Two million people gathered on the Mall in Washington, DC today....

And there was not one arrest, all day.

Not even for littering.

NOT ONE.

That is the most astonishing thing I've heard all day, in a day of astonishing things to hear.

SHE PICKED THE WHITE DRESS!!!

She did so good!!!

My Dearest Holly~

I know that this is not a good day for you. I know that this is the day when all around you the world celebrates the triumph of a man that you feel you cannot support, and celebrates even more wildly the removal from office a man that you admired, and trusted.

I know, all too well, how you feel.

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I am.

So proud.

To be.

An American.

And now...it begins.

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President Elect Barack Obama has always said that the change in America isn't going to come from him--it's going to come from us. It's going to come from our asking not what our country can do for us, but asking what we can do for our country ( Read more... )

I don't know about you, but I'm not the kind of person who can lay my clothes out the night before in order to get dressed more quickly in the morning. And it isn't because I'm not organized--it's because, well, hell, even though that red sweater seemed like a good idea at 7 last night, I just might not be feeling the "red" in the morning, you know ( Read more... )

I spent a good portion of yesterday watching the President Elect's train meandering its way down a healthy chunk of the frigid east coast of America, from Philadelphia to Washington DC (a trip that, while I may not have done it as many times as Joe Biden, was a definite routine during a portion of my life). And when I wasn't wringing my hands and ( Read more... )