Clearly, it takes money to run an election campaign.  There's increased scrutiny over the sources of funds, some of which are more innocent than others, but a general rule is that you receive money from folks that anticipate that your election would advance their own interests/ideals.  That's fine, but then it puts pressure on candidates to give ( Read more... )

To those of you who keep talking about how I can't write folk songs:

I beg to differ.

*Before you ask, let me make it clear that the subject does NOT draw from any particular (or current!) relationship.

PS-You'll need to turn your volume way up

My s'mores were not as big of a hit at the office as I had expected.  If you were sitting around in stuffy cubicles and quietly eating your lunch and then somebody like me busted out some graham crackers, hershey bars, and 'mallows, WOULD YOU NOT GET HYPED ABOUT IT?  Who are these jerks?  Or maybe I just misjudged the universality of s'mores appeal ( Read more... )

After a confrontation with a (possibly insane) delivery man, my rental furniture has been delivered, and my apartment has instantly become a swinging bachelor's pad.  Theres a sofa and a love seat and a cofee table and an end table and a TV stand and a TV and I love it.  I'll put pics up somewhere.  I've got Dragonball Z season 2 now, and will be ( Read more... )

Not much to report after the first two days on the job. I've spent a lot of the
time literally doing nothing, but in between that I've been filling out forms and
taking this tedious series of computerized training exams. The material feels a lot
like high school health; half the questions are common sense (the answer to the
effects of drugs question ( Read more... )

I'm all set up in my apartment in Dothan.  I had to go to Walmart twice to pick up twenty one (!) things that I neglected to bring.  My apartment is completely empty except for my room, but I think that once I've got my finances straight I'll hit up the furniture rental place down the street, I can get a sweet ass sofa and love seat for two months ( Read more... )

OK, memers, here's everyone, even before you requested, even if you don't want it. Please do me in the comments ( Read more... )

I have a lot of friends. This is nothing special, everyone has friends. Well, 99% of people anyhow. But there are lots of different types of friends. Sure, there are your buddies that you like to have fun with at parties and the like, boooring! That's not the type of friendship this post is about; everyone's your friend when you're drunk. I ( Read more... )

Wiiiiiiiiiiiii!

I'll be playing with it tonight (and, indeed, most nights after tonight), come join me.

Though, to be fair, it was because of a movie she filmed in her twenties. Maybe it was the wine and the late hour, but just after the moment captured by the picture in the link, I felt a very deep romantic connection with Ms. Jean Simmons ( Read more... )