How about a PowerBook? I have all kinds of stuff in my book, and some of it's actually work-related.

I'm more sensitive to it myself for the same reasons, DH/dw, but I don't think we can class former friend as having a typical blue state reaction. We're typical blue-staters. He's an arse, and we already pretty much knew that. He's just taken it into the unpardonable range this time.

Each of those books is perfectly acceptable.

Or a oh, what were they called? From the Ramona series, that book of her sister's she defaced? It wasn't a diary, was it?

Hmm. I dunno.

Bah. I am thinking of the children and whatnot. I've got no gripe against Southerners, flyover-ers, red-staters, or any other group as a whole. When I say here's your hat, what's your hurry?, I'm actually specifically wishing that that particular little group of cranky righties would hole itself up in a nice cul-de-sac somewhere or sail off to foreign climes, declare itself seceded, theocratize to its hearts' content, and leave the rest of us alone. Actual large-scale secession and civil war would obviously be a nightmare and a tragedy for everyone; the extra-bilious and extra-hateful packing up their bile and hate and moving to some Craxy Island where they can be miserable and righteous together and the rest of us can get on with, well, everything, not such a nightmare, IMO.

'll bet that New Orleans proper was a blue spot on the more detailed maps of red and blue.

I seem to remember this being EXACTLY the case. I forget why I was looking up NO, but then as a general rule, most major cities went blue or at least deep purple.

The real culprit in the NO flooding disaster may well be skipped levee maintenance due to the War Against WMDs Against TerrorismFor Democracy, Etc. diverting money. As well as paving over wetlands....

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I'm actually specifically wishing that that particular little group of cranky righties would hole itself up in a nice cul-de-sac somewhere or sail off to foreign climes, declare itself seceded, theocratize to its hearts' content,

That's what England did. The craxy people came and founded America.

I have a book, Things I Didn't Say, and the sequel, Things I Shouldn't Have Said is due out next month. Expect the hattrick, Things I Wish I'd Said in November '06.

I outgrew lists, long ago.

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I saw that! Carry on.

My beef with flyover country relates primarily to its being so damn large. If it were smaller, I might be willing to visit it.

I mean, not that I go to Vermont either, but I could. In a day. And come back again for supper.