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And, it appears my family has shown up in the comments section. I love the internet.

8:15am: Four more years of a nation led by criminals. I was making coffee with one eye on CNN when the news broke, and I called my dad, a man who’s spent many years fighting for good things, sometimes at great personal cost. “Get over it,” he said, “The way you feel now is exactly

Nick’s got some more good stuff up. I’ve been eating too many bagels, and have started in on the post-Halloween candy hidden all over the office. Not a proper binge, thank god, but not morsels I should be eating. Nick’s is a good reminder that they’re both shitty candidates. The Lesser of the Evils shouldn’t

I met a traveler from an antique land Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whos frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on

Just got this from NARAL Pro-Choice America. I recommend signing up for their newslist. Help us (and yourself!) out. We’ve got a Supreme Court Justice not long for this world, and three more over the age of 65. Hitler’s just waiting for the old guy to die, and then we’re fucked. So — Here’s what

Am currently enoying some post-concession bagels here at work. Half our office voted dem. the other half, for Hitler. So it’s a mixed post-concession bagel bag. In other worklife news, one of our two accountants left her husband and kid, left her keycard in the office, and got on a plane Friday. She hasn’t come

More thoughts, from Amanda. Basically, if you’re a woman, poor, and/or a minority, you’re fucked. But we knew that already. I’ll be here in Chicago (hey, at least it’s a blue state – our buddy Obama is headed east) until summer 2006 (I’m committed to finishing out my time as Jenn finishes her Ph.D.). I

Because there are other things to do today. Check out The Paper Boy for a cool list of international, national, and local papers you can browse. The “full service” member treatment is $2.95 a year, and you get all of your handy papers in one place, with a user-friendly searching tool. Also, Vandermeer has some

via Empire o’ Dirt And, if you’re interested, here’s someone else’s rant. I have work to do.