tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17061716Fri, 01 Nov 2024 11:21:36 +0000politicsduhpersonalcaliforniacnnobamaclintonfacebookabusebritneychristmaselectionseriehealthimmigrantsinsurancelifemediamilitarymoneypolicepresidentrachelsnopesGodTaserbank of americabanksbushchilddiscriminationeartheconomygossipgreenhomelessindependentkerrymarriagemyspacenew yearnewsowspaulproofreadingprotestquick hitterssexspencertypounions13th juror53%9/11DSTLOLSatanaaaadsal jazeeraanthemapril fool's dayashley madisonbabiesbbcbeautybig threebirth orderblondebloopersbreathbritainbudgetcdccelebritycensorshipclimatecommentsconstitutioncontestcouriccraigslistcreditcriticismday o'connordeathdecadedobbsearthquakeeminent domainfatgaygay marriagegenderginsburggmailgooglehalloweenhersheyhigh aprhistoryhoneyhumorhungryhypermilerinaugurationinternetiranivillagejapan todayjellyfishingjoneskenyalas vegasleftlovemccainmedical transcriptionmememental flossmeyersmichael jacksonmichael mooremommonogamymug shotnebraskanew yorknorth koreanuclearnunolympicsorlandopassportperotphelpsphishingpipaplastic surgerypostsecretprivate sectorquickierandomreligionrichrichardsonrightrosiesafe havensantaschwarzeneggersensessexysharptonsiblingsinsocial mediasocial programssopasovereignspongebobsportsstdsteelerssuper bowlsupreme courttaxesthomas jeffersontransgendertwinsvictoriawalterswarwelfarewootyoutubean attempt to discover common sense we lost by exploring popular mediahttp://ladowskispot.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Becky)Blogger128125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17061716.post-3790544574193640263Wed, 03 Jan 2024 01:39:00 +00002024-01-02T20:39:08.345-05:00constitutionelectionsgenderpresidenttransgender Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other. -John AdamsIt's very hard to find your own words - and you don't actually exist until you have your own words. -Dr. Jordan B. Peterson...Male and female He created them. -Genesis 1:27 After a seven-year hiatus with another Presidential election on the line http://ladowskispot.blogspot.com/2024/01/constitution-was-made-only-for-moral.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Becky)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17061716.post-5458157880585179634Wed, 27 Sep 2017 22:08:00 +00002017-09-27T18:08:55.844-04:00 From The Nation, in which a woman writes to Liza Featherstone for advice under the headline "I'm a Marxist-Feminist Slut - How Do I Find an Open Relationship?":  "I’m a 32-year-old woman who would like to have kids and a life partner in the not-so-distant future. And lucky me! I’ve recently started dating an excellent candidate. But I can’t even pretend to think it’s possible (or http://ladowskispot.blogspot.com/2017/09/lets-dissolve-labels-in-glass-of-water.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Becky)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17061716.post-3966768651368537514Sat, 21 Jan 2017 22:42:00 +00002017-01-21T17:42:35.666-05:00She's baaaaaack. After over four years of media blackout, it's time I spoke up again. Eight years ago, I wrote about Barack Hussein Obama, a man.  He is now a former President, and this country elected Donald J. Trump in his place. No one is more bowled over by the fact that the SOB actually managed to get elected to the White House.  It's two months after election night and I http://ladowskispot.blogspot.com/2017/01/pussy-hats-galore.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Becky)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17061716.post-8921533395834541392Wed, 07 Nov 2012 14:49:00 +00002012-11-07T09:49:28.447-05:00If you wanted an organized post... this ain't it.  But the election did wake me from a kid-imposed reverie, so how do you do, long lost readers! The guy I voted for didn't win.  No surprise there though - he was just trying to get 5% of the vote.  He racked up about 348,000 votes with $1 million while it took the other two major candidates over $6 billion to get elected.  http://ladowskispot.blogspot.com/2012/11/per-post-election-ramblings.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Becky)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17061716.post-1109820239056630781Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:51:00 +00002012-01-18T07:52:25.589-05:00censorshippipasopa Oppose SOPA/PIPA.  Tell your Senator.  Tell your Representative.http://ladowskispot.blogspot.com/2012/01/censored-content-xxx.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Becky)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17061716.post-2047289141955524145Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:26:00 +00002011-11-15T13:26:43.633-05:0053%owsthomas jefferson"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and and give to those who would not." This is not Thomas Jefferson's quote.  The earliest appearance of this statement was 1986. However, he did say this: To take from one, because it is thought that his own industry and that of his fathers has acquired too much, in order to spare to others, who, or http://ladowskispot.blogspot.com/2011/11/stop-using-this-quote-by-thomas.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Becky)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17061716.post-147287490044422340Sat, 15 Oct 2011 14:14:00 +00002011-10-15T10:16:38.363-04:00bankseconomyowsprotest Some dude from the UK put it best, and I think every American should be embarrassed of this.  Education is the best start to figuring out a solution, not just protesting with a vague list of demands.  The wealthy know that the middle class and poor are dumb about money and the economy (and it's true).  Once we figure this out, we can have an intelligent conversation about this andhttp://ladowskispot.blogspot.com/2011/10/ows-you-may-be-passionate-but-it-is-not.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Becky)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17061716.post-4228343739256188768Thu, 02 Jun 2011 12:35:00 +00002011-06-02T08:35:49.058-04:00newssocial mediaHow about this for making news outlets flocking to social media:  I no longer get my first dose of news from a conventional journalist-type source, but from Facebook. In the last month or so, I have found out on Facebook that: 1) Shaquille O'Neal is retiring. 2) Elizabeth Taylor and Michael Jackson died. 3) There was a tornado in MA, which hit very close to some of my family in CT. 4) The http://ladowskispot.blogspot.com/2011/06/social-media-news-and-my-shopping.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Becky)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17061716.post-4052589174859610941Thu, 17 Feb 2011 15:57:00 +00002011-02-17T10:57:37.051-05:00budgetprivate sectorunionsWisconsin schools call off classes as budget protests continue You've seen this story before - maybe in a town near you.  It's been rampant the last few years, the public workers of this country beginning to feel the pinch of their states' budgets.  It's been felt acutely in states such as California and New York, but now Wisconsin is on the national media radar with several school http://ladowskispot.blogspot.com/2011/02/unionize-privatize-budgetize.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Becky)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17061716.post-477369066690338120Tue, 21 Dec 2010 17:18:00 +00002010-12-21T12:18:00.760-05:00childcnnfathungryWhile hunger is a very real problem in this country now (an estimated 1 out of 7 of us are on food stamps), I need to pick another bone with - who else - our eminent news source, CNN, about its choice of finding the right words, or in this case pictures, to accurately describe the situation of, well, anything. In brief:  Don't use an overweight kid to describe starvation.   But why? &http://ladowskispot.blogspot.com/2010/12/christmas-irony.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Becky)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17061716.post-397951768187660187Tue, 21 Dec 2010 16:25:00 +00002010-12-21T11:25:58.616-05:00bank of americaRemember how I closed my BofA account?  I wrote a semi-snarky letter and did my homework, copying the appropriate executives and feeling immensely satisfied about taking my drip in their wages out in one swipe.  Well, apparently it got someone's attention. A peon from the CEO's office called me back and left a message on my phone.  I was curious now - someone had actually called http://ladowskispot.blogspot.com/2010/12/social-media-nibbles-back-spits-out.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Becky)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17061716.post-5936481129602000666Thu, 23 Sep 2010 13:33:00 +00002010-09-23T09:33:11.337-04:00proofreadingOkay, okay.  No more caps lock.  But there really, truly has to be some college grad with a chip-head degree that can publish this without looking like: Seriously.  Why is there a job shortage in this country when so many of the things we consume (yes, this includes online information) is wrong, doesn't work, or breaks on the second try?  Shouldn't there be a market for http://ladowskispot.blogspot.com/2010/09/proofreading-ancient-art.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Becky)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17061716.post-8927836131263314335Wed, 22 Sep 2010 19:40:00 +00002010-09-22T15:40:02.240-04:00proofreadingWhat I can't figure out is why SI.com can't find a couple of good proofreading peons out of college to tell them the following:   1.  Irks = To irritate or annoy.  Urks = Steve Urkel. 2.  The word "attempt" once in a sentence will suffice, thanks.   The fact that I have to refer to proofreading as an art disturbs me even more.  For the love of God, you "http://ladowskispot.blogspot.com/2010/09/proofreading-lost-art.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Becky)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17061716.post-1714554198720170480Sun, 15 Aug 2010 02:24:00 +00002010-08-14T22:24:32.414-04:00bank of americahigh aprmediaWhen the going gets tough... you post it on your blog.  This is popular media as a vehicle for my meager (yet very real) complaints about what's wrong with the companies I am hopelessly tied to because of their business practices. I like how I have to close my account in writing to some random office in Florida, too.  No addressing mail to a real human any more (well, unless of coursehttp://ladowskispot.blogspot.com/2010/08/social-media-bites-back-well-nibble.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Becky)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17061716.post-6985428277467477708Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:14:00 +00002010-07-28T12:14:16.420-04:00cnntypoGrammar police?  Grammar Nazi?  I don't care what you think of me.  This is basic Grammar 101, people.  Peta is not a word.  PETA is an acronym and should be capitalized as such.  Peta vs. Pita?  That organization would probably love to be confused with a meatless food that is dipped in all types of vegan-friendly hummus and Baba Ghannouj. When folks start http://ladowskispot.blogspot.com/2010/07/cnn-needs-copywriters-part-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Becky)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17061716.post-5902147640855092648Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:42:00 +00002010-07-26T09:43:28.832-04:00cnntypoI find a typo every day on this damn site.  CNN, please get someone who knows the difference between by, buy and bye.  It's really not. that. hard. http://ladowskispot.blogspot.com/2010/07/cnn-needs-copywriters-part-1.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Becky)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17061716.post-8030752997609667112Thu, 08 Jul 2010 02:37:00 +00002010-07-07T22:37:29.461-04:00quick hittersWe are in the middle of some record-breaking temperatures right now.  It was just our "luck" that we are now living in a house with no air conditioning, and we're trying to figure out creative ways to rotate the sticky air.  I wouldn't say this is without its benefits - for one thing, I'm not spastastically afraid of spiders any more.  Still afraid, but I can kill them without http://ladowskispot.blogspot.com/2010/07/quick-hitters.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Becky)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17061716.post-6383485030312740493Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:10:00 +00002010-04-27T17:30:59.643-04:00breathdeathlifeToday CNN featured an article about a 25-year-old Canadian woman who had cystic fibrosis and blogged about the entire experience, even up until two days before her death on March 27. The article opens the headline "Death at 25:  Blogging the end of a life."  That's why I initially clicked on the link.  But then when the page loads, there is a photo of a beautiful, young woman http://ladowskispot.blogspot.com/2010/04/to-breathe-what-were-you-doing-at-25.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Becky)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17061716.post-1058244620928717635Wed, 14 Apr 2010 19:36:00 +00002010-04-14T15:36:01.834-04:00bloopersmedical transcriptionDear readers - It's been a very long while since I posted, and I do apologize.  You've all been hanging in there with me and I hope to let the writing bug drive me to the computer more often.  Between sickness, Easter and more life-changing events in our household, I've been neglecting the more fun things in life! Now, on topic:  This is why social media is a benefit, especially http://ladowskispot.blogspot.com/2010/04/dr-nonflow-urologist.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Becky)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17061716.post-5058553269045157487Sat, 27 Feb 2010 15:09:00 +00002010-02-27T10:09:47.738-05:00cnngayolympicsGood morning, dear readers!  I have a nine-hour work day ahead of me, so alas, I must be brief.  But what I found while ambling along my normal news outlets (yes, even someone like me writing about current affairs gets stuck in a rut... stuck in a rut... stuck in a rut) made me pretty darn upset, and I must share with you before typing the day away. U.S. figure skating Olympian Johnny http://ladowskispot.blogspot.com/2010/02/what-do-you-want-to-hear.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Becky)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17061716.post-2568262365472937432Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:46:00 +00002010-02-15T22:23:08.809-05:00independentleftpoliticsrightOn the cusp of another snowstorm (that's four inches of snow down here in Canonsburg - I know you Erie folks are giggling about it, as do I, but there really is a lot of snow here that they don't know where to put because of the mountainous hills), I've realized that it's been a month since I last blogged.  That's breaking the cardinal rule of blogging:  Blog on a regular basis.  http://ladowskispot.blogspot.com/2010/02/on-cusp-of-another-snowstorm-thats-four.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Becky)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17061716.post-3357706896918419739Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:01:00 +00002010-01-12T16:01:41.977-05:00social programswelfareThere's a Facebook group (isn't there one for everything?) that is titled thusly:  "Making Drug Tests required to Get Welfare (their capitalization, not mine).  I briefly read the wall for this group, noting that several military brass said "yes" to drug testing as they are required to get tested to serve the country; that women asked birth control be prescribed alongside with it and http://ladowskispot.blogspot.com/2010/01/socially-acceptable-programs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Becky)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17061716.post-9208401521366289421Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:08:00 +00002009-12-14T14:13:17.591-05:00decadelife I know most of you are probably sick of the whole "let's reminisce about the good ol' days" recaps about the last 10 years already, and it's probably because they were pretty damn depressing. Let's admit it: There's been a lot to be sad about these past 10 years, starting with the whole world ending when the clock struck 2000 (it didn't, obviously) and ending with a war and a recession. Buthttp://ladowskispot.blogspot.com/2009/12/what-decade.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Becky)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17061716.post-8537745890368386077Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:57:00 +00002009-12-07T11:57:01.940-05:00climatefacebookSo, lately I've realized that when I log into Facebook and Twitter these days, I find myself censoring myself before typing up a status or a Tweet. This is not necessarily a bad thing, because some days I'm prone to more profanity than others, but now I wonder why I'm doing it. Instead of these online tools opening the world to me, I find myself Tweeting a few times in my head before actually http://ladowskispot.blogspot.com/2009/12/facebook-red-tape.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Becky)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17061716.post-6554260462759508474Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:16:00 +00002009-11-13T10:16:49.628-05:00jellyfishingsensesspongebobI dropped off Rachel at school this morning, came home, and emptied and re-filled the dishwasher.  I got myself some breakfast while Sela wailed for me to feed her too.  I got her latched on, drank my vanilla soy milk, ate two pieces of raisin toast, and started doing my web-surfing ritual.  Sela fell asleep.  Then it dawned on me that I was chanting "jellyfishing, http://ladowskispot.blogspot.com/2009/11/funny-for-friday-13th.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Becky)1