I drove through downtown yesterday, and cursed the fact I had once again forgotten my camera. It was democracy in action. The Sri Lankan government protesters were lining Wellington St, waving the flags, and banging the drums. Many people were honking their horns in support. The girls were curious and it was interesting trying to explain it all to them, especially since I am very ignorant about Sri Lanka, the Tamils, and the people. One thing I do know, they need help and support, and not from China.
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Tomatoes are growing well. The first set of seedlings have been transplanted. The second set are still in the first leaf stage.
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The Easter bunny has come and gone. Many chocolate treats were left hidden around the house, and most were found before 7 am, while the parents slept on. Visiting Grandmas had been awakened. Smart children I have!! Thank you girls and Easter Bunny. I love my weekend sleepins. And thank you Grandmas for getting up so early on a Sunday morning to help (not that you had a choice!)
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In regards to comments recently left on my blog in reference to Barack O’bama, well, I’m not sure whether to ignore them and delete them, or address them. When they are from people I know, such as Sandbar and Sarah, and whether I agree or not, I lean towards leaving them. People who spout diatribe, such as Mike OOOsomethingorother, I don’t know. Leave them to stand and be judged for the crap that they are? Or delete them.
Ah well, more later on this subject.
Eva said,
April 22, 2009 at 12:30 PM
Just want to say thank you for mentioning the kids CD from Barenaked LAdies. I bought it couple of weeks ago and now we listen to it all the time. But the songs are funny, and much better to listen to then Mary had a little lamb or those Brittney inspired silly wannabes songs. So thank you, thank you, and if you come across more of these types of songs, please let me know.
As for the politics, well, there is a word out there that apocalypse is coming in 3 years, so I believe some silly political views are the least of our problems. So, I am off to planting more veggies, just expanded my garden and now I am thinking where to make that chicken coup. Better be prepared.
Laura said,
May 27, 2009 at 1:18 PM
Just wanted to let you know that the Tamil Tigers are a terrorist group. An exerpt from Wikipedia:
“The Tigers, who during the height of their power possessed a well-developed militia cadre, are notorious for having committed atrocities against civilians, including abductions and targeted attacks,[16] for carrying out various high profile attacks, including the assassinations of several high-ranking Sri Lankan and Indian politicians like Rajiv Gandhi, and for recruiting child soldiers. The LTTE invented the suicide belt and pioneered the use of suicide bombing as a tactic.[17][18] They also pioneered the use of women in suicide attacks,”
There is a ton of information on them online.