Okay, while I love the beautiful weather we've been having here in NC, my sinuses and eyes don't. Hay fever should NOT be allowed to happen on January 7th.

In another "yay, us!" moment, CNN just posted the four countries that account for 96% of the executions performed worldwide every year. In order, they are China, Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the U.S. Yeah, that's a list just chock full of great company...

Newsweek's running a very interesting "Hillary or Obama?" article. It looks at which of the two candidates stands a better chance of being elected, if either. It discusses them both in terms of their personal attributes, but it also delves into the issue of "which is more likely for 2008 - a woman President or a Black President?" It doesn't ( Read more... )

So, I'm fairly sure that Magadao has been cured of his obsession with closets - or at least I can hope so. Before leaving for church this morning I reached into the coat closet for, well, a coat so I wouldn't freeze in case the weather ever actually decided to turn cold. I then shut the door to the closet before leaving so sir kitty wouldn't ( Read more... )

Aw, fucks yeah... I remember news coverage a couple of months ago that gave the Dems 0 chance, and it's been slowly changing since then (thank you, Mark Foley and the Republican leadership. You aimed that shotgun at your foot quite nicely). I realize the Senate results aren't in yet, but I'm willing to declare 49-49 with final counts going a ( Read more... )

Bwah. YouTube is total crack. Although I don't necessarily agree with everything this guy says, it's still hilarious and is probably among my favorites. At least for today...

Watcher beware - the lyrics are not work-friendly.

Erm, right. So, graduate school is already kicking my ass. The reading never. freaking. stops. I didn't really think that everyone was exaggerating the craziness of grad school, but I guess I didn't really get it. Holy crap, I get it. And I'm only three days in! It's good, and I like what I'm doing, but WOAH. The reading. And the reading. ( Read more... )

It just occured to me that in my lack of energy to post for the past few months, which I seem to have gotten back, I probably never told anyone what I'm doing for the summer. So, here it is - I'm a camp counselor! I'm working with a town camp for middle schoolers and spending all of my time outside. Great for my tan in general terms, but not so ( Read more... )

Hurricane season has officially begun. My area got nice and flash-flooded by Alberto today; nothing overly huge, but enough to be seriously annoying. The mall that always floods (build a mall across a creek! YES!) did so in spectacular fashion. They've been showing pictures on the local news of cars and minivans in water across their hoods. I ( Read more... )

Updating this journal (or not, as the case may be) is interesting. It seems like a lot goes on, but journaling for the public is also exhausting. So, well, yes. Update to those of you out there who don't really talk to me otherwise - I haven't fallen off the face of the earth, I swear. I still read regularly and love reading entries from those ( Read more... )