Hurray for Judge Susan R. Bolton for blocking certain parts of the stupid AZ law! A new hero of the day. (And a female federal judge at that, which is just icing on the cake.)

( Losing respect for AZ Governor Brewer by the day )

There's something really wrong when Massachusetts of all states elects a Republican Senator to fill Ted Kennedy's seat. Oh shit ( Read more... )

Because I'm too tired to write a real post, although I'm due for one ( Read more... )

It's 9/11 again. Have taken care of the obligatory re-watching of 'Isaac and Ishmael' to commemorate this day-- and can I just say that, in its hey-day (i.e. when Aaron Sorkin was writing it), I still believe that 'West Wing' was just the best show ever, hands down ( Read more... )

Waking up this morning to the news of Ted Kennedy's death was odd. Even knowing he had cancer, finding out he was really gone just seemed unreal-- it really is the end of an era, possibly the end of the Kennedy dynasty as we know it.
The NY Times obituary had a great paragraph that just about summed him up: He was a Rabelaisian figure in the ( Read more... )

This really was predictable given the way I feel like this week has gone but I just feel the need to say...
( Cut for venting )

It occurred to me that it's been ages since I've updated or even been on LJ in any way so I thought I'd pop in for an update/random notes.

- Had a very good weekend last weekend with my very dear jagienka and bad_influence. And now I have lots of yummy wine ( Read more... )

The good- I <3 the Ithaca Public Library for having already acquired Laurie King's latest book so I don't have to wait to read it ( Read more... )

'Written by Aaron Sorkin'- they really are the four most beautiful words ( Read more... )

So it's been 100 days ( Read more... )