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After this past weekend, I am massively frustrated with ACORN.
You know ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now. They’ve been in the news a lot lately.
I’ve had my reservations about ACORN for some time now. But this past weekend things went over the top.
You see, this past summer ACORN did lead paint remediation [...]

As I type this, I am under sonic assault. It is 8:15 PM on a Sunday night, and we are entering the fifth hour of high volume party jams from a DJ down on the corner. Sitting in my house, I can hear every beat and every word, even with the doors and windows closed [...]

Meant to post this mix yesterday.

This music captures the mood of the meltdown, I think. Enjoy.

Back in June 2006 we had some extra money lying around from our insurance settlement. I’m hesitant to name dollar amounts publicly. Let’s just say it qualified as “a lot” in my book. More than a month’s salary, less than a year’s. I hope that is sufficiently vague.
So I decided to invest in the stock [...]

Again this morning with the non-starting car. I think this is the second time since I wrote about this problem back in January. Plenty of power, but no engine action. We both tried it repeatedly. Xy was about to get a ride to work with our neighbor Debra when she asked me, “Did you try [...]

I suppose most people take political rhetoric with a grain of salt, which is certainly advisable. But I also notice a lot of people get caught up in the hateful narratives spun by the presidential campaigns and the media.
I understand, I think, the value of stoking the fires of hatred. It gets people worked up [...]

Our dishwasher wasn’t draining properly. Since we got it less than a year ago it’s still under warranty. So Sears sends out a service technician. One of those deals where they say it’ll be between 8 AM and noon but can’t be anymore specific than that. I spent the morning waiting around, and of course [...]

Pomegranates are back in season. I picked up a couple at the store this past week and peeled one for breakfast this morning. Delicious.
Of course I wanted to share with Persephone, so I devised a method. I take a kernel between thumb and forefinger and squeeze it inside her mouth. The kernel explodes and she [...]

Now that we’ve gone back to closed primaries in this state, I was under the impression that there would be nothing on the ballot for me tomorrow. I’m pretty sure that I cannot participate in the high-profile Democratic primary for the 2nd Congressional District. I believe the Democrats let independents vote in their primaries, but [...]

I think it was four years ago or so. Definitely pre-Katrina. I couldn’t sleep one night, so I was sitting up at the computer and I googled my name. I came across my entry on the IMDb which I hadn’t looked at for a while.
It puzzled me to notice I had a 2002 story [...]

Here’s some more webstats for this blog. That September 1st peak is when Gustav made landfall, and it’s been downhill ever since. Apparently I need another hurricane to boost my readership.
I’m joking of course. Actually I have been reflecting lately on what I’m doing here. I see this as a primarily selfish enterprise. I like [...]