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Black History Month
"We have inherited a large house, a great 'world house' in which we have to live together--black and white, Easterner and Westerner, Gentile and Jew, Catholic and Protestant, Moslem and Hindu--a family unduly separated in ideas, culture and interest, who, because we can never again live apart, must learn somehow to live with each other in peace. ( Read more... ) -
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Horace Walpole - "Life is a comedy for those who think... and a tragedy for those who feel." -
NP Complete?
My life is full of NP Complete problems. Frustrating, fun and challenging... -
Election Post
I've been thinking that I should write a post-election post for a while. The real problem is that
many , many of my friends have already said it all ( Read more... ) -
Have you Voted
Its a little under 36 hours till the polls close in New Mexico. I wondering, wherever you are, have you voted? And more importantly what was the experience like? How long did you have to wait? Did you mail in your ballot? Was the election judge nice to you... -
Big News
"At 27 huge lifestyle changes are de riguer.One must seek adventure.
have fun!" - My Friend
SO I've been offered and take a job raising money for Planned parenthood in Chicago. I'm going to take it. I'm looking forward to the change, the challenge, and the opportunity to do some good. Not a lot more to say here but... -
Miss Virginia
I could just post links to fivethirtyeight every day and consider my job done. Those guys do the job right... But one interesting caught my eye today. Apparently the McCain campaign managed to alienate Miss Virginia with their ongoing "people who vote for O-BOMB-a are not 'Real Americans'" narrative ( Read more... ) -
Some politcal meanderings
I'm a little weary of bad economic news being good electorical news. Yes republican policies caused this problem, with republicans at the helm, and yes them should be punished, but its tough for me to be excited about amazing poll numbers when buried in the cross tabs is the distressing news that "More than 8 in 10 Americans do not trust the ( Read more... ) -
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These kind of interactions don't happen every day. In fact, street political workers are trained to avoid them. But this story makes me smile.