I'm a Middle-Aged White Woman NOT Voting for That Middle-Aged White Woman

Obiviously, I hope! just having a little fun w/a recent diary title.... no heavy thoughts though -- thought we could have some Sunday night fun and turn this into a pootie and doggie diary! yay!! you wanna? :)

Might be fun to chill out from a kinda/sorta crazy weekend around here :)

•  How about The Best of Times, The Worst of Times

  by iowabosox on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 08:56:54 PM PDT

  •  call me Phillymael

    by RumsfeldResign on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 08:58:10 PM PDT

  •  It was the best of times...

    ...it was the blurst of times.

    by mistersite on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 09:08:23 PM PDT

•  So, how 'ya doin? ... err, Tip Jar!

  

  by PhillyGal on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 08:57:03 PM PDT

  •  Oh good, a pootie diary

    here's a pootie clone:

    

    by DMiller on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 09:21:37 PM PDT

    •  Oh my starz! they could be twinz ..... :)

      by PhillyGal on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 09:25:40 PM PDT

      •  pooties!!! luv em! oh yeah!!! ;)

        by concerned on Mon Dec 10, 2007 at 12:28:42 AM PDT

    •  Good lord nt

      by turneresq on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 09:42:41 PM PDT

    •  CATS! LOTS OF THEM!

      

      

      

      by JustAngry on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 10:55:38 PM PDT

      •  Dis iz lotz o' pooties

        

        by DMiller on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 11:21:32 PM PDT

        •  I gotta tell ya, D! you're just a hoot!

          w/your pics -- this diary, no way/no how, Man!, would've been as much fun w/o your contributions! I've burst out laughing, and I know I'm not alone!much appreciated, and thank you :)

          by PhillyGal on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 11:33:21 PM PDT

          •  It's actually been a tough couple

            of weeks for me personally.  This has been a good way to screw around and have some fun.  No pressure in a pootie diary!

            by DMiller on Mon Dec 10, 2007 at 12:01:04 AM PDT

            •  sorry to hear that! anything you want to

              toss around, or is the release valve of a silly cat diary enuf? either way, I'm open ..... you've been very kind and nice to me over the years, and, again, I appreciate it, and if there's any way I can reciprocate?, I'd like to :)

              by PhillyGal on Mon Dec 10, 2007 at 12:11:49 AM PDT

              •  That's very kind. Thank you.

                I'm sure things will turn around.  The job is tough, that's hard on my personal life.  It's the way the world works, isn't it?  It's why we're all up posting on a web site, interacting with relative strangers, rather than in bed.  It's a weird world we live in nowadays.

                by DMiller on Mon Dec 10, 2007 at 12:24:28 AM PDT

                •  Weird but wunnerful...

                  by Pandoras Box on Mon Dec 10, 2007 at 04:23:30 AM PDT

        •  jeeezus! nt

          by atomicBirdsong on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 11:55:48 PM PDT

      •  omg-roflmao-man da german shepard 4 armando=funny

        anyone remember that? i think it was on an old school pootie diary greatest hits! lol! it was hysterical! lmao!

        my choice of age: old school..lol

        by concerned on Mon Dec 10, 2007 at 12:32:22 AM PDT

  •  i'm honestly curious

    as someone who truly has no idea who i'll vote for in the primary, who are you thinking about, if not hillary?

    by wu ming on Mon Dec 10, 2007 at 12:51:40 AM PDT

    •  I was originally

      going to vote for Edwards, then the public funding debacle derailed that.  I was leaning towrds HRC because I was more comfortable with her on gay rights issues, but frankly, the candidate diaries here have completely turned me off towards all of them at this point.  I'm completely uncommitted.

      by DMiller on Mon Dec 10, 2007 at 12:56:44 AM PDT

      •  I will probably.....

        support whoever wins SC and tell myself I was for them all along.  No, seriously, I like the top 3 contenders but they are all flawed.  Won't listen to candidate diaries.  Health care is very important to me, but so is that indefinable thing, leadership.

        by murrayewv on Mon Dec 10, 2007 at 05:12:31 AM PDT

  •  Jesh, I always thought you were a hot young chick

    Turns out you're a hot middle-aged chick.

    That calls for some shameless mojo begging ...

    

    "Won't somebody P-L-E-A-S-E give my daddy mojo so he can buy me dinner and TR all those mean doggies?"

    by koNko on Mon Dec 10, 2007 at 02:07:50 AM PDT

    •  BTW ...

      Air Sickness Bags are located in the seatback pocket in front of you.

      by koNko on Mon Dec 10, 2007 at 02:12:38 AM PDT

•  I'm SHOCKED that Phillgal...

  wants this to be a fun pottie diary

  by RumsfeldResign on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 08:57:46 PM PDT

  •  I can do a fun pottie diary

    

    by DMiller on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 09:22:27 PM PDT

    •  my best pootie diaries were pottie diaries!

      it's true :)  Of all my diaries, I'm proudest of Pootie and her ace reporters' expose on Larry Craig's Idaho bathroom! it's was a Two-Part Series, and it was fabulous :)

      by PhillyGal on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 09:48:58 PM PDT

      •  .

        

        by DMiller on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 09:49:59 PM PDT

      •  How about this one?

        

        by DMiller on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 10:06:14 PM PDT

      •  Linkyplzkthxbai n/t

        by lamzdotes on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 11:06:10 PM PDT

      •  oh Noooooooooooooo

        that was the typo from hell

        by RumsfeldResign on Mon Dec 10, 2007 at 07:13:20 PM PDT

    •  Noez!!

      

      by lamzdotes on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 11:05:11 PM PDT

    •  This is sooooo

      stolen appropriated snagged borrowed!

      Thankyouverymuch!

      by lamzdotes on Mon Dec 10, 2007 at 12:14:51 AM PDT

  •  Edwards General Election Speech

    http://www.youtube.com/...

    http://www.youtube.com/...

    http://www.youtube.com/...

    by Sabre11 on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 09:34:31 PM PDT

•  Caption this pic!

  

  by PhillyGal on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 08:59:50 PM PDT

  •  paper jam? i is loves jam! n/t

    by olivert on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 09:01:16 PM PDT

  •  Why do

    humans buy pieces of crap like this?

    by Cordelia Lear on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 09:06:36 PM PDT

  •  here little paper...

    ...I no you Iz in ther.

    by DawnG on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 09:09:15 PM PDT

  •  Does this part have a "mouse" too?

    by LithiumCola on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 09:11:27 PM PDT

  •  Don't worry, we'll save you ...

    

    by DMiller on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 09:34:27 PM PDT

  •  I'm in ur printer

    Jammin' ur documentz!

    by GoldnI on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 09:54:42 PM PDT

  •  All your print queue belong to us.

    by Rex Manning on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 09:59:36 PM PDT

  •  I bet I can retrieve all those deleted GOP emails

    by Brahman Colorado on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 10:14:35 PM PDT

  •  this makes me happy i don't have a printer

    bc I certainly DO have 2 cats :)

    by OrangeClouds115 on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 10:49:29 PM PDT

  •  Where did I put that mouse ?

    I know I already did that one ;~)

    But ya gotta admit

    by LaEscapee on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 11:03:10 PM PDT

  •  I SAID Stop the presses

    and I meanz it. (Hee Hee)

    by cwaltz on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 11:09:19 PM PDT

  •  is a mouse in here? I have an inkling there is!

    ducks

    by atomicBirdsong on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 11:21:57 PM PDT

  •  My caption: Ok, now cough. n/t

    by dkmich on Mon Dec 10, 2007 at 02:36:06 AM PDT

•  This is the dawning of the

  insert poll choice here

  by Populista on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 09:03:02 PM PDT

  •  did someone say my name in vain?

    This post has been "Dawn approved" for your protection.

    by DawnG on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 09:09:52 PM PDT

•  Cheddar says hello

  

  by Cordelia Lear on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 09:03:26 PM PDT

  •  All together now! Awwwwww :)

    by PhillyGal on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 09:08:20 PM PDT

    •  I love when they sleep like that

      My Maine Coone is in my lap now, "holding my hand" and resting her chin on both.

      by Mber on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 09:35:30 PM PDT

      •  Let's hear it for Maine Coones

        

        If you don't cheer they might eat you.

        by DMiller on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 09:58:49 PM PDT

        •  That's a keeper!

          by Rex Manning on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 10:00:17 PM PDT

        •  Mine isn't that big

          but the girl is snoring right now. So charming...

          by Mber on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 10:03:51 PM PDT

        •  Yay Coonies!!!

          I wish I had a Maine Coon

          Or a ragdoll.

          Or a russian blue.

          At this point I think I'd settle for a quite and sensitive cat that doesn't feel the need to wake us up at 2am to play with her.

          Yeah, that'd be nice.

          by DawnG on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 10:34:11 PM PDT

          •  At this point...

            ...I'd settle for a cat that does feel the need to wake us up at 2 am to play with her.

            But what I got is a 'no pets' clause.  And, not to belabor the point, no pet claws.

            -fred

            by Fred Fnord on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 10:59:46 PM PDT

          •  Maine Coon

            I saw a cat outside of my window last week, looked again and saw it was a bobcat. Beautiful, full grown, but Not as big as that Maine Coon.

            by side pocket on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 11:02:04 PM PDT

          •  Three of the best.

            If I had a choice, I'd pick the ragdoll or blue, proably.  Then again, maybe one of all three.  

            by dkmich on Mon Dec 10, 2007 at 02:37:43 AM PDT

        •  I miss my Maine Coon ... 'Skids'.

          A more loyal friend, or harsh critic, I haven't had in other, shorter relationships.

          My Friend of 17 years, Skids, is still keeping me honest (and blooded) after passing a year ago.

          by eztempo on Mon Dec 10, 2007 at 12:30:47 AM PDT

        •  Let's hear it for cat cranes.

          How much does that guy weigh?

          by koNko on Mon Dec 10, 2007 at 02:14:42 AM PDT

        •  I haz large pootie too!

          someone told me they thought he was a Maine Coon!
          

          by Pandoras Box on Mon Dec 10, 2007 at 04:27:23 AM PDT

  •  How cheesy! ;) n/t

    by MTmofo on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 09:39:27 PM PDT

  •  Orange kitties!

    Mah favorite!

    by judybrowni on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 11:54:05 PM PDT

•  Cara checked was checking

  to make sure all the lights were working, Philly, when we noticed a pootie diary . . . and so, we're here!  (Early for a change!)
  

  by Dreaming of Better Days on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 09:03:54 PM PDT

  •  Cara looks like she knows what she's doing!

    hehe! I got the tree this weekend too -- it's still 'resting' err, 'acclimating' :)

    

    by PhillyGal on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 09:07:52 PM PDT

  •  .

    

    by DMiller on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 09:38:37 PM PDT

    •  Here 'ya go! nice and easy now .... :)

      

      by PhillyGal on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 09:50:31 PM PDT

      •  Nooooooooo!

        I'm falling, I'm falling...

        by procrastinator john on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 09:51:41 PM PDT

•  My favorite age is

  the age I am at each moment. Took a long time to appreciate living in the moment and enjoying it, but at 52 I am finally there. Life is good; I just have to remember that this is so.

  by alasmoses on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 09:04:56 PM PDT

  •  Ain't that the truth! Cheers, alasmoses :)

    by PhillyGal on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 09:26:54 PM PDT

  •  How about the post-Testosterone Age?

    Just sayin', here I am -- an enthusiastic, virile man [dammit, I still think I am!] -- watching Tom Brokaw reminisce about 1968 on The History Channel while I'm enjoying looking at Kitty Pix.

    It's good to have vivid memories of 1968, but not be driven insane by youthful biochemistry on top of everything else about my Capitalist Ruling Class's insane stupidity all at once, after all.

    It's nice to pause and enjoy a good Silly Kitten Moment on the road to fundamental change, eh?

    by eztempo on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 09:53:42 PM PDT

    •  BTW: I got my first feline roommate in 1968. n/t

      by eztempo on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 09:57:59 PM PDT

      •  I got my first...oh, nevermind

        (I was only three...)

        by JVolvo on Mon Dec 10, 2007 at 12:21:35 AM PDT

      •  ...and now Tom Brokaw reminds me that 2 Parties,

        in Chicago, back in 1968, were on the Same Page, but neither of the Parties were with US.

        The whole world watched us throw ourselves on Mayor Daly's and Hubert Humphrey's Enforcer's night-sticks and breathe the gas of the Parties of Our Parents.

        "We were tired of making coffee and not Policy," the, now elderly woman on Tom Brokaw's show just said.

        Her frustration was my own testosterone-engorged energy for change, back then.  Hell, from wherever, I've agreed to throw any combatant into the fray, and accepted every combatant's reason for being there as being part of the reason I was there, changing History.

        Sophia, my wife's 'Special Black Cat' distains my naive acceptance of "all that resist," since all rebels aren't 'elegant, doncha know?'  [Sophia is a very aristocratic survivor of Egyptian Ages, she tells me, and she's got the looks to prove it!]

        I reject my Black Cat, Sophia's, Cat-Telepathy on this issue: that "Elegant Insistence" is the only proper form for any long-term accommodation, among roommates, and among Nations.  

        She is very confident in her assertion [See pix]:

        

        I, on the other hand, believe that sloppy acceptance is the only REAL freedom and Liberty that allows for 'difference;' and that philosophical and inter-species discomfort is the only open door to the kind of Creative Offering that may pull our sorry, self-indulgent asses out of the Global Warmed fire we've allowed to fester.

        However, I concede that my wife's cat may be more knowledgeable on these things than I, and that only the Proper Kind of Feline and the fine few Humans that they select can actually live in harmony.

        ...Hey, I'm open to suggestion.

        by eztempo on Mon Dec 10, 2007 at 12:21:56 AM PDT

    •  or ... "almost middle aged"

      Hat Tip to Yoyogibear.

      by koNko on Mon Dec 10, 2007 at 04:48:46 AM PDT

  •  I just have to remember ...

    It gets harder and harder from 52.  :~)

    by dkmich on Mon Dec 10, 2007 at 02:39:37 AM PDT

•  Caption this pic!

  

  by PhillyGal on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 09:05:33 PM PDT

  •  Did they hide

    the cat nip in the crisper again?

    by Cordelia Lear on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 09:07:59 PM PDT

  •  "Hmm . . .

    mayo, bread, pickles . . .

    Now where is that leftover trout?"

    by Dreaming of Better Days on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 09:14:17 PM PDT

  •  Is this what they mean by "chill out" n/t

    by Nelsons on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 09:16:22 PM PDT

  •  Baby's got some junk in the trunk!

    n/t

    by Mber on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 09:39:56 PM PDT

  •  I must follow the light. n/t

    by MTmofo on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 09:41:00 PM PDT

  •  ... and so little time

    by snackdoodle on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 09:48:46 PM PDT

  •  You may be wondering why I asked you here... n/t

    by procrastinator john on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 09:52:43 PM PDT

  •  She left the toilet seat up and the fridge door

    open...philly mommy needs her meds!

    by Brahman Colorado on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 10:21:37 PM PDT

  •  All Hail the box with leftover chicken! n/t

    by cwaltz on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 11:11:35 PM PDT

  •  better than hiding the food in the blender again

    but not by much....

    by killjoy on Mon Dec 10, 2007 at 12:10:03 AM PDT

  •  Toot, toot! Next stop, my thighs.

    by JR on Mon Dec 10, 2007 at 12:39:35 AM PDT

•  But Philly...

  ...who would your cat vote for?

  I can't decide.  I'm thinking of asking my cat who to vote for and just be her proxy.  

  by DawnG on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 09:08:17 PM PDT

•  Is that a hand crank on the side of the monitor?

  And if it is, I'm hoping you're not waiting for the cat to turn it.

  by Pacific John on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 09:09:36 PM PDT

  •  LOL n/t

    by Cordelia Lear on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 09:11:04 PM PDT

•  My Cats Say Hello

  

  by webranding on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 09:10:35 PM PDT

  •  What a bunch!

    I love when they all sleep on each other like that. Or me. :)

    by Mber on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 09:41:43 PM PDT

  •  Oh, such a beautiful

    pile of kitties!

    by Ekaterin on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 09:53:31 PM PDT

  •  Hi!

    

    by Ray Radlein on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 09:57:38 PM PDT

•  A Lot of Really Great Musical Instrument Wood

  grew during the Little Ice Age. For both strings and woodwinds.

  So I say, let's restore the Little Ice Age to the early 1900's so we'll have a bumper crop today.

  by Gooserock on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 09:11:11 PM PDT

  •  Yes! I saw that History Channel show about