Sam: October 2004 Archives

Micheal shares this wisdom from a friend:

"In the previous 17 Presidential election cycles, if the Washington Reskins won their game the weekend before the election, the incumbent party won on Tuesday. If they lost, the incumbents lost. The Skins looked pretty awful on offense today, as they have all season, but suddenly went ahead with only about 2 minutes left. Except that they didn't; the refs called the play back with an extremely questionable penalty call and the Green Bay Packers pulled it out."

David sends this; its good with sound. :-)

Sam and I went for a long, quiet ride today, taking in the beauty of Vermont in the fall. We chomped on Kentucky Fried Chicken and sucked down Dunkin' Donuts Hazelnut coffee along the way. :-)

It was a slightly rainy day, but somehow the overcast sky created a gorgeous backdrop for the fall colors. There have been some amazingly flourescent oranges, bright yellows, sharp reds....and there is still a lot of green, not only the evergreens but the grasses in the fields are still quite lush.

It was a contemplative ride over to Keene, up to Walpole, over to Bellows Falls and down Route 5, with a detour along the Middle Road and East-West Road to track Route 9 (?) back into town along the West River. We really didn't speak much; it would have interfered with the mood. :-)

Sam asked about my family, as he always does, and also expressed concern about Manjeca. She's been ill and Sam hasn't heard from her in a while: does anyone have an update?

Nancy was really helpful at the front desk at Eden Park, where I have to sign a book whenever I take Sam out. She ran off to get a belt for us after we discovered that there was No Way we were going to get him into the car without one. He thought we could pull it off. What was he thinking? The dude is a foot taller than me and I won't guestimate how much he weights. Grin. But the mild leverage on the back just didn't cut it. That belt though.....whipped that dude up out of that wheelchair!

Will see him next week and update him on goings-on in here. It's been pretty quiet lately - hope you all will post comments and let him know what's going on with you.

Saw Sam for only about 10 minutes yesterday evening. He was engrossed in a tv show and I was antsy with all the things I needed to be doing, but we set up a date to go driving next Tuesday. He's already been out at least once, Bill McKim took him for a drive towards Marlboro, which Sam enjoyed very much. He was also thrilled with Phil, Lorraine, and Molly's visit. :-)

He told me he'd taken a trip to the ER recently but I couldn't get the details out of him; will on Tuesday. He's excited Jennifer is coming for Thanksgiving.

This from the mouth of Sam:

Hi,

I just signed a petition demanding to know how George Bush plans to avoid drafting a generation of young people to fight in Iraq.

George Bush is already drafting some people -- he is forcing soldiers to stay active beyond their commitments and ripping apart families by sending unprecedented numbers of National Guard and Reserves to occupy a foreign country.

He has been misleading us on Iraq from the beginning -- about nuclear weapons, about the cost, and about the progress being made. George Bush has some explaining to do about how he will fix the mess he's made without asking this generation to make the sacrifice he dodged.
Join me and demand some answers:

Thanks!