Litterbugs

Does anyone remember the old PSA with the Indian crying because of the stupidity of people throwing their trash out their car windows? Why do people litter ? It is a disgusting act. Hear that you misguided redneck in front of us in the black explorer?

Is it too much to ask for people to find a can?

Getting connected

Giving this mobile blogging a try. Let's see what happens.

Twitter

I'm not sure why anyone would want to know what I'm doing during the day, but I signed up for Twitter today. Now I have to figure it out.

You can Tweet at baxterblogs

But I just heard a good one...Joe The Plumber, who isn't really a plumber, is speaking out against POTUS' speech Tuesday Night. Oh, wow...that is amazingly rich. And word is that he may run for Congress so he can "Literally go bang some heads together".

Now let me get this straight. A guy, who can't spell CONGRESS or even knows what CONGRESS is or what they do is going to run for a seat?

Is this the only person they could get to speak their language?

Word for the day....nihilism

Whatever could I be thinking about when I use this word? Bobby Jindal's response to Obama's speech last night. I could also add a few other words: oblivious, deaf....

nihilism
One entry found.

Main Entry:
ni·hil·ism
Pronunciation:
\ˈnī-(h)ə-ˌli-zəm, ˈnē-\
Function:
noun
Etymology:
German Nihilismus, from Latin nihil nothing — more at nil
Date:
circa 1817

1 a: a viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that existence is senseless and useless b: a doctrine that denies any objective ground of truth and especially of moral truths

2 a: a doctrine or belief that conditions in the social organization are so bad as to make destruction desirable for its own sake independent of any constructive program or possibility bcapitalized : the program of a 19th century Russian party advocating revolutionary reform and using terrorism and assassination


— ni·hil·ist \-list\ noun or adjective
— ni·hil·is·tic \ˌnī-(h)ə-ˈlis-tik, ˌnē-\ adjective

Click here to hear it pronounced

Great photos from Callie Shell

One of the best photographers for Time Magazine Callie Shell. She does some great photo essays.

It is really happening!

Inauguration day. What a day. I took the entire day off. A knitting buddy, Mr. I and I watched the events unfold. An amazing day.

Day of Service

I worked all day and was unable to volunteer anywhere. However, I heard that it went well. People came from everywhere to volunteer because Obama asked them to. This is a very good thing.

When I'm around many of my friends, they don't get the inspiration at all. They think Obama is a joke and the whole movement is stupid. I think they don't even know there is a movement. But then, many of my friends are just not that interested in change. Most of them have health insurance, they currently have jobs so they don't see the need to be involved. One would think that I was speaking of people who are young and uninvolved....no, they are over 50 and uninvolved. And there you go. They are really good people and good friends...I just don't understand and they just think I'm impressionable, flighty and carried away.

Anyway, I'm very grateful that I am still living to see this time. I'm inspired to do something. I run a business so sometimes I just don't have structured time off, but there has to be a few things I can do to participate.

Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher have a new video "I Pledge". I'm trying to figure out what I can pledge. Tomorrow, I pledge to witness history. I took the day off to make sure that I see every minute that I can. I can't be in D.C., but I am going to be watching it all.

I'll work on my future pledges. I'll try to just keep blogging. It does my mind good even if no one sees it.

Here is the video: