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I Guess I Really Am an Elite
I just realized, reading through all the post-Palin stuff on the Internet, that the term "Joe Six-Pack" refers to beer! I thought it had something to do with six-pack abdominal muscles. Granted, that never made sense to me, because so few men actually have them, but I thought it must be some blue-collar aspirational thing (yup, I'm always thinking ( Read more... ) -
Hallelujah. It's Morning in America.
Congratulations, Barack Obama. You do us proud. -
NPR Calls Ohio For Obama
Oh man. My self-protective state of denial is beginning to crack.
AND NOW WE HAVE MINNESOTA
NPR Calls Pennsylvania for Obama!! -
OMG! I Made the Economist!
Well, just their Democracy in America blog, but still, it was a surprise to see my screen name right at the top of the the post!!! -
Emergency Purchase
Okay, I need a refurbished MacBook laptop (not a Pro) with 2Gb RAM and Bootcamp. I need the standard MS Office suite of programs AND a copy of WordPerfect. My budget is $2,000. Is this possible and where do I start? -
Just Because You're An Atheist Doesn't Mean You Can't Have Fun
He was always swimming dangerously close to the shark, but Richard Dawkins has finally jumped it. -
The Reverse Bradley Effect
I am as nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs about next week's (next week!!!) election. It really looks good, but, jeez, I didn't see how we could possibly lose in 2004 ( Read more... )
