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At least we're not in Florida.
My election day adventure: I went to my polling place, I got my name checked on the list and got a ballot, I went in the little carrel and filled it out, I got my name checked on the exit list, I put my ballot in the optical scan machine, and I bought some cookies from the eighth-grade bake sale ( Read more... ) -
Why should I buy from your farmshare
I should ask my friends who have various farmshares how well they like them, which I could do just by going around and asking them, or I could do it here. So ( Read more... ) -
SCOTUS redux
Bonus case! Since I was talking with people about ID requirements to vote the other day, and none of us could remember if there had been a SCOTUS case about it or what it was.
Crawford v. Marion County Election Board (2008)This case challenged an Indiana law requiring citizens voting in person to present government-issued photo ID. Indiana claimed ( Read more... ) -
SCOTUS Crash Course meme
Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479 (1965)Estelle Griswold, executive director of the Planned Parenthood League of Connecticut, and Dr. C. Lee Bruxton, its medical director, were fined $100 as an accessory to violating Connecticut's law against the use of contraceptives for giving information and advice to married couples on contraception. They ( Read more... ) -
Things for you!
Following the success of books for you!, we now have things! Some of which are also books. (aerynne, dpolicar, we will give you your books Real Soon.)
Yes, we're following similar wacky methods to last time. Let us know what you'd like!
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Certain practical matters
1) If you are missing a small beige or large black umbrella, and you last had them at our reception last night, send mail to me or to allonymist.
2) If you are the generous person who gave us any of the following items, please let me or allonymist know:- A wooden Cao Cao tile puzzle
- A glass sake set
- A chrysanthemum sushi set
- A glass picture frame
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Books for you!
allonymist and I have books! allonymist and I have too many books to reasonably fit in our apartment and, rather than unreasonably fit them, want to pass them on to you. Yes, you. Let us know what you want, and we'll set it aside for you. Or have trials of skill, luck, or chronology to determine who gets what.
Here is the list of books we'd like to give you. You can ( Read more... ) -
Housing!
It's listed in Jade's Housing Database, but I thought I'd remind everyone here ( Read more... ) -
not a meme
An acquaintance is looking for people to fill out a five minute survey for her psychology research:
I am a fourth year doctoral student at the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology. I am conducting doctoral research on helping in response to disasters ( Read more... ) -
Books - January
I should get around to writing up the books that I finished in January before it's too far into February. Unfortunately, there aren't many of them.
( Books without pictures )