The 47%

Word of the day : recondite
                                             : hidden from sight; concealed
                                             : difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge
                                               to comprehend

Ah, Wednesday.  So much to talk about... Not really.

Just this, if you're at all interested in the "truth" behind Mitt Romney's inanely elitist comments:

http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/09/18/161337343/the-47-percent-in-one-graphic     

Is this really the way to go, Mitt?

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What (Rare) Bird Was Seen in Bulloch County This Week? 

Gray-cheeked thrush

This ground forager nests in dense, closed-off canopies and shrubs.  It's a shy, hard-to-spot bird with the most Northern breeding range among all the North American spotted thrushes. 

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I'm just gonna keep rolling along with my 500 Greatest Performances of All Time, so don't try and stop me!

Julie Christie
as Fiona Anderson in Away With Her (2007)

In Sarah Polley's pitch-perfect adaptation of Alice Munro's devastating short story "The Bear Came Over the Mountain," Christie gives the performance of her life - which is really saying something, if you think of her work in Don't Look Now, McCabe & Mrs. Miller, Petulia, etc.  She's Fiona Anderson, an Ontario woman in the grip of Alzheimer's.  To her loyal, caring husband's mystified chagrin, she becomes affectionate with another patient at the nursing home she has been admitted to.  Christie is lovely here, her face a map of loss and memory, and the actress, within a somewhat limited context, creates a full-figured woman with a rich inner life.  Christie plays fragility beautifully, showing how hard her character is trying to keep her tenuous grasp on life - but there's something mysterious and untouchable about her too; it's as if she is already lost to us. 

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Time for another football list:
Greatest Wide Receivers of My Lifetime:

 
1. Jerry Rice
2. Cris Carter
3. Terrell Owens
4. Tim Brown
5. Randy Moss
6. Michael Irvin
7. Isaac Bruce
8. Marvin Harrison
9. Calvin Johnson
10. Hines Ward
11. Andre Johnson
12. Art Monk
13. Jimmy Smith
14. Andre Reed
15. Larry Fitzgerald
16. Rod Smith
17. Torry Holt
18. Steve Smith
19. Herman Moore
20. Irving Fryar

 





Images:

http://www.lilibirds.com/gallery2/d/2462-5/gray-cheeked_thrush_1.jpg

https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh4rpwQ1ndAw8IXhpH4cTtLTZdAYa_5OsP-M1yg_QjQfcJhqVwAi0a3E-7AxDVEboo_uFBgqtWDS2P9Kwj_k4MIxJsz7mlfORoQyb-TD-4pRYWA7LwPYJgsArWusmhSSne2MF84Eiw3S0/s400/JulieChristie1.jpg

http://www.thecitrusreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Jerry-Rice.jpg


Information:

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Gray-cheeked_Thrush/lifehistory