- I found this in Bleak House (Dickens, you know) the other day. It made me think of Obama (represented here as Buffy) and Clinton (represented here as Boodle).
Then there is my Lord Boodle, of considerable reputation with
his party, who has known what office is and who tells Sir Leicester Dedlock with
much gravity, after dinner, that he really does not see to what the present age
is tending. A debate is not what a debate used to be; the House is not what the
House used to be; even a Cabinet is not what it formerly was. He perceives with
astonishment that supposing the present government to be overthrown, the limited
choice of the Crown, in the formation of a new ministry, would lie between Lord
Coodle and Sir Thomas Doodle—supposing it to be impossible for the Duke of
Foodle to act with Goodle, which may be assumed to be the case in consequence of
the breach arising out of that affair with Hoodle. Then, giving the Home
Department and the leadership of the House of Commons to Joodle, the Exchequer
to Koodle, the Colonies to Loodle, and the Foreign Office to Moodle, what are
you to do with Noodle? You can't offer him the Presidency of the Council; that
is reserved for Poodle. You can't put him in the Woods and Forests; that is
hardly good enough for Quoodle. What follows? That the country is shipwrecked,
lost, and gone to pieces (as is made manifest to the patriotism of Sir Leicester
Dedlock) because you can't provide for Noodle!
On the other hand, the Right Honourable William Buffy, M.P.,
contends across the table with some one else that the shipwreck of the
country—about which there is no doubt; it is only the manner of it that is in
question—is attributable to Cuffy. If you had done with Cuffy what you ought to
have done when he first came into Parliament, and had prevented him from going
over to Duffy, you would have got him into alliance with Fuffy, you would have
had with you the weight attaching as a smart debater to Guffy, you would have
brought to bear upon the elections the wealth of Huffy, you would have got in
for three counties Juffy, Kuffy, and Luffy, and you would have strengthened your
administration by the official knowledge and the business habits of Muffy. All
this, instead of being as you now are, dependent on the mere caprice of Puffy!
As to this point, and as to some minor topics, there are
differences of opinion; but it is perfectly clear to the brilliant and
distinguished circle, all round, that nobody is in question but Boodle and his
retinue, and Buffy and HIS retinue. These are the great actors for whom the
stage is reserved. A People there are, no doubt—a certain large number of
supernumeraries, who are to be occasionally addressed, and relied upon for
shouts and choruses, as on the theatrical stage; but Boodle and Buffy, their
followers and families, their heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns, are
the born first-actors, managers, and leaders, and no others can appear upon the
scene for ever and ever.
- Quotation of the day: "Mom, your skin smells like artichokes." --Rebekah H.
- Word of the day: scalp
- My sister Amanda is in poor health and is having surgery soon. Pray please. Here is a summary in her words.
hello all! Well, I met with my surgeon on Monday and have my
surgery scheduled for April 17th. I feel very comfortable with the surgeon and
he actually took the time to sit down with Christa (sister-in-law) and I and go
over the CT Scan and educate us about what we were looking at. The recovery will
not be as horrible as I had anticipated; I will only be in the hospital for 3
days asuming I come off the ventilator well (some people with Myasthenia Gravis have trouble coming off of it). They will not have to
cut any abdominal muscles, as he will not have to cut down that far which will
help in the recovery significantly! The tumor in the Thymus is 27 mm (large).
However, there is a bit of bad news. I also have a mass in my right lung. It is
small at 4-6mm. This will be removed at the same time and both tumors (lung and
thymus) will be sent to the lab immediatly- before they close me up. I
appreciate everyone prayers and thoughts. I will have Brian e-mail everyone on
this list after I come out of surgery to update everyone.
- Here is the tribute-to-running video of the day from What Women Want.
- Aubrey went to a morning track practice a week or so ago. She told us that this practice had gone late, so instead of going to her zero-hour class late, she skipped the class altogether. She said that it had been a poor decision on her part. Well a few days later she came home from school and said, "Guess what? I have to go to Saturday school [detention]!" All four of us burst into laughter. I gave her a high five. She grinned and blushed shyly and said, "Ya, I'm pretty proud of myself." The detention is 9-11:30 Saturday. She is looking forward to this quiet time to get some homework done and to see what detention is like.
- We were discussing stake (church) dances with Aubrey recently. She was appalled to hear that when Jerry and I were her age, the girls stood around waiting for a boy to ask them to dance, unless they got really bold and asked a boy to dance. And kids turned each other down all the time. Apparently kids all just DANCE now, with or without a partner. (Not sure what they do for slow dances.) Well I too am appalled that it was that way in the old days. Before I moved to Albuquerque I attended dances without dancing one single time. Not very good on the developing female mind.
