Now at my parents’ house, I am starting to feel the Christmas spirit juices flowing… yesterday, my mom and I put up and decorated her tree together. It was fantastic! Here are a couple of pictures for your viewing pleasure: From Let's get in the Christmas spirit!
a little Shakespeare is good for the soul
Sonnet 30 When to the sessions of sweet silent thought,I summon up remembrance of things past,I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought,And with old woes new wail my dear time’s waste:Then can I drown an eye (unused to flow)For precious friends hid in death’s dateless night,And weep afresh love’s long since cancelled …
can you believe it’s November?
From Vandy pics To perk us all up, here’s a picture I snapped this morning on my way into my home at Vanderbilt. The fall colors on campus have been just gorgeous. November is often a scary month for me, because it represents the waning days of the semester and often multiple paper deadlines. This …
Election Day, kinda like Christmas for me
Well, everyone, it’s Election Day… finally, and happily. I love Election Day. For a long time, I’ve loved this day, and this year feels special (though honestly, they almost all feel special at the time, don’t they?). I voted early so I wouldn’t have to face potentially long lines today, but I am eager to …
cute video from Ron Howard
I read about this in a news article online, and had to check it out. It’s quite cute, regardless of who you support in this election. See more Ron Howard videos at Funny or Die
I certainly sympathize
Tina Fey ‘leaving Earth’ if Palin wins
I love Joe Biden.
As the election draws ever nearer, and even as I find myself getting more and more pissed off at the half-truths being perpetuated by BOTH presidential campaigns, I came across an article the other day from Newsweek that was a pretty frank look at Joe Biden … and I say frank, because Joe was being …
thank you, EJ Dionne
I highly recommend this very quick read: In Defense of the New York Times (and Independent Journalism) I heard Steve Schmidt’s comments about the New York Times yesterday on NPR. In case you missed (and don’t want to click the link), here’s what he said: Whatever the New York Times once was, it is not …
thank you, Pew!
Yesterday’s report from the Pew Reserach Center only serves to reiterate exactly what I was saying yesterday… apparently (thank goodness!), I am not alone in being skeptical of Sarah Palin. I cannot tell you how many times in the last 12+ years I’ve looked at surveys from Pew and thought, “I should get a job …
second Huckabee story
My second Huckabee story won’t tell you anything about my unwillingness to vote for him, but is relevant anyway. So, the summer *before* Governor’s School — so this would be summer 1993, I attended a two-week French immersion program at Arkansas Tech University (yes, kids, I was *really* into summer school-ish things in high school!). …