1. First, happy birthday to two of my favorite people: my sister Pat (in New Orleans) and the wonderful magicofisis. Have a great day, ladies!

2. Direct quote:
"We are not retreating. We are advancing in another direction ( Read more... )

1. It's finally starting to feel like autumn here. We had our first killing frost 2 nights ago. I think that's about 2 weeks later than usual. /random weather observation ( Read more... )

Stolen from various people:

As was demonstrated in an interview with Katie Couric, Sarah Palin is unable to name any Supreme Court Case other than Roe v. Wade ( Read more... )

( I'm actually pretty fond of them, myself )

1. That was one amazing fricking speech. Seriously. It gave me goosebumps. Too many wonderful parts to try to list here. Even Pat Buchanan and Bill Kristol (no liberals, they) were extremely impressed by Obama's speech last night. Anyway, to quote Barack, "Eight (years of the BushCo Crowd) is enough." Enough, already. Basta. I wonder if Bush will ( Read more... )

"No way, no how, no McCain!"

As Teh Keith said, Hillary's speech was a home run out of the park (and out onto Waveland Avenue). Thanks again, Hillz. You rock.

OMG OMG OMG!!

Last night around 8:40 p.m. my cell phone rang. My friend rockcandymtn from the TWOP Cook thread called me from the American Idols concert in Washington, D.C., and I got to hear David Cook singing My Hero and Billie Jean!!!11!!!! Okay, the sound was sort of crinkly, as cellphone sound frequently is, not to mention he was singing in ( Read more... )

1. Darling Daughter and I did the Saturday shopping errands fairly early (see #2). When we got to the supermarket, it was insanely hard to find a parking space. Apparently everyone on the east side of town had decided to shop for groceries early in the afternoon because of the storm that we expected to get Saturday night and Sunday. In addition, ( Read more... )