The New Yorker endorses Obama.
Natter 61*
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Like that's a surprise!
his current job is at a boutique law firm specializing in wine law. How freaking cool is that?
Damn it. I knew I shoulda gone to law school.
....well, no, actually. I don't give a shit about wine law; I just like to quaff large amounts of the stuff.
McCain pulling out of Michigan
Oh goody. More McCain birdcage liners in my mail
Right? Mine, too.
Actually, now that I think about it, all our political mail has been in favor of Obama. Maybe McCain targets his mail to specific ZIP codes; ours is the Cincinnati equivalent of San Francisco. It's VIGOROUSLY liberal, and it has a high percentage of Teh Gays, as well as Teh Blacks and Uppity Wimmins. Maybe Old Guy figured it would be a waste of postage.
What time is the debate? 10? 9?
I'm stunned.
eta: 9 ET
I just slammed Orson Scott Card, taught my students the word schadenfreude, led two successfulish whole class discussions where they made sense of the Aristotle stuff WITHOUT ME and got a kid to register to vote.
Dude. Even without the fever, that's an awesome teaching day!
I am in the throes of insane library envy
HMOG. I want to marry him and have his ... um ... books.
Ralph Stanley endorses Obama:
ha! rad!!!
And on another subject - mammograms are uncomfortable and unpleasant BUT it's once a year, doesn't take long, and may save your life.
Get thee to a radiologist!
I am in the throes of insane library envy
Marry him? I'll clean his bathrooms if I can spend time in that room.