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I’ve been wanting to post about these things, but haven’t because I’ve been so caught up in my own post-election mourning. First, on election day, my son (9) and his best friend (10 and from a Republican family) stood out on the street corner with clipboards and signs. One sign read “Honk once if you…

You are Sloth! Lazy huh ?? You’re a bit slow in getting going – and tend not to do anything unless it isabsolutely necessary. You’d rather sit around,watch TV/Sleep then go out and about withfriends, or take part in a sporting event. Onthe positive side, you tend to be quite smart,as you spend a lot…

If you haven’t seen this already, which I got, via Instapundit, it’s an interesting read. Please consider donating to my efforts in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walk for the Cure

After reading this post at apophenia, I thought of Yeats’ poem in a more emotive way than interpretive. The beginning and the end are especially resonant for me. Here it is in its entirety: Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere…

Based on all the furor surrounding Specter’s statements on dealing with Supreme Court appointments (some links: here, here, and here), I sent off my first letter (e-mail really) to Senator Specter. I tried to be somewhat conciliatory, reminding him that we need middle ground right now and not extremism. I told him not to cave…

Thanks to Cheeky Prof, I found out I am a Please consider donating to my efforts in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walk for the Cure

Went out with my boss and some other colleagues to help alleviate our depression over the election. It was nice actually because it was a group I work with all the time, but hardly ever socialize with. We were able to laugh at some stuff, talk about sports and cute guys–which was really funny when…

I came in this morning and asked people if they felt better on day 2 in Bushworld (thanks, jimbo. No one did. My office mate said he felt worse, was even angrier and then began to rant on how it was toothless guys in the south who did it. Now, I grew up in the…

There’s a lot going on in the blog world tonight. The internet seems to be slower than molasses. I think we are all finally recovering from our shock and deciding what to do about it. Several places that have helped me think about this are Bitch, Ph.D., Unfogged, The Cul de Sac, and Scrivenings. Here…

I was too tired to even post anything. Let me just say that I think my precinct is a microcosm of the whole country. My precinct is run by a bunch of old white guys in polyester pants and bad sweaters. They’ve got nothing better to do, so they run for school board, election board,…