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Apr 2007
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Identify
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Tue 3 Apr 2007 19:59
by Kevin McGehee
72° and cloudy
in Coweta County, GA
0 comments
[War]
[Wackadoodle]
[Yippee-Ki-Yay!]
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Jeff Goldstein has a couple of posts up about one of his best serious themes, and one in which I have long held an interest: identitarianism, or the replacement of individual identity with that of a group. One of the identity groups (second link) in question is deaf people—as though a disability can become a mark of pride.
I’ve never had anyone refer to me as “diabetic,“ but I’m watching for it. I am not “diabetic,“ I have diabetes. I am someone whose blood glucose level has been too high, and who is in the process of bringing it under control. Someday I may be able to go off the prescriptions I’ve been taking, and no longer need to test my blood sugar regularly—but if I want to stay healthy I’ll always have to keep an eye on it. This condition does not define me, it imposes a burden on me. It is a part of my life but I do not embrace it; I oppose it. I want to push it out the door as quickly as I can, and although I know it will always prowl around out there waiting for an opportunity to sneak back in, with proper vigilance I can make sure that doesn’t happen.
God and my loved ones are helping me with this, with advice from medical professionals, and the American Diabetes Association‘s contributions to research have certainly given me more options than my mother had when she was first diagnosed—but the Diabetic-American Community has no claim on my identity, and can go suck eggs if it thinks it does.
Just not Cadbury® Creme Eggs.
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I’m Rubbing My Hands in Fiendish Anticipation
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Tue 3 Apr 2007 10:33
by Kevin McGehee
64° and fog
in Coweta County, GA
7 comments
[Get Offa My Lawn!]
[Wackadoodle]
[Yippee-Ki-Yay!]
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Run, Al. Oh please run.
New York Sen. Hillary Mrs. Bill Clinton holds a solid advantage with Californians likely to vote in the Feb. 5 Democratic presidential primary, but an old friend could significantly change the math should he decide to run, according to a Field Poll released Monday.
Former Vice President and 2000 party nominee Al Gore, who has waved off speculation that he may run again—but has not ruled it out entirely—pulled to within a handful of percentage points of Clinton when pollsters added his name to the mix.
“He is formidable in California,“ said Mark DiCamillo, Field Poll director. “He makes it a very close race.“ » Bee: Clinton holds big lead—if Gore’s out
<evil, maniacal cackle>
(Er, ahem) Ohhhh, dear. How can we Republicans ever hope to hold the White House if the formidable Al Gore gets into the race? All is lost. All is lost!
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Mar 2007
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Yippee-Ki-Yay, My (Good) Fellow
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Fri 30 Mar 2007 22:00
by Kevin McGehee
61° and partly cloudy
3 comments
[Yippee-Ki-Yay!]
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I’ve found that there’s a lot of interest in the phrase “yippee-ki-yay” over in Britain. I’ve received two emails from over there on widely separated occasions asking about it, and if I find a search-engine hit for the phrase it is far more likely to be from the UK than from any other country.
I chose it for the name of my blog mostly because Bruce Willis said it in Die Hard, after Alan Rickman’s character taunted him for being a “cowboy” kind of American.
As for what it meant before the movie, it was just a wild cowboy yelp meant to get the cattle up and moving. You find variations of it in various traditional cowboy songs like “Git Along Little Dogies” and “The Old Chisholm Trail.“ To some the actual yell may sound similar to the ululations of attacking Indians in old cowboy movies, but I suspect it also has roots in the “rebel yell” of the Civil War.
Which brings it back around to Britain.
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