GETTING TO KNOW JOHN McCAIN
POSTED BY BEVERLEE, Wednesday, May 7, 2008
As I mentioned back in January, I have come to dread election years because of all the empty rhetoric and vitriol that spews forth from every news source for the entire year. We have certainly witnessed this with the ongoing fight between Clinton and Obama as they seek the Democratic nomination for President. So it was like a breath of fresh air when my friend Bill forwarded this article about John McCain from the Wall Street Journal which I otherwise would have missed. (Thank you, Bill!) I'm passing it along because I sincerely believe that everyone, regardless of their political persuasion, ought to know these things about John McCain before casting their vote for the next President of the United States in November.
SHAME ON YOU, BAWA WAWA!
POSTED BY BEVERLEE, Friday, May 02, 2008
I have nothing good to say about Barbara Walters. For a woman who has had every advantage in life she shows very little class. In my "View" it is blatantly self-seeking of her to make public (On Oprah!, of course, where else?) her affair with Senator Edward Brooke, simply to boost sales of her upcoming book. However, rather than vent my spleen any further, I thought it more amusing to share her Compatibility Report with Senator Brooke. Here’s their steamy report.
HAPPY MAY DAY!
POSTED BY BEVERLEE, Thursday, May 1, 2008
May Day is a festival to celebrate Spring and fertility. It evolved from a Roman festival called Floralia which was held to offer flowers to the Goddess Flora. Dancers stomp the ground, blow horns and whistles, and ring bells to reawaken the ground, field and trees. The festival's central color is green because in Spring nature is green. May Day participants wear a crown of green leaves and flowers, and all the food is green.
Along with May Day comes the May pole. It is a tall pole, usually made of birch, decorated with flowers, leaves and brightly colored ribbons. May poles are permenant fixtures in large cities such as London, but were also put up on May Day Eve. The May pole symbolizes a tree to which May Day ceremonies are directed in order to encourage the "guardian of trees" to create a bountiful harvest. A mummer called Jack in the Green wears a costume made of green leaves and leads his chimney sweeps in a dance around the May pole.
There is also a Queen of this celebration. At the start of the festivities the Surveyor crowns her the Queen of May. There were no set criteria for choosing the queen. She could have been the tallest, youngest, prettiest, or most noble. She wore a gold crown with a single, gold leaf at its front. Her duties were to announce the games and award the prizes.
On May Day Eve after midnight and until the dawn of May Day, the children collect the May, that is, gather flowers and greens for the day's ceremonies. Upon their return everyone collected the May dew. The dew on grasses was thought to be lucky and good for your complexion by giving twelve months of rosy cheeks.
