I Ain't Afraid of No Daleks

I keep getting invites from Yahoo groups--these come with a bunch of attachments with the word "blue" appearing in them, a lot.

In both cases, there's no explaination as to who it is, or what the group is about. A Google search in both cases revealed nothing.

Also, note, in both cases, the "group" was a man's name followed by two numbers.

Last invite was from "Marioblackwell55" group. There doesn't seem to be any such group.

This, I suspect, is either a virus, or a phishing scam.

Be VERY careful if you get a Yahoogroups invite from a stranger, in your e-mail in-box!

Well, I'm insolvent again.

After paying the Natl. Grid bill and buying half a week's shopping---had to put back the kitty litter, poor tykes are going to pee in dirty litter, this week, unless I can scare up some extra change from under the bed. Anyway...need 15 dollars for cab fare to go for my Procrit shots, this coming week, which is about all I have left after the electric bill and groceries.

I keep seeing articles in the local paper about how "hard" these formally well-off middle class families are having it. I am sorry, but thousands of their less well-paid counterparts in the lower middle class have been feeling the pain (from the combination of high priced petrol and escalating food prices) since last summer...it's taken nearly a full year for the middle class to start hurting...so if things continue in this vein, it'll be the upper-middle class whining next year, I reckon.

With missing a day and a two and a half days of work again this week, for being out sick, my paycheck is going to be a bit scary again, next week. So much for a relaxing, enjoyable summer. Well, one day a year out...that was something anyway, so I really can't complain...I did so enjoy my day in Saratoga, last month. Maybe come the end of summer I'll be able to do it again, maybe even spend the day at the races or at the beach or something, if I can manage it. We'll see....still can't manage to get down to Albany to put flowers on mum's grave.

I did splurge slightly...they had rotisserie chickens on sale for a dollar off, and I bought one--I can make it stretch into a couple of meals. Bought cheese and cold cuts from the deli, for the rest of the week, and I've still some stuff in the cupboards and freezer...it'll be fine, it's only 7 days till' my next pay-day, not like two weeks or something like that.

Well, I've chores to see to--had to re-arrange the front room, to put the desk in, so everything's sort of in limbo, 'till I can figure out where to move things. Bit of an obsticle course in here, at the moment.

Hope you all have a lovely weekend, cheers, Nancy G.

Presidential historians pick Obama to win in November, due to the economy, the war and the republicans constant lies and bumbling.

However, straw polls show otherwise, giving McCain a narrow victory over Obama.

Why? Some people feel Obama has not been as forthright as he claims (for instance, recently cosying up to Israel--while at the same time saying he wanted peace in the Middle-east, and also some Musllim women were not allowed into one of his political rallies, casting doubt about his claims of being for equality.)

Mostly though--it's because he's black.

Many of my fellow countrymen and women, are still living in the 19th century, when it comes to how they view ANYONE who is black. In fact, some "men" are still quite violent in their hatred...millions of them, actually.

Obama won't lose--if he does lose, based on his beliefs, he will lose based on his colour...and the sad thing is, NO ONE mentions that. Not one peep in the media, that I've heard, addresses the pathetic reality that racism is still quite rampant in America.

Already the racist cartoons and slogans are hitting the independent media and the internet.

Oddly enough, the far right is even doing an oxymoron, and calling Obama a racist!

So, this morning got that message that my one of my Dr Who fan-fics (Pyramid Project) was "way too long," yadda-yadda-yadda.

Now, someone is upset with me for unthinkingly posting a promotional pic (which is ALREADY out there on the BBC's official Dr Who website, by the way) on one of my blog entries.

It's not really a spoiler any longer though, because people from the show (producer/cast) have said who's going to be in the final episode and the promotional photos have already been PUBLICLY released!

Also, the pic in question was PURPOSELY re-sized by me, to make it harder to see--I mean, this person must have had his or her face right up to the screen, to make out all of the details.

What do YOU think? Is it a spoiler? http://oldmaid.blog.co.uk/2008/06/19/a-poem-basied-on-dr-who-google-searches-4338238

Ah well, at least "Runewarrior" didn't dis my poem....

"Actually, it really is this big. Why else do you think the girl's adore me?
I make the biggest haggis in all of Scotland."

I had a really odd dream last night.

I dreamed I was living in a small city, near a small airport, and this plane was about to crash. In my dream, the jet was hovering in the air, smoking, and everyone was watching it, waiting for it to crash.

It really, at that point, started to become two dreams in one.

What I mean is, there was this drama with the plane going on, but at the same time, another factor crept into the dream--and it was like two dreams playing in my head at once.

You see, as the dream unfolded, it turned out that the plane, when it crashed, was going to explode and wipe out pretty much the entire city.

In my dream, I kept telling everyone to run...but hardly anyone listened.

At the same time, as the city slowly began to get wiped out, and me and a couple of others were running through deserted streets and down long empty hallways, a bunch of military-like people came in, and started chasing down the survivors...including me.

Okay, this is where it really gets weird...to escape detection at a "check-point," I was changing out of my jeans, swapping them with some anonymous guy, when I literally (in the dream) got caught with my pants down.

It was a long dream and there was more to it, but...wow, don't know where that came from. Too much Doctor Who???

The Lake George Forum closes its doors today, after just three years in operation. The forum, which was built over the site of a popular Lake George motel, housed an ice rink with ice bumper cars, a fitness centre, snack bar and hosted numerous events, such as the Lake George Elvis Festival and The Outdoor Living Show.

Today it closes its doors for good, having gone bankrupt and facing foreclosure. No buyers are in sight, and the the Forum--in debt for over $3,000,000, has been selling off their ice skating and other equipment to the Glens Falls Civic Center.

On top of not paying their mortgage and other debts, the owners also haven't paid their taxes lately.

And, what's the last event to be held at the Forum today?

An Internal Revenue Service convention.

How's THAT for irony?

A rainy day here, again though...better rain than that awful tropical heat.

And, despite feeling wrung out from this illness, I have to try work a long split shift today, anyway...while trying to squeeze in two trips in-between shifts, one to the hospital lab, one to Price Chopper supermarket to cash my pay check and pay the second half of my National Grid bill.

Had a brief power failure at a bit past five this morning--only 10 seconds, but I'm guessing that our phones at work might be a bit wonky when I come in--as often happens whenever the power goes out, even for a few seconds. I'm guessing someone may have hit a utility pole with their car or truck, as there were no storms around, but heaven knows with National Grid these days.

I'm a bit miffed this morning. Some bloke writes a comment and then a message, asking very nicely if I'll provide some tourism info for him, as (supposedly) he's coming to my area. Well, he WAS so polite, and since I had trouble sleeping last night, I obliged him. Yeah. This morning I get a message in, saying "That's not what I asked for." Oh?

The bloke messaged me for info about attractions in my "general area," and added, "particularly outdoor activities, historical places and cultural attractions.", so I wrote down everything I could think of....and he's not happy with that? What did he want, if not those things? Or, if he only wanted info for one specific area, why the heck didn't he say so?

Anyway, I deleted that post. I don't need that sort of nonsense. I'm not (anymore) a flippin' tour guide! Wow, the nutters you sometimes get on here! (None of you, I'm sure.)

In another message, someone apparently took exception to my Midnight review. Seems the young person (tho' could be an adult, but I hope not) bashed me over my (largely) positive review. He or she hated it, and seems to think I should, as well.

Yeah, sunshine? (I'm gonna' do a response like Donna ) Well, maybe you should get your face away from your computer and take a look outside sometime. You may be amazed to find that there's other people besides yourself out there, and, surprise-surprise, we DON'T all happen to think the same as you.

Got another bad review on my latest Dr Who fan-fic blog...another snarky person apparently thinks one of my stories is "too long." Oh well, it's not like I'm a real writer, so I just deleted the comment and moved on.

Well, off to breakfast. I'll be knackered by tomorrow. Hope you lot have a better day then I'll have. Cheers, Nancy G.

Now, it may just be coincidence, but...since I began running neo-con lampoons and anti-republican posts, all those Vote McCain adverts on my website have disappeared.

As a liberal, it sort of makes me choke when I see neo-conservative adverts being placed on my site...the republicans are really working the internet...but, the flip side to that is, we bloggers can use the internet to work the republicans, as well.

The power of the written word, people. Can't beat it.

Sometimes, one person CAN do something, you can make a difference...

...okay, for me, it's a petty something, but it seems to have worked...so far.

Stomach's still a bit...bleh, but going to try and eat something tonight. It's 11pm and I'm only just getting slightly hungry. My appetite is so wonky, these days.

Hope you all have a terrific Friday. Cheers.

While more and more Americans are having trouble just paying the rent or mortgage and buying food for themselves and their families, While millions of Americans are, right now, losing their homes and many more going hungry, As millions and millions of their fellow Americans suffer horribly and sometimes die needlessly, from lack of affordable health care....CONGRESS has just passed a War budget of $162 BILLION dollars.

Do we REALLY want another "Military" republican in charge of this country for four years?