Monthly Archives: February 2013

A Short and sad note.

I just posted this note on my Facebook page. There is nothing else to add here. I will try to keep this brief.Simply because I’m in no mood to write something substanial right now but I need to pass along … Continue reading

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Quvenzhane Wallis Vs. The Onion. Or why sometimes jokes just don’t damn work!

Yeah, so this was a thing tonight. (Via The AP.) A tweet from The Onion about the 9-year-old star of “Beasts of the Southern Wild” is drawing criticism for being tasteless, even amid the constant social media satire of the … Continue reading

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Student Loan! Schumdent Loan!

After what has been a stressful couple of weeks here at Chez Jensen, I got some unadulterated good news on Friday Morning. For the last few weeks, on top of every Goddamned thing else that’s been going on, I’ve been … Continue reading

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Blu-Ray pile: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. (Fincher: 2011.)

So…it’s kind of like “Seven” only with hacking and Nazis and snow and rape. Not in that order though.

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Blu-Ray Pile: “Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”.

I’ll be honest.  I don’t really get the geek hate for this film. Granted, it’s not as good as “Raiders” but that’s a charge that could easily be leveled by every other film in the series.  And none of the … Continue reading

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Death is now currently zero for two against the Jensen’s.

Health update the first: My mom is still on the ventelator but according to my sister, her lungs are still clearing up.  Also, they ran a CAT scan on her and thankfully, she did not suffer a stroke so that … Continue reading

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In which your humble narrator throws up his hands and admits he’s sick of blogging about politics.

Yes.  I saw the State of the Union Speech tonight. Yes, I thought it was a good speech. I’m delighted that Obama came out with an ambitious second term agenda.  I’m tickled that he came out for a higher national … Continue reading

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Update on my mom.

So… I talked to my niece Angelita today.  My mom’s lungs are clearing up and they’re going to try to take her off the respirator tomorrow. So it’s sounding like the worst has passed. (Flying Spaghetti Monster willing and if … Continue reading

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Heads up about the blog with a rare personal note.

This morning, I got a call from my sister that people with parents of a certain age dread getting. My mom is in the Hospital with pneumonia. The bad news is they have her on a ventilator.  The good news is … Continue reading

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Update on The Mole on my shoulder. (Warning: Pictures of a medical nature follow.)

Okay, here’s the skinny. Went to Ashland Family Practice today to have the mole checked out. Now Dr. Christlieb wasn’t available so I was examined by Dr. Cindy Parks, the nurse practitioner.  And the prognosis was that given that it … Continue reading

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