I subscribe to magazines. Sometimes, when there’s a new magazine by the same publisher (or maybe just one that is lacking in circulation, I don’t know), they send it out for free with the hopes that I’ll fall in love and subscribe. But I rarely do. One that I’ve been getting lately is Out Traveler, [...]
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More Missouri in the News
February 7th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Links, News
Another article about Missouri in the New York Times today, this time about the primary results. It’s complete with photos and graphics! I really like the map breakdown- somebody spent some time on that. There are maps that show county-by-county breakdown of votes, and then if you click on the Margin of Victory tab, you [...]
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Results
February 6th, 2008 · No Comments · News
I love election days. I stayed up until late last night, waiting for the Missouri results, watching the gap close between Hillary and Obama. I kept going back to the bedroom to announce, “They’re now only 10 points apart! He’s at 43% and she’s at 53%!” and then “They’re only three points apart!” And finally [...]
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Missouri Elections, Obama, Missouri, Obama, then the Super Bowl
February 1st, 2008 · No Comments · Endless Blathering, News
Here’s an article from today’s New York Times about Missouri’s place as the bellwether state in terms of presidential politics. Missouri has voted for the winning candidate in every Presidential election except 1956. Our primary is on Tuesday, Super Tuesday. I will vote for Barack Obama. I like him, find him inspirational, and don’t really want to spend [...]
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Articles from the New York Times, My Personal Reaction to
January 28th, 2008 · No Comments · Links, News
Here’s a great article from the New York Times about our current consumption of meat and how it’s destroying the planet. It’s not written by a vegetarian, the byline hastens to point out to everyone, and the article itself is not an indictment of carnivores in general, but it does make many good points that [...]
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An Update About Me, On A Blog That’s About Me. How Surprising!
January 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Books, News, Ongoing Projects, Photography
In spite of myself, I’m happy that Obama won in Iowa last night. I say “in spite of myself”, because I can recognize the faults in the guy, but, dammit, I like him too much. Last month, I wrote to a similarly-politics-minded friend and asked him to make a decision on his vote right then, and he [...]
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Wah, wah, wah: I’m an entitled vegetarian with opinions…
May 31st, 2007 · No Comments · News
Article yesterday in the New York Times: Don’t Point that Menu at My Child! (Requires registration, but how are you not already registered for that by now? C’mon, go do it.) Now, for those of you who didn’t follow the link, the article is all about how bad the food is on the ubiquitous children’s menu: [...]
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Rant: The Best Way to End Your Starry Military Career
May 16th, 2007 · No Comments · News, Rants/Raves
I have some major pieces of a big project to finish before this afternoon, and we’re leaving for a long weekend in DC tomorrow, so this will be short and ranty. You like it short and ranty, don’t you? I am very sorry and angry about Bush yesterday tapping of Lt. General Douglas Lute as [...]
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Finally, A Planet I Can Live On
May 2nd, 2007 · 5 Comments · News
You can be happy for me, for I can probably survive on this planet, as I have thick bones and sturdy legs. Here, on Earth, my bones seem roughly twice the size of your average woman’s, as evidenced by the size of women’s gloves and boots, which NEVER fit me. But I could likely find [...]
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Hurry- Vote For Ugly License Plates Now!
February 19th, 2007 · No Comments · News
You can vote for one of three design choices for Missouri’s new license plate online. They don’t ask you to be a resident or anything, so hop to it! The designs were chosen by an advisory committee of the Department of Revenue. I feel sorry for them- apparently their only choice was to turn over the design of the [...]
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