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Article by fantasticforrest on September 18th, 2009 at 11:03 pm I’m excited to announce that I’ll be teaching a Mature Learning (ages 55+) course beginning next month. Being me, I want to make it as fun as possible. Sure, health care reform is serious stuff, but that hasn’t stopped a lot of professional comedians and amateur jokesters from doing some wonderful parodies about the topic. I’ll be interspersing the info you need to [...]
Article by fantasticforrest on June 15th, 2009 at 12:07 pm I’ll write a proper post in a day or so, but wanted to give you all a heads up about this effort. Good positive action to counter the negativity. Yay! If you just can’t wait to learn more, go here.
Article by fantasticforrest on April 17th, 2009 at 10:28 pm Mad Hatter: No wonder you’re late. Why, this watch is exactly two days slow. Alice: It would be so nice if something made sense for a change. I have been watching the commentaries about the “grassroots, broad-based, spontaneous teabagging” which occurred on April 15th with open-mouthed Unfortunate choice of words? Possibly. You decide. amusement/amazement. Now I want to [...]
Article by fantasticforrest on March 10th, 2009 at 10:47 am A friend sent me this little goodie today. As yet another of my friends’ husbands loses his job, I’m trying to laugh, but it’s sort of feeling like gallows humour. When do we storm the castles of the executive’s mansions, people? Now before you haul me off to jail, I’m not advocating violence against the corporate and investment top dogs [...]
Article by fantasticforrest on February 28th, 2009 at 12:58 am How do you feel about political speeches at the Academy Awards? I grew up in a fairly apolitical home, with a Mom who loved the glamour of Hollywood and adored movies. We rarely missed the annual Oscars show. When a star used part of their acceptance speech time to make a political statement, Mom was very disapproving. [...]
Article by fantasticforrest on February 19th, 2009 at 10:07 pm We knew it would happen if Tom Mielke was elected to the Clark County Board of Commissioners. And sure enough, it has. Wednesday’s Columbian warned readers that Rural lots could shrink under county plan Today’s paper offered people a glimmer of hope that all was not lost as the headline writer noted Boldt clarifies position on rural lots Commissioner supports smaller lots in [...]
Article by fantasticforrest on February 14th, 2009 at 9:13 pm There’s a real problem these days with predatory lending practices, and one local legislator, Senator Craig Pridemore, has sponsored a bill to address the issue. I received an alert from FUSE which encourages folks to contact their legislators and convey this message: Right now, Washington families are struggling to cope with the economic downturn, increased gas prices, and mortgage meltdown. At a time [...] | Local TV Connect with Facebook |
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