Ahhhh, if only we all could have David Bowie fall in love with us and whisk us away to a goblin world full of beautiful dresses, crystalline walls and strong hallucinations...

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Many of my friends in Houston still have no power and there are no fresh fruits and veggies in the shops ( Read more... )

Many years ago, a friend told me that if you are in a relationship with someone and they begin grad school, that you sort of have to say goodbye to them for the 2 or 5 years that it takes. I laughed it off, saying "not me! no way ( Read more... )

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Bush administration is asking Congress to let the government buy $700 billion in toxic mortgages in the largest financial bailout since the Great Depression, according to a draft of the plan obtained Saturday by The Associated Press ( Read more... )

another brilliant light goes out, but at least this one left some beautiful and strange ideas in his wake.

"Ordinary ... is what you are used to. This may not seem ordinary to you now, but after a time it will. It will become ordinary."



Last night I listened to Sarah Palin's speech at the RNC, because I had to give her the benefit of the doubt and listen to her ideas. While I was listening, I became more and more angry, more and more bewildered that ( Read more... )

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This is a fabulous argument - let's revive the Victory Garden movement, starting at the top down...

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It was 105 degrees yesterday - a record for high temperatures on August 2nd of any year in recorded history. If this morning's sweaty gardening mess (i.e. me) is any indication, today will be equally evil!

I walked down from my house to Nomad ( Read more... )