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2009

2008

Uri discovered this collection of things underneath the...
Oct 2nd

sorrow

I LOVE work politics. Politics at work are the rat poison in my tea, the decay under my fillings,...
Oct 2nd
Warch Watch
Lyn —who has a phenomenal memory— recalled this character from Sesame Street: Don Music, and went on...
Oct 1st
Feeling somewhat responsible for finishing the pint of Cherry Garcia since I began eating straight...
Oct 1st
saramcpherson: (via inky & hena) Painfully realistic.
Sep 30th

the best thing

The best thing about ASL class is that it is two hours every week of no noise but laughter. (LOTS of...
Sep 30th
Go Obama! http://logobama.com/ Getcha head in the game!
Sep 30th

Proud Aunt

Welcome to the world, little Joshua Tal!  Your presence is already a great joy in all our lives. We...
Sep 30th
Warch Watch
(via huge) Bubbes for Obama!
Sep 30th
Warch Watch
via bikerfish: holy crap! (tina’s parody compared with sarah’s) Many of us liberal blogger...
Sep 29th
UU Minister, Rev. Kate Braestrup, author of the truly...
Sep 29th
It’s fucking amazing how revitalizing a simple nap can be.
Sep 29th
This one’s for Mom—check out the awesome clocks here! ...
Sep 29th
Knowledge is Power indeed. (via Obama Pics Daily)
Sep 29th

10 Favorites

Speaking of credits sequences, here’s a list of my 10 favorites (a Simpsons memorial...
Sep 29th
Few things in the entertainment world are sadder than an...
Sep 29th
My first ever homemade pizza.  Not perfect, but not bad....
Sep 29th
Homemade marinara sauce.  Jesus, cooking takes forever!
Sep 29th
Our new toy, in action, yesterday morning.
Sep 28th
Warch Watch
I haven’t been posting a lot about Sarah Palin, partly because so many others are and partly...
Sep 28th
Whatever your opinion of the bailout, I think all Americans...
Sep 28th
Warch Watch
lonelysandwich: No on Prop 8 I’m Becky, I have to go to work today and I wish I still lived...
Sep 28th
(via vinh)
Sep 28th
Jay: See, I thought things were a certain way, and then it turned out that they weren't like that at all.
Sara: ... Well, how did you think things were?
Jay: Awesome.
Sep 27th
Google takes a stand
Sep 27th
I haven’t seen this argument put so visually...
Sep 26th
Warch Watch
Jesus. Someone give this freak video some kind of freak award.
Sep 26th

Feeling better

I know I’m feeling better today than I have in many days because I just had this experience: ...
Sep 26th
Warch Watch
Though somewhat offensive to all relevant parties (as only Sarah Silverman can be) I can’t...
Sep 25th
Warch Watch
(via pattista) Lovely…
Sep 25th
Ack!
Sep 25th
Warch Watch
I was already pretty psyched about Letterman tonight (which I don’t normally watch, honestly)...
Sep 25th
Irrationally sad that there is excellent wi-fi here at One World Cafe. Now I’ll never get my...
Sep 24th
Squirrel in motion
Sep 24th
Fall arrives in the backyard
Sep 24th
Am heading off to ASL class in the hopes that learning something will distract my brain from trying...
Sep 24th
discovering I can quote Ghostbusters, right down to Louis’ tone of voice, while doing data...
Sep 24th
wondering why the twitter updates reach tumblr so erratically
Sep 24th
butnotmine: I like graphs. I love the touch of adding the...
Sep 22nd
Some of the things Bitches Get Done: 1. Write the funniest...
Sep 22nd
Tumblr’s new “Hype Machine”-sponsored box...
Sep 22nd
pattista: not much is better than a birthday with a baby and...
Sep 22nd

Transgender Woman Wins Sex...

“A federal district court judge in Washington, D.C., ruled today that the Library of Congress...
Sep 22nd
“It’s great to be a writer, because if you’re at a wedding or...”
— Tina Fey Which makes me adore...
Sep 22nd
President Bartlett comes out of retirement...
Sep 21st
I Obama’d out my flair app on facebook yesterday.  
Sep 21st
A striped shirt?!?!  WTF!  Who is this person?!?!   Oh.  Never mind.  It’s me.
Sep 20th
MEME!  via lynsaurus:  ”I’ve been enjoying...
Sep 20th
old stuff sucks. new stuff rocks.
Sep 19th
“Republicans lowered my taxes, and will keep them low. But...”
— CNN Commenter (via The...
Sep 18th
There is an astounding array of neat-o Obama buttons here....
Sep 18th
sitting next to Uri while he does all my work for me
Sep 18th
Warch Watch
Lyn and I had our first American Sign Language class tonight and it was awesome! I’ve never...
Sep 17th
A panoramic view of our enchanted forest (backyard)
Sep 16th
Found! Why Harry Potter is so awesome.  : ) (via...
Sep 16th
City
Sep 15th
City
Sep 15th
Warch Watch
scout: nickdouglas: Because by the end of the week the whole Internet will see it: Ninja Kitty ...
Sep 15th
George Takei makes an honest man outta his long-time honey,...
Sep 15th
A new theme! I searched for a while for a theme that...
Sep 15th
Mount Washington Moon
Sep 15th
I know this is kinda judgy-mc-judgerson, but is the safe...
Sep 13th
OK.  Here’s the thing, I’m not a foodie.  I like...
Sep 13th
saramcpherson: Dammit, THIS must be why I didn’t have any...
Sep 13th
yourmonkeycalled: Blind Soccer at the Paralympics After...
Sep 13th

searching

All day I wanted to write something meaningful about the legacy of these last seven years, but...
Sep 12th
This polling data just in: 85% of John McCain supporters are planning to vote for John McCain. Obama...
Sep 10th
Fringe=X-Files minus Scully (or going back to high school with all the open wounds of being...
Sep 10th
“This happens every election cycle. Every four years. This is...”
— Barack Obama (via azspot) (via...
Sep 10th
Warch Watch
via pattista: I heart Sarah Haskins. this was great. Nice!
Sep 10th
Sep 10th
Sep 10th
Sep 10th
When I joined Twitter I didn’t really have a clear...
Sep 10th
When you’re writing a grocery list, do you write...
Sep 10th
“It was nawesome, which is the first born son of hawesome and...”
— from “On Meeting Wil...
Sep 10th
Sure to be on my tombstone: “Complained about the weather a hell of a lot for just one...
Sep 9th

ExtraDay

I occasionally forget that I have a tendency to make up words. My weeks have 8 days: Monday (my day...
Sep 8th
TrueBlood = kinda bad, but mostly okay, with a side of potential for improvement....
Sep 8th
Each year the first Sunday of football season is...
Sep 8th
Warch Watch
butnotmine: (Via Gawker) “The man who brought us Barack Roll is back with a hilarious treat. So...
Sep 8th
Extra Day!
Sep 7th
“But what about the family who cannot afford that insurance...”
— dooce (right. the. fuck. on.) ...
Sep 7th

Running the numbers.

julyshewillfly: bunnynico: At the RNC, Palin said: ”But listening to [Obama] speak, it’s easy...
Sep 6th
(via huge)
Sep 6th
stress is good for you, right?
Sep 6th
I love my cat
Sep 5th
While leaving things until the last minute is a time-honored tradition, my adherence to such hard...
Sep 5th
I love my extremely cool laptop bag.  But after a 20 minute...
Sep 5th

Here's The Main Difference Between The...

smalltowngayblog: butnotmine: DNC: “We’re gonna do these great things together to make this...
Sep 5th
“I say to you, this morning, that if you have never found...”
— Dr. Martin Luther King (via...
Sep 4th
scout: katiebakes: via Murketing.
Sep 4th
Fall tv has begun—I am SCREWED!!
Sep 4th
Milk
Sep 3rd
order isn’t completely unlike a narcotic
Sep 3rd

Things Koala Bears Would Say

saramcpherson: Yay! Love me! Climbing trees is fun! Let’s volunteer at a soup kitchen this...
Sep 3rd
“What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson (via...
Sep 3rd
I only have 18 minutes before I have to plug in my computer so there’s no time to come up with...
Sep 2nd
Played catch in the backyard for nearly 10 whole minutes before calling the game on account of...
Sep 2nd
I cannot believe I’m looking forward to work tomorrow. Maybe I’ve been lying to me about...
Sep 2nd
I have just been reminded that this movie is actually really...
Sep 2nd