At noon eight years ago today, I was in a Chinese grocery store in Hartsdale. It was rainy and dim, which fit my opinion of the moment. I had no idea just how bad things would be, of course. My enthusiasm for Obama has dimmed lately due to various things that I don't want to go into today, but I hope for the best. For now, I'm just grateful ( Read more... )

I'm not sure how to describe this, but it's well worth a look.

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/11/21/191657/65/267/627232

The point of getting rid of Lieberman was not revenge; it was to remove someone unqualified from a post where he can and will do everything in his power to obstruct Obama's agenda. I don't understand the people who think Obama has some kind of leverage over Lieberman now. He's shown repeatedly that he can't be trusted, and it's next to impossible ( Read more... )

Just sent this out to my Senators ( Read more... )

I am so, so proud of my country right now.

I also want to tip the hat to my parent's generation. Tonight is the culmination of their revolution and the beginning of ours.

So, Congress gave away our future to the rich today, and with it, my last lingering hopes of seeing universal healthcare or any significant social reform in my lifetime. I almost wonder now whether it matters if Obama gets elected or not now, since he's been effectively crippled in advance. He's not going to have the money to accomplish anything ( Read more... )

I seem to be having a lot of dreams about Mary lately. I'm not sure why I should be having more now that she's no longer single. The really odd thing, though, is that my dreams always feel compelled to address the fact that she's no longer single. I wonder if I subconsciously crave the ego boost of having a woman choose me over someone else. It ( Read more... )

I've often said that if could choose one period of my life to live over and over again, it would be the period from April 15, 1998 to December 4, 2001. Thus, it seems appropriate to commemorate the 10th anniversary today of the beginning of the best period of my life.

How sad to be a woman - not to know ( Read more... )

I was just browsing through a discussion on prostitution prompted by our governor's recent indiscretions, and I was amazed at what seemed to be the female consensus on men and sex. What it comes down to essentially is that if a woman wants sex, she can get it, period, and they seem to think that this is true for men also. I am thinking in ( Read more... )