tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1536362 2008-09-28T17:45:00-04:00 Pay No Attention is the official home of the "Ask a Grouchy Woman" advice column, plus Grouchy Woman's travelogues, book reviews, film reviews, commentary on politics and current events, recipes and miscellaneous grouching. TypePad http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.gif1549282http://www.feedburner.com tag:typepad.com,2003:post-56244459 2008-09-28T17:45:00-04:00 2008-09-30T07:45:06-04:00 Grouchy Woman I'll be back on October 15. It's weird, this trip still doesn't seem quite real -- I think because I've spent more time this week fretting about the economy and the election than about my trip. I'm not sure how... <p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/PayNoAttention?a=hUykmQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/PayNoAttention?i=hUykmQ" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/PayNoAttention?a=tg8QL"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/PayNoAttention?i=tg8QL" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PayNoAttention/~4/405712283" height="1" width="1"/> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-56248043 2008-09-28T17:30:00-04:00 2008-09-28T18:09:17-04:00 Grouchy Woman OK, maybe we weren't speaking of deep vein thrombosis, but I was thinking about it, as I always do before long flights. Did you know athletic people are actually more susceptible to it than sedentary people? 'Struth. I've got my... <p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/PayNoAttention?a=lfyvgD"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/PayNoAttention?i=lfyvgD" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/PayNoAttention?a=axqAL"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/PayNoAttention?i=axqAL" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PayNoAttention/~4/405712284" height="1" width="1"/> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-56245461 2008-09-28T16:32:53-04:00 2008-09-28T18:26:20-04:00 Grouchy Woman Gee, I'm sad he's dead. I thought he was a great actor, a fine man, and he was still gorgeous and charming in his 80's. He was also half of one of the only genuine Hollywood love stories. He and... <p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/PayNoAttention?a=9vyA8u"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/PayNoAttention?i=9vyA8u" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/PayNoAttention?a=jgwhL"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/PayNoAttention?i=jgwhL" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PayNoAttention/~4/405659870" height="1" width="1"/> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-56245175 2008-09-28T16:23:47-04:00 2008-09-28T18:31:22-04:00 Grouchy Woman I think if you thought one of them clobbered the other, you either didn't watch the entire debate or you were already in that candidate's hip pocket to begin with. I think they both did well, and that it was... <p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/PayNoAttention?a=4a6jta"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/PayNoAttention?i=4a6jta" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/PayNoAttention?a=spXpL"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/PayNoAttention?i=spXpL" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PayNoAttention/~4/405655024" height="1" width="1"/> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-56170220 2008-09-26T11:10:44-04:00 2008-09-27T14:04:11-04:00 Grouchy Woman For weeks I've been saying that, despite the shrieking from the Obama camp, Obama's ads were as misleading as McCain's. And by the way, if you think I haven't taken serious shit from readers of this blog and my (mostly... <p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/PayNoAttention?a=gZ0rNP"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/PayNoAttention?i=gZ0rNP" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/PayNoAttention?a=E0coL"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/PayNoAttention?i=E0coL" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PayNoAttention/~4/403859777" height="1" width="1"/> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-56166768 2008-09-26T09:55:15-04:00 2008-09-26T11:33:50-04:00 Grouchy Woman It is an absolute mystery to me how so many commentators can be ranting about the debate, when we're facing what we're facing. WaMu just failed. It is by far the biggest bank failure in history, which includes, hello, the... <p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/PayNoAttention?a=UjIeoF"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/PayNoAttention?i=UjIeoF" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/PayNoAttention?a=reT5L"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/PayNoAttention?i=reT5L" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PayNoAttention/~4/403796945" height="1" width="1"/> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-56153916 2008-09-25T23:36:21-04:00 2008-09-25T23:36:22-04:00 Grouchy Woman . . . Add Stephen Colbert to my list of not-particularly-attractive men I nonetheless find attractive. But I can't be alone here. <p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/PayNoAttention?a=zKLinL"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/PayNoAttention?i=zKLinL" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/PayNoAttention?a=0mF3L"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/PayNoAttention?i=0mF3L" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PayNoAttention/~4/403407472" height="1" width="1"/> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-56153628 2008-09-25T23:25:08-04:00 2008-09-25T23:25:08-04:00 Grouchy Woman Sometimes when you make a dumb remark, it's better to just walk away from it. This is a good example of a time it would have been better to walk away: Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin defended her comment... <p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/PayNoAttention?a=lex6zS"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/PayNoAttention?i=lex6zS" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/PayNoAttention?a=MeLTL"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/PayNoAttention?i=MeLTL" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PayNoAttention/~4/403393930" height="1" width="1"/> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-56104280 2008-09-24T22:26:25-04:00 2008-09-24T22:43:09-04:00 Grouchy Woman . . . and the Democrats are freaking whining about Lieberman. How nice that they've now decided to put off any official action until after the election. It's time to ditch the two party system. This is ridiculous. People should... <p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/PayNoAttention?a=iMeyNN"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/PayNoAttention?i=iMeyNN" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/PayNoAttention?a=yKPhL"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/PayNoAttention?i=yKPhL" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PayNoAttention/~4/402366079" height="1" width="1"/> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-56101064 2008-09-24T20:30:28-04:00 2008-09-25T11:44:51-04:00 Grouchy Woman As I'm sure you've heard, McCain wants to delay Friday's debate, allegedly so that he and Obama can work on a bipartisan solution to the huge financial meltdown we're facing. Obama wants the debate to go forward, allegedly because he... <p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/PayNoAttention?a=IAw3FX"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/PayNoAttention?i=IAw3FX" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/PayNoAttention?a=xJYBL"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/PayNoAttention?i=xJYBL" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PayNoAttention/~4/402284179" height="1" width="1"/>