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Liz

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About Me

Happily married writer who shares a home with her husband and three black cats.

My Interests

Tyler, the cats, home improvement, my family, bugs and wildlife, food, fitness, horse racing, current events, politics, my future farm, small towns, cold beer, cheeseburgers, good live music, writing (when I'm not doing it for work), flat land and wide open skies (the foothills of the Smokies is like living in a hole), and other things. Oh yeah, and family vacations - Cruise with the Seales: http://www.3tudiodesign.com/cruise/gallery.htm

Music:

White Stripes, Ryan Adams, Scott Seales bands, Zeppelin, Stones, old things, new things, and other things...

Movies:

The Black Stallion.

Television:

These are the channels that are on regularly at our house: Food Network, SciFi, Spike, Discovery (sometimes), and ABC when Lost is on.

Books:

Yeah, yeah.

Heroes:

Our soldiers, President Bush, my Mom & Dad, my brothers, working horsemen and horses that race twice a month, wildlife rehabbers, and people who foster homeless pets.

My Blog

One great American...RIP..Charlton Heston

A great man. Read his last speech and try to apply your own courage when it’s called upon. I remember my son when he was five, explaining to his kindergarten class what his father did for a livi...
Posted by Liz on Sun, 06 Apr 2008 10:03:00 PST

The White Dog

A while back, I wrote about the heartbreaking disappearance of my brother Brian and his wife Shannon's dog, Butters. Though I know they still mourn having lost her, it's because of that loss that they...
Posted by Liz on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:55:00 PST

The Cult of Obama...

Think you like Obama? Please read this before you decide...   The Cult of Obama By Steven LaibIntellectual Conservative ^ | February 20, 2008 | Steven Laib   What America truly needs is not...
Posted by Liz on Thu, 21 Feb 2008 05:44:00 PST

Open letter to ABC: I’m not retarded...

Nor do I have amnesia. But THANKS for distracting me during the entire re-run of Lost's season finale from last year. Look, I know there may be a lot of new viewers this season thanks to the writers'...
Posted by Liz on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 05:41:00 PST

No Terror Attacks are No Accident...

Great article. Important info in this election year... ..> No Terror Attacks Are No Accident ..> Monday, December 31, 2007 10:27 AMBy: Ronald Kessler ..> As we finish another year wi...
Posted by Liz on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 05:57:00 PST

Important: there is NO recession

In fact - we are no where near one. Not even close! So why do you keep hearing this word when the media "reports" on the U.S. economy?   Simple politics. There is a presidential election around t...
Posted by Liz on Tue, 18 Dec 2007 11:43:00 PST

Success in Iraq by the Numbers (even the press can spin this)

By Robert J. Caldwell November 4, 2007   To all those who said the "surge" in U.S. forces in Iraq was doomed to fail, a look at the latest results should be instructive, if not humbling.  ...
Posted by Liz on Mon, 05 Nov 2007 08:21:00 PST

Rush Limbaugh’s $4 million donation to Marines - Not News???

A few weeks ago, Rush referred to this guy who claimed to be a soldier as a "phony soldier." The guy is getting all kinds of media because he's against the war. He says he's a soldier, but he rea...
Posted by Liz on Fri, 19 Oct 2007 08:12:00 PST

Old Friends (John Henry euthanized October 8)

I wrote this a few months ago after the passing of Waquoit - a great and beautiful horse who (among other things) won the Michigan Mile. John Henry was euthanized at 32 yesterday. The "old man" as the...
Posted by Liz on Tue, 09 Oct 2007 06:15:00 PST

Michigan, Michigan, why hast thou forsaken me?

Dear Michigan, I've now lived in North Carolina almost six years. The winters are nice and it's good to be near family, but I've missed you all along. I still consider you "home." In fact, when we thi...
Posted by Liz on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 07:19:00 PST