I am so tired. Recent events have left me with sleepless nights. Not only do I have the thing with the boy, I also have my medical bills to worry about. I finally got the official bill on Saturday...nope, hasn't gotten any lower...and then, to add insult to injury, I got four more invoices on Monday. Um, excuse me? It's been, what, like six ( Read more... )

Despite keeping his seat in the 14th Congressional District, Denny Hastert is out as Speaker of the House.

I am no longer represented by the third most powerful man in the country. Er, well, I won't be.

However, this also means that my town won't be deluged by protesters any more. Or, at least, not as many. And we won't be on the news when ( Read more... )

Several local and national news items have hit physically close to my family ( Read more... )

I read about this this morning. Oh, the joys of having the Speaker of the House's office in your town:

System of a Down singer to rally at Hastert's office

( The article )