(This is cross-posted from carol83, so my apologies for cluttering up the f-list of those who have both journals friended. I hope you won't mind overly much; I wanted to get as much information out to as many people as possible.)

But first, a somewhat appropriate musical selection for Election Day:

We Shall Not Be Moved, Mavis Staples

Anyway.

Things ( Read more... )

Um, hell no.

The U.S. Department of Justice has told Georgia officials that their efforts to verify the identities and citizenship of registered voters amount to substantial changes to state policy and are unenforceable without approval under the Voting Rights Act ( Read more... )

(Apologies to those who might have seen this already on carol83.)

I'm playing a little game over in my non-fandom journal right now, and I thought the more people play along, the better. Here's the explanation:

Sarah Vowell was on the Daily Show [last night]-- fantastic interview. (I love, love, love her contributions of This American Life. She's just ( Read more... )

You guys cook, right? Or at least some of you do; don't lie. I've seen the recipes you post.

( Look, the short story is that I need a good, interesting recipe for soup. The long story involves politics and a one-armed man and my dad owing me a big favor. )

Apologies for the long absence (and also the lack of responses to my last post-- I promise, I really am working on your prompts!), but that demon Real Life reared its foul head, and thus I was carried away for a while. In the meantime, I would like to offer the following observations:

1. Tornadoes suck.

2. Throwing one's back out for a week ( Read more... )