I’ll be working as a Precinct Clerk in our upcoming California midterm elections tomorrow, so here’s how I voted on my mail-in ballot:

Governor: Laura Wells (Green)
Lieutenant Governor: Gavin Newsom (Democrat)
Secretary of State: Debra Bowen (Democrat)
Controller: John Chiang (Democrat)
Treasurer: Bill Lockyer (Democrat)
Attorney General: Kamala D ( Read more... )

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( This video is totally hot, but so NSW -- gay content included )

I'm trying to pay off a $270 credit card charge for admission to the Screenwriting Expo, which will be held in October. So, in that quest, I've been scouring Craig's List in search of short-term money-making schemes ( Read more... )

Or at least, a step toward extending its lifespan (since there are admittedly no quick fixes to the problem)....

(Posted by me, at news.yahoo.com)

Here's a crazy idea: ELIMINATE all Retirement, SSI, and SSDI benefits for illegal immigrants, and apply a formula that pro-rates people's Social Security checks based on their lifetime earnings (for ( Read more... )

At work, there's one particular table that I always tend to supervise during First Lunch; it's a table of precocious (and often manipulative) second-graders ( Read more... )

I'm becoming way too invested in my current job. It's not like I plan to work as an elementary school aide for the rest of my life, so why should I care so much about what happens to me at work on a daily basis? Yet, here I am, doing it. Silly me ( Read more... )

I decided that this weekend was my last weekend of "naughty eating" for awhile. I need to shed some belly fat and oblique fat in preparation for a certain event coming up in May. I think I'm going to stick to fruits, vegetables, breads, grains, cheeses, fruit juice, and lean meats as much as possible over the next 8-9 weeks, and step up my workout ( Read more... )

This really boils my blood.

Bill Clinton actually has the audacity to claim he's completely blameless for the current economic meltdown, when interviewed by Time magazine.

Granted, I'm not one of those right-wingers claiming that it's ALL Bill Clinton's fault. But his repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act and his other botched housing policies ( Read more... )

I have a new job. Actually, I've had it for the past three months. I make half of what I did at my last job, but at least I'm not unemployed ( Read more... )

Here's the fall edition of my twice-a-year rundown of the current cast and season of Survivor.

Bob - He's been doing an excellent job in challenges for someone of his age, and his only mistake has been joining with the alliance that ended up in the minority (and he couldn't have foreseen that). Even so, he operated strategically by taking Sugar's ( Read more... )