I said I felt a cheers and jeers list coming on, didn’t I? Jeers that, although it wasn’t too late for me to wish you a happy Chanukah, it apparently was too late for anyone to wish one back to me. Cheers to Elizabeth Edwards, a true liberal champion, an advocate for gay marriage and [...]

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It’s Election Day. Did you vote yet? No, I haven’t either, but I’m going to the polls straight from work. And so should you, if you haven’t already voted. Do not forget. I wrote this two years ago on Election Day when I voted for Obama. Let’s keep voting for change. It doesn’t come overnight, [...]

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15: The number of days since my last post. 1: Pair of sneakers returned. I talked about my new kicks in last post. I woke up on the Friday following that purchase at a ninety degree angle. Something was wrong with my back. I’m assuming it was some sort of injury and blame it on [...]

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I’d like to extend it to be inauguration week. And since this is my blog, I can do what I want. I never get picked for anything. I never win anything. Ever. But on Tuesday, my number got called to sit on a jury, which I did for two days. Perhaps 10 is my lucky [...]

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The day we’ve all been waiting for: January 20, 2009. No, not because I have jury duty this morning. Today is the inauguration of the 44th President of the United States: Barack Hussein Obama. I won’t go on about how this is such an amazing time in our lives, I won’t go on about the [...]

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Four years ago, I watched (on tv, of course) a young senator speak at the Democratic Convention. I turned to my sister with tears streaming down my face and said, “This man will be president one day.” I voted for him this morning. My vote! I didn’t even think Barack Obama would run in 2008; [...]

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I guess it’s time for some cheers and jeers! Cheers to getting a good amount of exercise this weekend! I did a 4.7-mile loop around the neighborhood yesterday and a 3.66-mile loop today (according to the website on which I mapped it). I ran some, I walked some, I wheezed some. It was pretty cold [...]

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