Domestic Violence 2: Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones...
but words will break my heart.I'm prompted to write this diary for a couple of reasons. The first is that in my first DV diary, this subject came up and a few people expressed a desire for further...
View ArticleDomestic Violence 3: Google Does the Right Thing Without Being Asked
I wasn't planning to do another of these so soon after my last one, but I got an email today that prompted me to put this together. The email came from the staff of the Safety Net Project at the...
View ArticleDomestic Violence 4: The Chinese Wall, Part 1
From the American Heritage Dictionary: Chinese walln. A barrier, especially one that seriously hinders communication or understanding: "still believe a Chinese wall can exist between public and...
View ArticleDomestic Violence 5: The Chinese Wall, Part 2
If you didn't read Part 1 of this mini-series, I recommend you do so. You will find it here.This is the story of a fellow Kossack, as told to me in a series of recent emails. The words in blockquotes...
View ArticleDomestic Violence 6: In Which Your Intrepid Diarist Meets Some Perps
I went tonight, as an observer, to an Impact Panel. This is a monthly get-together of various people who work in DV (police, therapists, etc.), a couple of DV survivors, and a whole bunch of convicted...
View ArticleImpeachment Tipping Point: With Poll!
The past 24 hours have been absolutely fascinating. George Bush commuting Scooter Libby's sentence has led to a blogospheric outcry that I think rivals anything I've seen to date.I don't really have...
View ArticleA Once-in-a-Lifetime Opportunity for Congress
They'll fuck it up, of course, because they're fucking useless, but right now they have the chance to take back their power and to stop the runaway train that is the Bush Administration.This is going...
View ArticleCivil Disobedience 1: An Eye for an Eye Makes the Whole World Blind
Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the State becomes lawless or, which is the same thing, corrupt. -- Mahatma Gandhi::Lately, I'm seeing diaries about protests -- people who take a sign and...
View ArticleThis is Going to End in Tears: Disgusting Phishing Scam
I got the below email earlier today. It's the second time in a month I've received such an email. The first time I deleted it in disgust. This time I'm hopping mad, and I'll tell you why below the...
View ArticleI Need a Computer Genius, and Fast
UPDATE Saturday 9:30 a.m. PDT: Due to popular demand, I'm not taking this diary down. The geeks are having too much fun with it.Steps taken so far: When I got home last night I opened the case on...
View ArticleI Need a Computer Genius: Part Deux
I've just posted an update to yesterday's call for help. Since that one has long since scrolled off the list, and since I was asked to keep all you wunnerful geeks apprised of the situation, I thought...
View ArticleCivil Disobedience 2: Marching on Washington
I'm moved to write this in response to OPOL's latest diary, in which a march on Washington, currently being organized for September 15, is discussed.This is going to be a very personal diary, because...
View ArticleDomestic Violence 7: Dogfighting=Bad; Spousal Abuse=Not So Much
I'm prompted to write this diary because of the controversy surrounding Michael Vick. Vick has accepted a plea agreement on a federal dogfighting charge that, when filed on Monday, may land him in...
View ArticleHi, Howard!
I just got the latest email from the DNC. It made me want to puke -- well, the first bit did, at any rate.
View ArticleYour Favorite Movie that Nobody's Ever Heard Of
I'm in crunch mode at work and have spent the last four hours staring at spreadsheets. Consequently, my brain is mush and I desperately need a distraction.
View ArticleSaturday P.M. Work Avoidance: Desert Island Discs
For the second Saturday in a row, I'm working -- once again staring at spreadsheets until it feels like my brain's going to melt, and once again desperately in need of a distraction for a while.
View ArticleA Short Note to the Edwards Supporters Around Here
This is going to be a very short diary, because I don't have time to write a long one. Deal.
View ArticleAnother day, another wingnut email.
I don't think my mother realizes that when she forwards me this crap, my blood pressure ticks up about ten points. Or maybe she just doesn't care.
View ArticleWinter Solstice 2007: The True Meaning of the Season
I posted this last year, and decided to repost it again today.:::Today marks the winter solstice.The solstice has been honored and celebrated for millenia by cultures all over the world -- the ancient...
View ArticleFestivus 2007: The Airing of Grievances
If one is to consider how much airing of grievances goes on around here, one could assert that on Daily Kos, every day is Festivus.Daily Kos: The Blog For The Rest Of Us [Democrats].Anyway.I decided...
View ArticleThe Christmas Truce
I'm going to re-tell a relatively little-known (at least on this side of the Atlantic) bit of history that I read about back in my college days, and that I was reminded of early this morning when I...
View ArticleGBCDP: Or, Why The Washington Caucuses Suck Out Loud
I participated in the Washington State caucuses today.And it was the last fucking straw.Follow me over the jump for my rant.
View ArticleNineteen years, three months, fifteen days
That's how long it's been since the day I brought two ten-week-old kittens home to live with me. I named them Archy and Mehitabel.
View ArticleLosing Interest
Peter Daou posted a diary some weeks back that I thought was highly inappropriate for a paid campaign staffer to post here -- essentially it was a hit piece on Obama. I'm not a huge fan of Obama or...
View ArticleThe Story of a Sign
I sat down at my computer a few minutes ago to check my emails. I had one from my mother.More below the fold.
View ArticlePlease Join Me in Pointing and Laughing at Some Republicans
Oh, my freakin' GAWD. This one has me peeing myself.Over the jump...
View ArticleI Just Voted for a Republican
I just finished completing my WA State mail-in ballot for the August 19th election. And I knowingly and deliberately voted for a Republican.I'll tell you why over the jump.
View ArticleIn Which I Go Out Among the Good Citizens of My City
I was volunteering at a community event benefiting my employer, at a small park plaza located downtown. I don't generally go to public events like this if I can help it -- I dislike crowds. But duty...
View ArticleI Grew Up in a Small Town With Small Town Values
All this talk about small-town values at the Republican convention, and the Daily Show's hilarious lampooning of same, got me thinking about what I learned about values from the people in the town I...
View ArticleDon't Forget the "Reality-Based" Part, Guys. (A short rant.)
I just watched this front-paged video, entitled "Legal Expert Destroys FOX Pundit On GOP's Vote Fraud Fraud". Oh, come on. Gimme a goddamned break, here.
View ArticleIn Which I Take a Cab to the Airport
What follows is a belated November-fifth story. Early in the morning of November 5, I got on a plane to go see my mother for a few days. It was an unexpected trip prompted by her unexpectedly having...
View ArticleBetter Democrats
What follows is my very own, personal, top o' the pops list for who needs to be primaried out in 2010 and 2012, and/or deprived of their Congressional leadership positions, and (my entirely subjective...
View ArticleJobless Day
Elsewhere, it has been noted that Thursday December 4 was "Jobless Day".This is my "Jobless Day" story.
View ArticleHappy Solstice
Of all of the meanings that have been assigned to the winter holidays -- be they Christian, Jewish, cultural, pagan, secular, whatever -- what has come to be, for me, the most meaningful aspect of this...
View ArticleChristmas Music You May Have Never Heard [Of]
I have rather specific taste in Christmas music -- I like it old and I like it a capella. I listen to Palestrina, Tomas Luis de Victoria, Thomas Tallis, Gregorian chant. Over the fold for more...
View ArticleThis American Life Explains the Banking Crisis
This is not a diary. It will not contain multiple paragraphs of analysis or commentary or verbal poo-tossing.It's just going to alert you, kind reader, to something that I think everyone who isn't an...
View Article7.2 Earthquake in Baja California
My mother just called me on her cell from San Diego to report a large earthquake just moments ago -- she said it was the biggest she's ever personally felt. Centered, she believes, in Baja California....
View ArticleHoo Boy, I Didn't Want To Write This Diary (calling San Diego Kossacks)
There are few things in life I hate worse than asking for help, so I'm anything but happy to be writing this. But desperate times call for desperate measures, so here goes. More below the...
View ArticleI'm Ticked Off
Let me just start this little rant by saying that Glenn Beck is a snake-oil salesman. He's a jerk, a wacko, an opportunist, and a liar.He's also smart. Smarter than we are, apparently.Why do I say...
View ArticleMy Own Happy F***ing Labor Day Diary
I spent the afternoon at the Hotel Del Coronado, same as I've done almost every weekend all summer, listening to these guys.More over the flip.
View ArticleHow I'm Observing 9/11 - Please Join Me
September 11, 2001 was a big day in my life. From 3,000 miles away, I watched the planes crash and the towers collapse. I went into shock, I think -- I can remember that, despite it being a...
View ArticleThank You, Wendell Potter
Hi, Wendell. I don't know if you'll read this, but I feel like writing it today, so follow me over the flip.
View ArticleFilibuster for One, Please: Bernie Sanders is Speaking on the Senate Floor...
He made a Facebook post about ten minutes ago:You can call what I am doing today whatever you want, you it call it a filibuster, you can call it a very long speech. I'm not here to set any great...
View ArticleACTION: Are you going to call your Congresslizards today?
Are you?Or is DK once again just going to be an echo chamber of people wringing their hands over this godforsaken, stupid, corrupt tax deal and moaning about how awful it all is?Personally, I vote for...
View ArticleThe Winter Solstice
I'm dusting off my annual Solstice diary and reposting it today. It's not long, but it's heartfelt.Although I am not there now, for a lot of years I lived in the Pacific Northwest.Of all of the...
View ArticleChristmas Music for Snobs
This is a re-post of a diary I put up around this time last year. I am a snob. A really specific kind of snob.I have rather highbrow taste in Christmas music -- I like it old and I like it a capella....
View ArticleChristmas Eve and Health Care in America
I write this tonight as my mother is sleeping fitfully in her room, a few steps down the hall. I'll just be dozing tonight as I'll have to be getting up to check on her every few hours. I brought her...
View ArticleFriday Night Music Cabal: Always Look on the Dark Side of Life
Welcome to the Team DFH Friday Night Music Cabal. Because Team DFH operates more or less like a herd of cats, this diary series doesn’t actually have a formal name (last time it was “Friday Night Feel...
View Article‘Standing with Barack Obama’ on LGBT Issues: Really?
Really?I’m seeing the ads everywhere, for barackobama.com. My Facebook page is positively infested with them. And every time I see one, my blood pressure ratchets up another notch.I’m pleased that...
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