  Ewwwww Why is my banner ad about "Colon Cleansing" today? What did I do to deserve that? Wildlife I saw a hummingbird at the kitchen window today flying to the window and back, to the window and back.
It was just for a few seconds, but he really reminded me of Phil Lamarr's character, The UBS Guy, on MadTV. Every day for about week now there have been between one and three daddy longlegs on the azalea plant nearest my front door. I'm mesmerized by them and I can't pass the bush without stopping for several minutes to gaze in horror and fascination. They are less frightening to me on a plant than on (or god forbid *in*) my house. One of the three has noticeably thicker legs and he is much more frightening to me than the others. I have the least intense reaction to the one with the smallest body and the thinnest legs. One of my worst fears now is that my son will someday throw one at me.
My husband says, "Not if you teach him to be really, really afraid. " Me & Pat Buchanan In the New Yorker today, I read that Pat Buchanan is urlLink against both Bush and the war in Iraq . Since I don't really follow Pat Buchanan in the news, it came as a surprise to learn that he and I have something in common. I did some googling to find out if we have anything else in common. All the information comes from urlLink this site : 1. Pat's father was "a government accountant and then managing partner of Councilor, Buchanan & Mitchell, one of the largest accounting firms in the Washington D.C. area. " My dad was a book keeper for Southeastern Railroads' Associated Bureaus. 2. He worked for a newspaper in St. Louis.
I was on my high school newspaper staff. I was in St. Louis once in 1989. 3. He owns at least $15,000 in stock in AT&T and General Motors. I had AT&T long distance service until recently, and I've owned 2 GM cars! 3. He denies ever having been diagnosed with urlLink chlamydia . So do I. 4. He's accused of " urlLink flirting with fascism . " I flirted with a fascist once, in college. 
