I just voted for a proposition that the city of Madison resolve that all U.S. troops should be pulled out of Iraq. Obviously, this resolution would have no possibility of direct enforcement, but after growing up in and around Rush Limbaugh's hometown, it's just a little amazing to have the opportunity to vote YES on such a proposal in the first ( Read more... )

...Sally Beauty Supply is having a sale on their house brand Beyond the Zone products--the "buy two, get one free" offer ended yesterday, but for the next week or two they have reduced prices on all the conditioners and other hair repair treatments. Given how much I use that stuff, and that some of my styling products were running low anyway, I ( Read more... )

I was headed back to my apartment from buying some turkey lunchmeat at the corner store when I passed an old guy with a prodigious white beard, wearing a psychedelic t-shirt and shorts and carrying a bright purple boombox that was blasting out something complementary ( Read more... )

Had a pleasant walk down State Street to campus--I need to return the equipment I borrowed for my transcription job, and pick up my check ( Read more... )