If I ever got one of these trophy rings, there will be so little silver left, it will look like a wedding ring.
Never going to get one, but I still want it anyway for the novelty.
(via Boinkology)
The Bush presidency is like being married to a sociopath. A McCain presidency would be more like being married to a drug addict — however badly he behaves, he could always sober up.
– Jonathan Chait, “A McCain Presidency Wouldn’t Be So Bad”
Except continuously making the excuse that your drug addict spouse could sober up leads [...]
I’m not sure if this is a new lesson, but [campaigning for the American presidency] reinforced my belief that we’re not as divided as our politics would indicate. You meet with the average person—I don’t care whether they’re Republican, Democrat, conservative, liberal—they don’t think in labels. They’re not particularly ideological. Everybody is [...]
Nine years later, JibJab still has it.
(via all that glitters)
Julia Alison, you have done something amazing: You have made it onto my radar. I am absurdly myopic when it comes to Internet celebrities—unless they become targets of criticism on the Huffington Post. All those updates about your crazy lives just fly right over my silly head.
But then haven’t I seen your name tossed [...]
Yesterday, the House and the Senate voted to override Bush’s veto of a bill that would cut Medicare reimbursements to physicians. Cuts in reimbursements are correlated to the decrease of physicians who see patients on Medicare, leaving the elderly less access to health care. The funds to support this bill will come out [...]
What happens when you give a girl a chance? She can change her community and her life.
Learn how to contribute at GirlEffect.org.
(via Laurie, Servant of Chaos)
When it comes to falling in love there are, I think, two kinds of people. The first one who has a well-laid plan by which they seek a partner that possesses certain preferred qualities and characteristics. Upon finding such a person, they pursue a cautious and measured courtship, waiting for signs of reassurance before giving [...]
This is the last scene of my favorite adaption of a favorite play. Some lines have been cut and rearranged for continuity. The ending has been changed. But the spirit of the scene has been left intact (mostly). I love Eliza’s transformation—how she stops asking for sympathy, stands up for herself, [...]
Supreme Court overturns District’s ban on handguns. After thirty years, residents of DC are allowed to have handguns in their homes. The Court declared that a complete ban is unconstitutional, but some gun restrictions are reasonable, e.g. barred from felons and the mentally ill, and at schools and government buildings. Machine guns are [...]
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