22 June 2006

Update: No squirrels today in the attack, thank Cher. (That's a shout out to my gay boyfriends...)

Got several recommendations for a company in tony Bethesda that could help "relocate" the critters, should it come to that. (And I do mean relocate---they trap them (in a humane way, course) and then take them to some forest or something.) If this were the deep South, the squirrels would either be killed or become an entree at a local restaurant. In uber-liberal Montgomery County, Maryland--they are trapped in "Hav-a-Heart traps" and "relocated."

Apparently this was the company that helped "relocate" those beavers who were chomping down 200 year old Cherry Trees in the Tidal Basin some years back. (At the time I advocated taking a lawn dart to them.)

Oh, the company's name is Adcock. But the best part is the company's website address: adscockstrapping.com

I know, I know--very mature.

21 June 2006

If you have some time to kill: Check out JACKSONPOLLACK.ORG. It's not as fun as HOFF INVADERS, but I enjoy it.

21 June 2006

I must admit, I didn't see the interview YET between Anderson Cooper and Angelina Jolie on CNN last night. (I DVR'd it...) But thanks to my friends at Jossip, I feel like I was THERE!

Angelina: It was probably, to this day, the worst (refugee) camp I'd ever seen.

Anderson: Had you ever seen anything like that before?

Angelina: I hadn't seen anything like that.

21 June 2006

Fun morning at our house today. Ellie (our neurotic, but very cute cat) was a complete FREAK this morning--even more than usual. At 6AM, there she was --running up and down the stairs at breakneck speed (well, she was running, which is sort of unusual for her)---jumping all over the dresser, craning her neck to look outside and making weird "peeping" noises. It wasn't the usual "Get-up-and-feed--my-fatass-some-crunchies-NOW, beotch!!" behavior. So I got up to see what the hub-bub was. As near as I could figure out, there was a squirrel in our attic. I could hear it scurrying around, but then it stopped about an hour later (perhaps it went out the way it came in?) I don't THINK it was simply on our roof (our roof is slate.) The BEST is my partner--who lets out a blood curdling scream whenever she sees a BUG in the house, was completely non-plussed by the possibility of a squirrel in our attic and was annoyed that I even checked it out.

21 June 2006

THIS is why I love covering politics. Although it's not a NATIONAL political story, it is nonetheless VERY entertaining. It's the fight in the Massachusetts state assembly over serving Flufferutter Sandwiches in schools. The story is HERE. (Fluff is made in Massachusetts, in the town of Lynn--near Boston), and is a staple in New England. One lawmaker, who is trying to highlight the epidemic of child obesity, wants the sandwiches served only once a week in school. ANOTHER lawmakers wants to block that proposal, even threatening to make the Fluffernutter sandwich the "official sandwich of Massachusetts." Good times.

20 June 2006

Random Thoughts:


* SHAMLESS PLUG ALERT! So flattered that my friend -- and blogging inspiration--"Frolic" has added "Sprung" to his "blogroll" on his site. Please check out his blog, "A Frolic of my Own" HERE. His writing is nothing short of masterful. And it's ESSENTIAL if you want to know what's going on in New Orleans. (Note to Frolic: switched templates and my "links" went away for some reason--will figure out how to get it back so I can post your link up there full time!)

* It's summer in Washington. I know, I know, TOMORROW's the official start of summer, but it had all the signs today: a) heat and humidity to the point that you need a shower by the time you get to work, b) clueless tourists causing backups at the metro, and c) interns, interns, everywhere.

* Loved the story today about how the Pentagon STILL classifying homosexuality as a "mental disorder." Good times. You can read the story HERE. (By the by...The American Psychiatric Association decided homosexuality was not a disorder in 1973, and since then all other major health and mental-health organizations have followed suit. I'm glad the Defense Department is FINALLY getting with it. (On the list of things wrong with the Pentagon, this is barely a "blip" on the radar screen, but still--I'm encouraged.)

* I'm sad to hear about the wildfires in Northern Arizona, specifically Oak Creek Canyon. It's a breathtakingly beautiful area just north of Sedona. One cable news channel inteviewed the mayor of Sedona about the wildfires and if the "vortexes" were in jeopardy. (Not sure exactly what they are, but thankfully, they are NOT in danger.) The fires are apparently moving north away from Sedona. You can check out updates HERE.

* Is it me, or is the Situation Room on CNN, like, 6 hours long?