I'll bet the neo-cons have shat themselves now that the Bush administration is partly nationalizing some banks.

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This is the time for earnings reports from corporations that trade their stocks on the exchanges. There won't be much good news there, except for the oil giants, of course. Don't look for this market sucker rally to last.

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Browns 35 - Giants 14

Need I say how proud I am of those DAWGS?

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Senator McCain is announcing his economic plan to save us from more disasters. I hear one of his talking points is that he will purchase one more house. I think that will make 14? Or is is eight? I forget.

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Doobie spent his third straight night alone in the dark, cold and scary cellar. About nine last night he chased Bunjii into the bathroom cabinet again. When is he going to get the idea that if he chases and attacks Bunjii he gets the night in the dungeon?

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It is gathering for a rain storm. We need it. I am going out to splash some detergent on my car, just in case.

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Aldi has 8-oz.packages of mushrooms for sixty-nine cents. They are about $2.29 in the other stores. What's up with mushrooms? How much crude oil does it take to grow the damned things?

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I'm back at work. I am designing a 4-page brochure for a CA client. In between phases I have been painting. I have two new canvasses underway. They are both in my Vineyard series. My patron almost cleaned me out of my "studies" small paintings last Thursday. He bought three of them. If you check my web site you'll see that I only have two of them left for sale.

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Time now to head for the store. I need coffee, cat food and T.P. Gotta always have some of those items around. I also discovered that I ran out of Worcester sauce! How can a cook live without it? The cats want me to buy them some yarn. They completely unwound my ball of string last night. I refuse to rewind it.

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Peace, and stay calm. It's still 98 days until Mr. Bush goes back to Crawford. Count your blessings.