Is it over yet? No...it starts at 7:00AM when the polls open and ends at 8:00PM when they close (applicable to the state of Pennsylvania). Find your polling place and get there to vote within that 13 hour stretch of time!

I'm picking these candidates:

President and Vice President


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I wrote this eight years ago today, towards the denouement of the Clinton/Obama contest to win the Democratic Presidential nomination. Despite being ahead in the popular vote, the DNC threw Hillary Clinton under the bus and handed the nomination to Barack Obama. It was a disgusting "fuck you" to everyone who actually believed in a fair democratic ( Read more... )

It is finally Primary Day in Pennsylvania! Why is it that the second state admitted to the Union has to wait until April to vote for Presidential nominees? It's a mystery. Personally, I think it is because Iowa and New Hampshire are brats, but I digress...

Polls in Pennsylvania are open from 7:00AM until 8:00PM. Find your polling place and pay ( Read more... )

Mostly, I just don’t want to think about it.

That sentence, more than any I can think of, sums up my feelings regarding reflecting on the year that was 2015.  And this is why I am writing my memoirs in the waning days of January, when I generally bust one of these out if not on January 1st, pretty close to ( Read more... )

The first Tuesday of November is Election Day in the United States. If you are 18 years of age, you should be registered to vote. And if you are registered to vote, you should actually excercise your right to do so. Find your polling place, go to it and make your selections. Polls are open from 7:00AM-8:00PM in Pennsylvania.

All over the ( Read more... )

It is barely 38 minutes long and turned 25 years old last month. On par with Treasure for Cocteau Twins at the apex of their craft, Heaven or Las Vegas is the first album of the group's that I listened to and fell in love with.

I was introduced when someone with whom I had a brief communication in the summer of 2002 sent me an MP3 copy of "Frou ( Read more... )

In Pennsylvania, Primary Election Day is the third Tuesday of May.  This year that day falls on the 19th.  You have from 7:00AM-8:00PM to get yourself to a polling station and vote.  I'm picking these candidates:

Court of Common Pleas


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“Daddy, when is Cherry coming home?” asked Madeline as she was brushing her teeth yesterday evening ( Read more... )

My oldest daughter now uses the toilet with, what in my estimation is, a 95% success rate. As I reflect on the price of diapers and realise that this particular expense has been effectively cut in half, I count the girl’s successful toilet-training as one of the major victories of the year. One child down, one more to go - and then True and I can ( Read more... )

In all, Cocteau Twins had fifteen unique singles and extended plays to accompany their eight proper studio albums. Nine of these releases are included on the first two discs of Lullabies to Violaine. The remaining seven (which would be nine, had the two versions of Tishbite and Violaine not been re-sequenced as single EPs with song overlap ( Read more... )