This is an AWESOME site! Hilarious. Dare I say (sorry, Ames) better than CuteOverload?

Update on Levi (see my 11/7 post): He's back at school, with an implanted defibrillator / pacemaker in his chest. So far, he has some mild short-term memory issues but no other ill effects. He was without a heart beat for 30 minutes. Can you say MIRACLE??? His ( Read more... )

Tuesday was...amazing. Beyond description. The best. The euphoria carried me through Wednesday.

On Thursday morning the 13-year-old son of a good friend of mine suffered a cardiac arrest during PE class. The good news is that the teacher not only knew CPR, he started it right away and performed it amazingly well (even the medics said that). The bad ( Read more... )

Great email from Michael Moore this morning, titled Pinch Me... Boy do I know how he feels!

Selected quotes:

"In a nation that was founded on genocide and then built on the backs of slaves, it was an unexpected moment, shocking in its simplicity: Barack Obama, a good man, a black man, said he would bring change to Washington, and the majority of the ( Read more... )

What an AMAZING NIGHT!!!!!! Say it with me, people: PRESIDENT OBAMA!!!!! WOO-HOO!!!!!!! PRESIDENT OBAMA ( Read more... )

Especially AK-47s, so we can finally get rid of all the evil trick-or-treaters.

I wonder if the NRA will be sending flowers to the boy's funeral...This hit so close to home for me because going door-to-door was what my 12 year old boy was doing last night with some friends (and 2 dads).

Isn't it ironic that nobody seems to be yelling about the fact ( Read more... )

I find it telling that Senate rules do not require a sentaor convicted of a felony to resign...

So the anti-choice yahoos were out in force again in my corner of the world, holding their stupid signs. It's telling how many more men there are in this group. I always want to go up to them and ask them how many children they have adopted so far, but I'm betting they won't even get the point.

Except to say that corruption starts at the top, and officials in AK obviously know they can get away with outrageous crimes...Please sign this petition!


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...has been missing from the political scenery for far too long (or maybe I've missed something -- life has been hectic!). Finally, heeeeeeeee's baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack! Now, can someone send this article to Obama and tell him to ACT ON IT! Pretty Please?

Also, speaking of awesome people we should listen to more, MICHAEL MOORE has a free ( Read more... )

"It is perfectly possible to live a very moral life without a belief in God, and I think it's perfectly possible to live a life peppered with ill-doing and believe in God."

Simple. Elegant. To the point. Just how I've always felt.

I love this woman.