21st Century Mom

Bill Frist has announced that he is going to back legislation on stem cell research. Oh for joy - the voice of reason from the far right! HA! I mean on the surface that's what it is - but what does it mean? The question the press is asking is, "what will this do to Bill Frist's chances on a bid for the White House"? I'm not sure but perhaps he is just trying to make up for this risky manuever in other ways. I would have missed this news (which I just found by doing a news search) had I not gotten a letter from Senator Barbara Boxer the other day describing Frist's senate floor shenanigans:

Late Tuesday night, Republican Leader Bill Frist interrupted Senate debate on the defense authorization bill, abruptly changing gears to call up a different piece of legislation that apparently demanded our immediate consideration.
Senator Frist assured us that this was a "very important" bill that absolutely required action before the Senate's August recess. Surely Senator Frist would only postpone consideration of the defense authorization bill until September for a very good reason, right?
So was Senator Frist calling up legislation to fix our broken health care system? No.
Was it a bill to improve education for our kids? Nope
Strengthening Social Security? No, not that either.
No, instead of finishing our work on the defense authorization bill during a time of war, Senator Frist and his buddies over at the National Rifle Association decided it was critically important to consider new legislation shielding gun manufacturers from civil liability lawsuits, and to do it right now.
Can there be a better example of how upside-down the radical right wing's priorities are, and why we need to return control of Congress to the Democrats?

So it would appear that Frist is just covering his tracks or rebuilding his alliances or schmoozing the slightly less conservative right. Maybe a person sick with cancer got to him (Arlen Specter?) but considering the magnitude of the political gamble he is taking I doubt his vote has anything to do with compassion or reason. His kind just doesn't work that way. If it did then he wouldn't be playing 11th hour political games with the NRA. In fact, if he were using reason he wouldn't have stepped into the Terri Schiavo case with arm chair, video based dianostic pronouncement and he wouldn't have opposed stem cell research to begin with. No - the guy has a different agenda and it is surely slimey and dark. I've come to expect no less from the current band of Federalist Society puppeteers running our country.

Posted by 21st Century Mom at 07:28 AM | Permalink | Comments (3)

As I suspected.... he met someone else with whom things have 'heated up' over the weekend. I pretty much figured that one out, too. So I'm brushing off my knees and moving forward.

As for the "it wasn't meant to be" - that may be true but this guy is first one I've met in 5 years I was really interested in. Hopefully I don't have to wait another five.

Thanks for the feedback and support. Special thanks to my sweet daughter Humbly Ann - I love you!

Posted by 21st Century Mom at 07:48 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)

I'm back from a great vacation during which lots of interesting things happened any one of which could provide good blogfodder. That's not what I'm writing about, though.

Just before I left on vacation I had a date with a guy I really liked - it was a lunch date. At the end of the date we agreed to see each other again. Last night we had dinner. I really like this guy - he is very, very smart and very interesting. At the end of the date he walked me to my car and then he said thanks. He was supposed to bring me a CD to this date and didn't do it so he said, "next time I'll have to get you that CD." We stood there smiling at each other and then he walked away. No hug, no kiss. When I got home I looked on match.com and he was on-line (I was not logged in).

I'm feeling rejected and like there ain't no way I will ever hear from him again (and like a 12 year old with a big crush on the coolest boy in the class who never even seems to notice me).

What do you think?

Posted by 21st Century Mom at 10:45 AM | Permalink | Comments (6)

I was using Google to find a graphic image and one thing lead to another and I found this little gem:

PROPER ATTIRE IN THE EXPERIMENT HALL
Proper attire for work in the experiment hall includes closed-toes, covered-heel shoes and long pants. Sandals are not acceptable. Skirts may be worn if a lab coat is also worn.

Given that lab coats usually end at about the top of the knee this can't be because they don't want your legs showing or because they want to protect your shins from biohazards. So maybe it's okay to spill chemicals on your pants but not on your skirt? Because this is a uni-sex environment?

What do you think?

Posted by 21st Century Mom at 12:11 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)