’m Macaroni!”Sullen, half-asleep, one eighth as enthusiastic girl looks up and nods.“Hey.”“What’s your name? What section are you in? Isn’t New York just ever soooo crazy??”“Uh…Dawn. Ginsburg and no, I’m from here.”“You’re from New York???!! That’s so cool. I’m from Las Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1154373997678575112006-07-31T15:26:00.000-04:002006-07-31T15:26:37.793-04:00GO DAWN, IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY...AGAIN“Are you sure two pasta dishes are enough?”“Yes,” Pi replied for the nineteenth time, “we’ll also have salad and garlic bread and cheese.”I wasn’t convinced. Nevermind that Pi throws dinner parties every week and has done so for like the last fifteen years.“Can we also make chicken parm?”She sighed.“Fine, you have to buy chicken breasts.”“I can do that.”And I Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1154370712428117162006-07-31T14:29:00.001-04:002006-07-31T14:34:24.116-04:00STOP GAP POSTINGI can’t believe July is over already.I wait forever and ever for birthday season and just when I am settling in and becoming accustomed to being showered with gifts and affection, it’s August!Bah.Next year, we’ll have to do two months!I promised some longer posting about my two main birthday parties.I promise a lot of things.I don’t know, I’ve got writer’s block or something like Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1154369740554704942006-07-31T14:14:00.000-04:002006-07-31T14:15:40.656-04:00DEAR DAWN 2Be afraid, be very afraid.Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1154185886772354432006-07-29T11:09:00.000-04:002006-07-29T11:11:26.943-04:00A SATURDAY MORNING WISHTo the person that crushed a cigarette out on my balcony, and left it there, may you die the death of one million syphilitic red ants.Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1154124460686739282006-07-28T18:04:00.000-04:002006-07-28T18:07:40.766-04:00HOLEY MOLEY132 dead from California heat.Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1154118231063667962006-07-28T16:23:00.000-04:002006-07-28T16:23:51.156-04:00HOW DO YOU SAY 'BUSTED' IN ARAMAIC?Mel Gibson arrested for DUI.Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1154116585643472432006-07-28T15:54:00.000-04:002006-07-28T15:56:25.650-04:00CONVERSATION OF YESTERDAYGIWTHSW: You need a manicure.Me: I just got a manicure four days ago.GIWTHSW: Mmm. Been doing a lot of digging have we?Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1154116460698894482006-07-28T15:53:00.000-04:002006-07-28T15:54:20.803-04:00NOT SO RANDOM THOUGHTWhy is "Republican Party" the first choice listed on the voter registration card? We almost had one of those "I was young and stupid" moments to explain during my 2024 presidential campaign.Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1154104742135033392006-07-28T12:38:00.000-04:002006-07-28T12:39:02.216-04:00SUMMER IN THE CITYShe was 5 feet 2 inches, weighed 105 pounds, and was wearing a white miniskirt with a black halter top.Her body was found at 4:30 a.m. yesterday inside the trash bin in a parking lot in the shadow of two 24-story buildings at Park Avenue and West Broadway in West New York. From there, the trail led two blocks away to the Park Avenue Motel, at 60 48th Street in Weehawken, where Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1154067662359247172006-07-28T02:19:00.000-04:002006-07-28T02:21:02.526-04:00FIND YOURSELF IN A HOLE? KEEP DIGGINGI called a car to pick me up from Whiteyville to take me to my new home in North Kenwindsorton Court (hereafter the NC).The company calls to say the car is downstairs and I go down.I see the driver stealing a drag.“Safeway?” I ask him.He doesn’t answer.“Hi…hello there! SAFEWAY?” I ask a little louder.He shakes his head in the negative and exhales a plume of Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1154039472055989042006-07-27T18:30:00.000-04:002006-07-27T18:31:12.153-04:00LOOK PEOPLE...Dialing 911 is not the way to get a date. By The Associated ptressCANDOR, N.Y. -- Tyler Engelhard is in jail for what he said was a joke.Calling 911 because he "wanted to see a hot chick" wasn't funny to the police who charged the 21-year-old Binghamton-area man with falsely reporting an incident.Police said Engelhard called Tuesday and told a dispatcher his parents "should be in Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1154037798850709502006-07-27T18:02:00.000-04:002006-07-27T18:03:19.000-04:00CAPTION THIS!No...really...go on, caption it.Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1154032157988206642006-07-27T16:28:00.000-04:002006-07-27T16:29:18.093-04:00NEW MEDIA LOOKING MORE LIKE OLD MEDIAor vice versa...Wonkette named as Time editor.Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1154015995768854662006-07-27T11:58:00.000-04:002006-07-27T11:59:55.866-04:00NOW, THAT'S HOTTBody count rises in California heat.In one of the hardest-hit areas, coroners in Fresno County on Wednesday began stacking bodies two to a gurney because there were so many.Among the 81 deaths believed to be caused by the heat statewide since July 16, 20 are in Fresno County. Coroner Loralee Cervantes said her staff was doing autopsies nonstop and decomposition of some bodies madeDawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1153951219540787362006-07-26T17:59:00.000-04:002006-07-26T18:00:19.853-04:00NO WORDS. SERIOUSLY. NONE.Ok...maybe a couple. Please tell me this is a hoax.via Batesline.Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1153947499649076632006-07-26T16:56:00.000-04:002006-07-26T17:45:22.086-04:00QUOTE OF THE DAYNowadays it seems like young parents don't want to accept the fact that they can't squeeze in any fun time of their own, so they choose to bring their responsibilities out into the the unmarried and single crowd hang outs.PN on parents bringing baby to bar days.By the way, I don't see their prettiness, but we've added Pretty Numbers to the blogroll.viaDawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1153944449013180802006-07-26T16:05:00.000-04:002006-07-26T16:07:29.143-04:00TEXAS JURY DOESN'T SEND SOMEONE TO DEATH ROW!Andrea Yates Not Guilty By Reason of InsanityAlthough, I think the prosecutors only trid her for the deaths of a couple of the kids, so they may take another shot.Today, her former husband, Rusty Yates, who has sat through most of the retrial, said he was glad the jury accepted the insanity plea instead of sending Ms. Yates to prison. He talked about Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1153940932665164382006-07-26T15:06:00.000-04:002006-07-26T15:08:52.886-04:00IT'S NOT GONNA BE MELance Bass is gay and writing a sitcom.Although Chris Kirkpatrick was always my favorite one.Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1153936350362340542006-07-26T13:51:00.000-04:002006-07-26T13:52:30.456-04:00THAT'S HOW I LIKE MY REPUBLICANS!Good and ashamed.Not that I like Republicans, mind you.[Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele,] spoke of his party affiliation as though it were a congenital defect rather than a choice. "It's an impediment. It's a hurdle I have to overcome," he said. "I've got an 'R' here, a scarlet letter."That left the candidate in a difficult spot. "For me to pretend I'm not a Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1153859037429035612006-07-25T16:00:00.000-04:002006-07-25T16:33:28.646-04:00A DAWN SUMMERS ORIGINAL PRODUCTION:Spending Too Much Time With Republicans: Three ConversationsMe: My friend Pi wants interest rates to go up.Pearatty: Me too! Then when all those people with their O% down adjustable mortages go into foreclosure I can buy their houses.Me: Yeah...remember when dispossessing people was a bad thing?Pearatty: Well, these irresponsible people are the reason prices areDawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1153654213869904572006-07-23T07:27:00.000-04:002006-07-23T07:31:03.420-04:00THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED...I so thought those two crazy kids would make it.P.S.By the way, Justin: Timberlake's second solo album, "FutureSex/LoveSounds," will be released September12. His first single from the CD, "SexyBack," began playing on U.S. radio outlets earlier this month."I didn't want to be that 'guy from the boy band,' " says Timberlake, formerly of 'N Sync.Go to hell. And see you on Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1153653837773779122006-07-23T07:21:00.000-04:002006-07-23T07:23:57.776-04:00AND IT'LL SUCK TO WALK 12 FLIGHTS UP TO MY APARTMENT...I really shouldn't say anything about the blackout in Queens.Really, really, cause it'll just mean a blackout in Brooklyn next week.However.I once wrote:Indeed, Queens is not Jersey. No, Sir. Queens is Oklahoma. Or Kansas. Or…Poland.Seriously.The streets are lined with white picket-fenced houses, with little old ladies sitting out front. Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1153651114473940332006-07-23T06:15:00.000-04:002006-07-23T07:13:38.270-04:00SILENT NIGHTI must have fallen asleep.I know this because the playlist is 34 songs long.I quietly hummed my way through the Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat songs, and vaguely remember hearing the echoes of the "Once more with feeling" soundtrack play in my head.But there is no memory of the Rocky Horror Picture Show songs, before I vividly start to hear my Avenue Q favorites.A tell-tale fourDawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1153612992243186272006-07-22T20:01:00.000-04:002006-07-22T20:03:12.246-04:00NOW THAT'S A SUPER MOVIEMy super ex girlfriend was super fantastic! Uma is great. Owen is a hilarious straightman. I finally laughed at something that sidekick dude from the Office says...just great.Walk...run...fly...Sigh...if only I could throw sharks at people...I would be unstoppable.Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1153612868937912452006-07-22T20:00:00.000-04:002006-07-22T20:01:09.003-04:00QUOTE OF THE DAYpearatty: I admit, I haven't taken any math classes since the 80s.Me: That's ok. I haven't understood any of my math classes since the 80s.Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1153587746932836682006-07-22T13:01:00.000-04:002006-07-22T13:18:12.833-04:00HEY...What is Senator Coors up to?Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1153559291132074382006-07-22T04:55:00.000-04:002006-07-22T05:08:11.226-04:00WHY IS DAWN AWAKE?It is way past my bed time even by California time standards...however, I woke up this morning in Brooklyn. Then traveled forward back through time.Yet, here I am.Pearatty is off to bed. Beating me at Scrabble is tiring, what with all the crying and temper tantrum throwing which follows.I think I'll kill her in her sleep. Hmm...but she has to bake the cake tomorrow...ok, will Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1153554030223916102006-07-22T03:38:00.000-04:002006-07-22T03:40:30.323-04:00TIED FOR QUOTE OF THE DAY"Racism is funny.""That ride was really jolty.*" -pearatty*54 points on a triple and "aren't you going to mention that not only did I get 54 points, but then you challenged and lost your turn?" Me: No.Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1153449858475213002006-07-20T22:39:00.000-04:002006-07-20T22:44:18.476-04:00NOT SO RANDOM THOUGHTI've got like four moods: confused, bitter, angry and whimsical.Usually in that order.Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1153449570911091212006-07-20T22:37:00.000-04:002006-07-20T22:39:30.980-04:00SUMMERS AND HOOCH"Bart: Can I be a boozehound? Homer: Not till you're fif...teeeeeen."“Pssst, F-train…which one is Milwaukee’s Best?”“What do you mean?”“Is it Bud Light? Or Coors? Or Miller’s?”“Uh…it’s Milwaukee’s Best, dude.”“Wait…that’s the name? I thought that was like the slogan – you know, like Burger King: Have it your way.”“No.”D’oh.Ok, I don’t know my beers. The only beer I ever really Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1153429777806358282006-07-20T17:07:00.000-04:002006-07-20T17:09:37.910-04:00NEGLECT It will be my own fault when Clareified tries to smother I Had Outs in his crib.I promise to have many, many posts tomorrow. Many many. But realize, that will bring with it the expectation of many many comments.Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1153332621293082592006-07-19T14:09:00.000-04:002006-07-19T14:10:21.493-04:00SNAKE ON A PLANE!You read that right.Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1153255751508464972006-07-18T16:42:00.000-04:002006-07-18T16:51:44.506-04:00WHO'S GENTRIFYING WHO?The new and improved Charlez "Chugarte" Star.You better recognize.I seriously laughed for a good twenty minutes yesterday...I can't imagine how much harder I would laugh if the picture could talk and strut about the stage, so I encourage you all the check out Charles' "Shows and Cornrows" tonight.Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1153246995120924452006-07-18T14:18:00.000-04:002006-07-18T14:29:26.793-04:00HOW DRUNK IS NANCY PELOSI?The United States sent military helicopters Tuesday to airlift 60 of the neediest people from its embassy in Beirut.Six CH-53 Chinook helicopters are being reserved for urgent needs, such as ferrying medical emergencies from Lebanon to the nearby Mediterranean island of Cyprus, the U.S. Embassy said.Before being evacuated on U.S.-chartered ships, Americans are being Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1153244031863563092006-07-18T13:33:00.000-04:002006-07-18T13:33:51.870-04:00MAGADLENE SISTERSWhoa...creeped the hell out."You are not a man of God."Shudder.Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1153243965035045602006-07-18T13:32:00.000-04:002006-07-18T13:32:45.160-04:00OPEN THREADHow hot is it?Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1153153654787113782006-07-17T12:26:00.000-04:002006-07-17T12:27:34.873-04:00QUOTE OF THE DAYPearatty: "So, when you said you would figure out something to do in L.A. while I was at work, you weren't fishing for me to take the day off at all. You actually would prefer to spend the day at the casino!"Me: Uhm....Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1153107222416164472006-07-16T23:32:00.000-04:002006-07-16T23:33:42.520-04:00WHO IS AT WORK RIGHT NOW?Hint: The same girl that just left herself a sticky note saying "Car is in Manhattan: 7/16/06"Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1153035284737220392006-07-16T03:33:00.000-04:002006-07-16T03:34:44.813-04:00IT'S 3 A.M.The last of the guests for my birthday party just left. I am full of cake and sangria, as well as gratitude for all the great people I have had the good fortune to meet along my 27-year-long life journey.Oh...anybody know a good klabber tutor?Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1152900113198127542006-07-14T14:00:00.000-04:002006-07-14T14:01:53.206-04:00BE NOT AFRAIDMy wacky Vegas adventures in three parts.Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1152899821912929562006-07-14T13:55:00.000-04:002006-07-14T13:57:01.980-04:00RANDOM THOUGHT #345,000Isn't it weird that while "deer today, fawn tomorrow," rhymes with a popular cliche, it doesn't actually make logical sense?Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1152894841768570402006-07-14T12:32:00.000-04:002006-07-14T12:34:01.850-04:00BROUGHT TO YOU BY PRESIDENT DEAN AND SPEAKER PELOSIRepublicans in danger of losing control of House.HA. Fool me once or twice, shame on you.Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1152847808819786062006-07-13T23:28:00.000-04:002006-07-13T23:30:08.893-04:00TWO NOT SO RANDOM THOUGHTSThe ending of "Life is beautiful" is just plain messed up.I want to say the Majestic is the worst movie ever, but having just finished Dick and Jane, it's not even the worst Jim Carrey movie I've seen this month.Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1152816284459223162006-07-13T14:42:00.000-04:002006-07-13T14:44:44.703-04:00AN AMERICAN IN GERMANYYou all know how I feel (felt? Is the damn thing over yet?) about the World Cup. But T-Bone writes such a great post, I am compelled to link it and suggested you all to read it.Plus, maybe the traffic and comments will inspire him to post more than once a year...although it has been worth the wait.Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1152740051824855132006-07-12T17:33:00.000-04:002006-07-13T02:21:54.000-04:00DUDE, WHERE'S MY CAR?"What do you mean you can't find it?"I was calm. I had overslept. Again. And as usual, planned to drive to work to make up some lost time. This supervisor dude was so not helping.I am sorry ma'am...we only have two Hondas here...are you sure that one is not yours? It's green."Yes. I am failry certain that I know what my car looks like.""Well, could your husband have taken it?Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1152716687908831042006-07-12T11:03:00.000-04:002006-07-12T11:04:48.066-04:00Auschwitz to get name changeThank God.I hope they make it something that is easier to pronounce...like death chamberland.Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1152663990474784612006-07-11T20:25:00.000-04:002006-07-11T20:26:30.590-04:00Moments of Clarity (by guest blogger DROBBSKI)There are those rare instances -- snippits of time -- within periods of my life, where the world comes into focus. Where my place in the world makes sense. These are fleeting moments that come infrequently and without warning. They never last long. But those few seconds of clarity are marked upon my soul. And the effects make me a better person.A Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1152581961308740082006-07-10T21:38:00.000-04:002006-07-10T21:44:48.373-04:00SO DEPRESSINGTiesha Sargeant was supposed to be the living embodiment of class mobility. At Brearley, she’s still talked about as a legend—lovely and brilliant, charming and determined, the beloved overachiever from Brooklyn. At Wesleyan, her friends and professors thought of her as an intellectual powerhouse, part of the next wave of black leadership. At Credit Suisse, and later Condé Nast, it Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1152576978819284942006-07-10T20:15:00.000-04:002006-07-10T20:16:18.910-04:00QUOTE OF THE DAYWoke up from a nap just in time to see Italy kick a couple of penalty shots to win the World Cup.There was much excitement and dancing around. You'd think they'd won a real sporting event like a Super Bowl or the Tennessee/Alabama game, not some silly soccer match.HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHDawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1152567838895035362006-07-10T17:13:00.000-04:002006-07-10T17:44:02.250-04:00JULY 8th, 2006I love birthdays. I really, really, really do. But especially my birthday. Love, love, love my birthday. Lots and lots. I could never be a Seventh Day Adventist. A whole day...two days, three months, all about you...can't beat it.So, as I sat at the poker table in the MGM Grand casino, I kept on eye on the cards and the other on my cellphone clock. 11:47...49."Waitress!""Yes, what Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1152557663634418782006-07-10T14:51:00.000-04:002006-07-10T14:54:23.783-04:00NOTE TO SELFBefore scheduling two flights in one month on a particular airline, one should be sure to fly the airline at least once. Because the fact is, when your redeye flight is almost two hours late and they still try to nickel and dime you for headsets and movies, and then the personal TV crashes every fifteen minutes, after you ahve taken a commanding lead in the quiz competitions against Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1152371107441703092006-07-08T11:02:00.000-04:002006-07-08T11:05:07.446-04:00HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!My favorite message so far?"Happy Birthday, Dawn. I guess you are having such a good birthday that you are still asleep. Well...call me when you wake up. LONG PAUSE. Oh, it's your mother."Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1152247813392963702006-07-07T00:47:00.000-04:002006-07-08T11:02:47.240-04:00Birthday EveI'm always depressingly retrospect on the eve of my birthday and still being at work is not helping.This year, like most of my even years, sucked pretty hard.I lost two really good friends and not in the "good lost" way that involves a burial and reflecting on the happy times. Oh No.We're talking lost in the "fuck them and may they be crushed horribly from above somehow, I can't Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1152227149387221922006-07-06T19:04:00.000-04:002006-07-06T19:05:49.460-04:00NOW IF WE'D HAD THE DEATH PENALTY FOR THIS GUY...A judge signed an order Thursday freeing a man from prison where he had spent 22 years after being wrongfully convicted of the brutal rape of a 25-year-old woman.Judge John Byrne signed the order in Bronx Criminal Court while Alan Newton stood quietly with his attorney. His family whooped loudly in the crowded courtroom when he first appeared, Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1152224304205720262006-07-06T18:17:00.000-04:002006-07-06T18:18:24.293-04:00FINE Since no one else will say it...Superman Returns sucked.Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1152215039765286362006-07-06T15:43:00.000-04:002006-07-06T15:45:19.650-04:00CAPTION THIS!Bring me a boy this big.Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1152210952424187842006-07-06T14:34:00.000-04:002006-07-06T14:35:52.493-04:00EMMY NOMINATIONS ARE OUTIt's a big orange mess, says Michael.I tend to agree that Lauren Graham and Hugh Laurie were robbed!Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1152208147330607852006-07-06T13:46:00.000-04:002006-07-06T13:49:07.336-04:00SAY GOODBYEIocaste to hang up her keyboard for the second and final time. I'm sure she's already fielding many offers, but you are always welcome to guest blog here.Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1152207717621270442006-07-06T13:40:00.000-04:002006-07-06T13:41:57.766-04:00RUSSIA WATCH '06"People came up and I began talking to them, among them this little boy. He seemed to me very independent, sure of himself and at the same time defenseless so to speak, an innocent boy and a very nice little boy," Putin told the Web cast."I tell you honestly, I just wanted to touch him like a kitten and that desire of mine ended in that act."Ummm...can the Russian speakers in the Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1152193284343464742006-07-06T09:38:00.000-04:002006-07-06T09:41:24.553-04:00HAPPY BIRTHDAY...Mr. President and Former First LadyDawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1152155109810778782006-07-05T23:03:00.000-04:002006-07-05T23:06:22.606-04:00DEATH IS HIS GIFTYesterday, I commented to Gib that Lay's death negates his convictions. Sure enough, in today's NYT: In yet another bizarre twist to the Enron saga, the sudden death of Kenneth L. Lay on Wednesday may have spared his survivors financial ruin. Mr. Lay's death effectively voids the guilty verdict against him, temporarily thwarting the federal government's efforts to seize his Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1152152249238701952006-07-05T22:16:00.000-04:002006-07-05T22:17:29.336-04:00KICKING OFF BIRTHDAY SEASON WITH A BANGI love traditions.Either it’s a byproduct of being an alum of schools that have all been around for hundreds of years or it’s why I enjoyed those schools so much.Don't know.But me likey the traditions.One such tradition that has really gained traction has been my Fourth of July trips with Pi.Every year the guest stars are different, and this year the Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1152122982890844732006-07-05T14:07:00.000-04:002006-07-05T14:09:43.120-04:00HOLY CRAP!My evidence professor to become a federal judge!President Bush also announced Wednesday that he has nominated Columbia University Law School Professor Debra Ann Livingston to fill the vacancy on the court that will be created when Judge Walker assumes senior status. Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1152120137468658452006-07-05T13:19:00.000-04:002006-07-05T13:22:17.473-04:00What rhymes with Perignon?Jay-Z's boycott against Cristal is working."You normally see Cristal around these festive events, and it was noticeably absent this year," said Marvet Britto, the head of a New York public relations and brand strategy company specializing in the African-American market. "If you saw Champagne on a table, it was Dom Pérignon and Veuve Clicquot." Ms. Britto said this was inDawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1152119595411625212006-07-05T13:11:00.000-04:002006-07-05T13:13:15.533-04:00YOU'LL NEVER TAKE ME ALIVE COPPERS!!Enron founder Ken Lay Dies.Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1151984977575352872006-07-03T23:49:00.000-04:002006-07-03T23:49:37.666-04:00OH ME OH MY...Is it the birthday season already?Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1151983730883617702006-07-03T23:23:00.000-04:002006-07-03T23:28:50.956-04:00THIS IS WHY PAT RILEY TRADEMARKED '3-Peat'Because when you have a great idea and others copy you, some give you credit, but some don't.Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1151982593641249982006-07-03T23:07:00.000-04:002006-07-03T23:09:53.726-04:00AND BY STATE AND COUNTRY...He means himself.Lieberman vows to run for Senate even if he loses the Democratic primary. "I am very loyal to the Democratic Party, but I have a loyalty higher than that to my party. That is to my state and my country," he said.Anybody got leftover "Loserman" signs?Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1151720600133095472006-06-30T22:22:00.000-04:002006-06-30T22:26:37.393-04:00Discuss Amongst YourselvesBuffy Season 2 and Buffy Season 5 ended the same way.and Season 2 and Season 3 pretty much start the same way.Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1151715942048388852006-06-30T20:56:00.000-04:002006-06-30T21:05:42.116-04:00Off PokerWell, that week went well.I didn't think about poker once!I didn't watch a hundred hours of poker on the TV and internet.I certainly didn't desperately try to put a game together two days before the week was up.No sirree, Bob. I did not.Instead, I finished two books. (Three Junes and Rule of Four, two ehs and a blah apiece.)I did laundry myself! How boring was that? Figured out that the Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1151684432578842232006-06-30T12:19:00.000-04:002006-06-30T12:20:32.673-04:00SOOO DEPRESSINGBuffy, Dawson and Felicity Bid WB FarewellThanks to some fancy licensing-rights footwork by bossman Garth Ancier, WB will end its 11-year run on Sunday, Sept. 17, by rebroadcasting the pilots of signature series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Felicity, Angel and Dawson's Creek, Variety reports. The net's five-hour farewell package will also include promos from years gone by and a Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1151682655642730472006-06-30T11:47:00.000-04:002006-06-30T11:50:55.913-04:00OOH, OOH, PICK ME!!! PICK ME!!But she said "I will not be in a catfight ... Women professionals need to perform as women professionals.""I will not denigrate Ms. Walters ever, that's not who I am," Reynolds said, adding that she considered the broadcaster a mentor.On her replacement, Reynolds said, "It would be nice to see another African American professional, not an actress or comedian."Star, Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1151679303265912952006-06-30T10:53:00.000-04:002006-06-30T10:55:03.356-04:00PUT YOUR LIGHTERS UPLil Kim to be released for Fourth of July.Lil' Kim says she'll be celebrating Independence Day early this year. The rapper, who was sentenced in September to a year and a day in prison for lying about a shootout outside a hip-hop radio station, is being released Monday, the day before July Fourth."I am thrilled to be coming home," Lil' Kim said Thursday in a statement issued Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901159.post-1151639901617635442006-06-30T03:33:00.000-04:002006-06-30T02:17:29.463-04:00WHO ARE YOU KIDDING, DAWN?How on earth did you think "hmmm...I'll just put on Buffy season two in the background while finishing up this memo," was a good idea?On a completely unrelated to my totally being up at 3 a.m. finishing this memo, BUFFY ROCKS.Oh, they were sooo young. And angsty. And her mom was so alive.That is all.Will TV ever be this good again?Snyder: "There are some things I can Dawn Summersnoreply@blogger.com