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Why? Our Lily will be two in almost exactly one month, has been able to ask for it by name for quite a while, and shows no signs of stopping - I'm just wondering how you came to this conclusion.

 

"The World Health Organization recommends that after an "initial 4-to-6-month period of exclusive breast-feeding, children should continue to be breast-fed for up to 2 years of age or beyond."

I didn't know the WHO's stance on this. My wife was unable to nurse because we have twins and, being born about 4 weeks early, and probably a host of other reasons (lack of rest, lack of time to pump) her milk never came in great quantities. I am very open to nursing in public. It never really makes me uncomfortable w/ infants. But when we had some friends over, her daughter, whose age I don't remember but she was at least 2 maybe approaching 3, would push up her mom's bra and demand food. In retrospect, maybe my problem was more with discipline than with breastfeeding.

I liked Charlie Wilson's War. Philip Seymour Hoffman is an acting god.

We keep resisting the urge to get HBO, I think between all the quality shows they have + Tivo, we'd be glued to the TV. Looking forward to renting the John Adams DVD though.

We've had a new computer w/ Vista for about 3 months now and haven't had any problems. Crossing my fingers...

Breast feed them until they're 14 to ensure a close relationship forever!

We had a friend who breast fed a little too long. My feelings on the subject is that when they're old enough to ask for it by name, they're too old to have it.

I'm running Firefox 2.0 on Vista. What problems did you experience when you upgraded? Just no mlb.com video or were there other problems?

I always thought she was a softie. Let Cheney, Bush and Rice off the hook too much.

There's something really meta about the media coverage surrounding his death....

I think when a media figure dies, they get a bit more attention because they are all in the same club. Russert certainly did not lean to the right. He was about as unbiased as they come even though his career started working Moyniahan & Cuomoa, he worked hard to nail Democrats and Republicans.

I think he was probably universally respected. Having said that, I think there are lots of politicians who are breathing a quiet sigh of relief that they won't have to be interviewed by him again.

Life is Beautiful

I was openly bawling at the end of this.

Ummmm....what?

It's actually much worse in other parts of Iowa, but read here to find out what I mean.

We're experiencing record heat in the big city today. Maxed out at 112

I watched 2 movies this weekend.

Across the Universe is one of the worst movies I've see in a while. Horrible singing and choreography. Cloverfield was fun. Glad I didn't see it in the theater. That camera work on the big screen would've made me puke for sure.

With some attention also given to our economic health in terms of quantity of tax revenue generated and our import/export ratio. Both of which are poo right now.

Can you imagine what our trade deficit is going to look like this year w/ the price of oil??

Who here has contributed to the Wilco article? Any other Wikipedia contributors here? Serious contributions, not vandalism.

My dad was a bad ass.

How old is he in the picture? Looks about 16 or 17. It makes me remember how young those are who we ask to sacrifice so much.

The way I look at it, how can anyone logically support cutting taxes and increasing spending? If you cut taxes, you have to decrease spending. If you increase taxes, you should increase spending.

 

Is my math wrong here?

Yes, to a point. Historically, tax cuts have led to revenue increases because tax cuts stimulate the economy. Therefore, even though lower percentages are being taxed, net revenues grow. The reason budget deficits ballooned in the 80's isn't the Reagan tax cuts, it's that spending grew at even faster rates than revenue increases.

I think, however, the Bush tax cuts are reaching the point of diminishing returns. Theoretically, I don't think you could have a tax rate of .0000001% and expect more revenue than if the tax rates were around 25%.

Also, I think in sends the wrong message in a time of war to be arguing for lower taxes. What happened to the idea of sacrifices on the home front?

OK, a serious question for someone who went to the 1st Ave show, and preferably someone who has seen them before.

 

I would consider myself a fan of the band, though I had never seen them live, so I was really looking forward to the show on Wed. I would appreciate from anyone at the show their honest opinion. I may be in the minority, but I can't think of a show (particularly at 1st Ave) that was as disappointing as this one. It seriously seemed as if they saw each other for the first time in, oh, 5 years or so. Is it to much to ask for a leader singer to remember the words to his own songs? Just too drunk? There were a few times when I couldn't tell if all four were playing the same song. The sound was bad IMO, and based on past experience I doubt it was 1st Ave's fault.

 

I've read a couple of posts on other boards using the adjectives like "fantastic" and "outstanding" ("as usual"), so maybe I'm missing something. Can anyone comment on how this show compares to other Old 97's shows.

2 posts on the Old 97's forum gave positive reviews. I wasn't there, maybe I'm glad I wasn't. I was really hoping to catch them this tour. Saw Rhett Miller about 1 1/2 years ago on a solo acoustic tour. That was a fantastic show, but I also thought this is a guy who needs a band behind him to fully appreciate.

Thanks for the reminder. Makes me wish I had Band of Brothers on DVD.

Suh-weet

Same comic in DM Register.

I smell milk. If I'm not sure how old leftovers are, I look & smell, then pray.

Death @ a Funeral had many laugh out loud moments.

I don't think that you can argue with #'s 1 through 4. You might not totally agree, but if you're gonna say that they don't belong there, you simply don't know rock n' roll. For #5, I might have gone with "Jumpin' Jack Flash" or "Sympathy For the Devil" over "Brown Sugar", but I still can't really argue with that one, either.

Wasn't the album version of Sympathy so piano driven because Keith was so f'd he could hardly play?

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I browsed the list really quick. Glad Husker Du made it. Sorry I didn't see Richard Thompson or Velvet Underground.

Sugar!