And keep it in mind when you're on your way to the polls next week.

Governor Mitt Romney, on Larry King Live, June 13, 2011 ( Read more... )

Hurricane Agnes plowed across Pennsylvania when I was barely seven years old. I remember being terrified and crying as it started up and my mother having to comfort me to get me to go to sleep. Late in the night my sisters woke me up and said, "Come and see the hurricane." We sat in the living room of our little house and watched trees whipping ( Read more... )

I hate this job ( Read more... )

I am genuinely curious to know if there are any Democratic lawmakers/candidates who have made such statements on the topic of abortion:

"I think even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that it is something that God intended to happen." Indiana Republican Senate candidate Richard Mourdock, Oct. 23, 2012"It seems to me, from what ( Read more... )

I usually try to avoid open discussions of politics, but I feel I need to point something out simply because I seem to be the only one in America who has noticed a very disturbing change in the American political process ( Read more... )

The Eagle has landed.

I've been chatting with Deputy Bill Kisner. You probably saw him in the Westin's lobby where he hangs out just to keep an eye on things and make sure everyone is being safe. He's the African American gentleman with the big smile and the biceps that are bigger around than my waist. A lot of us have gotten to know him and I am pretty sure that ( Read more... )

Anthrocon 2012 has come and gone. As usual I am both exhausted and elated. I think that in all the years that I have been chairman, this has been just about the best convention we have ever put on. A few glitches here and there that made my blood pressure go up but that is part of the job. For the most part things went smoothly, and there were ( Read more... )

( Yippee!!! Picnic time!! Pass the cole slaw!! )

$23,887 (plus a 10-Euro note). Heartfelt thanks to the whole community on his behalf.