It's official. Thune, while not conceding (jerk hasn't even called the Boss to congratulate him), is not contesting the results of last Tuesday's election. We have jobs for the next six years! Huzzah ( Read more... )

Well, I'm out here now. 22 hours in a car is a really long time. But we had a blast--1697 miles later here I am. We motored straight through with only minor incidents--getting lost in Indiana and getting pulled over in Iowa (no ticket though, the officer took pity on a group of out-of-staters running through Iowa at 1:30 in the morning) we ( Read more... )

Okay, I'll be on the road to the Great State tomorrow. So I have to get three weeks worth of work done today. In addition to all of the wedding stuff that needs to be finished as well. Writing down the list of everything that needs to be accomplished before I leave at 7am tomorrow:

--Call bakery to make cake order
--Call church again. Stupid ( Read more... )

Shut up, Phil Gramm. I am becoming more and more convinced that we are never, ever going to 1) be finished with the debate on Homeland Security 2) vote on a bill ever again 3) stop listening to Phil Gramm. Shut up, Phil Gramm. So glad he's retiring ( Read more... )

Never thought I'd be looking forward to a nice relaxing day in the office. But since we are embarking upon week four (count 'em, four) of the same two stupid bills, we have a lot of time on our hands. We've gotten good news in independent polling--we're up by 4 still. Yay to still having a job in November ( Read more... )

Next week is Banned Books Week. In honor of such a monumentous event, I have taken to listing all the books on the 100 Most Challenged List that I have read. I've read a lot of them, and some of them I'm stunned would be listed...

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Hrmm. Methinks I've been thinking too much about wedding plans. Last night I had the strangest wedding-related dream since the one where Grandma F. and Grandpop got up and objected to me getting married to Jarrod ( Read more... )

Am feeling v. proud of self today. Have ordered wedding invitations. Have decided on wedding favors. Now all I have left is ( Read more... )

After spending several months reading about other people's lives in a disturbingly stalker-like way I didn't know I had, I finally decided to pony up the cash and add my own words to the ridiculousness of the Internet. Yay ( Read more... )