I sent Chatpers 1-4 of my dissertation to my full committee today, all 149 pages of it. That plus the front matter (formalities, TOC, dedication, et cetera), conclusion (started, not in revisions yet), bibliography (compiled), and appendix (in pieces) will be all of it. I still have some changes to make that I already know about, but this was a ( Read more... )

I'm startled at McCain's VP pick, not because it's Oh So Shocking that he'd go with a woman but that he'd pick this one.

She's currently embroiled in a major scandal. She's under investigation for having abused the powers of her office to punish her sister's estranged husband and the government official who initially stood in her way. That's ( Read more... )

Gay adoption leads to trouble with basic math for McCain

Cliff's notes:
GS: What is your position on gay adoption?
JM: I believe that two-parent families are best for America.
GS: So you're against gay adoption?
JM: I am for the values and principles that two-parent families, the traditional families, represent.... One of the positions I ( Read more... )

This just in from the Opinion page of the WSJ:

"The Dark Knight" ... is at some level a paean of praise to the fortitude and moral courage that has been shown by George W. Bush in this time of terror and war. [W]hen our artistic community is ready to show that sometimes men must kill in order to preserve life; that sometimes they must violate ( Read more... )

I could actually really use feedback on this today if at all possible. Guys too, please.

Poll Lactavism.

If you have any suggestions on how organizations (yours or in general) could be more parent/kid-friendly, please comment.

we saw baby gramps this weekend while we were in kansas. i was fricking exhausted at the time (i managed to take THREE naps that day), but i couldn't have hallucinated those lyrics even in that condition.

he opened with a song about hygeine, the gist of which was that you're supposed to wash your genitalia (or, as he so couthly put it, "keep that ( Read more... )

I've been mucking my way through the health care plans for both Democratic presidential candidates of note...and I have to say that Hillary's scares the bejeezus out of me.

I have some socialist leanings. Truly, I do. Hell, I'm willing to admit that publically. But her plan isn't socialized healthcare; it's mandated buy-in health insurance. ( Read more... )

Shit. Romney's out.

I don't know what to think about yesterday's primary results. I'm not particularly surprised by any of it, but I am well-pleased that the Republican nomination is still a 3-way race (with Ron Paul shouting in the underbrush and being totally ignored). C'mon, conservative in-fighting ( Read more... )

3 minutes after the polls closed, cnn.com was already calling the Georgia Democratic primary for Obama, even though this was wholly based on exit polling & the state has proportional delegates ( Read more... )