Oops, I forgot to give a shit.
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OK. Politicians will reach for anything to demonize their opponents, but Our Gal in D.C., Liddy Dole, has decided to run a commercial portraying her opponent, Kay Hagan, as unfit for office because she—gasp! consorts with atheists.
Her claim to that is that Hagan went to a fundraiser at the house of somebody whose husband is [...]

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The City of Durham is conducting a survey to see which of these bus designs you like the best. Mr. D. thinks they should be more concerned about things like, oh, bus shelters and service frequency, but as a designer, I’m concerned that the five options don’t really give citizens enough of a choice of [...]

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I am a real American.
I was born in this country and have lived here for over half a century.
I was educated in this country. I learned to think critically, to appreciate nuance, to research issues that concern me.
I am a working American. I have worked hard…sometimes longer than 24 hours in a row.
I am responsible [...]

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Don’t get your business card printed on some super-glossy paper, or cool-looking vellum, that is IMPOSSIBLE to write on, so when I come across your card 8 months from now, instead of my little scribbled note to jog my memory about where I met you, I’ll just say WTF? and toss your card in the [...]

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That $700 billion dollars that the US government is planning to fork over, that’s intended to, um, save the world, right? Get the wheels of the free market out of the mud, salvage the decimated retirement funds of the American middle class, make sure Joe the Plumber can make payroll, etc., blah blah blah.
Except, of [...]

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Yesterday was my mother’s 88th birthday. We took advantage of a lovely day to take a drive up to Person County, where we had a picnic and tasted some wine at the Rock of Ages winery. They have a couple of drinkable wines (and a few way-too-sweet wines), but mostly it’s a good excuse for [...]

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In the last 3 days, the headlines from AP and Reuters (on my my.yahoo page), have been an interesting juxtaposition (headlines paraphrased):
Obama Up 2 Points
McCain criticizes Obama’s link to ex-radical
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Obama Up 4 Points
MCain again raises Obama’s ties with 1970s radical
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Obama up 5 Points
McCain TV ad raises Obama’s links to ex-radical
Do you think maybe, just [...]

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Anyone who’s spent time in downtown Durham has seen what has come to be known as the “We Want Oprah!” building:

(Photo used utterly without permission after downloading from a lovely photo essay of Durham posted by Snowpea on citydata.com)
Looks like Oprah’s coming to Durham.
Well, to Duke, anyway. Does that count?
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