Back in December of 2000--one month after Bush and Cheney were elected--I was confused by sudden reports that California had an energy shortage. Just a month or two after they were sworn into office, our 'energy crisis' began causing blackouts in California. Davis, the democratic governor, was eventually forced to buy power for astronomical ( Read more... )

I wanted to say this earlier but there was a lj walkout ( Read more... )

So, here's the end of my weekend. Did I accomplish any of the vitally important tasks I really, really need to do?

No.

Boring crap: ( Read more... )

...a politician by giving her money. That's a milestone for me ( Read more... )

Boston Legal: ( Read more... )

gakked from Treewishes:

http://dc.metblogs.com/archives/2008/02/finally_my_endo.phtml

David Schuster on NBC news made this comment about Hillary Clinton's daughter, Chelsea: "Doesn't it seem like Chelsea's sort of being pimped out in some weird sort of way ( Read more... )

I feel the last seven years has brought my country to its knees in many ways--I'll spare you the details as they are too numerous to list ( Read more... )

In the last 24 hours, we've had 5 calls from John McCain, and none from anyone else. I live in David Dryer's district so, it's heavily Republican here, so I suppose that's why there's no Democratic calls. It's odd, though. I would have thought ol' Money Bags Romney would be hitting us hard, too.

Tonight, we got one raccoon early on, and then about an hour later, the three sibling raccoon showed up, hungry and nervous. I think Momma cut them loose. They were almost as big as her so even though they were a late litter, I guess it was time. Just a little while ago, I saw they were back and most of the kibble was gone. I carefully opened ( Read more... )