I haven't read the text of the speech, but my understanding is that during his first-day-of-school address yesterday, President Obama told the kids to work hard in school this year. It was one of those "That's right folks, I'm the ...Read More
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I'm not going to chime in with an opinion about yesteday's Manny Ramirez steroids bombshell. I mean, my feeling about his guilt or innocence is pretty close to Tom Verducci's, and my feelings ...Read More
A month or so ago, I suggested that Tom Brady was expendable. Doesn't seem like such a silly idea now, does it? Read More
Fans bid farewell to Polaraoid film - CNN
Art-damaged hipsters rush to the bedside of dying corporation. Film at eleven. Read More
[caption id="attachment_307" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="McCain/Palin"][/caption]I lit out from Reno, I was trailed by twenty hounds. Didn't get to sleep that night
till the morning came around. I ran into the Devil, babe. He loaned me twenty bills. I spent that night ...Read More
In 2004, John Kerry had 252 electoral votes. At the present time, Barack Obama holds leads in all of those states, none of which seem likely to switch to the Republican side based on current polling.
To reach the magic number ...Read More
Based on the latest numbers at Pollster.com, Barack Obama could plausibly win the following states in November:
West Virginia
Virginia
North Carolina
Florida
What do all these states have in common? They were part of the Confederacy. For an African-American candidate to do that would ...Read More
This morning, on the way to work, I saw a guy driving a car with the following:
A John Sununu bumper sticker
An NRA bumper sticker
A US Marine Corps bumper sticker
A New Hampshire VETERAN vanity plate: GUNLVR
Needless to say, this was not ...Read More
Laura Howard's Photostream
I'm not a morbid person, but this murder case has hit me hard emotionally.
Rachel Enwistle and I are both similar in age, with a daughter similar in age. We're both American women married to Englishmen.
When I look at ...Read More