var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-5279020-1"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); My name is Kathleen Thompson and I’m a writer, community organizer and political junkie. Wife to Jeremy Johnson, mother of Owen and Hale, we live in the wonderful city of Grapevine. Contact me at kathleen@ktnote.com or socially: @ktnote, linkedin, flickrTumblr (3.0; @ktnote)http://ktnote.com/<a href="http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconciliation_(United_States_Congress)?wasRedirected=true">Historical Use of Reconciliation</a>: <p>A detailed Wiki listing of reconciliation. Used by the GOP more than Dems in recent history. Heard this morning on NPR that Republicans object, as it will mar the bipartisanship of Congress. Please. Get it done, Democrats.</p>http://ktnote.com/post/450076022http://ktnote.com/post/450076022Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:15:24 -0500<p>Day one of Spring Break. Yawn. Some folks kept me up way past my bedtime.</p>http://ktnote.com/post/449912704http://ktnote.com/post/449912704Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:15:55 -0500<p>Does our home need more antique glass or another computer? Antique glass sale today!</p>http://ktnote.com/post/447854279http://ktnote.com/post/447854279Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:11:30 -0500<p>Late to church. I’ll be praying for those partying too hard at SxSW.</p>http://ktnote.com/post/447729731http://ktnote.com/post/447729731Sun, 14 Mar 2010 09:46:18 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz8wgvojcp1qzprjto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Then my gent took me out for dinner and drink.</p>http://ktnote.com/post/446382212http://ktnote.com/post/446382212Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:09:37 -0600<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz8u71LQQe1qzprjto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Handsome young fellow asked me out for a stroll in the park.</p>http://ktnote.com/post/446297961http://ktnote.com/post/446297961Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:21:01 -0600<p>Don’t want to be woken up by the hotel phone or by a friend in your hotel? Then answer your own damn phone.</p>http://ktnote.com/post/445437496http://ktnote.com/post/445437496Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:21:16 -0600<p>Diane won too! My tables have a great winning streak. Can’t wait for April’s 007 Bingo.</p>http://ktnote.com/post/444591650http://ktnote.com/post/444591650Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:44:53 -0600<p>Rachel won! Woo-hoo!</p>http://ktnote.com/post/444528701http://ktnote.com/post/444528701Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:12:34 -0600“Winona Judd is my superhero, just like every drag queen’s superhero!”<br/><br/> - <em>Drag queen Ashley</em>http://ktnote.com/post/444415477http://ktnote.com/post/444415477Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:12:20 -0600<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz6y3tX2LA1qzprjto1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>“Kathleen Thompson is the Czar of Ruining America”</p> <p><a target="_blank" href="http://beck.cnnbcvideo.com/?p=7a7f83ef9f1bd685e4dcb5f7d53d1996&id=19349-7269692-mxwS9ix">Very funny MoveOn.org video here</a>.</p>http://ktnote.com/post/444058669http://ktnote.com/post/444058669Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:50:17 -0600<p>Couldn’t come up with superhero costume, but cannot wait for bingo. Hoping for another lucky table.</p>http://ktnote.com/post/443361361http://ktnote.com/post/443361361Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:18:12 -0600<p>The County Executive Meetings would be more fun with a margarita or maybe a full bar.</p>http://ktnote.com/post/442301602http://ktnote.com/post/442301602Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:44:57 -0600<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz57fnSOFi1qzprjto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Beautiful rainbow in Grapevine. I saw the full arch and a double rainbow. I’ve never seen anything like it. Lovely!</p>http://ktnote.com/post/442132458http://ktnote.com/post/442132458Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:16:06 -0600<p>Hopscotching with Owen. Going to show this boy how it’s done.</p>http://ktnote.com/post/441936506http://ktnote.com/post/441936506Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:28:10 -0600<p><span>My International Engineer of Mystery (that’s what he called himself) is leaving for India today. Godspeed, big bro.</span></p>http://ktnote.com/post/441365899http://ktnote.com/post/441365899Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:59:08 -0600<p>Guess who can sit up by himself!</p>http://ktnote.com/post/441292945http://ktnote.com/post/441292945Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:04:15 -0600Hale<a href="http://www.disinfo.com/2010/03/yes-men-dupe-utah-with-call-for-gay-final-solution/">"Final Solution" for Gays</a>: <p>Great satire.</p>http://ktnote.com/post/440272800http://ktnote.com/post/440272800Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:53:32 -0600<p>Squirming, wild arms and constant distractions. I might as well be nursing a woodland creature.</p>http://ktnote.com/post/439814204http://ktnote.com/post/439814204Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:07:40 -0600<p>Our weather radio needs a new way of coming on with alerts that doesn’t make me jump two feet. Hello booming male voice coming from my bedroom!</p>http://ktnote.com/post/439176804http://ktnote.com/post/439176804Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:07:05 -0600