I can't help but be terribly amused by the juxtaposition of a couple of stories in the past week ( Read more... )

OH YES!!!!!

I voted on the 299th ballot handed out at my polling place. Since I live across the street from it, you wouldn't have thought that it would take almost two hours to get the job done, but it did ( Read more... )

I just shook hands with, well, essentially the vice president and embassador (depends on which country you ask) of Taiwan. Since the U.S. doesn't recognize Taiwan (ROC) as a sovereign nation, they have official lesser titles here.

Anyway! Just about to go out and have lunch with them.

...about needing to be able to laugh at yourself? Whatever it is, I'm laughing hard now.

"I've been a farmer all my life and when I look out on this crowd I see a silo of hope."
-Rep. John Salazar (D-CO)

I've done an extremely brief skim of my friends page. I've seen a lot of good and bad news from a lot of places. I'll read up later this week, I'm sure.

Any interesting news stories that I missed? I haven't seen news since the morning of the 17th.

They can't figure out who Batman is...WHO ELSE CAN AFFORD ALL THOSE TOYS?

We created a double feature today. Saw The Dark Knight followed by Mama Mia!. The first was long and deep and "artistic" and the second was fun fluff. It was as if we went to the four star restaurant down the street and ate a rich and decadent dinner and followed it up with a cone from McDonalds ( Read more... )

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