On June 10th, registered voters in Virginia’s 8th, 10th, and 11th United States Congressional districts will get to vote in open (to all registered voters) primary elections. Virginia scheduled primaries for all districts, but in all the other districts either no candidates filed in time, or only one did from each party, or the party […]
As a veteran, one of the issues I am particularly attentive to in American politics is the support for veterans and the pay and benefits of active duty and reserve/guard troops. For my entire adult life I have see some candidates claim to be better for the military, but never actually honor their promises nor […]
My damned cough is back, with a vengeance; but this time with other cold and flu symptoms as well. I think this is the most I have been sick in well over 10 years and I do not like it at all. We’ll see what the doctor has to say about it this time. In […]
Erci makes some of the best mead I’ve ever had, and after several years of hiatus, she just started fermenting a couple of batches of the good stuff. One is made from BlackCap honey and wine yeast; and the other with Cranberry honey and champaign yeast. Both honeys are from The Bee Folks out of […]
While reading Andrew Sullivan this morning, I ran across a link to this video, which is not for people afraid of heights: http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1438490562 Cool music too…
So I wanted to send some money to a cousin who is having some financial challenges. When I was younger, the logical thing would be to use Western Union to wire money; but that is no longer the best solution. It could be, but Western Union has the worst web design on the planet, so […]
This November, voters in the United States are going to get something entirely new. A presidential election where the swing states and safe states are not the same as they have been for the last four presidential elections. If Hillary Clinton were facing off with John McCain on November 4th, we’d have a virtual repeat […]
Hat tip to co-worker Ben for sending the links. http://sadkermit.com/
My new employer has been bought by a joint-venture holding company, and we had a layoff today. We lost 8 people some of whom I have become quite fond of, and I will miss them a lot and hope they will find success elsewhere. We have new work now, and more funding for our small […]
As of May 7th at 10:30am Eastern the Democratic Nomination results are: Obama 1845 (257/795) needs 179.5 projected to add 103 probably 1948/2024.5 Clinton 1693 (271/795) needs 331.5 projected to add 114 probably 1807/2024.5 Source: Real Clear Politics Doing the math, there are only 217 remaining pledged delegates in WV, KY, OR, SD, MT, and […]
