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That's why I'm disapproving...
Disapproving like Sunday morning.
Approach with caution!
She looks crabby.
You made my Sunday morning!
Damn. Truly, nobody disapproves better than Cinnamon. The Force is strong with this one.
i would love to give cinnamon a squish, but, i'm afraid of the disapproval i'd get:)
Disapproval made rabbit.
All hail Cinnamon, Master of the Art!
i love that you have your blog up and current cinnamon and must say, tho they are all wonderful, a sunday dose of you disapproving is still what i look forward to most! :-) it starts my week out just right.
Cute bunny, and cute car! I have an '01 Saab hatchback and I'm obsessed with it lol!


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The above post is not subject to penalty under the TOS I declare the Hayden Fox defense. " It is impossible for the staff to know my context therefore I cannot be penalized"
The tears are flowing harder than New York Harbor into their subway system
I was reading the Gang Green game thread the whole time. It was glorious. Best game I have watched in years because of that.
"Because seemingly, this is what this game was to that ****bag franchise. They talked crap for weeks about the Jets trying to injure Bush in game 1 (we weren't!) act like classless pricks on the field (that tattoed POS dolphin OT gesturing at the Jets bench, among other things) They were coming off a bye while we have half a team on IR and were coming off a brutal OT game in New England.
Those idiots dance around like it's the super bowl. No wonder this team is practically NFL siberia with 10 fans nationwide. Those dopes don't even have an OUNCE of class. Reggie Bush did nothing today and had a fumble, watch him open up his heisman-less trap and talk. 200 yards of Miami total offense and they'll be talking up a storm I'm sure
Nice to see Tannenhill get some hot sauce. As well as some Miami D-line players.
Fish will be dissapointed no lombardi trophy in the locker room. But congrats on this franchises greatest accomplishment in 12+ years as they improve to a mighty 4-3
Dolphins like to pretend they matter. Newsflash, it's not 1984, nobody cares about you anymore"
LMAO! This dude is mad as hell. I like how talks about how we're classless and talk trash when the Jets do the same **** all the time. They're all talk.
I got my 4yo screen name banned from GG few weeks ago so unfortunately can't witness the epic meltdown as the classless message board shuts down for visitors after big Jet losses. Please keep the quotes coming.
Crying, whining and making excuses. I love it.
Just win Phin baby!
A jests fan post on the gag green:
The Dolphins tore us apart on all 3 sides of the ball. I have never been so disappointed as a Jets fan as i am today. This is the worst loss ever. We so suck !
When you take into account point deficit, playing at home, strength of opponent, etc. this is BY FAR the worst loss of the last three years. Even worse than 45-3, in my opinion. This game single-handily marks the end of the 2012 season, and quite possibly the Rex-Tanny era, in my opinion. It's going to take YEARS to rebuild this mess. What an absolute disgrace.
What significant positives can you take from this game? In all seriousness.
But given the quick trigger on that board, I didnt think it was worth wasting a user name, let alone my breath on that moron.


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Characters Belong to their Fans, Not their Creators
In this heavily debated world of Intellectual Property rights and their seemingly direct conflict with consumer creative expression, it has become my belief that the rights to fictional characters or worlds become property of their fans rather than the traditional rights holder as soon as they become popular. Content owners, instead, should have claim only to the franchise/series and canonical story-line.
Fictional people, places and sometimes things assume an existence in the minds of the consumers separate from the created work, obtaining a "life" of their own. This is exhibited when fans are inspired to create fan-fiction stories and artwork about a particular character, or even to create an amateur video mini-series set within an existing fictional universe. Motivated by passion alone, creative fans produce high quality content for the enjoyment of their fellows, completely free of charge.
These people are not committing malicious infringements on the intellectual property of the show or book series that they adore: On the contrary, they aim to celebrate it by contributing their creativity and talents!
And yet modern "common sense" regards these individuals as criminals, people to be sought out and intimidated by large companies who can afford expensive lawyers and write legally-backed Cease and Desist letters. These fans have neither the resources nor reason to take on such corporate bullying, and as a result most back down (arguably denying every fan and the series as a whole valuable creative works).
With both parties believing themselves to be correct, and with presumably no malicious intentions on either side, where is the disconnect? Obviously, consumers value their beloved series, and can even cause quite an outcry when the "rightful owner" takes it in a direction destructive to the fan perception (as seen in the Jar Jar Binks/Hans Shot First outcries), so are not the fans the true curators?
(This post is about nonprofit derivative works only)
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Feb 12 2013: I'm thinking particularly of Bill Watterson's efforts to curtail unlicensed use of Calvin and Hobbes images. He insisted that the way the images were being used violated the spirit of his original work, and declined to create official merchandise because of the same concern, but the unauthorized images are still pretty ubiquitous. It seems to me that fans are going to do what they wish with your character, and that controlling the image isn't necessarily the right approach.Feb 11 2013: characters do not belong to anyone.
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Feb 11 2013: As a matter of fact, some copyrights do include the names of characters and, thereby, their creators do own them. However, the essence of a character belongs to no one. This is why I believe that a creative should not be criticized for creating a similar character and be attacked by another creative who believes that character is too much like one they created.
Feb 11 2013: ah, sorry. i was phrasing my point in line with the title, "characters belong to fans". which i suppose means they should belong to fans, and not the creators, as of now. my point is, characters should not belong to anyone. they are not objects to be owned, but concepts that can not be owned. any sort of intellectual "property" is in fact a government issued monopoly over a concept that has no place in a moral legal system.Feb 13 2013: Cameron, you may be interested in the current discussion going on via Al Jazeera about the social.cultural/political effects of various fandom constituencies.
Feb 14 2013: Yes, I would be very interested! Could you private message me the link, or post it here? Thank you!
Fritzie -
Feb 14 2013: You are almost certainly more tech-savvy than I am. Go to the site for Al Jazheera and look.
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I will do the same and see if I can find you something useful, but I bet you will figure out first how to participate. It might involve Twitter.
Start here: http://stream.aljazeera.com/story/201302120142-0022538
Feb 14 2013: Wonderful, thank you Fritzie! I am very much looking forward to reading this. ^_^Feb 12 2013: RE: "I would like to point out. . . "
Actually Mr. Rogers, my example of remaking The African Queen was meant to allow only the changes I mentioned with all other details of the original film copied directly into the remake. That would be a travesty I believe. It should go without saying that if the new film bears no significant resemblance to the original then there is no problem.Feb 11 2013: So long as I don't do it for profit it's OK with you if I remake the movie The African Queen and portray Humphrey Bogart as a child-molesting Nazi sympathizer who tricks Kathryn Hepburn into becoming a streetwalker to support his opium habit? You don't think the original author has any right to protest? Am I understanding your proposal?
Feb 11 2013: As long as the title isn't the exact same and, therefore, claiming to be something it is not, I would say yes, that is exactly what is being proposed. The issue as I see it is that when someone makes a derivative work that is equal to or better than the original in terms of quality, it should be allowed to have its place on the market rather than being shot down because the original creator is afraid of losing market share in whatever field the creatives in question belong to.
Feb 11 2013: If that is true then I say characters (actually the monies generated from their depiction) belong to their originator and infringement should be punishable by law.
Feb 12 2013: I would like to point out the works under consideration here are, as mentioned on the last line of the original post, "nonprofit derivative works only", which should be interpreted as no "monies generated".
Nonetheless, to respond to your original question, yes! It is my belief that, despite the questionable quality or vision behind the film you have described, such a work would be so heartily different from it's source or inspiration material that it would constitute another work entirely and not an example of intellectual property theft. Whoever --whatever--the new film had become, it would be entirely different from the original.
If this uncanny movie garners a vast following, then it's creators and the new fans have every right to enjoy themselves. Alternatively, (and the more likely of the two in this scenario), the film will fade into obscurity and the derivative work's creative interpretation of existing characters would go as well.


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Photo By TEXAS AIR NATIONAL GUARD MUSEUM/TEXAS AIR NATIONAL GUARDNO SALES, NO AP, DO NOT RELEASE HOUCHRON CAPTION (04/11/1999): A young George W. Bush is welcomed into a Houston unit of the Texas Air National Guard in 1968 by his father, then-Congressman George Bush, a former Navy pilot. HOUCHRON CAPTION (07/04/1999): U.S. Rep. George Bush, a former Navy pilot, welcomes his son, George W., into a Houston unit of the Texas Air National Guard in 1968. HOUCHRON CAPTION (12/14/2000): A young George W. Bush is welcomed into the Texas Air National Guard in 1968 by his father, who was then a congressman. HOUCHRON CAPTION (02/22/2004-2-STAR): The service records of John Kerry, (Not in picture) and George W. Bush, have become a key issue in the race for the White House. The service of National Guardsman George W. Bush, with his father, George H.W. Bush, has Been the focus of recent questions about the president's character. Most of the attention centers on a period in 1972 when he transferred to a Guard unit in Alabama. HOUCHRON CAPTION (02/22/2004): The service records of John Kerry (NOT PICTURED) and George W. Bush have become a key issue in the race for the White House. . . . Bush, a National Guardsman, is seen with his father, George H.W. Bush, in an undated photo.
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Photo By AP** FILE ** In this Nov. 9, 1988, President-elect George H. W. Bush holds his hands up to acknowledge the crowds applause, and ask them to allow him to continue his speech during his victory rally with grandson, George P. Bush, right, and son, George W. Bush, left, in Houston, Texas. Bush trounced Michael Dukakis 426-111 in the electoral vote, but the popular vote was closer, 53 percent to 46 percent.
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Photo By Ira Strickstein/Houston Chronicle08/27/1988 - Republican presidential candidate George Bush shows his Texas stripes, displaying a pair of cowboy boots emblazoned with the state flag during a Republican Victory 88 meeting at Houston's Stouffer's Hotel Saturday, Aug. 27, 1988.
Photo By John Makely/Houston Chronicle08/24/1988 - Republican presidential nominee George Bush steps off Air Force Two at Ellington on Wednesday as he prepares for a three-day Texas campaign swing. John Makely / Houston Post
Photo By J. Scott Applewhite/Associated PressFILE - In this Aug. 18, 1988 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, Vice President George H.W. Bush, right, and his running mate Sen. Dan Quayle, R-Ind., wave to the assembly of the Republican National Convention in New Orleans after their acceptance speeches for the presidential and vice-presidential nomination. Long gone are the passionate debates. Long gone is the suspense about who will emerge as the party's presidential nominee. Political conventions now are carefully scripted pep rallies aimed at a national TV audience. Not since the 1970s, in fact, has the nation had a major-party national convention begin with the nominee in doubt. Americans already know how the story will end at this year's Republican and Democratic national gatherings. So have modern-day conventions become irrelevant? (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Photo By Carlos Rosales/Houston Chronicle08/16/1986 - Vice President George Bush, right, and Indiana Sen. Dan Quayle wave to the crowd after Bush announced Quayle would be his running mate following a riverboat cruise in New Orleans on Aug. 16, 1988. Bush's son, Neil Bush, is seen clapping behind Quayle. Carlos Rosales / Houston Post
Photo By Craig Hartley/Houston Chronicle06/09/1988 - Vice President George Bush waves to delegates attending the Texas Republican Party convention at the George R. Brown Convention Center. Behind him are his wife, Barbara Bush, and Texas GOP Chairman George Strake. Craig Hartley / Houston Post
Photo By Bruce Bennett/Houston Chronicle03/08/1988 - Celebrating his Super Tuesday election night victory, Vice President George Bush holds up a "Bush '88, Texas Victory" t-shirt at the Westin Oaks Hotel ballroom in Houston. The shirt was presented to him by GOP state co-chair, Tom Loeffler. His wife, Barbara, stands beside him. Bruce Bennett / Houston Post
Photo By Jerry Click/Houston Chronicle02/20/1988 - Vice President George Bush, Republican candidate for president, serves as grand marshal of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo parade. Bush waves to parade goers in downtown Houston, Saturday, Feb, 20, 1988. Jerry Click / Houston Post
Photo By mARY uRECH rOBERTS/Houston Chronicle10/12/1987 - Vice President George HW Bush officially launched his 1988 presidential campaign in the main ballroom of the Hyatt Regency Hotel. The announcement party moved from the ballroom to the hotel's massive lobby where the elevators were decorated with lights spelling out "Bush 88." Mary Urech Roberts / Houston Chronicle
Photo By Betty Tichich/Houston Chronicle11/10/1980 - Vice-President elect George Bush holds a press conference in Houston before leaving for Washington, DC where he will meet with President-elect Ronald Reagan and begin work on the transition. Betty Tichich / Houston Post
Photo By Bill Thompson/Houston Chronicle11/04/1980 - (L-R) Barbara Bush and husband, George Herbert Walker Bush, celebrate his election as the next Vice President of the United States at the Houston Oaks Hotel in Houston. The Bushes gathered with familly and supporters at the hotel to await the 1980 presidential election results. Bill Thompson / Houston Post HPOST CAPTION (11/05/1980): Bush, wife Barbara celebrate victory at Houston Oaks Hotel
Photo By Jerry Click/Houston Chronicle11/04/1980 - (L-R) Barbara Bush leads her mother-in-law, Dorothy Walker Bush, and husband, GOP Vice Presidential candidate George Herbert Walker Bush. through a hallway at the Houston Oaks Hotel in Houston. The Bushes gathered with familly and supporters at the hotel to await the 1980 presidential election results. By the end of the evening family and supporters celebrated his election as the next Vice President of the United States. Jerry Click / Houston Post
Photo By Curtis McGee/Houston ChroniclePHOTO FILED: RONALD REAGAN-HOUSTON VISIT. 07/19/1980 - The GOP nominees - George Bush and Ronald Reagan and their wives, Barbara and Nancy - make their first post-convention appearance at the Houston Galleria shopping mall. (l-r): GOP VP Nominee George H.W. Bush, Barbara Bush, Nancy Reagan, GOP Pres. nominee Ronald Reagan. Curtis McGee / Houston Chronicle HOUCHRON CAPTION (07/20/1980): It was hand-waving and cowboy hats Saturday at the Galleria as the Republican Party nominees made their first post-convention campaign appearance. Ronald Reagan, the GOP standard-bearer, and George Bush of Houston, his running mate, spoke to several thousand at the shopping center. Responding to cheers are, from left, Bush, wife Barbara, Nancy Reagan and Reagan.
Photo By David Breslauer/Houston ChroniclePHOTO FILED: GEORGE HW BUSH-GROUP. 07/19/1980 - George Bush, left, returned in triumph to greet his neighbors near his southwest Houston home Saturday after being tapped by Ronald Reagan for the GOP vice presidential nomination. He took time off from having breakfast at his home with Reagan and a joint appearance at a Galleria rally to shake hands with neighbors Walter and Lois Taber and their children, Keith and Tom. David Breslauer / Houston Chronicle
Photo By ASSOCIATED PRESSRepublican vice presidential candidate George Bush reacts to applause from the assembled Republican delegates at the Republican National Convention at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Mich., Thursday evening, July 17, 1980. Bush was selected by Ronald Reagan as his running mate on Wednesday. (AP Photo)
Photo By Bill Ingraham/APUsing Independence Hall as a backdrop, Republican presidential hopeful George Bush addresses supporters and newsmen April 9, 1980 in Philadelphia. Bush is seeking votes in the April 22 Pennsylvania primary.
Photo By Henry Griffin/ASSOCIATED PRESSSen. Frank Church, right, D-Idaho, chairman of the Senate Intelligence committee, chats with George H.W. Bush, President Ford's choice to be CIA director, prior to the start of hearings before the Senate Armed Services Committee December 16, 1975 on Capitol Hill. Church says he's against Bush's confirmation and will testify against him during today's season. (AP Photo/Henry Griffin)
Photo By John Rooney/APAmbassador George Bush, chief U.S. delegate to United Nations, sits at General Assembly session in New York October 26, 1971, the day after he lost his battle to keep Nationalist China in the world body.
Photo By Anonymous/ASSOCIATED PRESSGeorge Bush, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations is shown at U.N. headquarters in New York in 1971. (AP Photo)
Photo By Sam C. Pierson Jr./Houston ChronicleHOUCHRON CAPTION (04/11/1999): George W. Bush, center, joins his mother, Barbara Bush, and brother, Jeb Bush, rear, in Houston as father George Bush acknowledges defeat in Texas' 1970 U.S. Senate race. The younger Bush campaigned vigorously for his father in the race against Democrat Lloyd Bentsen Jr. HOUCHRON CAPTION (02/16/2003): George H.W. Bush, right, acknowledges defeat in Texas' 1970 U.S. Senate race. Son George W., center, shown with his mother, Barbara, and brother Jeb, rear, campaigned for his father.
Photo By Bill Thompson/Houston Chronicle11/02/1970 - George Bush, candidate for U.S. Senate from Texas, thanks his supporters at downtown rally to wrap up his campaign. Bill Thompson / Houston Post
Photo By Anonymous/ASSOCIATED PRESSRep. George H.W. Bush, R-Texas., who is seeking a seat in U.S. Senate, talks with a group of young people at a rally in Houston, Texas., on Oct. 9, 1970. Bush is opposed by Lloyd Bentsen, wealthy Houston businessman, who defeated Sen. Ralph Yarborough in the State Democratic Primary. (AP Photo)
Photo By Jim Cox/Houston Chronicle05/30/1970 - George W. Bush (2nd from left) and his father, U.S. Rep. George HW Bush (far right, white shirt) participate in the 20-mile charity, "Walk for Mankind." Funds were raised for three volunteer service groups. Sponsors were soliicited to pay for each mile walked by the participant. Jim Cox / Houston Post
Photo By Bela Ugrin/Houston Chronicle05/20/1970 - (L-R) Professor Nicolai Blokhin of Moscow, U.S. Rep. George Bush and Dr. Emil Freireich of Houston at dinner given by Houston chapter of the Leukemia Society of America. Bela Ugrin / Houston Post HPOST CAPTION (05/21/1970): Congressman George Bush (center) captured the attention of Professor Nicolai Blokhin of Moscow and Dr. Emil Freireich (left) of Houston at a dinner Wednesday night at the Shamrock Hilton Hotel. It was given by the Houston chapter of the Leukemia Society of America and attracted many of the delegates to the forthcoming International Cancer Congress which starts Friday. Blokhin is the congress president.
Photo By Ray Covey/Houston Chronicle05/02/1970 - U.S. Senate candidate George Bush votes in the Texas Republican Primary election. Ray Covey / Houston Post
Photo By Ray Covey/Houston Chronicle05/02/1970 - U.S. Senate candidate George Bush and his wife, Barbara, rummage in her bag at their voting precinct in the Texas Republican Primary election. Ray Covey / Houston Post
Photo By Sam C. Pierson Jr./Houston ChroniclePHOTO FILED: GEORGE HW BUSH. 04/02/1970 - U.S. Rep. George Bush, Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, speaks with Astros second baseman Jim Morgan and Astros pitcher Don Wilson at the opening of his Harris County campaign headquarters at 5005 Fannin Thursday, April 2, 1970. Sam C. Pierson Jr. / Houston Chronicle
Photo By Jim Cox/Houston Chronicle04/02/1970 - U.S. Rep. George Bush, Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, opens his Harris County campaign headquarters at 5005 Fannin Thursday, April 2, 1970. Jim Cox / Houston Post
Photo By Jim Cox/Houston Chronicle04/02/1970 - U.S. Rep. George Bush, Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, opens his Harris County campaign headquarters at 5005 Fannin Thursday, April 2, 1970. Jim Cox / Houston Post
Photo By Ed Kolenovsky/APRepublican George Bush, left, has his hand raised in victory by newly elected Democrat Bob Eckhardt of the 8th Congressional District of Harris County. Bush, winner of the newly created 7th Congressional District of Harris County, won the election over Democrat Frank Briscoe, Eckhardt defeated W.D. Spayne of the Constitutional Party. The victory celebration took place in Bush's campaign headquarters late Tuesday night, Nov. 9, 1966.
Photo By Bill Cooksey/Houston ChroniclePHOTO FILED: GEORGE HW BUSH-GROUP. 11/08/1966 - George and Barbara Bush celebrate his election to a seat in the U.S. Congress from the 7th district in Texas. Bill Cooksey / Houston Chronicle
Photo By Jerry Click/Houston Chronicle11/08/1966 - Newly-elected Congressman George Bush flashes a winner's smile as his wife, Barbara, gives him a victory kiss following his election to a seat in the U.S. Congress from the 7th district in Texas. Jerry Click / Houston Post
Photo By Anonymous/ASSOCIATED PRESSRepublican Senatorial candidate George Bush shows a victory sign as he and his wife Barbara stand in front of a vote machine November 3, 1964 in Houston,Tex., just before casting their ballot. The candidate waited an hour and a half in a long of votes that circled the Pilgrim Elementary School where the Bush's voted this morning. in Houston. (AP Photo).
Photo By Dave Farmer/Houston Chronicle06/08/1964 - U.S. Senate candidate George Bush with three of his sons, from left, Neil, Jeb and Marvin (seated); his wife, Barbara, and daughter, Dorothy. Bush's eldest son George is not in the photo. Dave Farmer / Houston Post
Photo By Richard Pipes/Houston ChroniclePHOTO FILED: GEORGE HW BUSH-GROUP. 06/07/1964 - Republican Senatorial candidate George Bush and his supporters look for a victory in November. Richard Pipes / Houston Chronicle
Photo By Dell Van Dusen/Houston Chronicle04/05/1964 - Dorothy Bush, 4, shows her support for her father, George Bush, who is a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, at a rally near Richmond, Texas. Dell Van Dusen / Houston Post
Photo By ASSOCIATED PRESS1930, George Bush with his sister in 1930. (AP Photo)
Photo By ASSOCIATED PRESSGeorge Bush, left, with unknown boy, as finalists in the Field Club Jr. Tournament in 1939. (AP Photo)
Photo By Brett Coomer/Houston ChronicleFormer President George H.W. Bush, in Houston Nov. 1, 2012.
Former President George H.W. Bush, a big supporter of Houston sports teams, chats with former Secretary of State James A. Baker, another D.C. player who's at home in Houston, at the Texans game Nov. 4, 2012. (Karen Warren / Houston Chronicle)
Bush flips the coin before the Houston Texans game against the Buffalo Bills on Nov. 4, 2012. (Brett Coomer / Houston Chronicle)
Photo By David J. Phillip/.Former President George H.W. Bush and his wife Barbara on Nov. 1, 2012, in Houston, their winter home.
Photo By Brett CoomerMikhail Gorbachev, former leader of the Soviet Union, greets former President George H.W. Bush before having lunch together in Houston on Nov. 1, 2012. ( Brett Coomer / Houston Chronicle )
Photo By David J. Phillip/Associated PressFormer President of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev, left, visits with former President George H.W. Bush, center, and former Secretary of State James Baker, right, before having lunch Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012, in Houston. Gorbachev is in Houston to speak at the Brilliant Lecture Series. Standing behind is Gorbachev's adviser Paval Palazhchenko. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Then-presidential candidate Mitt Romney, visits with the Bushes in Houston on Dec. 1, 2011.
Photo By Charles KrupaBarbara Bush and former President George H.W. Bush as they arrive for the Tuesday's premiere.
Photo By Mayra Beltran(Center) Antonio Lopez-Perla shakes hands with Former President George H. W. Bush in front of St. Martin's Episcopal Church near the 19th mile marker along Woodway Blvd. during the Chevron Houston Marathon on Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012, in Houston. ( Mayra Beltran / Houston Chronicle )
Photo By Pablo Martinez MonsivaisFormer President George H.W. Bush, left, and his wife, former first lady Barbara Bush, arrive in the East Room of the White House on Thursday for the unveiling ceremony.
Former President George H.W. Bush looks on as Barbara Bush waves toward Clay Walker as he sings "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" during the seventh inning stretch. (Karen Warren / Houston Chronicle)
Former President George H.W. Bush is in a Houston hospital with a lingering cough, but his doctor said Thursday he is improving and should be discharged this weekend.
Bush, 88, has bronchitis, which alternately got better and worse for a week before more sustained improvement the last few days, said Dr. Amy Mynderse, an internal medicine physician in charge of his care at The Methodist Hospital. The condition was never considered life-threatening.
"Anytime someone the president's age has bronchitis, there's concern about possible pneumonia," said Mynderse. "But Mr. Bush's condition never progressed to that level."
Bush has been in and out of Methodist for a few weeks, said his chief of staff, Jean Becker. He was admitted Nov. 7, discharged Nov. 19 and readmitted the day after Thanksgiving.
He was visited Sunday by his son, former President George W. Bush, and his wife, Laura.
Mynderse said the original cause of Bush's bronchitis was a virus, but he developed a secondary, bacterial infection.
Doctors treated Bush with intravenous antibiotics and steroids, said Mynderse. She said his cough was quite deep and caused some discomfort but that he's had no other typical bronchitis symptoms, such as a low-grade fever or shortness of breath. She said for a time the cough sapped much of his energy, but his strength has improved in the last few days.
Mynderse said that Bush, working with a physical therapist, is sitting up, moving and walking as much as possible to help his recovery. She said he is "on target" to be discharged this weekend.
Bronchitis, an acute inflammation of the airways that carry airflow from the windpipe into the lungs, is quite common among the elderly and is easily resolvable 80 percent to 90 percent of the time, said Dr. Arusha Bavare, medical director of senior services at Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital.
Bavare said if the condition progresses to pneumonia, in which the lungs are affected, it is more serious, but she said that condition, too, is treatable.
Bush, president from 1989-1993, has had various health problems in recent years.
In February, it was reported that he had been diagnosed with lower body parkinsonism, a condition that causes instability from the waist down. As a result, he mostly uses a wheelchair now.
In 2007, he was hospitalized overnight in California after he became dizzy during a round of golf on a hot day.
On Thursday, Mynderse said she was surprised at how quickly Bush is recovering.
"He is definitely in great spirits," Mynderse said in a statement. "He is happy, joking and definitely getting better."


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In almost every family, emotional boulders will fall onto children's paths as they try to navigate learning and school. Parents try incentives, strict expectations, lectures, pleading, logical consequences, and more, but the difficulties remain. We'll offer a new set of ideas to try, and give parents two specific tools for helping to relieve the tension that builds when a child faces a difficult assignment or social situation. We'll answer questions, and show how parents can help their children build confidence, solve problems, and gain competence.
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These tires came with my new car. Car is over 3 years old with nearly 60k miles. Dealer says I have time till I need new ones. I've been looking around to be prepared and some reviews are not good. I on the other hand like the tires. I keep them properly inflated and do proper maintenance. Maybe that's the key.
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This delightful dress in pink floral print is perfect for the summer! Sleeveless top with extra room towards the bottom- your child is sure to be comfortable in this dress. Made with the finest 100% Organic Egyptian Cotton.
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