From Chicago Tribune:

The lone holdout in the Illinois House of Representatives' 114-1 vote to impeach Gov. Rod Blagojevich was Rep. Milton Patterson, a Chicago Democrat from the Southwest Side whose office is on West 63rd Street.

After the vote, he said he didn't feel it was his job to vote to impeach the governor. Asked whether he thought Blagojevich has been a good governor, he said, "I have no comment on that." Asked his vote should be taken as a defense of the governor, he said, "I'm not defending anybody."

Patterson said he wasn't comfortable with voting "yes" on impeachment: "I think the committee did an excellent job in the report, it was just there was not enough for me to feel comfortable with a decision to do that. ... I did not feel comfortable voting based upon what I heard and read, simple as that."

Asked whether he expected a backlash from his constituents, Patterson said, "I have no idea."

"I read the report," he said. "If the government is going to indict him, let them go ahead and do that. ... That's their job and I'm doing my job."

Asked whether he believed the evidence, he said, "I went by my own gut feeling, as simple as that, sir, that's all I can say."

Well, little Wolf-Boy is their second child - so they've been together for a while. (Their daughter is 20 months old.)

I did not know that Lisa Bonet and Jason Momoa were together.

I didn't either! Huh.

Speaking of Chicago events, Bike the Drive is going to be on May 24th this year for any Chicagoistas in possession of a bicycle. That's something I've always thought would be pretty cool to participate in.

Oh! My boyfriend did that last year and had a blast.

This is very strange: The Recently Deflowered Girl

I found this book on my friend's 84-year-old landlord's bookshelf. Published in 1965 with illustrations by Edward Gorey, I present to you The Recently Deflowered Girl.

Worksafe, unless your place of work frowns on you reading stuff with "deflowered" in the title....

Another blog sez:

The Recently Deflowered Girl is a 1965 etiquette book for those awkward moments you hadn’t planned for, written by Edward Gorey under the name Hyacinthe Phyppe, an expert in such matters. In each “deflowerment” situation, the proper thing to do apparently is to provide a witty comeback. The entire scanned book is online with Gorey illustrations.

so they've been together for a while.

well let's see, what was the show Jason was on before Atlantis? That would have been the last time I was looking for photos of him and there were many with him and a redhead, I think.

I found this book on my friend's 84-year-old landlord's bookshelf. Published in 1965 with illustrations by Edward Gorey, I present to you The Recently Deflowered Girl.

Brilliant. WANT.

Three deer just strolled right up to our office and are currently walking the length of the building only a few feet from the windows! It almost looks like they're peering in to see what we're having for lunch (but they're more likely seeing their reflections in the glass).

well let's see, what was the show Jason was on before Atlantis?

The Hawaii show or something else?

I just made the perfect batch of Kraft Mac & Cheese. The pasta was al dente, the ratio of cheese powder to butter & milk was just right. Creamy and delicious.

I want more but I know I'll never succeed in matching this box.

The kids are devouring it.