The recent annual walk for NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) in Raleigh that I participated in was a huge success. The weather was perfect as cloud cover kept the temperature bearable for the 2.5 mile walk. This year's walk had over 700 participants, which was double last year's number. Further, NAMI's fundraising goal of $110,000 was ( Read more... )

It's another great day to be a Democrat. 200,000 switched and now Specter in PA.

Now if we can just get that ridiculous Minnesota mess resolved...http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/28/specter-will-run-as-a-democrat-in-2010

It's shallow time.

For my fellow American Idol watchers, I wanna know who your favorite is this season.

I've watched three episodes the entire season but I have developed a fondness for Anoop, which surprises everyone. Maybe it's his Carolina roots or the eyebrows, but since I heard his version of "Always On My Mind", I was sold.

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Further proof that dogs are preferable to humans (at least in my opinion). I like to think that Scout would take a bullet to protect me because I know I would take one to protect her.

http://www.news9.com/global/story.asp?s=9494086

I'll answer the questions for you. - Yes, she is mad at you. No, she doesn't want to talk to you and I think it's safe to assume that she hates you. She will never respond to your messages, so why keep trying all the time? What do you think you have to gain from it? Are you trying to create more problems for yourself? Do you expect her to say ( Read more... )

First item on my Christmas list

TOMS shoes is a fantastic program that gives a pair of shoes to a child in need when you purchase a pair of shoes from them. They are trying to give 30,000 Ethiopian children shoes this season.

I love their offerings and love the cause even more. Shout out to romanaurora for introducing me to the website a few months back.

With the exception of veazey21's imitation of Linda Blair a few years back, I have never seen anyone as sick as Matt has been since 4:30 this morning. He has "assfacia," which is the amusing and disgusting code name my family assigns to any form of a stomach virus. Use your own logic to figure out "assfacia ( Read more... )

Ran across this today. Unfortunately, never read it before but it's spot on. For years, I have been tired of the bastardization (word? not sure but I claim it) of "liberal." Yes, that is such a terrible thing to be ( Read more... )

We should all be so lucky to have friends like this.

From romanaurora:

But the most pride I had last night was for my dear friend, Ashley. (And I hope she's reading this.) Ashley has given her all for the Obama campaign for several months now (including some of her arm...literally...tattoo!) working tirelessly for a cause that she passionately believes in ( Read more... )