Mundana for the weekend ( Read more... )

RIP Geocities ( Read more... )

Hello July!

Ok, another few months have passed and I found enough time to feel guilty about neglecting LJ....LOL! I'm sure everyone is used to that by now. So no more lamenting....just time to catch everyone up on my life's goings on. It is summer, happily, but before I talk on that, let me tell you how we got to the present.

I finished off my ( Read more... )

Is there any way to preserve avocado once it has been sliced open? Or is this a case of just having to cook or eat it right away? There must be something, otherwise guacamole would turn brownish, I assume.

Well, Thanksgivingness is on the way, or rather, we are on the way to it. Patrick and I drove to Chicago last night on the way to visit his family in Omaha for the holiday. We're enjoying the housepitality of some friends from college who are back in Ohio for the holiday, but kindly lent us their house in exchange for watching the kitties ( Read more... )

On another note in the midst of all the big items on the political stage ( Read more... )

I'm going to break with the jubilation of Obama and the sadness over Prop 8 in California to make a quick observation about Sarah Palin before we let her go back to governing Alaska for the time being ( Read more... )

Well, one thing I am pleased about, that is not dependent on who won, is that Ohio is not the poster child for electoral dysfunction this year. It was gettign very old these last 8 years to be looked at askance with regard to our voting problems. Little things like this give me great hope for my state even ( Read more... )

I voted around 6:15 this evening. I hope that I made the right decision for President. I'm not going to share my choice with anyone for the moment and maybe ever.....I've been very torn about the amazing number of issues on which I'm concerned about each candidate. I suspect that I'd have had regrets about my vote with either candidate. I hope ( Read more... )

So, I finally started my ballot reviewing last night. I always go through a few days before an election and fuss through the various and obscure items to make sure I'm at least moderately informed on everything ( Read more... )