Debate
Okay, maybe THIS will be my last post before I go on my honeymoon. I watched the debate last night and felt discouraged by how well John McCain did characterizing Barack Obama as "not understanding" anything, how well he did diminishing Obama by not looking at him or...
A Real Honeymoon
This weekend, Bob and I celebrate our recent marriage with some friends downtown (dinner, toasting, CAKE, etc.) and then leave for a weeklong honeymoon. The real honeymoon. Finally. I doubt I'll blog again until, well, probably October.But I feel very distracted by...
Volunteer for Obama
I did a lot of canvassing for John Kerry in 2004. I swore I'd go to Wisconsin and work my tail off to make that state go blue (vote Democratic). And we did it! Wisconsin went blue. But it wasn't enough.My heart was broken and I still haven't recovered. I liked Obama...
The Election
At least one person tells me she expected that I'd have a post about McCain and Palin. I hesitate to blog about John McCain choosing Sarah Palin as his running mate because I'm aware of how easy it is to -1. Sink into anti-right wing vitriol.2. Stumble into sexist...
Hurricane Gustav
I think it's very creepy that the Gulf Coast is getting ready for another big hurricane, just as it was three years ago. Actually, I hope it's not preparing in the same way as three years ago and I have faith that it's not. Is anyone else with me on this or am I being...
There Are Only Two Choices
1. I like Joe Biden. I think the Obama campaign made an excellent choice. Joe has several things Obama doesn't have, one of which is a sense of humor that plays well to large crowds! He's funny. I haven't noticed Barack Obama being funny, but I think that's because he...
More Women Are Having Fewer Children, If At All
Here's Newsweek's article, "More women are having fewer children, if at all," with my comments in brackets: More women in their early 40s are childless, and those who are having children are having fewer than ever before, the Census Bureau said Monday. [Yay, us!] In...
Always a Bride, Never a Bride-To-Be
Bob and I are sort of doing this whole getting married thing backwards. We got married in a civil ceremony last March, then we flew to Houston so he could meet my parents and family at a celebration in August and now I'm getting ready to have a similar party with...
Whiny
I just re-read what I posted yesterday and it sounds whiny and defensive. Now I'd like to apologize for that. It's entirely reasonable for a readership to expect regular postings from a blogger who has previously always posted regularly. I didn't mean to come off as...
Trying to blog
I apologize to everyone for abandoning my blog, but what can I even blog about these days? I don't have time and focus for politics. The job hunt is over. Married life is going well and I don't even have anything to complain about. To write about the process of...
I Might Like My Job
Has it been 12 days since I last blogged? That's terrible.I don't know why working 37.5 hours a week as a waitress left me so much more time to blog than working 37.5 hours a week as an office worker, but I guess it did. Or maybe my level of unhappiness kept me...
Having Kids Does Not Make You Happy
My favorite part of Lorraine Ali's Newsweek article (July 14, 2008) about the effects of children on happiness is this: In Daniel Gilbert's 2006 book "Stumbling on Happiness," the Harvard professor of psychology looks at several studies and concludes that marital...