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"CARACAS, Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez told U.S. officials to "Go to hell!" on his weekly radio and TV show Sunday for what he called unacceptable meddling after Washington raised concerns about a measure to grant Venezuela's fiery leftist leader broad lawmaking powers."

read the entire article here.

I kid you not, there are TV ads in the Boston area from Joe Kennedy that talks about the low cost home heating oil provided by Hugo Chavez. If you don't believe me, look for the commercials on YouTube. I know its fashionable to bash Bush and side with anyone who hates him, but I thought we ended this thing with Chavez when he went off the rails at the UN a few months ago. I live in a state where the Kennedys can openly side with communist Bush haters and people LOVE THEM.

Now give me free oil.

- Thought I'd share.

PS. "My...endless loooooove" keeps playing in my head when I think about Joe and Hugo.

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I need to use the phrase "he is going off the rails" more often, it's unique. My other goal is to mix "besides that Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?" more in daily conversation. Somehow. Someway. I need to get that in.

The towelette that comes in the evening Delta Shuttle snack is much better than the one in the morning. It's huge, like the size of a small bath towel, and very moist, even though I hate the word "moist". And towelette is a real word since its on the back of the packet that it came in, signifying truth and giving credibility to the word although it appears misspelled.

I got my hair cut this morning. It's a shapely youthful cut that allows me to take off a t-shirt without worrying about the impact on my hair.

I like riding in tunnels, I gives me a sense of security. I also like snow because it's like sweeping debris on the landscape under a huge white rug.

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I wouldn't call my kids "accident prone". They are active and a little bit of risk takers (i.e. will climb up things with no fear) but so far they have been able to keep from getting hurt too bad. Well, that changed.

Sunday I was with the two older ones, 4 year old Emily and 2 year old Ethan, in the living room. They were jumping from the couch on to cushions on the floor. They do it all the time and Patti doesn't approve but since Patti wasn't there and I was in charge, I let them jump away.

One time Ethan fell and cried like mad. I tried to calm him down and it took a little bit longer then usual. I told him to walk to Patti, who entered the room to see what was going on, and as soon as he took a step he fell to the side. He cried and kind of whimpered for a while then got his wind back but still hobbled around.

So Monday Patti took him to the doctor and on Tuesday he got an xray and he broke his foot. Right near the ball of the foot. Earlier today he went to Children's Hospital where they put on a cast from his foot all the way to his knee.

Poor little guy.

I'll post some pictures when I get back home (I am away on business and Patti had to deal with all of this by herself).

Thought I'd share.

PS. Patti wrote about it in her blog, which can be accessed by clicking on the link on the left.

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Doritos, those delicious chip snack products, is wrapping up a contest that allows anyone - you, me, junior college film students, the son of a CEO, whoever - to submit a 30 second commercial. If the commercial wins, it will be shown during this year's Super Bowl. Yep, some local amateur film maker can have his video, filmed using a 500 dollar video camera and edited on his Mac, shown during a 2.6 million dollar 30 second slot. Dreams do come true.

The site is here or cut and paste the following

http://promotions.yahoo.com/doritos/index.php

So my friend, Uncle Bill, knows someone who is one of the 5 finalists. His commercial is called Live The Flavor, by 5pointp. The second from the right on the site.

Please go and vote for it. The only catch is you need a Yahoo account to vote. It's free but it requires a few minutes to sign up. My Yahoo is kind of cool, a little old school, but cool so it might take you on a productive path anyway.

Click here for detailed instructions from the creator of the slot. Or cut and paste the following

http://www.5pointproductions.com/vote.html

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Heading down to Patti's parents for Christmas we entered Rhode Island.

Emily: Where are we?

Patti: We're in Rhode Island.

Emily: (looks out the window) Oh, there are no sidewalks here?

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How is it that I've never seen this show, it's great, it has it all.

Now I will hide my head in shame for liking this show.

Clark

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Google maps for my Blackberry is the best mobile application I have ever used. That's not saying much since I've only had the stupid device for a couple of months, but I still love it.

Thanks Johnny G for letting me know.

Dave, out.

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