I was debating whether I wanted to write this out or if it was better to simply ignore someone who was very rude and hostile toward me on twitter yesterday. After discovering that she was not only picking on me but was harassing at least one other person that day, and has done so frequently in the past, including to a blogger I follow who I really ( Read more... )

Was reading some poetry by Maria Palacios today, who I rediscovered recently, and came across this particular gem ( Read more... )

The first Seven (7) people to respond to this post will get something made by me ( Read more... )

Not sharing this woman's experience, I admit that a situation like hers has never crossed my mind while thinking about legislation regarding abortion. Clearly, and most unfortunately, it hasn't crossed the minds of anyone in charge of that legislation, either.
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but I COULD have <3 ( Read more... )

79% Hillary Clinton
78% Chris Dodd
78% John Edwards
78% Barack Obama
76% Bill Richardson
74% Joe Biden
70% Dennis Kucinich
68% Mike Gravel
54% Rudy Giuliani
47% John McCain
37% Mike Huckabee
36% Mitt Romney
29% Tom Tancredo
26% Fred Thompson
22% Ron Paul

2008 Presidential Candidate Matching Quiz

aww sorry Mike, look who ended up at the bottom...

These are the top 106 books most often marked as "unread" by LibraryThing's users (as of today). As usual, bold what you have read, italicise what you started but couldn't finish, and strike through what you couldn't stand.

( my list )

I love Loretta!

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(No, not dedicated to anyone, just a great song by an amazing singer!)

I love England more than any place on earth, but they need to do something FAST about this. Almost makes me want to become a history teacher over there. When the line from political correctness to utter illogical stupidity is crossed, it's beyond unacceptable, it's dangerous. What a mess they've gotten into.

From the Telegraph

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