Wow, what a great piece.

We donated to Professor Campbell's gubernatorial campaign late last year; he sent us a refund after he switched.

Republican Senate candidate's professorial style may be out of step
In his third try for the Senate, Tom Campbell, who holds a law degree from Harvard and a doctorate, may not have the fire that the party's ( Read more... )

Of course my friends know of my travails with a certain university (not an "Institute") in Cambridge, Massachusetts and thin envelopes with "depressing" (bizarre) letters inside ( Read more... )

As of now we have had our AT&T u-verse service for about six months now ( Read more... )

Interesting piece in the NY Times ( Read more... )

Our dear little Moofie has been on our minds a lot lately. We miss him tremendously.... I don't miss all the dog-related costs and chores, but he was a special little dog and when he wasn't biting, he was sweet and worth the hassle ( Read more... )

Yesterday the baby was downright demonic -- not in anything she was doing out of her own volition, but her temperament from gas. Ouch. Picture me, screaming at the top of my lungs, with face all red. For a couple hours. (It's curious that she looks like Mari when she's thinking but like me when she's angry as "all get out ( Read more... )

ahahahaha!

Hilarious.

Barack Obama's Facebook Feed
http://www.slate.com/id/2220430/

Wow, this is pretty heavy stuff ( Read more... )

At lunch someone mentioned the expansion of the child care tax credit and helping working people. That's possible, but I have to ask, doesn't all this incremental complication hurt working people? Once upon a time I could do my taxes on the 1040EZ form. Then I had to use TurboTax. This year, with a house purchase and tax credits and energy ( Read more... )

My employer offers a free estate planning service (well, just the will, not trusts, POAs, or tax planning), and we're going to meet with an attorney, but the whole notion creeps out my wife ( Read more... )