Korealainen kylpyla

Kavin eilen korealaisessa kylpylassa. Se on vain naisille tarkoitettu kylpyla, jossa saa mita moninaisimpia hoitoja. Mina otin jalkahoidon ja hieronnan. Ja sitten oli tietysti monenlaista saunaa ja poreallasta ja kuumaa huonetta. Yksi sauna oli hoyrysauna, oikein mukava. Toinen oli "kuiva-sauna", eli ihan kuin suomalainen, mutta vetta ei saanut heittaa kiukaalle "sahkoiskuvaaran" takia. Loyly on juuri saunassa parasta, mutta sita ei maailmalla tiedeta.

Lumipyry

Eilen oli taas lasten koulu suljettu lumipyryn takia. Sita tulikin varmastikin kymmenen senttia; ja varsinkin maaliskuun alkuun outo tapahtuma. Yritin muistaa oliko minun kouluni Suomessa koskaan kiinni lumipyryn tai muun "luonnonoikun" takia. Lapsi kysyi. Enta sahkokatkon takia? En muistanut etta olisi. Onko muistini niin huono, vai olivatko olosuhteet niin vakaat 60-ja 70-luvun Suomessa? Lapsi on hiukan epaluuloinen - Suomessa olot ovat "aina niin paljon paremmat". Muisti kai tekee oikkuja...

Al Gore - Rock Star

Al Gore voitti oskarin dokumentillaan ilmastonmuutoksesta. Se on mahtava juttu! Han on nyt suositumpi kuin koskaan. Filmista heijastuu rehellinen ja luotettava ihminen, joka todella on huolissaan maailman tilasta. Se on upea dokumentti! Onnea Al!

Al Gore, Rock Star - washingtonpost.com

Loysalainen I

Maantieta matkaa

kirjaton, karjaton mies.

Kruununkin kyyti

liika ois halle kenties,

outoja halle kun on

isanmaa, kotipaikka ja lies,

puolue, perhe ja muu,

verot, verka, ja velka ja ies.

Joskus olen kateellinen sille, joka on
nain riippumaton: ei tarvitse nousta aamulla
toihin, ei tarvitse maksaa laskuja ajoissa,
ei tarvitse pukeutua muodin mukaan. Ei tarvitse
edes olla samaa mielta kenenkaan kanssa!
Lojaalisuus on turhaa, ei tarvitse kuulua joukkoon.
Kuka on niin rohkea, etta ei tallaisista murehdi?

Hyvaa ystavanpaivaa!

More Molly

Good Golly, How We'll Miss Molly

By Arianna Huffington, HuffingtonPost.com. Posted February 1, 2007.

With the passing of Molly Ivins, America has lost one of its truly fearless and iconoclastic voices. And I have lost a hero.

When you spend a lot of your time, as I do, castigating, chiding, criticizing, and out and out mocking people for a living -- and God knows this administration has given us a lot to castigate, chide, criticize, and mock -- you inevitably develop a pent up longing for heroes, even for hero-worship.

So all I can say is thank God for Molly Ivins. Thanks to her passion, her insight, and her devotion to all that is right and good, I have had someone to idolize.

On top of her passion, insight, and commitment, she had an incredible gift for language, for invective and for capturing in one word the essence of a man or a cause. Who will ever forget the nickname she gave George W. Bush: Shrub. Or her dubbing Texas Governor Rick Perry "Goodhair."

Molly had the most amazing sense of humor. Let's face, the girl was laugh out loud funny. But funny with a purpose. She really understood how to use satire as a political weapon in the tradition of Mark Twain and Jonathan Swift.

And on top of that, unlike so many of the smart-assed satirists of our day, she was a woman. A classy lady with a pair of brass cojones. For any fan of nerve, humor, and spunk, it was impossible not to adore her.

That's why, when I got a call from the ACLU back in 2003, asking me if I would present Molly with an award, I didn't ask what award, I didn't ask what date, I just said "yes, yes, yes."

It turned out that the award was the Eason Monroe Courageous Advocate Award. Eason Monroe was the former executive director of the ACLU of Southern California. He refused to sign a loyalty oath half a century ago during the Red Scare. It was a decision that cost him his teaching job, but in the end Eason Monroe was loyal to something greater than the deeply misguided rules and regulations of his time, he was loyal to America. And so was Molly Ivins.

Whether as a beat reporter, a state house correspondent, a syndicated columnist or a best-selling author, Molly Ivins was always a patriot in the truest sense, unfailingly loyal to our country's highest principles. And she always did this with great style, wit, and above all, courage.

She will be missed.

Molly Ivins

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/obituaries/2003550594_ivinsobit01.html

Molly Ivins passed away yesterday. She will be dearly missed. She was one of my favorite American newspaper columnists; she was witty, smart and fearless. She was a tireless critic of the powerful, who played politics at the expense of the regular folks. I read all her books and her weekly columns which appeared in hundreds of American newspapers, including the Seattle Times. She died of breast cancer at the age of 62.