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Monthly Archives: November 2008

An article lacking teeth.

I hate having dreams in which my teeth fall out! I also hate dreaming about spectacular public failure, such as last night’s feature, in which both my sister and I were publicly called out for mawkish columns for the New York Times. I was watching Rachel Maddow’s show on MSNBC, and the guest host (she [...]

Neglect

I have just been happily humming along, drinking merrily and fattening myself up for the winter months (a task at which I have been, um, a little too successful), still glowing in the euphoria of the elections. But something has been missing – no, it’s not the sense of dread at the future (after all, [...]

The most patriotic thing anyone can do

is go to the polls! Vote tomorrow, for cripes sake! You can look up your polling location, if registered, at Google Maps: just click on “customized voting info” and enter your address. Be prepared for lines, especially if you live in Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Florida, Missouri, or any other of the tossup states this election. [...]