This AP article appeared in modified form in today's print edition of The Miami Herald and was posted on their website yesterday. If nothing else positive comes of this bailout bill, we can take some small comfort in this bit of legislation. It appears to represent a huge step forward in how mental health is perceived and treated in this country ( Read more... )

Connection hiccup or something similar gave me this image when I tried to read this story via Yahoo News:


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So the polls have been fluctuating a lot recently, with the most recent swing toward Obama because of his perceived comprehension of the economy compared to McCain. Since the first presidential debate Obama's numbers have been slowly but steadily climbing, which wouldn't be too much of a surprise but for one thing--he's now ahead in Florida, a ( Read more... )

From the House of Ideas--the people who brought you Captain America, the X-Men, Iron Man, the Avengers, the Fantastic Four, and so many, many more wonderful characters--comes:
Spider-Man and Stephen Colbert!


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Anybody else receive this e-mail yesterday?
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Alan Moore on Watchmen. I was hoping for something with a bit more depth, but that's MTV for you.

Video here

I had the radiator in my car replaced today. It only took them a couple of hours to do, which was faster than I'd expected. When I returned home, however, I double-checked under the hood and found coolant leaking out of the hose connecting to the radiator. I turned back around and showed it to the mechanic, who shortened the hose and attached a ( Read more... )

This story was in today's Miami Herald:
ACLU trying to help felons vote
With a voter registration deadline fast approaching, the rights group launched a campaign targeting felons' voting rights.

The Florida Rights Restoration Coalition and American Civil Liberties Union of Florida launched a voter registration campaign Monday targeting convicted ( Read more... )

Happy 28th birthday Kristina.

We've been inundated with info about Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin in the news recently. Stories about her kicking out the corrupt members of her own party (then replacing them with cronies who swore loyalty to her--more a regime change than a sweeping set of reforms), her rejecting the earmarks for the Bridge to Nowhere ( Read more... )