I think it's unfortunate that the first serious female candidate for President shares a last name with a recent and controversial former President and, thus, apparently felt the need to distance her own campaign from his name. Hillary Clinton's campaign motto/slogan/graphical image reads "Hillary for President," and a piece of campaign material I ( Read more... )

snagged from angelwen99

96% Mike Gravel
94% Dennis Kucinich
83% John Edwards
83% Barack Obama
82% Chris Dodd
81% Hillary Clinton
81% Joe Biden
71% Bill Richardson
37% Rudy Giuliani
26% Ron Paul
21% John McCain
16% Mike Huckabee
16% Mitt Romney
16% Tom Tancredo
6% Fred Thompson

2008 Presidential Candidate Matching Quiz

Well, just ignore the backgroundy stuff. I was going to replace it w/ a nice Xmasy color, but ran out of time. Maybe next Xmas. Meanwhile, this is pretty heartwarming, isn't it? :-) Or just weird.


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Many people make a big deal about not being "labeled." And yet, we all are, constantly.

1. Pick one label that you think does describe you (race, religion, hobby, etc.).
Proud Fandom Geek

2. Pick one label that is often put on you, that you really think is inaccurate.
"Fighter," as in "You're such a fighter."

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A mere nibble of the delectable Herculean and Xenite treats that await:


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There's an article about Joss on the picket line for the WGA strike here. Found out about it on my Whedonesque widget. What isn't there a widget for these days? Anyway, go Joss!

I had my very late b-day celebration w/ my ex and my son and son's friend C, who's one of the nicest kids in the world: Apple Pan and Beowulf. I lingered over my ( Read more... )

There's an excellent essay by Barbara Barnett about House as a Byronic hero, which I highly recommend if you have any interest in such things. I also rec'd it on my 19thc_britlit along with some blathering of my own, some of which I hope is enlightening, and some very enlightening comments by a good friend of mine, Jim Merrill. You can find it all right here.

Good thing I took those pics this morning. There's a new door, gleaming white and fully functional. My wonderful neighbor C_____ knows the guy next door to him very well, and that guy and his brother are in the--can you guess?--garage door business. And C_____ actually paid him and called and said the work was done, and I could pay him back ( Read more... )

OK, I'm really tired, and I just couldn't see myself uploading my images to Photobucket and then posting them here. There are only eight of them, but, I'm really really tired. So here's a teaser:


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Well, about an hour and a half ago actually. I was at my computer, and I heard this loud metallic BANG and vibration, followed by another. Couldn't see anything from the house that could have caused it, and went outside. A neighbor's teenage daughter said "A truck just drove into your garage door!" Well, damn, if it didn't. We have one of ( Read more... )