Word about today's horrific shooting in Connecticutt spead quickly amongst the parents and teachers in my daughter's preschool class as we came to pick up our children today. Everyone hugged their kids harder than usual, tried not to cry and faked smiles for the children. Moms mumbled about home schooling and avoiding movie theaters and malls. A ( Read more... )

Dear campaign volunteer,

When you call to try and talk my dad into voting for your gubernatorial candidate and I tell you that he'll be out of town until after the election, it's maybe a very bad idea to encourage me to commit felony election fraud by forging his signature and sending in his ballot with a vote for your guy. JUST SAYING.

Me

Woot! Done voting ( Read more... )

Is it just me or is McCain coming off sounding like someone's grandfather who keeps retelling the same story? He laughed at his own joke and looked around and NO ONE ELSE WA S LAUGHING. If that's not my grandfather, I'm not sure what is. Also... it's barely started, but already he sounds like he's floundering a bit. Y/Y?

Also, maybe starting a ( Read more... )

I know it's a cop-out but... whatever, lists are easy. I love easy right now ( Read more... )

I stole this link from dramaturgy on account of it being SO BRILLIANT that it literally brought tears to my eyes (or maybe that was just  exhaustion, but either way... this is awesome).

Fictional meeting between President Jed Bartlet (from The West Wing) and Barak Obama, as written by Aaron Sorkin. It's love, guys. Lots of love. I'm sitting here going "YES!  ( Read more... )

I thinned my flist some. If you're gone and don't want to be, let me know.

Two weeks and two days to the due date, which srsly cannot come fast enough. Had a doctor's appt today (stupid Kaiser insurance, unlike every other friggin insurance out there, I go every two weeks instead of weekly in the last month) and I'm one cm dilated. WOOHOO, only nine ( Read more... )

I'm not going to get deeply into politics on my LJ this year, even though I have some extremely strong opinions. It annoys a lot of people and doesn't sway anyone's opinion. In fact, regarding the election, I'm only going to say this ( Read more... )

Why is it that those who have a role in creating law seem to feel they are above the law? It seems to me that they should be held to the highest standards possible, rather than the lowest that barely eeks it out (or doesn't eek it out) as legal action (or inaction). You know, we get on the cases of athletes, pop stars and actors for not serving as ( Read more... )