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LuluandPhoebe

LuluandPhoebe
Location
Silly Silicon Valley, California,
Birthday
June 06
Title
Smart Ass
Bio
One human. Two dogs. I'm Lisa Horel. If Lulu & Phoebe fall asleep while I read aloud a final draft, that means it's good to go. Inspired by canine. Fueled by chocolate. Life is fine.

Editor’s Pick
MARCH 19, 2010 2:16AM

Whitman Releases Policy Agenda for California, Inc.

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Pez sisters: co-authors of the Whitman Policy agenda?
 
On a roll since her surge in the polls earlier this week, Meg Whitman, heir apparent as the republican candidate for Governor, released her My Policies  Agenda memo to the shareholders (read: voters) of California, Inc. /… Read full post »
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MARCH 17, 2010 2:40PM

Hope & Change's Really Bad Week: Rasmussen on CA

513fYk2kEWLHope and change are having a rough week in California if the latest  Rasmussen numbers have any meaning.

Hope is still clinging to the wings of angels who support the health care bill.  55% of Californians support the President's health care bill.  45% do not.  That has he… Read full post »

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MARCH 16, 2010 12:53AM

Inspired by The Chocolate Chip Bandits

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the bandits, circa 1954: meet Jell-o & Chocolate

 There has to be a special name for someone who opens a Jell-O box, consumes the sugary contents and then glues the flaps back together so it looks like new.  And there certainly is a name for people who eat… Read full post »

 

Here's the video of the complete debate.  It was as expected, boring, repetitive and they didn't venture off their sound bites.  Poizner whined like the GW clone he is and Meg memorized her notes.

The debate was closed to the public… Read full post »

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MARCH 15, 2010 1:53PM

Whitman Files Complaint: Brown's Top Dog Secret Convenant?

The news hit the wires  just in time to deftly move the magnifying glass from today's upcoming debate between Whitman and DeVore. Whitman is accusing Jerry Brown of puppetering the left leaning messages from the independent group called Level the Playing Field here and here.

The… Read full post »

As the Tea Party weekend progressed in Santa Clara, it was prenaturally quiet in our small community.  There were no lines anywhere, even in Peets Coffee where the wait is subhumanly long on weekends.  The ethnically mixed neighborhood had cleared out.

Driving by the convention… Read full post »

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Brown & Newsom: so happy together

 

Gavin Newsom makes politics seem like a fun-fest.  You just never know what to expect from the guy.  Always with the surprises (not).

I guess the baby is settling in just fine these days.  San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom,… Read full post »

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MARCH 12, 2010 2:10AM

Republicans Pour Tea in San Francisco Bay

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Mitt Romney: barker of the Tea Bag Fest

Somewhere around early evening the air pressure changed dramatically in my neighborhood.  At first it was like a whoosh, then the cold, cold air moved in accompanied by the sound of a million tea bags being swished in… Read full post »

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MARCH 11, 2010 11:18AM

Mayberry, Florida? No Gays Allowed

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Precourt campaign photo: family values?

Count on Florida to come up with new ways to be even less gay friendly. Florida bans gay marriage.   Florida is the only state to ban adoptions by gays, although that status is on rocky ground.

And if State Representative Steve Precourt and his… Read full post »

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MARCH 10, 2010 1:04AM

Thank God for Dead Soldiers & Semper Fi Fags: Free Speech?

image3414249gForever 20 year old Matthew Snyder may be able to rest in peace after all.  Tuesday the SCOTUSblog announced that the Court will hear Snyder v. Phelps this next fall.

Four years ago this month, Albert Snyder was grieving the tragic loss of his young son.  Matthew was a Marine… Read full post »

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MARCH 9, 2010 1:02AM

Date Night Cream Puffs

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The reason for date night
 
The reason for married date night was about 25 inches tall and 22 pounds.  It didn't take but a year to sign up.

And we have those lemon loving in-laws to thank/… Read full post »

 

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all the free crap?  me me me (gawker)

 The ironic remark heard around the twitterverse.  The  commonsensical Palin moment goes awry.  In a big way, again.  

Sarah Palin, tripping over her own words, gets into trouble with her folksy truthiness.&nbs… Read full post »

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MARCH 5, 2010 4:05PM

Fiorina Phones it In

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phoning it in

The Republican primary candidates in California's Senate race are duking it out on radio today.  Both Tom Campell and Chuck DeVore are in the conservative AM radio talk show studio in Sacramento with host Eric Hogue while Fiorina, two hours away, phones it/… Read full post »

Phoebe is possibly the happiest dog on earth.  Nothing makes her (back end) wiggle like a slinky more than asking if she wants to go to the park.  The way to the park is by way of the path that brings her shadow with us.  

It's the ears.  Her entire… Read full post »

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MARCH 2, 2010 4:31PM

Target Practice at Starbucks Redux, Inc.

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Coffee?  Thought I was getting a teabag? (gawker)

 Starbucks is reaching out to re-establish a customer base after losing all their yuppies in the recession retreat.   That is what the analysts are saying, at least.  But if anyone looked carefully, they would have seen t/… Read full post »

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MARCH 2, 2010 12:37AM

The Tart Will be Lemon

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groom & bride, grinning in-laws, and not lemon cake
 

After the wedding, when I was officially the 17 year old bride and newly installed daughter-in-law, I learned the holy grail of in-law 101.

We were being driven by my father-in-law to the bus for our destination honeymoon. … Read full post »

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FEBRUARY 26, 2010 3:37PM

Candidate Whitman's Big Day: The 1st Interview

20100225__megspeaks~2_VIEWERCandidate Meg gave her first real interview this week to the San Jose Mercury News, her home town newspaper. 

There is no doubt at all that this is not the same Meg Whitman who first announced she would be running for Governor a year ago and then literally… Read full post »

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FEBRUARY 25, 2010 1:21AM

The United Federation of Google?

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Can zero tolerance run amok be contagious?

Google came under fire this week when the Italian courts found three top executives guilty for violating privacy laws when a nasty YouTube video went (somewhat) viral.  Certainly the Italians have a slightly different definition of viral. /… Read full post »

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FEBRUARY 23, 2010 5:30PM

Tufts Goes YouTube for Admissions

31,000 views and counting

More good news on the college admission front.  Tufts, is opening up the applicant process to include YouTube videos as part of the admission package.  Fortunately, it does not supplant the written essay as some feared. Nor does it push aside the academ/… Read full post »

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FEBRUARY 23, 2010 12:41AM

Rugelach with Chocolate and Hope

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gluten free rugelach, with chocolate and hope

When I tell people that the best rugelach I ever ate was at the Ad Man’s funeral, there is a momentary awkward pause in conversation, until I also mention that they were filled with bittersweet chocolate.   Read full post »

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FEBRUARY 22, 2010 12:52AM

Zero Tolerance Out of Control?

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Earlier this month, twelve year old Alexa Gonzalez was bored.  She enjoyed creating occasional, mindless (and not offensive) art doodles on the canvas known as the school-desk.  The school administrator in Forest Hills, NY didn't see it quite the same way.  They called it firRead full post »

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FEBRUARY 19, 2010 1:20AM

Prostitutes Train for New Role in Swiss Brothels & Sex Clubs

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wait!  is the battery charged?! (dailymail)

If you have a pensioner in your household, and he often travels over the border from Italy to Lugano, Switzerland for an afternoon of fun and frolic at one of the numerous sex clubs or brothels, rest assured.  He probably won't die/… Read full post »

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FEBRUARY 18, 2010 1:04AM

Whitman's Campaign for Governor? Buy it Now

Democrat leaders in California recently solicited large donations to run counter advertisements (read: more infomercials) in response to the increasing deluge of Whitman radio and television infomercials advertisements. 

With Meg Whitman’s latest $20M donation to the WhitmaRead full post »

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FEBRUARY 16, 2010 12:25AM

Rolling Oats into Cookies

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a rolled oat winner

While it has been said that Shokolad might be my Hebrew name, it is not.  To the best of my knowledge.

Opening the cupboard, you might think that someone here has an obsession with chocolate (shokolad).  Jumbles of bars, bittersweet, dark, unsweetened, se… Read full post »

FEBRUARY 12, 2010 3:32PM

c'est l'amour?

When an image is captured, it speaks many truths.  When children or small, little canines are captured in an image, the truth shines brightly. 
 
Together, they are a force of the universe's best work.  Meet baby Lulu, and her one true love, a boy named Z.  Though they… Read full post »