One thing that is nice about California is that its residents can vote through the mail.  Although this doesn't give you the same "I VOTED" bullshit sense of accomplishment as voting in person, it's nice to be able to vote without the hassle of going to the polls.  I also like that I can research the candidates before voting.  This year, however, I ( Read more... )

1). I have a new job.  I'm a writer's assistant.  To protect my identity, I won't say who I work for, but she's published multiple books internationally, so it's kind of a really good job to have lol.  I don't exactly understand how this happened.  For reasons I don't get, she seems to like me ( she increased my pay within the first 5 days of ( Read more... )

I have a strict no tweeting celebrities policy.  Yet every time I break that rule, good things happen to me.  Today, Roseanne (@therealroseanne) got a lot of shit from the worst kinds of conservatives in the universe -- accusing her of shit that's not true, making really random as fuck, racist, sexist, weird comments about whatever they can talk ( Read more... )

As a liberal, I cannot deny that I'm a proponent of universal health care.  But as such, I cannot in good conscience celebrate this health care "reform."  Health care should not punish the old; it should not punish those who are new to the country; it should not leave fifteen million people uninsured, and it should not be bought by selling the ( Read more... )

MASSACHUSETTS IS SUING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

We were the first state to legalize gay marriage, and now we're attempting to pwn the U.S. government by saying that the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) unconstitutionally interferes with the rights of the states to regulate marriage within its borders (a right previously acknowledged by the federal ( Read more... )

"Though it's honorable for countless others to leave their positions for a higher calling and without finishing a term, of course we know by now, a different standard applies for the decisions I make."  -- Sarah Palin

This is precisely what I've been saying all along.  I'll never claim that Mrs. Palin and I see eye to eye on everything.  Obviously ( Read more... )

So I've got that five words meme going on.  Basically, comment with "Words!" and I give you five words that remind me of you and then you write a little bit about each word.  This is what__ashram gave me:

01.  CJ Cregg
What's not to love about Claudia Jean?!  Honestly, of all the female characters I've ever loved, CJ just might be at the top of the list.   ( Read more... )

Last night the power went out.  AGAIN.  This was scheduled, so I knew it was going to happen but still.  It sucked.  Electronics and boredom aside, it's been really rainy and humid here lately, and last night was no exception.  And without a fan to blow some air, it was just sooo miserable trying to fall asleep.  Naturally, I abused my medicine ( Read more... )

I was really, really hoping that someone else would take the initiative to write something about how Obama and his administration have defended the Defense of Marriage Act (heretofore known as DOMA) in federal court by equating homosexuality with incest and rape of a child*, by stating that states have the right to ban blacks from marrying whites, ( Read more... )

It looks like NBC and Mariska Hargitay and Chris Meloni have reached an agreement, if this article is any indication, and that makes me happy. For the record, I will always firmly come down on the side of those who actually contribute creatively to the show when it comes to monetary disputes. This case in particular though annoys me for a couple ( Read more... )