Today, a middle aged couple sporting McCain stickers confronted Johnny in the restaurant about his pick for president, at the end of their meal. When he refused to discuss politics with them, they got hissy, informed him that that meant he was voting for "the other guy" and then refused to payThey walked out on a $58 tab, gyping a family-owned ( Read more... )

Whatever you think of unions...this is pretty freaking cool when it comes to race.

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Just wanted to make sure you really knew how much I appreciated tonight.

Love you much. Thank you.

Move along now, nothing to see here...

"It may be typical of the pro-Obama Dungeons & Dragons crowd to disparage a fellow countryman's memory of war from the comfort of mom's basement, but most Americans have the humility and gratitude to respect and learn from the memories of men who suffered on behalf of others. John McCain has often said he witnessed a thousand acts of bravery while ( Read more... )

Parents who don't understand that there is a difference between spanking a child and beating a child, and who don't understand that there is a difference between not giving in to a child and repeatedly hitting them because you're embarrassed and don't know how to parent, should lose their children ( Read more... )

...in a blog my parents don't read.

Italy. It's a different place. I've now seen something enough, on enough different people, to be comfortable saying it must be socially acceptable. It's the fact that I see it on middle aged women and grandmas all the time that really clinches the idea ( Read more... )

I now have a travel blog, over at http://hederasparrow.blogspot.com/, such that I can post things and share them with the parents and grandparents.

And now, back to woodwork.

So we're in MN ( Read more... )

So in the realm of sad things to happen lately, this really isn't all that big ( Read more... )

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