A sign of popularity?

Sign 4. Gone.
So my little one says “mommy, maybe people are stealing the Obama signs because he’s so popular and they want  a sign and there aren’t anymore at the Obama office.”
That would explain why no one is stealing the McCain-Palin signs that dot the landscape of the neighborhood.
Out to put up another one. (Though [...]

Meet Margaret and Helen

“If you are still undecided you aren’t paying attention”
These two are my new must read.
http://margaretandhelen.wordpress.com/2008/10/30/if-you-are-undecided-youre-not-paying-attention/

The little things say a lot.

I’ve written about Stanley here before-of the two Flat Stanleys that never returned to either of my daughters, and our recent experience at becoming obsessed with being the best damn Stanley for our friend Alanna. 
I hate Stanley. I understand why teachers like him and why students like him, but as a mom, Stanley ranks right [...]

Calendar girl

I have now been divorced exactly 365 days.
One of my bestest friends asked me on the phone last weekend, “Are you happier, cause you sound so really really happy?”  And I hesitated.
For some reason I always hesitate to say that yes, I am happier. To me that seems to imply that what happened was a [...]

#3

The sign thief strikes again!
Lucky for me I have enough signs to last me until Tuesday.
Given that I have already voted, and there’s no sign shortage at my house, perhaps the sign thief could better use his or her time by actually CAMPAIGNING for McCain-Palin since GEORGIA IS NOW IN PLAY!!
It’s almost funny.

It’s me versus…whoever. Sign 2.

So my Obama-Biden campaign sign, and that of my neighbors, was stolen at some point today.
I went to the Obama headquarters and bought every last sign they had. Gave one to the neighbor, the rest in the garage. This is #2. I should have enough to get me through the election should the sign thieves [...]

Mommy’s vote

This is why I voted. This is my president.
For my children.

Time

One of the great joys in my life is watching the close relationship of my oldest daughter and my nephew. They are  four months apart in age and are thicker than thieves. Thanks to  e-mail, text messaging, and cell phones, these two are up-to-the-minute informed on each others’ life. (When it comes to family news, I [...]

Giving Christians a bad name.

A “white Christian nation”
Please sir, as a Christian I beg you, leave Christ out of this.
(Oh hell, forget the please. Sir, you are full of shit.)

If we reap what we sow…

I’m tired. Literally, a result of being a little under the weather.
And I’m tired, worn out, exhausted, weary. I have self-diagnosed it as Presidential Election Year Burnout. I’ve never had it before, but the symptoms are clear: I am sick of reading the papers, sick of visiting the websites, sick of the pundits and the [...]

The telephone game.

I’ve come across a few people who actually believe that Barack Obama is muslim. Sadly I believe one of my own family members parrotted this absurdity to me one day.  When pressed no one can, of course, offer a single shred of evidence to support the statement. 
That’s the nature of rumors, and particularly internet rumors-they [...]

Surrogate Lou

 
AMEN!
Okay, so maybe there’s no Lou anymore,
http://www.tammyr2.wordpress.com/2008/07/23/wheres-lou-when-we-need-him
but there’s Andrew.
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/10/when-will-the-p.html#more

R.I.P.

Say it ain’t so!!!!!
I’ll be in mourning now for a while.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95441421&ft=1&f=1032
 
LYNN!! What will we do now?

Keating Kapers

In the midst of the current economic crisis perhaps we should remember some not-so-distant past banking activities of Senator McCain.
Keating Five ring a bell?
Are these the ethics we want residing in the White House?
http://www.keatingeconomics.com/

Talking Dick

I think I’m in love with Joe.
This was the absolute best moment of the debate last night. (At 1:11minutes into clip)

A reason to party.

BANNED BOOKS WEEK!
Actually, as the ALA points out, it should be called Challenged and Banned Books Week, but that lacks a certain zip.
I’ve waxed on about this enough around here, no need to go on about it again–
I love books, I love to read, and I think that the freedom to read what I  want [...]