A flood of super delegate endorsements for Barack Obama have come in today. According to both CBS and CNN, Obama’s total count is now 2106 (Update: now all the sources I track delegates with agree that Obama has over 2100 delegates, he will definitely cross the 2117 line tonight) which puts him close enough that […]
I am a spreadsheet neophyte. Many years of extreme proficiency with sed, awk, perl, and korn shell scripting have made spreadsheets not very interesting to me. I am finding myself doing a few repeat tasks over and over and I thought it was time to teach myself a little something new. So I have been […]
The current members of the United States Supreme Court are: “Liberals” John Paul Stevens, born in 1920, is 88 years old; appointed by Gerald Ford (R). Ruth Bader Ginsburg, born in 1933, is 75 years old; appointed by Bill Clinton (D). David Hackett Souter, born in 1939, is 68 years old; appointed by George H.W. […]
It has been a long and contentious primary campaign season for the Democratic party in the United States. Bringing the nomination to a close, with some semblance of a unified party is perhaps a bit overdue; but I am very glad that traditionally late primary states have finally gotten a say in the process, and […]
Erci and Kate went to the Vintage Virginia Wine Festival with me today. We had some spectacular tastings of James River and Horton and Valhalla wines, then we got drenched in rain. I mean soaked through to our nickers and such that everything in our bags and purses was soaked right through. At one point […]
According to the following trackers of Democratic nomination delegates, Barack Obama has reached 1984, which means that if he gets the expected 41 pledged from Puerto Rico, South Dakota, and Montana; he’ll be at 2025. Of course, there is a strong possibility that the goalpost will have been moved by the rules committee meeting tomorrow, […]
So I am getting 3-5 calls a day on my cell phone that are caller-id blocked. I have a strict policy that I let such calls go to voicemail. If you need to hide your identity from me when you call, you can talk to my voicemail and not me in person. Problem is, the […]
It is baffling and amazing to me that this candidate is the best that the Republican party can offer us in 2008! While I have virtually no respect for Senator John McCain, I also realize that he was the best of the bunch of losers that the Republicans tried to foist off on us. Only […]
Sunday is the last day it will be open to the public. They are having a party on Memorial Day, and then you must find another nearby Hard Times for your chilli-fix. Rumors are that the company/person who owns all the property where Hard Times is located is doubling the rents and squeezing businesses out. […]
No compromise that allows the FL and MI super delegates full votes is acceptable to me. The voters of each state are responsible for their governors and state legislatures. Even if Republican controlled legislatures foisted this off on the Democratic parties in those states, the Democrats 1) had it coming for letting Republicans win and […]
