I haven’t said much publicly since the election ended with John Kerry conceding last Wednesday. Like a lot of other Democrats, I’ve needed a few days to recover from the pretty devastating blow we were dealt. It’s hard to put so much passion and energy and hope into something only to have it defeated. Living in Iowa, I was led to believe that my ( Read more... )

I haven't had time to really sit down and write in awhile, so mostly this is just an update on everything that's been going on around here ( Read more... )

Okay, I have a quick favor to ask. I'm doing a research paper in my Comp II class about stem cell research. If you happen to come across articles in newspapers, magazines, or on-line about the research or about politicians views on the research, would you take a second and e-mail it to me? I need at least 10 sources for this paper, and I've hit ( Read more... )

Have you seen anything off of www.alternet.org? If not, it's definitely worth a look.

Even as much as I like John Kerry, I couldn't help laughing at this. It makes fun of both sides...very cute!

Shawn and I got tickets to go to a 4th of July celebration on Sunday. It's at the museum, and John Kerry is going to be there. Hopefully that will be pretty cool. We've been trying to go to Fahrenheit 9/11 all week now, but it's constantly sold out. Apparently there are a lot more Bush haters in Iowa than we thought. My grandma and several of ( Read more... )

My wonderfully liberal English Professor assigned us this essay to read for this week's discussion.
It's a few months old, but I thought it was worth posting. (hopefully my cut tags will work...otherwise...bear with me!) :)

FRANK RICH
The Joy of Gay Marriage
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A year ago today (as of about 3:00pm) I went into labor with Connor. He wasn't born until 9:45pm tomorrow, but labor started today. Everyone tells you that you forget a lot of it...hmm...nope...I still remember almost all of it. Thank god for the person who invented epidurals. I wouldn't have made it though 32 hours of labor without one!!

Maybe you've seen this, but I'm posting the link anyway. It's kinda long, but if you go through the whole thing....it's hysterical!!!

http://www.joecartoon.com/pages/home/

So the in-laws are gone. I have to admit the visit went much better than I was anticipating. Alice was actually civil, and though I don't think I'll ever get the apology that I originally wanted, she did bring me a very expensive tote bag (code for trendy diaper bag)that I had been eyeing from a Santa Monica store called Babystyle. So, I'm ( Read more... )