Faboo Mama

Last year, about a month before my daughter turned for she asked who the "pretty man" on TV was. "Obama" I replied. When I went to YearlyKos in Chicago, I told her about how the Democratic presidential candidates would be there and she's asked if "President Obama" would attend. I explained to her that he wasn't president and I doubted he would be.

She bugged me all summer and fall of 2007 to vote for Obama, but he wasn't my choice. I wasn't interested. She told me on my birthday last year, "If… Continue

The President Elect arrives for making his Vic...
Image by Captain Nandu Chitnis, BikeNomads via Flickr

President-Elect Obama's new site, Change.gov went live today. Right now, the site is taking a pretty big hit, and is slow. The page links are interesting and shore up President-Elect Obama's promise to make his administration more transparent than previous ones. Check out the Ethics link:
Barack Obama and Joe Biden's Plan

Shine the Light on Washington Lobbying

* Centralize Ethics and Lobbyi… Continue

I've been watching Republican talking heads and politicians carry on and on about how this country is "center-right" and that Obama does not have a mandate.

Sigh.

Respectfully, Republicans...Stuff it.

Shall we get in the time machine and go back to 2004? Remember that year Bush finagled 286 Electoral Votes, with slim 50.7% vote margin and you all claimed "mandate"? Bush himself went on the TV boasting of his invisible mandate, and you all followed lock-step like sheep.

Sen. Obama has receive… Continue

I just got an email from ePluribus Media that they're moving to a new
address. I'm glad to see that, as I would have been bummed if one of
the best investigative blogs on the internet shut down. From the email:

We are moving!

The addresses are the same and we've boxed up all
the old stuff to bring with us, but Roxy's wonderful tech team has
given us a unified look and feel to our different sites and components.
Come on in through the new front door:

… Continue

Metroblogging LA
has turned 4 today, so why don't you go on over and give them some
birthday wishes. I'm forever grateful for the site that teaches me
more about the city I live in and celebrates its quirks and
idiosyncrasies.
… Continue

In the past week, I've been hit up by several people for wish lists for
my kids. Nothing has changed since they were born, the list is
simple: Educational (non-electronic) toys as long as they're not tied
to a trademarked character or gift cards to places I get them clothes
(Gap, Gymboree, Target, etc). Every year, those wishes are ignored and
I'm faced with returning or tossing toys manufactured in China or
Mexico (great sources of lead which has finally… Continue

I just found out about this via NaBloPoMo. The site is… Continue

I just realized that today is the last day of NaBloPoMo. Wow...what a
month it's been. With this post include, I"ve done 125 posts. Not
bad. To do it, I've sort of had to ignore posting on other blogs for
the month and I definitely neglected my other 4 blogs that I own. It's
been an interesting experience. I've "met" some interesting people
that's for sure. I know that I won't keep posting every day after this
month, but I'll consider doing this exercise next year.

It's raining. The paper said there was a 30% chance of rain, so
naturally it rained. If it said 65% chance of rain, it would have just
been cloudy. So, now that I'm feeling a little better, I can take the
kids out the house, and it starts raining. That means we're kinda
stuck in the house, for there is no drama greater than rain-induced Iliadrama.
The little girl must accessorize to death just to get into the car. If
I make her leave one piece of crap at… Continue

Tomorrow, Saturday, December 1, The Afghan Women's Mission is having it's 3rd Annual Fair Trade and Conscious Gifts Holiday Bazaar. There's really not much for me to add here, so I'll just give you the important stuff from the website:

WHEN: Saturday December 1st from 11 am – 3 pm WHERE: Immanuel Presb

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Am I missing something? WTF happened to the site? Did they shut down or move it?

In trying to set up the little boy with some Yo Gabba Gabba, I got mesmerized by an ad for...get this: Alvin and the Chipmunks movie. Yes. They're making a CGI (natch) movie featuring...now here is where I scratch my head: Jason Lee.

Jason Lee.
Alvin and the Chipmunks.
2007.

I'm
sorry, but are the people of my generation who are now running the
studios so desperate for their childhoods that we have to rehash every
friggin' thi… Continue

How many of you clicked every update and talked about your friends
and/or family over the Emily Sander case? How much detail can you
provide me? When it comes to missing females in the media, I admit to
glossing over them. It's usually a white, blond, attractive young
woman. Ugly white ladies who go missing get more coverage than an
attractive young black/latino/Asian female.



Early last month, I learned of Nailah Franklin. She was 28 yr. old who
went missing after a series of vague t… Continue

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I read this article
this morning and was livid. I've been trying to write a coherent post
on it all day long. No need for me say anything else...dnA lays it all
out, showing how incredibly lazy and incompetent print journalism has
become:… Continue

Damn, that was fast. I wanted to see if my fauxBFF had anything up on HR regarding the debates. Instead, I got treated to this.



Love the tagline.

Or does anyone else find it strange that CNNs Political Ticker blog is on Wordpress?

God help me, but I love me some Hickory Farms Turkey Summer Sausage.
I don't know why. It's not entirely healthy, it does funny things to
my belly and the chemical taste should just end it right there. None
of that stuff can stop me from consuming two sticks in a day. Let's
put it this way: I'd rather my kids starve than share one thin slice
of Summer Sausage with them. HAHA...I said "r… Continue

Not fair. And totally uncool. My right inner ear has been itching for
sometime and I've definitely been having yellow sneezes*, but after
almost a week of this and nothing, I thought that I had avoided Ilia's
cold. Well, last night, after dropping Ilia off for her ballet class I
realized that I was really getting seriously sick.

I went to bed
at 9:30pm thinking I should rest a bit. I was out in 2 minutes. Baby
boy woke… Continue

On Saturday, I got 3 catalogs from PosterGarden
in the mail. I don't know how I got on their mailing list, but I did
and under 3 different company names. Anway, I flipped through just
amazed at their low prices and what looks like quality tradeshow
booths. I immediately began fantasizing about going to tradeshows to
sell my jewelry. All I need is a cool booth! Poster Garden doesn't
just have booths, they sell everything, from floors to chairs to
tables.… Continue

Those stone-aged, zany, torture loving Taliban GOP candidates have decided to come out of hiding and actually do the CNN/YouTube debate. You'll remember that after the Democrats did their CNN/YouTube debate, the Taliban
GOP candidates all quickly decided that having regular people ask them
questions was more than they should have to deal with and all of a
sudden "scheduling conflicts" arose.

If you read CNNs website,
you'd be under… Continue