It sucks to be a political wife these days (especially in MI, NJ and NY)

BUT its awesome to by a kittycat in the Ms. Rose Household!

about this!

I reserved a spot to see Laurel Thatcher Ulrich at the Tenement Museum here in NYC!

Yeah!

I had three family members run in the Chicago Marathon yesterday.  Well if you’ve read the news, you’ll know it was the first time ever they halted the event because of hot weather…What!?!?! Its been 80-90 degrees in the upper Midwest this week.  That’s just unnatural.

A police officer from Midland, MI died due to heat and other complications:

Organizers halted the race after four hours and after at least 302 people were taken to Chicago-area hospitals because of heat-related ailments.

Schieber collapsed in the 18th mile of the race while running on the city’s south side. He was pronounced dead shortly before 2 p.m. at a Veteran’s Affairs hospital, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office. An autopsy was scheduled for today.

Via Detroit Free Press 

My family members are ok thankfully.  But this is scary for a few reasons: (1) My mother is a runner and she usually does running events in warmer seasons (2) It’s scary when someone dies from physical exertion when he or she seems to be in great shape (3) This weather should not be happening in October in Illinois and surrounding areas…it just shouldn’t.

I really want to write about this article, Film loses its feminine touch (via the LATimes), but I don’t have the time.

Because I have to leave for the airport in an hour. I just spilled soda on my shirt AND I need a toothbrush.

Awesome.

PS I saw September Dawn and yes that deserves its own post too!

Can’t even do online dating yourself. Found on craigslist:

I am looking for a person to help me find a perfect woman. Do you want to earn $15 an hour searching Match.com for me for a partner? I would like you to perform a targeted Match.com search under my ID, send an introduction note and reply to the responses. I will give you my search criteria and you will do the work for me. I am not sure how many hours it will take you, but I will guarantee a minimum of 25 hours, once I see your work. It could go on much longer if I like the results. I am able to see your progress and will work with you as we go on. I am able to spend 3 hours a night and do not make a dent in the woman in our area. Let me know if you are up to it. Send me an example of a sample message, so I can get an idea of your style. It doesn’t have to be about me. You could tell me if you have had any experience doing something like this. I am a good guy, who just doesn’t have the time to do the searching. I will pay you via PayPal, so you can be sure to get paid. We can set-up a payment plan that suits you.

imagination prompt generator

10 things I learned at school *not* on the curriculum

For this I will decide to focus on my undergrad which was just declared as one of the most annoying liberal arts schools by gawker! So proud!

(1) Girls and guys can be friends.

(2) There is no such thing as a stable relationship.

(3) BLANK!

(4) The 9 AM Philosophy class is best with coffee.

(5) Kissing up will get you farther than you think.

(6) But not that far.

(7) Reading heavy western philosophy at midnight isn’t good for your health. (I’m noticing a theme here)

(8) Wearing pajamas to class is endearing when you’re a sophomore NOT when you’re a senior.

(9) You will get politicized in some way.

(10) Something else….

This Pittsburgh Post-Gazette story about a woman’s eBook store goes from these empowering prose…

Opening just last week, www.eBooksAboutWomen.com carries everything from “weighty academic tomes on the history of suffrage and the issues of women’s equality” to an extensive collection of books featuring today’s most popular women sleuths.

“From women authors to women’s studies, this store celebrates women,” says Gigi Reynard, CEO of eBooksAbout, based in Palm Springs, Calif. “There are biographies, information about women’s health and eBooks by women authors.”

To this which made me think…what…the….EFF!!!!

“For many women, it’s kind of a guilty pleasure,” she says with a chuckle. “If you’re like me, every once in a while I want to have a romance [novel] because I can’t stand my life.

Maybe she needs therapy or self-confidence lessons instead of a Harlequin.

and have NOT looked through it since…

The prevailing wisdom is that exposure to vast amounts of gossip, particularly about Hollywood’s so-called bad girls — Ms. Hilton, Ms. Spears and Lindsay Lohan, to name the most frequently chastised — is leading America’s impressionable 8-to-12-year-old girls into the gutter. But the reality is more complex.

In interviews, tweens tend to be highly judgmental of the much-publicized antics, turning them into age-appropriate morality tales that would make their parents proud and bring comfort to those who fear the next generation will be made up of pantyless party girls known more for their D.W.I.s than their G.P.A.s.

from here

I’d rather find my “morality tales” elsewhere.  Maybe I’m just snobby.

“Why should your ticket price include your neighbor’s dinner?” Skybus said on its Rules of Flying fact sheet.

It’s a sad sad story
That a mother will teach her daughter
that she ought to hate a perfect stranger.
And how in the world
Can the words that I said
Send somebody so over the edge
That they’d write me a letter
Saying that I better shut up and sing
Or my life will be over

- Dixie Chicks, Not Ready to Make Nice