I am an East Coast expatriate hiding out in the Midwest...
I am an urban gal living in the suburbs and occasionally hiding in the country
I am a yoga practitioner, fitness enthusiast, believer in the mind-body-spirit connection...
I am a mid-life "revert" to the Roman Catholic faith in which I was raised and which has become an enormous source of support, encouragement, inspiration, and joy in my life...
I am a mom, sister, daughter, and wife...
I am an explorer; adventurous and curious about the world and people around me...
I am educated in the formal sense but I gain insight through everyday living...
I created this blog at a time of great fear and apprehension in my life. I chose to sustain it because of the discoveries about myself and the world around me that it has revealed.
What you can expect to find here:
the documentation of a love-hate relationship with the greater Philadelphia area
reminiscing about the good-ole-days (the 80's!)
complaints about my various ailments and injuries, both real and imagined
pictures and stories of gardening, decorating, shopping, sewing
OK, I do not condone gossip but this video (or at least a section of it) reminded me of a situation I experienced a few years ago:
Some time ago, I volunteered to help, along with other room moms, to aid our first grade children with a timeline project they were making. I was assigned to work with the rather steely then-president of the PTA. I had always been intimidated by this rather snooty woman. During our shift, we had two children to assist, one of whom recently moved to the Chicago area from Argentina. I spoke a bit of Spanish to the Argentine girl, and helped her with the project.
After the kids left, PTA-mom remarked on my conversational Spanish.
I have a man who does my lawn who is from Brazil. He told me I should go there to visit, but I told him I dont speak Spanish, noted PTA mom.
I had to stifle my snicker.
They dont speak Spanish in Brazil, I gently replied. They speak Portuguese.
OK, that mistake is a common one. But the revelation of her ignorance got worse.
Portuguese? What? Well ,where else do they speak Portuguese, PTA mom retorted incredulously.
I looked her straight in the eye as I offered my reply: Portugal.
Needless to say, I never let the PTA bully bother me again when I realized what a clueless sh*thead she was.
That revealed, I now offer this rather viral video with the always entertaining (in one way or another), if not aggravating, Bill OReilly dishing some scathing gossip about another world geography-challenged PTA mom:(listen for the bit about Africa. It is both priceless and terrifying)
jerry November 10, 2008 05:14 PM PST Portuguese is spoken in Macau, Angola and Mozambiqe, It's the sixth most widely spoken language in teh world. I knew the first 3 had to look up the later.
people.
brandy101 November 7, 2008 06:34 PM PST I think its insane how FAST Carl Cameron is talking here. Obviously to not get interuppted by Bill. I dont watch these guys on a regular basis, though; maybe that is how fast he normally talks!
AbbyNormal November 7, 2008 05:26 PM PST Yeah, well, I always felt that Sarah Palin was like a carnival side show. That's just how the pick struck me.
Still, Carl Cameron is rather viral here. Like a guy who couldn't get a date for the prom, dissing the royalty.