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I'm watching a bunch of episodes of "Ancient Aliens" from the History channel about evidence that aliens visited us a long time ago and there are stories in the bible, the Bhagavad Gita and other ancient texts and art that shows aliens, up to and including ancient nuclear battles. So, It got me wondering how you hyenas think.

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Current Mood: curious
Current Location: 93436
Current Music: Ancient Aliens on my DVR

Thursday June 3rd:

Arrive at ORD at 16:32. Check in at hotel. Haven't decided what to do with my Thursday night yet.

Friday June 4th:

10:00 Architectural Riverboat Cruise for an hour.
11:00-14:00 TBD
14:00-16:00 Walking Tour - Historic Downtown (north): Treasures of Culture & Commerce
16:00 meet

wobblerlorri at the hotel, catch up with her
18:00 dinner with

wobblerlorri
20:00-23:00 Two comedy shows with

wobblerlorri

Saturday June 5th:

Morning with

wobblerlorri at the Planetarium
Lunch with

wobblerlorri
Afternoon catching up on internet at hotel while

wobblerlorri naps
Evening is dinner with

jblaque and company at the Chinese BBQ
Late evening get shitfaced with

jblaque and company at the bar

Sunday June 6th:

Morning: send

wobblerlorri back to the airport
10:00-12:00: Walking Tour: Historic Downtown (south): Rise of the Skyscraper
Lunch somewhere
Afternoon: DuSable Museum of African American History
Evening: Dinner ~~somewhere nice~~ Rosebud [Thanks

jblaque] and then relax at the hotel!

Monday June 7th:

Morning & Early afternoon: The Art Institute!
17:25 my flight home from ORD to LGB

I am so excited!

Current Mood: excited
Current Location: 93105
Current Music: Jack & Diane - John Cougar

I got up to pee at 5:42am and I noticed that currently playing on the TV (I fell asleep with the History Channel playing in the background) was some show that was mentioning Thomas Cranmer and the Catholic Church and all of a sudden my ears perked up and I hit the "guide" button on my DirectTV console. It's a 2 hours documentary on the Protestant Reformation. Well, you know I'm just creaming my knickers with that, and on a lark I hit the "record" button and my DVR was able to "record" it back to it's beginning at 5am because it had already been on that channel! How awesome is that???

It's little shit like this that makes me a very happy woman. So now I'm awake and watching the show from the beginning.

Current Mood: calm
Current Location: 93436
Current Music: the aforementioned show on the Protestant Reformation

Be welcomed by NYC

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Current Mood: morose
Current Location: 93436
Current Music: Keith Olbermann on MSNBC

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0831041_photostamps_1.html

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2009/0116091nolte1.html

Current Mood: amused
Current Music: Ron Kuby on Air America radio

Bush could never have been this articulate on September 12, 2001.

Current Mood: sleepy

I adore the series Big Love on HBO. It's well written, amazingly acted, and just perfect in almost every way.

Now I read Television Without Pity's board on the show, and someone offhandedly mentioned that Mitt Romney's father was born in Chihuahua, Mexico, which is the outpost for polygamists who have fled the country under persecution from the federal government of the US. So I did a little digging and found this article:

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=2901419

Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to smear Mitt Romney, as I really don't care all that much if his family was polygamist in the late 1800s-early 1900s or not; but the article is fascinating. The whole concept of Mormon polygamy is fascinating. I watched a documentary on PBS a couple of weeks ago on the Mormons and their history is so interesting.

Current Mood: discontent

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