OBAMA TAKES IOWA!!!!

YEEAAYY!!!!

Hope: 1
Status Quo: 0

So apparently when teachers retire, they cut our social security benefits.  Don't ask me why, because it isn't like teachers make enough money that we can sock away thousands and thousands in 403b s and stuff and it isn't like the school systems match what  we put in like other corporations do.  But this is happening.  And I think it's unfair.

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here's the list of careers from that meme I snagged from
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A moment, here, to note the passing of one of the best YA authors of our time.  Madeline L'Engle passed away the other day.  Her books were an incredible early influence on the direction of my literary choices - both towards fantasy and towards philosophy. 

It was a sad evening in the josabry household yesterday as the couple bid a final farewell to the last of the yellow in their kitchen. The countertop and backsplash were removed at five minutes after nine, after a great deal of unscrewing, keyhole sawing, and rocking back and forth ( Read more... )

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We went to see Stardust with beguine and company. Beautifully done movie. Great acting, wonderful story (duh.) You should all go see it. The casting was great. Clare Danes has really come in to her own as an actress. I was impressed. And DiNero as Capt. Shakespeare was just hysterical ( Read more... )

You Are Ernie
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it creeps up on you, late at night or in the middle of the morning. sometimes it comes upon you in the shower, or in the car. wherever you are, whatever you are doing at the time, you become its' helpless prey. it is a terrifying feeling, blocking out all other thoughts, disabling your ability to work or sleep, to even hold coherent ( Read more... )