busplunge: December 2010

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Area Citizen Journalist on FiredUpMissouri's Top Ten Tweeps of 2010

--- For your Tuesday afternoon delight, here are few lists of tweeps we follow to stay on top of things. This obviously isn't an endorsement of all of the things these tweeps write, but they'll keep you informed and keep it interesting.

Citizen Journalists/Bloggers:

@rturner229 - Randy Turner of the Turner Report
@eyokley -Eli Yokley of the Fuse joplin(@thefusejoplin)and PoliticMo @PoliticMo).
@stlactivisthub - Adam Shriver of St. Louis Activist Hub.
@TonysKansasCity - Tony's Kansas City
@MBersin - Michael Bersin of Show Me Progress
@ehoffp - Eric Hoffpauir of Show Me Progress
@BHIndepMO - Brandon H. of of Show Me Progress
@BGinKC - Blue Girl of Show Me Progress
@SharkFu of AngryBlackBitch.com
@busplunge - Jim Lee of the Busplunge

It's an honor just to be nominated.

First Xmas bus ride 1995

I stumbled across this photo of what I believe to be the first Xmas bus ride. Probably around 1995. From left my Dad, Bob Lee, neighbor Jack Pettijohn, the PvtRN Ganey, Sharon Pettijohn, Cali Pettijohn, Jim Lee and my Mom Mary Lou Lee. It was a cold night. The bus heaters worked well.

Thursday, December 23, 2010

Xmas Bus Rides

2010 ride. back row: Trey Lee, Peggy Crable, Kathy Alexander, Sara Lee holding Sadie Lee, Tillie Wood, Brian Wood. Front row: Skyler George, Blake George, Mattie Turpin, Sophie Lee, Braedon Wood, Riley Wood, Austin Lee, Finn MacAdams

2009 ride. Keegan Crable, Austin Lee, Blake George, Griffin Crable, Sophie Lee

2008 ride. Karen Alexander, Kristin Lee holding Sophie Lee, Trey Lee, Austin Lee, Mattie Turpin, Skyler George, Blake George, Brooke George, Jim Lee II, Peggy Crable and Sam Turpin in front of Jim.

2006 ride. In the bus: Karen Alexander, Daniel Sayers, Fred Crable, Mary Lou Lee, Pride Turpin, Sara Sayers. outside the bus: Trey Lee, Miranda Turpin, Chance Turpin, Austin Lee, Riley Wood, Keegan Crable, Griffin Crable, Braedon Wood.

2005 ride. Back row: Cali Pettijohn, Scott Fischer, Kristin Lee holding Skylar George, Jim Lee, Peggy Crable holding Griffin Crable, Brooke George, Sara Sayers, Daniel Sayers. Front row: Blake George, Austin Lee, Trey Lee, Keegan Crable

Thursday, December 16, 2010

I'm getting ready for Xmas!

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

The model of a modern U.S. president

Art or not art?

On Craigslist now:

Monday, December 13, 2010

There used to be more of us, but a lot of our jobs have disappeared 1978

Friday, December 10, 2010

Dear Luke Scott, please shut up

From the Huffington Post:

Baltimore Orioles outfielder Luke Scott was at baseball's winter meetings on Tuesday and discussed President Barack Obama with David Brown of Yahoo's Big League Stew. Scott slammed Obama, claiming that he does not represent America and that he was not born in the United States. "He was not born here. That's my belief. I was born here," Scott ranted. "If someone accuses me of not being born here, I can go -- http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifwithin 10 minutes -- to my filing cabinet and I can pick up my real birth certificate and I can go, 'See? Look! Here it is. Here it is.' The man has dodged everything. He dodges questions, he doesn't answer anything. And why? Because he's hiding something." The 32-year-old went on to say that there is no legal documentation of Obama.

LTE in the Baltimore Sun:

Dear Luke Scott

Yes, you do have an absolute right to your opinions and to state them publicly, regardless of how ridiculous they might be. You also have the right to brag about killing helpless animals, barbaric as that might be. Finally, you have the right to point to the sky to thank God when you get a base hit, though I think it is rather pompous and egotistical to think that God cares what you do on the baseball field.

Having said all that, I would offer a piece of advice…just shut up.

Read the transcript of Scott's conversation here on Big League Stew