I feel exceptionally hulking today, but still pretty. I can't find my boots online, but they are like these, with the two buckles, but the toes are rounder and the heels are not wedges. I got them at DSW, so maybe they're last year's?

I want these [link] but I realize I kind of have them already, from years ago, but with a more square toe, I think. Hmmm.

Ooh, I like those.

My black, square-toed, chunky heeled ankle boots have probably bitten the dust. I've had them for about four years. I don't know what I'm going to do. I'm not ready to let them go. They were cute and comfortable, and when I zipped them up, I felt like a slayer for a nano-second.

For Montgomery County, MD voters:

The polls will be open ONE hour later than originally scheduled because of the problems experienced this morning. (edit: until 9 pm)

I'm glad I decided to wait until after work to vote, even though there are no problems reported in Frederick County.

Yay!

When Keith Olbermann took the courageous step of delivering a blistering attack on top administration officials for likening those opposed to the War in Iraq to Neville Chamberlain's appeasement crowd last week, it was not a foregone conclusion that his special comment would be received well or that his ratings would hold steady, let alone rise. After all, with the exception of the occasional moment from Jack Cafferty or the even less frequent moment from Chris Matthews, cable news -- well, really all television news shows tend to hedge their bets and play it safe for fear of reprisal from the vast right wing apparatus.

But Olbermann's special comment caught the attention of many Americans desperate for common sense on the airwaves and cable wires -- so much so that his ratings have noticeably increased in relation to his competition.

Olbermann, on Fire, Surges Past Zahn in Ratings

Skinny models wearing thin in fashion shocker
Tue Sep 12, 2006 11:43 AM ET

By Andrew Hay
MADRID (Reuters) - The world's first ban on overly thin models at a top-level fashion show in Madrid has caused outrage among modeling agencies and raised the prospect of restrictions at other venues.

Madrid's fashion week has turned away underweight models after protests that girls and young women were trying to copy their rail-thin looks and developing eating disorders.

Organizers say they want to project an image of beauty and health, rather than a waif-like, or heroin chic look.

But Cathy Gould, of New York's Elite modeling agency, said the fashion industry was being used as a scapegoat for illnesses like anorexia and bulimia.

Huh. I don't know how I feel about that. I mean, I don't like the image I see portrayed, but they're talking legislation (in Spain). That seems wrong, too.

You know what I didn't want to spend today doing? Editing 9/11 footage. I went all day yesterday successfully avoiding all television coverage of the anniversary, so what do I come in to work today and find on my desk? Dear universe, you suck. No love, Jess.

OK, hopefully this was a slip of the tongue....

Alberto Gonzales said that the President is committed to bringing “the masterminds of the 9/11 Commission” to justice.

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I don't know how I feel about that. I mean, I don't like the image I see portrayed, but they're talking legislation (in Spain). That seems wrong, too.

Yeah, are they going to stop young girls looking at fat people too?