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CHICAGO – Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was arrested on Tuesday on charges that he brazenly conspired to sell or trade the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by President-elect Barack Obama to the highest bidder.

Blagojevich also was charged with illegally threatening to withhold state assistance to Tribune Co., the owner of the Chicago Tribune, in the sale of Wrigley Field, according to a federal criminal complaint. In return for state assistance, Blagojevich allegedly wanted members of the paper’s editorial board who had been critical of him fired.

A 76-page FBI affidavit said the 51-year-old Democratic governor was intercepted on court-authorized wiretaps over the last month conspiring to sell or trade the vacant Senate seat for personal benefits for himself and his wife, Patti.

Otherwise, Blagojevich considered appointing himself. The affidavit said that as late as Nov. 3, he told his deputy governor that if “they’re not going to offer me anything of value I might as well take it.”

“I’m going to keep this Senate option for me a real possibility, you know, and therefore I can drive a hard bargain,” Blagojevich allegedly said later that day, according to the affidavit, which also quoted him as saying in a remark punctuated by profanity that the seat was “a valuable thing — you just don’t give it away for nothing.”

The affidavit said Blagojevich also discussed getting a substantial salary for himself at a nonprofit foundation or an organization affiliated with labor unions.

Finally OJ gets what was always coming to him…

Karma is a bitch huh?

Got some good stuff coming. I promise…

Pennsylvania is really great. You can drive a few hours west of Philly and be in the middle of nowhere. It’s kinda cool to know that places like this still exist. Yeah for open spaces!

If they weren’t sold out through 2010 and I had a couple 100,000 dollar bills around…I would buy one in a second!

So amazing and the movie/marketing/ad design is even brilliant. BRAVO!

BUS

Found these today while looking to get a new flash drive. Super cute. Get one.

WOODEN BRANCHES

We went to the roof top Mexican joint one night with the Argentines. The food sucks there, but the drinks and the view are great. We stayed for a few cocktails and head to get some sushi after…

Chuck and I broke out the grill/deck furniture the other night. Got the first crabs of the year. They were good. We are heading to Annapolis one of these days soon to go to Cantler’s Inn and get the best ones around but these were still yummy!

Had paintball practice last night. Forgot how much it stings when you get shot. I need to work on not getting shot so much in the same exact spot. I took 3 balls right in a line on my right arm. It’s so much fun though. The field was set up a little crazy with a few too many bunkers but we managed. Kevin Misko came out to play with one of his D4 team mates which was fun. We talked Ramon into coming even though he was whining about his foot. boo-hoo.

My arm:

I love giraffe’s. This is a little nuts.

Today is Earth Day. Take a moment to do something nice for the earth.

Please.

Thanks.

Today is also the PA Primary. It’s been crazy around these parts in the last few weeks. Lots of roads closed and tons of annoying radio/TV adds that are all going to stop today. Whew. Feels like we would never make it to election day. It gets over whelming and everything starts to blur together. PA is a closed primary which means about 200,000 independent voters won’t get to cast their votes. Chuck went this morning in hopes of casting his and was turned away for no party affiliation. Dumb. Stupid that 50 states have 50 different rules for primaries. Oh well.

On the up side - I scored some of those sick Shepard Fairy posters, some old school style campaign buttons and some insane stickers at a bachelorette party this past weekend. They campaign everywhere - even in the back corner by the bathroom at big club in Philly. If they could I think they would have gone in the bathroom. Crazy.

4/20.
Just a little Sunday Humor.
This was such a funny day at UVM.

So I’m going to pretty much let the pictures tell the story. It was a blast and Mary and Josh really set it up great! Thanks guys!! Cant wait for the next one

The vineyards:

jeff had to give the cab driver directions with his garmen

let the games begin

Then it was off to do some speed sight seeing in DC

Josh was so pissed when one of his neighbors saw bird doing this. Can’t imagine why. HA

This is the only thing cool about the campaign that I have seen so far. not impressed with anything else though.

Good job Shepard!

Josh- don’t pass out. This does not reflect my political views…

just my taste in cool art work.

Yesterday was one of the worst in a really long time. Insane.

Patients were super sick/ not enough time to eat/ not enough time to get half my paperwork done/ projectile vomiting patients in your general direction/ using way too many curse words in one sentence/stupid people in my way constantly/ traffic going in to the city/ traffic coming home from the city/ ugh. Glad I woke up today and have the next 4 days off. I don’t think I could have gone back today.

On a brighter note…I am thankful for my wonderful hubby who makes coming home amazing. I broke my phone and he got me a new one and loaded all my old contacts and everything into it and even stopped by the hospital to drop it off to me on his way out. PLUS- he lent me his beloved iphone for the time that i was out of mine. Chuck rules. But I already new that.

So here’s to starting this mini-vacation off right and leaving all that crap behind. Going to the gym to take out anything left on the treadmill.

blah blah blah.

Going down to Washington DC for a wine tasting. Josh and Mary set it up and we are on a crazy chartered bus and everything. Should be great. I have never gone wine tasting and I am really looking forward to it. I’m hoping that the Cherry blossom’s will still be in bloom. We are going to make a crazy run through the museum’s and shops as well.

I am so glad we are going to Tokyo in a couple weeks so I can see what this is all about.

I would be so bummed if I didn’t get a chance to try this crap.

What the heck will they think of next. The Japanese culture is so unique…ha.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day to all my fellow Irish people.

I miss Ireland.

One of my most favorite trips, in this life of mine, was through Ireland when I lived in Italy. It was amazing and fun and way too short. I am planning on going back and expecting it to be just as cool if not cooler.

…gone to whistler…to work on my goggle tan.

Crazy cool. Even the auction was fun. Some amazing paint on those old cars. Came home stinking like exhaust. Dabica you should have come down for sure!! Next year…
For Dabica:

This car is a crazy deep purple color

The A-Team van on drugs

Weird side show

For Capozzi and Coulter

I love Wagons

Insane Mustang

Best Orange ever

Sick Rims

80’s style

Yep. Bring on the crowds. He’s back in the dating pool. Look out ladies… Ha

Know anybody that wants to sell one of these…? I have a friend looking to buy the set. He needs the smaller sizes more, but is open to any of them…let me know if you do. Thx.

2000 Burton Balance Series.

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Chuck even made the pilot fly faster from LA and he got home before I did from the hospital. Awesome.

anyone wanting to come around me should be wearing one of these. chuck got real sick all weekend and I inherited it late Sunday and now feel like someone is sitting on my head and is squeezing me so tight I can’t get a good breath in. Oh to be sick. Oh yeah and if you didn’t know - nurses are the worst patients on earth. At least I was able to get out of work for today and sit in bed staring at the ceiling. ugh. mommy.

Just booked our winter trip to Whistler/Blackcomb this morning! Super excited. Haven’t been there in almost 10 years and to make it even more amazing - Faz - Jenna and E are all coming with. Should be and amazing trip. Snow is all time up there this year. Looks promising for a good season. I love the village up there. It feels like you are in Europe.

I couldn’t be more excited right now. Going to Breckenridge this week for some practice turns…

Bird is in Montana and the pass is closed. He is getting like 2 feet a day up there right now. So Jealous…I’ll hopefully hit it just as good in CA.

I got picked to come for Jury Duty this week. I love how when you get there they try and hype it up and make you feel like you are the most important part of the US judicial system and all that crap. Most of it just to pass the time and make you not want to shoot yourself while you are painfully waiting for 8 hours.

I planned for it though. I brought my lap top and my itouch and my ipod and some magazine and some books. Turns out they love nurses and wound up picking me for all 3 pools for the criminal cases that were on for that day. Lucky me. I am also lucky enough to have family and friends in law enforcement which is probably what got me off. The first case was an armed robbery with assault. I got to talk to the judge and the 2 lawyers for that one. I think they might have been thinking about picking me and wanted some more info on my law enforcement connection. The next one was a DUI case an unfortunately I know a few people with previous DUI charges so that got me out of that one. The last one I had read and heard about so they let me out of that one too.

Jury duty pretty much sucks and I really would rather be at work then doing that crap. I personally feel like our judicial system sucks - and I don’t have respect for it or a desire to ever be part of it. To put it nicely…ha.