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I mistakenly told some people that Cynthia McKinney will not be seeking the Green Party’s nomination as a presidential candidate, but in fact she is, along with six other hopefuls.

Xy’s officially completing her seventh month of pregnancy today. She’s doing fine, aside from occasional heartburn.
It’s been amusing how everyone (even her, even me) attributes everything to her pregnancy.
For example, if I say she sleeps a lot, people say, “It’s because she’s pregnant.”
If I say she doesn’t sleep at all, the response is the same: [...]

How can this occur a full five months after this? (Thanks, BSJD)

Kalypso surveys her street and finds 70% of the houses are uninhabited.

Today it’s been a year since Helen was killed, and like Cristin, I don’t know quite what to say.
The superintendent of police was on TV last night saying that they had a suspect, but he couldn’t reveal anything more about the case. To be honest, my first thought was: He’s lying. It’s been a year, [...]

We left the heater running in the kitchen all night, and it was still 45 degrees in there this morning. Times like these make me wonder if we shouldn’t have installed central heat when we were renovating downstairs. I think we actually had a light freeze last night.
I’m glad I’m not among New Orleans’ estimated [...]

As Ashley noted, Victory got their permit to demolish the Lindy Boggs hospital (formerly known as Mercy).
This was decided by the Housing Conservation District Review Committee at a meeting that took place on the last day of the year, December 31st. Alan was there and provides a comprehensive account of just how dysfunctional the meeting [...]

Xy made one circuit of the bonfire, not easy for a pregnant lady given the general rowdiness.
Next year, prob’ly not.
Our old friend Tony stopped by. Living in Seattle seems to have softened him up. In the old days, I had to be careful, as drinking around him had a high correlation with major hangovers. Now [...]