November 2008

Day 1178: Somebody Get Me A Buddha

November 17, 2008

BBC | ‘Buddha boy’ reappears in Nepal … Ram Bomjan, 18, appeared on Monday near the town of Nijgadh, about 160km (100 miles) south of the capital, Kathmandu. His followers claim that he is an incarnation of Lord Buddha, who was born in the Nepalese town of Lumbini more than 2,500 years ago. Mr Bomjan [...]

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Day 1171: Light Blogging Ahead

November 10, 2008

Today’s itinerary: 6:30 AM – Leave Milwaukee 10:30 AM – Arrive in New Orleans 5:30 PM – Leave New Orleans 9:30 PM – Arrive in Las Vegas for geophysics nerd con. Despite membership in the Krewe de C.R.A.P.S., a gambler I am not. Vegas has something to offer me every night, regardless, including a Landmark [...]

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Day 1171: Always Worth A Trip To Wisconsin

November 10, 2008

My hopelessly-cute, twin godsons in their tuxedos. Don’t miss their little Chuckies! Tweet

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Day 1167: Akron Obama Party Ends With Gunfire

November 6, 2008

I wonder if my parents were at this party (I keed, I keed). Article A bouncer at an Akron bar was shot after ejecting a patron as a Barack Obama celebration that attracted nearly 400 partiers overflowed into the street. … After the shooting, a large crowd filed outside the bar, which is located in [...]

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Day 1166: The New First Dog

November 5, 2008

Obama Puppy Ideas (HT, Julie) The girls should ask for one of each. Tweet

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Day 1166: O’Bamapalooza

November 5, 2008

My buddy, Mike, joined Athenae and friends to watch Barack Obama at Grant Park last night. I’m so jealous! Mostly because he got to hit Kitty O’Shea’s, one of my favorite Irish-American establishments (best potato leek soup on this side of the Atlantic – just don’t ask the bartender for an Irish carbomb or you’ll get a [...]

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Day 1166: Here We Go Again

November 5, 2008

My parents gave me a good education and a conscience, told me they were the only things I need to make it in this world and kicked me out into it. This is why I have had a goofy smile on my face since last night. Today, I feel American again, an enfranchised individual eager to use her learnings and heart [...]

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Day 1166: President Barack Obama

November 5, 2008

I wholeheartedly approve of this message! Tweet

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Day 1165: Election Day

November 4, 2008

I voted for Barack Hussein Obama for president! (Correction: Actually, I voted for the eight men and one woman under the heading Democratic Party ”Electors.” Why the quotes? Are they not really electors?) Our polls opened at 6AM. At 5:55, the line wrapped around the Terpsichore side of the International School of Louisiana and half a block up Camp [...]

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Day 1164: Election Day Whereabouts

November 3, 2008

Where am I going to be on Election Day? Well, I’ve got to go to bed soon, because D and I are under the batty impression that we’re going to wake up before 6AM tomorrow and shlep our sweats-clad behinds down a block to be one of the first voters in our ward. After that, [...]

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