Dear Senator McCain, I just wanted to extend my deepest gratitude to you for your selection of vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. I’ll admit, my feelings regarding this choice have wavered a bit—first elated, then slightly concerned, but now I’m back to elated again. The more I see of Ms. Palin, the more assured I […]
Read more...Month: September 2008
political posturing
I’ve been working on a rant about our current political situation for a couple days now, trying to figure out exactly how I want to word things, but the recent events surrounding the bailout negotiations forced my hand, and I’ve got to post this piece of it now. When McCain announced he wanted to delay […]
Read more...that one
As I’ve mentioned before, I’ve tried to avoid this. It was inevitable that I would get angry enough to start ranting about the McCain campaign, and it’s leaked out a bit in the past few weeks, but I haven’t let loose with my full on crazy spewing yet. I suppose part of my reluctance stems […]
Read more...Caleb Followill’s sex is most definitely on fire
I’m mid-way through my third listening of the new Kings of Leon CD, Only By the Night. Kings of Leon has been on my periphery for awhile and I keep meaning to go buy a bunch of their previous albums. I listen to Pandora at work, and often a song comes up that I like […]
Read more...Voter Registration Info
It’s almost October, which means voter registration deadlines are approaching. Even if you’re not planning to vote, or you don’t know who you want to vote for, go ahead and register and keep your options open. I wasn’t able to find state-by-state deadlines for voter registration, so I thought I’d put all the dates here. […]
Read more...allô allô je t’aime je t’aime
I can’t really explain why, but saying “I love you” has never been easy for me. Not to family, friends, or otherwise. It’s not that I don’t—I surely do—it’s just that I have trouble voicing the actual words. I can write it, no problem, but when I have to say it, often it comes out […]
Read more...in case you were wondering. . .
lipstick on a junkyard dog
Don’t worry, I’m not gonna talk about it. Last night though, Dan and I did talk about it—this mess we Americans find ourselves in and the dangerous potential leaders we’ve got lined up purporting to know how to get us out of it. We also talked about a number of other things, and for nearly […]
Read more...still
no power. no cute stories. this fucking sucks.
Read more...there is so much that is wrong with meI mix my metaphorsand I’ve left this wasted torchburning on for youfor far too long.I won’t rinse clean,even after all these years.
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