It's still not over.  For the President, they are still counting in 4 states, and there are going to be recounts.  The Senate is still up.  The House technically is still up, but there are still 40 undecided seats as I type this morning.

And yet, I find that I love the 2020 election.

For a goodly while now our political climate has gotten more and ( Read more... )

As I type this, the 2020 election is all up in the air, a full mass of confusion and close elections and possible recounts.

And even a possible tie.

There could be nothing more 2020 than a tie.

And that might just be okay.

So, my wife comes home from her 12 hour night shift, and she asks me to hold the door - and she comes in with this BOX. It's one of the sysco industrial spoon boxes... and what is in it? 4! 4 meals ( Read more... )

Here is my prediction. President Obama will not be re-elected ( Read more... )

Victor was rather fussy all day. A rough day. But then, tonight, two things have happened. First - the poops. They came - so many that was part of his fussiness. But more important, Victor has made a new discovery on his bug - Orangie the bug not only has a rattle... but WINGS that CRINKLE ( Read more... )

The Victor is here. Born at 1:52 - 7 pounds straight, 21 inches. Red hair =o)

I will admit at the beginning that I don't like some of the rhetoric associated with "Occupy" Wall Street. I tend not to think occupation is good. That's the language of "force" - not simply protest. I think its foolish to even think about comparing this to the Arab Spring... especially as protesters in Egypt and Syria in the past month have ( Read more... )

The thing that annoys me the most about budgetary debates is this: it seems as though everyone wants someone else to pay for it. Cut the benefits for those people. Spend less for those people. Tax those people over there ( Read more... )

I will admit it - I am torn ( Read more... )

I really love the Aloe Drinks you can find at the Asian markets. It's a shame they have the same effect on my body as Picolax is supposed to have.