Imagining the future

If you're like me, you spent a bit of time each of the past two mornings trying it all out: President-Elect Obama. President Barack Obam...

Things that crack me up #44

A disabled access restroom for vikings! Image description: A color photo posted to Flickr by mwboeckmann of a handmade restroom door sign. ...

Voting: On the importance of process

A reminder of why the nation continues to wrestle with the technology of voting machines. From seattlepi.com : Like other vote-by-mail count...

Swallowing the world

"I set out," [Terkel] said , "to swallow the world." Robin at Writhe Safely has a beautiful tribute to Studs Terkel . Go...

Finally!

Image description: Button courtesy of Nezua . It's round, reflective, 3D-ish and looks like a real lapel button. It's blue with a fe...

"I had a choice, and I chose life. Does that make me pro-choice or pro-life"?

Tierney Temple Fairchild writes in the Washington Post about her ten-year-old daughter and what it means to her to "choose life"...

How it should be, almost

I had an appointment with my pulmonologist last week. Well, I thought I had an appointment. He's a doctor I really like whose office is...