RANT - We really need to think about what is an acceptable level of behavior in this country. Yesterday, two DJ's in Indiana made statements to the effect that former Yankee star and current Yankee coach Don Mattingly was seriously hurt while in Japan. Of course, his two teenage son's back home in Indiana didn't know that 3 hours later the DJ intended to throw out the punch line "Seriously hurt with a nick from shaving."

Freedom of speach should be protected. However, we really ought to consider what kind of people we are when someone could actually think that constitutes humor. Perhaps simple human decency will once again become a staple of our society.

Rave - L'Acajou restaurant at the Sandy Lane resort in Barbados. If you want a great meal and don't mind paying for it, probably few better places on the island.

Rave - Portable DVD players and a fully charged battery. Nothing better for keeping a 2 1/2 year old occupied on a 5 hour plane flight.

RAVE: Our DS just found out hes been accepted into an amazing, perfect and paid summer internship in his field of study, and that it may also lead to employment after college graduation!


RANT: We can't do a 3 week road trip this summer as a family becasue of his internship (we were going to do New England). This will be the first summer we haven't traveled together as a family since he was born. We did the beach (hilton head) with the extended family for 11 years, and the last 8 summers we did the 3 week Out West road trips. And our spring break trips to disney as a family are over too, now that hes in college...

Dreamer, The Mole People ate your bulbs!

Rant: Hate that Troy was given the axe. He hustled more on the show than anyone else.

Rave: Bill is going to win. He's the only one I haven't seen out doing PR for the show.

Rav: The Donald is so decisive about who will run his billion dollar companies.

Rant: Who runs his casino in AC, the one going belly up (per the NY Times)?

Rave, The girl in Madison WI was found.
Rant, She made the whole thing up.

Rant, Troy got booted. He really blew it when he kept on saying We, We, We, to prospects instead of focusing on the client's needs. I could not believe someone that smart would say those things.

emd, Hey, I was up until 2 am this morning with my computer on. Could have started the thread but wanted you to get the glory!!! \/

jor, I should have known you were thinking of me and how I was the first one to respond to your excellent april fools post and how you'd be nice to me because of it. I'll get you too someday, when you least expect it. (Did you ever see that movie "Gotcha"?)

rant-If I don't see the I am going to go

rave-We leave for Rivera Maya next week 8-)

emd, Are you mad at me? I thought you knew that I am usually full of it! Yes I did notice you were the first to respond to my April Fools post. \/ No hard feeling on my part.

Rave: just made REFUNDABLE hotel reservations in Portland, OR.

Rant: looks like I've missed the cheapest Southwest rates

rave: our son was just awarded a Responsible and Good Citizen Award for the month at school (been here only 1 month too!)

rant--snotty girl at the bus stop said some unpleasant things to him because of it.

rave--he ignored her and took the high road.

Rave: We booked our tickets for France.
Rant: flooding all around here, killing off spring growth.

jor- no not at all, i was totally kidding and being playful!! my father was born on April Fools and we had all sorts of big april fools jokes in my house- we pretty much had a constant game of gotcha going on while i was growing up. someday i will fool you, in a fun fodors way.

Rave - Chamber of Commerce day here (Seattle)
Rant - Every idiot with a drivers license is out using up the O2.
Rant - and the tree pollen is 1 million ppm.

Rave - Down to ten days till el águila de plata británica hoists us to merrie olde.
Ergo rave - We will miss the last episode of The Sorcerer's Apprentice. Oh wait, that was Mickey Mouse. Oh wait...
Rant - The older I get the more obsessive/rententive I get at packing lists and things that used to be no sweat.
Rant - Getting Older
Rave - Now what was I saying?

Rave- they finished installing the new carpet in our basement yesterday.

Rant- 8 inches of rain, a pond in our front yard and a very soggy new carpet in our basement.

bennie and eva- where do you guys live that you are getting so much rain? It is raining in DC area but not flooding like you have. (Just tell me you don't live in Florida, please!)

emd - North of Boston, we got slammed. The power went out last night which prevented the sump pump from kicking in when it should have. Everyone at work had either leaks or basement flooding. The down town area of Peabody Mass. is under a few feet of water so I am sure there are people who have it worse.

So I guess that can be another rave-- it could be worse.

I'm in Boston and we are not as bad as the nearby towns where the rain has reached up to hoods of the cars where the, towns drainage is not up to par.
Some business will not be able to open for at least a week.

My inlaws live on the Cape- just called them after getting your emails and they said 10 inches of rain there! I was going to buy a generator as a backup to our sump pump after Hurricaine Isabel but I never did- but after hearing your stories, I'm getting one as soon as I get back from vacation.
10 inches of rain is a definite rant.

Rant for Gardyloo: Now I know I came in here for a reason?!

Rant: Our first 9:30pm softball game tonight was canceled due to a schedule conflict.

RAVE: Instead we are going to a new Bistro/Wine Bar recently opened on our side of town and it's within walking distance! \/ \/ \/