They say the road to hell is paved with good intentions.  I say it’s paved with free cake.  I came to work today with a grand plan to eat my reduced-sugar oatmeal, sip my diet drinks, and basically work my way into a slender, fabulous tummy.  It started on track.  There was oatmeal.  There was [...]

For months now we’ve heard the Republican campaign try to discredit Barack Obama as a flash in the pan celebrity.  They’ve mocked the DNC’s exuberance (see the comment my father left on this site), and a few months ago McCain was facing negative press as his “Celebrity” ad which compaired Obama to the likes of Brittany Spears and Paris Hilton came [...]

I am actively working on a post-debate posting, but I’ve been experiencing some technical difficulties in getting the video to post.
I promise that I am working on a debate recap and I have every intention of giving as much information as I can to the debate and futute issue that may arise as a result [...]

Scoot over, NOW.  There’s another big group that, despite historical evasion on just such an issue, has stepped up to the plate in order to solidly hand over their support to a presidential candidate.  Just as NOW had never endorsed a presidential candidate without a woman on the ticket over the course of their history, [...]

I am not exactly an economist. In fact, I think learning to balance my check book is about as complicated as I’ve ever gotten. That said, I’ve also been a big fan of free enterprise my entire life.
When I was a kid I read a book that inspired me at age 8 to create my [...]

Tonight was a rough night.  I’m ill.  We’re talking home-from-work, puking-behind-a-bush-during-rehearsal ill.  When I get this way I tend to be very emotional. 
Following a rehearsal that involves a proposal, going into labor, some crying, and the confession of a woman who doesn’t know how to love anyone, I was feeling a little exposed. 
When I decided [...]

As I stood at the rally yesterday, I spoke with a woman about the issues that most concern us for the future.
We talked about the current economic crisis.  We talked about the risk of privatizing social security with our stock market teetering on another depression after collapsing in on itself this year.  We talked about [...]

I’ve never been good at confrontation.  I don’t argue well.  It’s not that I’m bad at defending myself, I just don’t really get mad often.  And I’m terrible at telling someone when I’m upset.  I always have been.  I’m a pacifist at heart and probably spent a past life putting daisies in rifle barrels asking [...]

This Sunday I attended my first political rally.  When I arrived at the grounds it was pretty empty.  Apparently most of the folks who had shown up arrived early and went canvassing.  I stayed to see if there was anything I could do to pitch in. 
I waited a bit and struck up a conversation with [...]

I sit here hot, sweaty, sore, exhausted, and incredibly pleased.
Today was my first attempt at canvassing for the Obama campaign.  I woke up and got dressed, grabbed my new Obama book (I figured it’s a good idea to know as much as possible, wouldn’t you agree?), and walked the mile and a half to the [...]