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Despite the fact that I'm now counting the hours until the election is officially over -- election season has been *so long* and so incredibly divisive from all angles -- I'm aware of the fact (and even somewhat excited by the fact) that no matter how it turns out, it'll be one for the history books. The hope, of course, is that it's one for the ...

With a week left until we fly away for the holidays, Steph is beginning the final process of ramping up for travel: finding and cleaning the luggage, making checklists, and all the other steps that she needs to be sure that she feels we're ready to leave the house. Since this is the first time we'll be flying as a family (first time on a plane ...

Love your Enemies End the OccupationRelease the Peacemakers

If you haven't yet heard about the brewing conflict between the IRS and the congregation of All Saints Church in Pasadena, California, go now to this article by Robert Freedland and read. Since Bush has been such a staunch supporter of Christian churches, I expect him to immediately call off the IRS any day now. Oddly enough, I just got back ...

Remember back to the Gonzales nomination? Well, at the time, a bunch of bloggers -- around 500 or so -- put up a banner on their site protesting the Gonzales nomination. I was one of those bloggers. After the dust had cleared, a bunch of the bloggers started talking via email and decided to keep a loose affiliation together -- the Indie ...

Neither Stephanie nor I are pretty when we cry. If you're drawing a blank on why the above line makes sense in a post titled ''It's My Party,'' you've obviously never seen the movie of the same name starring Eric Roberts and Gregory Harrison. This movie is not everyone's cup of tea -- the story is about Nick (Eric Roberts), has just been ...

It was a good weekend. Between a wedding, church, and a long-overdue visit from one set of the kids' godparents (who decided to take our family out to the theaters to see The Pacifier), got lots of non-computer stuff done for the first time in many, many weekends. I didn't even read my blogs, let alone post to mine. Without further ado, a ...

Steph has started indulging in a nice habit, now that I'm getting my home office more mucked out; she'll drag her chair into my office, along with some craft project such as knitting, and sit with me while I'm working. We may not talk much depending on how hard I'm concentrating, but she provides a comforting presence. Today I was ...