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My daughters and I canvassed the neighborhoods for our candidate and were given a short form to chart our progress. I took care of the talking and my seventh grader took care of the marking. After our second house with two cars in the driveway and no answer at the door, my daughter quipped, “We’ll have to check off Not Home because Hiding isn’t an option.”

In this election, hiding isn’t an option. Because with the e… Continue

Carving a pumpkin this Halloween? Consider the Obama stencils at Yes We Carve. So cool.

So did you notice the three references to reading or children's books in the informercial last night. Yes, three.

In a speech segment Barack says, "No government program can turn off the TV set or put away the video games or read to you children." The emphasis was his, as well as mine.

Then Michelle Obama talks about how Barack has his thing that he does with each of his daughters, "and for Malia i… Continue

Man, do I love Maureen Dowd. Here's the beginning of her newest work. Follow the link for the whole article/screenplay.

THE MAVERICK WEARS PRADA

Screenplay by 
Maureen Dowd

Revised third draft
©
Oct. 29, 2008

FADE IN: INT. A HOTEL SUITE — in the middle of the day in the middle of Ohio.

NICOLLE WALLACE, a slender, preppie-looking blonde wearing a string of pearls is pacing and frantically thumbing her BlackBerry… Continue

With all the good numbers coming in for Obama, I cannot relax. I'm addicted to CNN in a way most people would only ascribe to mood-altering drugs. Oh, and it's totally altering my mood, baby. I'm now perpetually anxious. A magical thinking mode has ruled my fall season whereby I collect all the information I can about the election in hopes of affecting the course by the power of my knowledge. I know it's insane, but I can't stop thinking that we're going to lose.

Now I have a better sense of my… Continue