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supertuesday fun fact.
While American Samoa participates in the Democratic & Republican nomination processes, it does not participate in the general election.
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The thought of a McCain/Guiliani ticket scares the bejesus out of me. Not so much because the actual administration would be that wretched--actually, it would be a damned sight better than a number of alternatives--but because I feel like the ticket would be so viable as to be nigh on indestructible. Even if McCain is 118 or whatever. And I can' ( Read more... ) -
sex, booze, and gettin' it up.
considering that i research human sexuality (broadly speaking), am a lush, and have made a life out of hanging out with the boys, one would think that this would have happened before now ( Read more... ) -
and people make fun of me for being afraid of pirates
pirates attacked a cruise ship off the coast of seychelles this week.
the attack bore the hallmarks of pirates who have become increasingly active off Somalia, which has no navy and has not had an effective central government since 1991.
amusing bit: The retired physician and World War II veteran said he started to take a photograph of a ( Read more... ) -
damned if he does, damned if he doesn't.
yes, i'm using that offensive icon again. maybe the statement wasn't entirely accurate and fair, but i think it's important for us to start talking about race.
vulgarlad sent me on an information-sleuthing expedition to find out the demographic breakdown of the texas gulf coast in comparison to the areas most heavily affected by hurricane katrina. here's ( Read more... ) -
timeline.
this is the best, most exhaustive timeline of hurricane katrina events and recovery that i've found thus far (although keith olbermann's take on it is also impressive--quicktime). the site that compiled it is, admittedly, progressive, but all of the sources check out and it's not high on rhetoric (relatively-speaking). it's definitely worth a ( Read more... ) -
PeopleFinderVolunteer: how *you* can help.
if you can't donate blood and don't have money to donate (or even if you do), there's still a way to help the victims of hurricane katrina and their families from your computer. wikipedia is aggregating all of the entries in the multitude of missing persons websites into one searchable form. they need helper monkeys to enter the data into their ( Read more... ) -
mr. lerner, confetti cake, and 8 travel guides to britain.
a dear friend from athens will be showing up on my doorstep in about 9 hours. at the moment, i'm trying to clean the apartment in order to properly prepare for his arrival. meanwhile, the impulses to work on my dissertation and to buy a bookshelf are astounding. i'm not sure which, if either, will win, but there's still cleaning to be done ( Read more... ) -
and i think i'm also going to stop & get a chicken cranberry sandwich for myself....
i woke up to find out that i apparently get an 8% raise.
oh, and it's mark's birthday (no, i didn't only realise that upon waking up). i must now scamper out of the apartment to pick up a few things for him. audience participation time: what do you think i'm going out to get? -
fuzzy fuzzy.
this is bria on four five drinks:i'm having another one of those nights where i'm marvelling at just how amazed i am by my neighbourhood. mark & i are contemplating moving southward in another year or so, and it's hitting us both hard that we'll miss this place. one of the biggest issues is that we're now spoiled for food quality forevermore. ( Read more... )