I don't usually get political, but I have some comments to make about the recent sling of proposals up for ratification that would ban gay marriage in Arizona, California and Florida. I think it's ridiculous that this is even an issue. We live in a (mostly) enlightened society and people need to get over their small-minded bigotry and let everyone ( Read more... )

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It's been a while since I last updated you all on my doings in Manchester. I have been keeping a journal, less regularly than I had originally intended, but I am writing down everything I've been doing. Since I plan to just copy what I write in my journal, this entry and the following three will cover everything up to the present. This first part ( Read more... )

One of my favorite authors is Pulitzer Prize-winner Michael Chabon. If you haven't read "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay," "Wonder Boys," or the recent "The Yiddish Policemen's Union," you should. Here he is delivering an eloquent endorsement of Barack Obama.

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He also had this to say about Sarah Palin's oddly-named children ( Read more... )

Wednesday morning, at about 8:30am, I arrived in Manchester International Airport. I had left home the day before, taking a short hour-long flight to Atlanta before the the longer trip to England. The flights were uneventful; I slept through most of the flight to England, having taken some Benadryl expressly for that purpose ( Read more... )

The eighth volume of Bob Dylan's Bootleg Series comes out in October, featuring outtakes from his work with producer Daniel Lanois as well as a few other odds and ends. Entitled "Tell Tale Signs," one of the tracks, "Dreamin' Of You," has been released as a single. After listening to it a few times, I'm ready to offer my analysis ( Read more... )

So, I got a job at Total Wine a few weeks ago. I am a Wine Associate, meaning it is my job to wander around the store and help customers find things using my fledgling wine knowledge. While it's a pretty cool job - I sometimes get to work the cash register, which indulges my lifelong love of pushing buttons - I still don't have any stories to tell ( Read more... )

Today I came to a realization that rather startled me. After reading the latest entry in my best friend's new daily blog, and another friend's note on Facebook about a recent beach trip, I came to the following conclusion: I have the most boring life in the world. I'd like to attribute this to the fact that I don't have a job (and therefore no ( Read more... )

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