[Note ... Came across another article ["Political Threat To Bush Growing"] on Common Dreams website and its from the Long Island newspaper NEWSDAY. Good ole Newsday joining in the bash Bush and his Administration/Empire. If you wish to check out the article, click on the link below, if not, thats cool too.]

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/1028-03.htm

[Came across another great article ("Kucinich Stands for True Democratic Principles") via Common Dreams website by the CAPITAL TIMES newspaper. You bet its on Kucinich ... he's the man to beat the pants off of Bushie. Check out the article, if you wish, plus share it with others. If not interested then move on to the "non political" items below. Thank you.]

http://www.commondreams.org/views03/1028-05.htm

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And now for something completely different ... a non-political moment. [Hum ... do I hear deep sighs of relief from many of you? Well, you know I'll bring the conversation around to that subject sometime down the road. (smiling)]

This past weekend I had a lovely time visiting two friends of mine. Was up in southern CT on Saturday and in a different part of Brooklyn on Sunday.

Coordinating a visit with my good friend Katherine takes some planning and whether she'll have free weekend time from Wal-Mart. She is still relatively new at Wal-Mart, so her weekend options are next to nil. Katherine sent me an email a week or so in advance, stating that October 25th was free and clear. Hurray! We were fortunate in being blessed with a nice, comfortable Autumn day and no rain. To condense the visit into a nutshell ... took her to brunch at IHOP [ate some yummy pumpkin pancakes], went shopping [didn't buy a thing, but fun to look] at two really nice stores [Home Goods & Trader Joes], stopped by cemetery to tend my grammies grave, had pumpkin ice cream at Carvel and then stopped by to see her fiancee Maurice working on their new home. It'll be a nice place when its finished and situated not far from the train station. Sweet! Katherine and Maurice are hoping to get married sometime in late December. Can't wait! Katherine also filled me in on the latest news concerning her two daughters and ex-hubby. Some of the news was good, but much of it was upsetting.

On the train ride back to NYC there were lots of folk onboard wearing Yankee items. They were going to game six of the World Series that evening at the stadium. I had a strong feeling the Marlins would win the series that very night. And they did! I guess you can tell I'm not a Yankee fan. Your right ... I always cheer on the underdog. I'm more of a NY Mets fan. Was happy to see another team win other than the arrogant, over-paid Yankees.

Sunday afternoon I was invited over for lunch to Anni's home in southwestern Brooklyn. I'd visited her families home back in March, not only for a tasty lunch, but to see her 2 month old daughter Rachel. Same thing this time, only Rachel is going on 9 months old and is one happy baby. [Learned her oldest brother, his wife and children have moved to California.] Had a lovely visit, enjoyed partaking of some yummy Indian food, chatting with Anni [& family] and playing with her daughter Rachel. [Such a sweet, cute, lovely temperment, happy child.] Haven't seen Anni since I moved from E&Ys Broad Street to their Times Square location, which was back in mid to late July. So we caught up on news, work stuff and gossip. This coming weekend I'm heading up to ferret shelter to do my beloved volunteer work and then watch the NYC Marathon. Yeah!