So. Today's the day. About 5 minutes in. Not that the voting stations have opened yet, but y'know. Soon, right? (ETA: Except I *totally* forgot about the midnight voting in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire! And I call myself a The West Wing fan. Thanks to tripoli8 for the reminderSo good luck with that whole election thing! The rest of us are cheering for you ( Read more... )

OH. MY. GOD. *laughs and laughs and laughs and laughs*

PARIS HILTON, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

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Paris for President ganked from Rob, Obama clip ganked from Kita. From Sen. Obama's speech at a campaign rally yesterday in Canton, Ohio... I think?

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*crosses fingers for next week* Good luck, guys.

Go me! My parents, sister, and I went to vote right after work. My brother, lazy bum that he is, will not be voting -- again. If you're in Eastern Standard Time, you've still got 2 hours left to vote!

I'm gonna pop some The West Wing into the DVD player tonight. I'm thinking "Game On" and then "Election Night". Oh Sorkin. ♥
SAM: It's not a party ( Read more... )

You know what? Canada is far from perfect. This kind of thing drives me insane. Didn't The West Wing do an episode on HPV? Guest-starring Elmo and Big Bird.

Alberta tries to deal with Catholic backlash against HPV vaccine in schoolsBy John Cotter, The Canadian Press ( Read more... )

I got into work before 8am today. Not the earliest I've ever gotten into the office, but still waaaaay too early. *falls over* Nobody should have to go into work early the day after a major holiday feast. I had to stop at Timmy's for a medium double double. Not my usual thing -- I usually don't drink anything in the morning -- but I needed the ( Read more... )

Conneticut court overturns same-sex marriage ban!

Justice Peter T. Zarella wrote that he believes there is no fundamental right to same-sex marriage, and the court's majority failed to discuss the purpose of marriage laws, which he said is to "privilege and regulate procreative conduct."

Zarella added, "The ancient definition of marriage as the ( Read more... )

Behind the cut: ( Two articles on Canadian military personnel marching in Toronto's Pride Parade )

Considering my recent post on the usage of "Indian" versus "native/aboriginal/First Nations", this article is very enlightening. Government officials DO use the term "Indian", but only in reference to policies and institutions of the past -- painting these policies/institutions in the most negative light possible. (Which, if you read the article, ( Read more... )

1) I was supposed to go see Prince Caspian tonight, but got caught up in work. Tomorrow for sure!

2) Via rosewildeirish: A stargate mysteriously appears at MIT. All kinds of awesome :D ( Read more... )

Random pet peeve of the day: The acronym FAQ spelled as "FAQ's". I mean. WHY. Even if one insists on the plural "s" (which I personally think is ridiculous), why must there be a frickin' apostrophe?? It's not a possessive!

seperis saw a link to this article on sinsense's journal. The etymology of "white trash":

That Ain't White by Matt Ray (American Sexuality ( Read more... )