more on politics, ’cause I just can’t leave it alone

I’m actually cross-posting this entry to both my LJ and my regular journal, which is a rarity for me. For those of you who get double spam, I apologize. My Mom just sent me this excerpt: Thomas Friedman, who’s a columnist for The New York Times, said this today: “I often begin writing columns by interviewing myself. I did that Wednesday, asking myself this: Why didn’t I feel totally depressed after George H.W.Bush defeated Michael Dukakis, or even when George W. Bush defeated Al Gore? Why did I wake up…

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More on politics, ’cause I just can’t leave it alone

I’m actually cross-posting this entry to both my LJ and my regular journal, which is a rarity for me. For those of you who get double spam, I apologize. My Mom just sent me this excerpt: Thomas Friedman, who’s a columnist for The New York Times, said this today: “I often begin writing columns by interviewing myself. I did that Wednesday, asking myself this: Why didn’t I feel totally depressed after George H.W.Bush defeated Michael Dukakis, or even when George W. Bush defeated Al Gore? Why did I wake up…

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Nothing to say, really

Nothing to say, really. Thinking about redesigning the webpage. I know how to have fun, eh? :) …nope. Nothing to say. miles to Lothlorien: 376

Lent, Day 28

Oh. It’s Thursday. That means it’s weigh-in day. 182. Down 2 pounds from last posting, 2 weeks ago. I’d hoped it would be 4 pounds, so I’m kind of disappointed, particularly since I’ve been down those two pounds since about two days after the last Lent posting. I’m still sufficiently grumpy about everything that I was getting lunch and thought it’d be swell to just completely pig out on some kind of sweet thing (which would be very difficult, as there aren’t any in the house–oh, wait, yes there are:…

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apparently I’m better

Apparently I’m feeling better today, as there’s been raging political discourse in my house all morning and it doesn’t make me just want to cry. I’m just pissed off. Again. As has been usual when politics have arisen, the last four years. And I’m going to put the rest of my political commentary behind a cut tag for now, because the last few days have been exhausting and while I’m generally glad to expound endlessly on any topic, right now I’d like to give people the option to be spared…

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