It was August 31, and I had just awoken after a fitful night of sleeping in a tent on Crystal Beach. I unzipped the tent, where Shawn was still sleeping peacefully, and stepped out onto the firm sand. The sun was rising beyond the steady waves, partially obscured by wispy cirrus clouds. These were the outflow of Hurricane Gustav, the chimney ( Read more... )

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92% Barack Obama
90% John Edwards
88% Hillary Clinton
82% Mike Gravel
80% Dennis Kucinich
79% Bill Richardson
43% Rudy Giuliani
34% John McCain
27% Mike Huckabee
24% Mitt Romney
17% Ron Paul
15% Fred Thompson

2008 Presidential Candidate Matching Quiz

Full disclosure: Barack actually tied with Chris Dodd, but he's not running anymore so out he went.

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( adopted 09.16.2007 )

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"my granddad thought pavarotti was chasing princess diana on a motorcycle when she got in that car crash"