************ is tired of being called a jagoff, moron and other degrading terms b/c of who she's voting for. This country was built on freedom of choice -- let me have mine!

I saw this on facebook this morning.  I don't know the girl too well, we were just classmates in college.  It's obvious that she is voting McCain.  But given McCain and Palin's ( Read more... )

Somewhere along the way, I lost my old collection of CDs.  Now, they weren't particularly valuable and once downloading music and mp3s came along, I didn't use them too much.  But when you move 10 times in 4 years (I counted), these things are bound to happen.  So I've been listening to more music and rebuilding my digital library, and it amazes me ( Read more... )

"i'm hundreds of miles from my apt.

no word on how it fared. flooding? broken windows?

baton rouge got slammed.

State Public Service Commission Secretary Lawrence St. Blanc said this morning that power should return to about half of Baton Rouge within the next one to eight days.

But the other 50 percent of Baton Rouge could be without electricity ( Read more... )

My ribs/back are now fully healed.  I played my first game back last Wednesday.  It took me almost an entire game to remember how to hit, but the the payoff of an in-park home run was worth it.  We won ( Read more... )

The things I miss while I'm at work:


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two ribs slipped out of place (not out of socket entirely, but unhappy nonetheless).   ribs are now back in place, but putting them there pissed off the muscles in my back.

2SWOLE 

For those of you who don't know, I am STILL playing softball. Looking back, it was one of the few things about life in Scottdale that actually made me happy. And considering what my life was actually like then, that's saying something. I remember a lot about playing - learning to hit well, finding my little niche at third base, having a pretty ( Read more... )

CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN) - Barack Obama said Saturday that if he has offended people with comments he made almost a week ago where he labeled small town Pennsylvanians "bitter" and that they "cling to guns and religion" then he regrets it.

BUT THEY DO

I'm doing a series of short-ish updates, otherwise I will type something heinously long that either a) will not get posted somehow or b) will never be read by anyone.

Expect them to be mostly pointless. Srsly.

I haven't decided yet whether this is the start of actually updating more often or not.

Sorry if this clogs up everyone's friends pages.

One huge drawback to getting a "real" job is the schedule. I pretty much work 8-5 M-F. This isn't overly taxing, but it does limit my travels. However, one of the reasons I originally took a position where I work is that I have 26 paid days off per year ( Read more... )