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Saturday, February 14, 2009
"Happy Valentine's Day"
When I first began this picture, the ogre was a hobbit. But when I got to the head, the ogre came out! Julia and I watched _MILK_ yesterday, at its eleven o'clock showing. It seemed the perfect thing to do, on a day in which most everyone is celebrating "LOVE", to watch a movie about a pioneer who fought for equal rights of all those who love. Sean Penn's acting is tremendous. He simply must get an Oscar for it, as the very soul of Harvey Milk seems to have entered him. It is one thing to act as a fictional character. Brad Pitt did well with the reverse aging _Benjamin Button_. But he had free rein, bounded only by the creators' vision of the story. Many people alive today still remember the real Harvey Milk, and for those of us who either are too young, or weren't there, plenty of photos and sound recordings give evidence to what he was like. His voice is recording urging "every gay doctor come out, every gay lawyer, every gay architect come out, stand up and let that world know. That would do more to end prejudice overnight than anybody would imagine. I urge them to do that, urge them to come out. Only that way will we start to achieve our rights."Wikiquote. Back in the seventies, it was a very different time. It was frightening then to do so, as the reactions could be unpredictable. But Milk, and others like him, gave us the courage to simply live our lives as anyone else does, openly and without fear.
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Sunday, February 15, 2009 B
"Valentine's Anti-Heroes"
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Sunday, February 15, 2009 C
"Two-Straw Thirsty"
6:36pm
Here is source for my thirsty gal, here if not there
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Monday, February 16, 2009 A
"The Google Meme"
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Monday, February 16, 2009 B
"Homework Done"
4:52pm
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It is now about five minutes before I would ordinarily arrive home from work. It being 'President's Day', I had the day off. I tackled some of my own alterations projects, the scraps of which you see above. I shortened the brown stripe and red plaid blouse sleeves 2 1/4 in (6 cm). The red flannel was three inches off the sleeves of two flannel nightgowns. And the pink check was 3 1/2 (9 cm) off the hem of two flannel nightgowns. After all that work, I had a nice soaky bath, and now I'm ready to relax and enjoy the evening.
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Tuesday, February 17, 2009
"Improved Photo Gallery"
Note of Wednesday, February 18, 2009:
Note of Thursday morning, February 19, 2009:
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Friday, February 20, 2009
"Quick Sketch and..."
After catching up with the 'world of web', I had to have at least a quick sketch. Tomorrow, I'll return to a portrait I've left sitting for a while.
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