As for the Republicans—how can one regard seriously a frightened, greedy, nostalgic huddle of tradesmen and lucky idlers who shut their eyes to history and science, steel their emotions against decent human sympathy, cling to sordid and provincial ideals exalting sheer acquisitiveness and condoning artificial hardship for the non-materially-shrewd ( Read more... )

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America ( Read more... )

here's a fun, short, getting-to-know-you meme I ganked from beckyzooleIf you respond to this, I will ( Read more... )

After spending Monday night, all of Tuesday and Wednesday, and much of Thursday in hospital, my beloved riverheart came home on Thanksgiving night. The medical staff still don't know what was wrong, but we suspect a combination of electrolyte imbalance combined with an unexpected drug reaction/interaction ( Read more... )

My beloved riverheart has been in hospital since Monday with what we first thought was a severe electrolyte balance — she had been in fine fettle Saturday night and early Sunday morning, but by Monday was in sufficient distress that I thought best to get better care than I'm capable of delivering ( Read more... )

My beloved riverheart, who blogs on Daily Kos as Kitsap River, is on the front page of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in connection with an article on this year's Netroots Nation conference.

I am so very proud of her, and so very thankful to her fellow healthcare bloggers whose generous support made her attendance possible.

Last weekend I finally succumbed to the necessity of clearing the barn and porch of several months' accumulated trash. (In these parts, weekly garbage pickup is upward of $40 per month; a monthly or bi-monthly trip to the transfer station is usually $10-20. This is an intelligence test.) Having left the job undone for far too long, I rented a 14' U ( Read more... )

First of all, my deepest thanks to all of you who offered prayers and energy for my beloved and myself. I felt your strength supporting me throughout yesterday ( Read more... )

My beloved riverheart has gotten her first trip to the Daily Kos Recommended List for this diary. Go; read it, get angry, and contact your congresscritters to demand real healthcare reform: Single Payer.

Go on, I'll wait.

I am so very proud of her; it took no little measure of bravery to expose herself like that.

And while you're at it, go vote for her to ( Read more... )

Some of y'all may remember that about a year and a half ago, I got a job at F5 Networks as a Network Support Engineer. It's a "tier 2" support position, taking calls and working cases that are more complex than the front-line phone guys can handle ( Read more... )