There's been surprisingly little attention paid to one of the most conspicuous happenings on the campaign trail in the past 8 weeks. And by that I mean Sarah Palin's makeover. Sure, there are the occasional bits here and there about which manufacturer her glasses come from, or what the "sexy" new… Read full post »

Someone I love very much recently forwarded me a pretty basic rumor-mongering email about Barack Obama. I'm sure many of you have seen it. Because it came from a family member -- who I suspect got it from another family member -- and because the person who forwarded it to me… Read full post »

Nancy Pelosi
Speaker of the House
sf.nancy@mail.house.gov

 

Hello. My name is Karen Templer and I'm a constituent of yours, and more important, a citizen of the United States of America.

I'm writing in the hope of receiving some assurance that, as a person charged with leading one arm of the legis… Read full post »

The most overlooked story of the week is this one from the New York Times: McCain’s Effort to Woo Conservatives Is Paying Off.

Lost in all the noise about how and why he made his VP pick, it's a story about how John McCain tried and tried to not be the… Read full post »

Loud music is actually a regular feature on our street, though the chipmunks were an amusing departure from the usual full-blown, live, middle-of-the-night rap concerts. Last night instead of "happy birthday to you" we were treated to a shooting. Whee!

By the way, have you ever noticed how hard it is to concentrate when Alvin and the Chipmunks are singing “happy birthday” at the full-tilt Latino kiddie party across the street? Read full post »

If it turns out anyone sees this post: Hello! Thanks for the invitation to join the fun — and this does look like great fun. 

I'm nervous about how easy this makes it to start another blog, but then again, how nice it would be to have one where I/…

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