Casey's now totally done with her first semester in grad school, so to celebrate, we're taking a trip to New Orleans this weekend. We'll leave on Friday and come home on Tuesday - on Wednesday, she has her first day of summer classes. Which is too bad - the Giants' AAA affiliate is playing a series in New Orleans starting on Tuesday evening, so if ( Read more... )

I am studiously avoiding the thread about the lack of African-American players on the Giants. Sort of like how I studiously avoided postiveumphemism's rant on how recognizing the importance of Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier was "promoting racism" because it involved mentioning that Robinson was, y'know, black ( Read more... )

So, I found a Facebook group calling for the impeachment of Obama. Of course, they never give a reason why. However, the person running the group asked people to list all the reasons they want him impeached. The results, well, they'd be hilarious if they weren't so sad. Okay, maybe they're still hilarious ( Read more... )

Yep, I turned thirty. It doesn't feel any different, but in my experience, it never does. I'm not upset about it or anything, though it is a bit weird. And, given the choice, I'd rather not have spent my thirtieth birthday unemployed and living at my parents' house, but oh well ( Read more... )

I'm sure a lot of y'all saw this story about tea party protesters screaming slurs at various Democratic Congressmen. The whole story, obviously, is horrible, and the whole thing pisses me off, but the part of the story that really made me furious was what was screamed at John Lewis, who represents Atlanta in the House ( Read more... )

Our Congressman, Allen Boyd, came out for the healthcare reform bill this afternoon. I really wasn't expecting that! As my letter indicated, he voted against it the first time, and he's been described as the most conservative Democrat in Congress.

Since his announcement came just a couple of hours after I sent my letter, I can claim credit for it,

Congressman Boyd ( Read more... )

As I mentioned previously, Casey and I went to see an FSU vs. Virginia baseball game on Saturday. It was a pretty big matchup - in Baseball America's Top 25, Virginia was #1 and FSU was #5, while in USA Today's rankings, FSU was #2 and Virginia was #4. Coming into the series, FSU was undefeated - 12-0 - but they lost the first game of the series 5- ( Read more... )

We went while the kids were napping because there's this consignment sale thingey being held there for kids' clothes, toys, etc. Today's the last day, so most stuff is half off ( Read more... )

We went to another FSU baseball game tonight - FSU vs. Virginia. Two of the five best teams in the country, according to the current rankings. Casey took lots of pictures and there are fun stories to tell, but it's really late and the pictures aren't ready, so for now I'll just copy and paste the recap of the top of the 9th inning - which began ( Read more... )