Zeroing in on a design

Dragon Mood? -- having fun!

Memorial Day weekend is fast approaching! S and I are spending our evenings working on Lina & Ron's deck, critiquing our attempts and, oh yes, watching American Idol, The Unusuals and Ugly Betty! What?!?

Bad time on [his] dime

Dragon Mood? -- another reason to love Izzo: his plain-spoken-ness

Coach Izzo on the Big Ten Network:

"I think it has been a PR nightmare," Izzo said Monday. "And, I think it has hurt all of us."

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Those who don't [have the Big Ten Network] are fed up, and Izzo has empathy for them.

"We have so many things right now that we're trying to fight -- the price of tickets, the economy of our state -- and then we throw this at them," he said.

"Five years from now, if cable companies pick it up, does it end up better than it was and we're just going through a bad time? I just don't like the bad time being on my dime."

a cold Monday night

Dragon Mood? -- sipping hot raspberry tea, relaxing

Monday night, relaxing inside while it's frigidly cold outside. The high today was 14 degrees. The low is below zero. Brrrr! To keep warm, I'm watching PBS Antiques Roadshow and surfing the internet. S is playing a high-stakes game of Spider (you know, solitaire).

Hasta la vista, Alberto?

Dragon Mood? -- chagrined

George Stephanopolous' show, This Week, on ABC, is on right now and they're talking about Alberto Gonzalez and the furor over his firing of eight federal prosecutors.

And here's an excerpt from an ABC News article:

"The chances of the attorney general surviving this, I think, are slim to none — and slim just left the building," said Norman Ornstein, a political analyst at the American Enterprise Institute.

Gonzales faces what could be the most challenging week of his career. On Monday, the Department of Justice is expected to release some 200 pages of potentially damaging e-mails to address accusations he fired eight U.S. attorneys for political reasons on behalf of a White House that felt they were not — in the words of Gonzales' former chief of staff, Kyle Sampson — "loyal Bushies."

Sampson lost his job earlier this month. Now it is Gonzales' own job that's on the line.

Flying monkeys, flying beds?

Dragon Mood? -- not scared of flying monkeys!

If you've ever watched TV, I presume that you've watched the classic movie, The Wizard of Oz. And if you've watched The Wizard of Oz, I presume you remember the scary flying monkeys, right?

Have you ever seen a flying bed? If not, click this link and see some not-scary, actually-well-designed flying beds. Really!