This evening Sterling, Danny, Cimmy, and I did our duty, registered as Democrats, and caucused for Barack Obama.  We went to the fairgrounds, crowded into what amounted to an enormous metallic barn with electricity and bathrooms, and started shouting loud enough to drown out the smell of cattle.  Despite our best efforts, Clinton got more than the ( Read more... )

The best present I gave this year was the complete The West Wing on DVD for Cimmy.  Until this point, I had seen just a handful of episodes.  I don't think I've seen a show that has given me so many "booyah" moments.  It's possibly because it's acting as a surrogate for the hope I used to have that America could feel like more than an arrogant lout ( Read more... )

I've got too much on my plate to post these days.  I'll get things figured out and then the six inexplicably loyal readers I have can rejoice.  In the meantime, I found something in my daily browsing of Reddit that interested the hell out of me.  It's the unique take of one man on abortion, from a surprisingly firsthand point of view.

When the dust settled on Tuesday, things turned out pretty well for Kansans who are interested in joining the twentieth century.  At this rate, we may join the twenty-first before it's out ( Read more... )