Livejournal. It's been a while.

I just pulled two loaves of sourdough bread out of the oven. They look and smell amazing.

James Whitmore died of lung cancer yesterday, at the age of 87. Most people know him as Brooks Hatlen, the librarian from The Shawshank Redemption ( Read more... )

Every time I hear someone talking about how great a president Ronald Reagan was, this is what I think of.


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Having run out of newer books to read, I pulled my copy of The Illuminatus! Trilogy down from the shelf and started reading it again last night. This will probably be my fifth time through. If you haven't read it before, and you liked The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, then I recommend it. The humor is somewhat similar, but more subversive, and ( Read more... )

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Playing For Change: Song Around the World | Stand By Me from Concord Music Group on Vimeo.

Exactly what it sounds like.

I'm from Illinois, though I haven't lived there for a couple of years now. I love my home state. But why can't Illinois elect a governor who isn't a total douche bag?

Ill. Gov. Blagojevich arrested on federal charges. Our last governor, George Ryan, is currently serving time in a federal prison for corruption charges. When Blagojevich ran for ( Read more... )

I think I'd actually play this.


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It's been sort of a hectic week, or I'd have posted some of this earlier.
1. Why in the hell is it possible to amend the state constitution in California via a referendum that only requires a simple majority to pass? Governor Schwarzenegger says that it's likely the supreme court will invalidate the proposition. I certainly hope they do. The idea of ( Read more... )

Using CNN's projections, McCain can't win 270 electoral votes. Obama has it won. They're still saying it could go either way, but that's just to keep people watching.

Even so, if you are in a state where the polls are still open, and you haven't yet done so, GO VOTE! I don't care who you vote for, just do it.