Shawn Turschak of Chapel Hill was tired of someone stealing McCain-Palin campaign signs from his yard. Turschak, with a degree in electrical engineering, hooked up a third sign to a power source for an electric pet fence Monday and also put up a surveillance camera. The News & Observer of Raleigh reported that a 9-year-old [...]
This is crazy… Now even Brazil’s politicians are lining up for their piece of the pie. Due to a quirk of Brazilian law, candidates are allowed to run under the name of their choice. As a result, at least six Brazilian politicians have officially renamed themselves “Barack Obama” in a bid to get an edge [...]
Ok. I don’t generally get all political and such. So, don’t consider this a political post. Let me just tell you why I’m groggy and grumpy this morning. I didn’t sleep well last night. I went to dinner with a couple of friends. While we were at the restaurant, the Democratic National Convention was on [...]
Barack Obama is winning my generation. He’s young. He’s attractive. He’s counterculture hip. He uses social websites. He sucks at bowling. He’s friends with Oprah. And apparently, he’s giving out free concert tickets. I don’t care who you vote for. That’s your choice. I just feel that this election has become somewhat ridiculous, particularly for [...]
Ok… so I finally rented the earth-melting, Oscar-grabbing, constituency-swaying (can I say that?) mega-documentary AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH. Last night, Sarah, Stephanie Ridgeway, Clovis (a cat) and I hunkered down in the palatial mansion Steph was house-sitting, consumed a large pizza and an entire package of Nestle chocolate chip cookies, and watched in awe as Al [...]