Thank goodness this election is less than a week away so we can get it overwith, for better or worse, and get on with our lives. I feel pretty confident Trump is going to lose, which is a relief at this point, even though I'm not exactly chuffed about a Hillary Clinton presidency. But then again, I dunno. This is Florida, which may well be a big ( Read more... )

You know, I never thought I'd rue the fact that my vote, for better or worse, counts more in Presidential elections than do those of most Americans. My home state of Florida is the largest of the swing states, and I also live right in the middle of the so-called I-4 Corridor, the region of the state that basically determines which way we swing. I'm ( Read more... )

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Okay, I feel a bit of a braindump coming on, because I'm in need of a little written-word therapy ( Read more... )

Just things going on, and floating around my brain, bullet-point style ( Read more... )

-Watched a little of the first Democratic debate last night, and have been catching some more highlights and postgame action today. I must say, I was impressed with Hillary. She clearly knows her stuff and is on top of her game, and really made no missteps. My man Bernie did well, I thought, though I don't think I heard anything that was new to ( Read more... )

And I do mean news! So this Boehner thing, shocker, right? I'm of two minds about it. Well, three, even. On the one hand, I despise the guy, so I'm glad he will be gone. He's always been so smarmy to me, with that special blend of arrogance and ignorance I so loathe. So him being gone is good. And I am also happy that with the announcement of his ( Read more... )

Recently returned to the office--I was home watching the older girls while Heather took Amy to the orthopedist to get a cast on her arm. Yep, almost 11 years into the adventure of parenthood, and it's the youngest who finally broke the first bone. Hell, I've never even had a broken bone myself!


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So as the few of you who are friends with me on Facebook are all-too-well aware, that's my venue for the vast majority of my politickin'. And if by some unlikely chance you read this post and want in on similar action over on FB, drop me a message here and I'll link/add you. But of course FB is better suited for sharing links and short blurbs, ( Read more... )

So the family reunion this past weekend was okay, not nearly as bad as I'd feared it might be. Pretty early on, my uncle very wisely tossed out a ground rule about no political discussion, and for the most part everyone stuck to it. There were a few despicable comments here and there, but I don't think I heard Obama mentioned once, and that in ( Read more... )