Iced Venti Unsweetened Black Tea Lemonade with extra lemonade
That was the request my beloved wife, Leaves on the Current, made to me over the phone as I was driving home from school. She had returned from the clinic monitoring her for her autologous stem cell transplant to further combat her blood cancer. Some context perhaps will explain the importance of that request. She entered the hospital Sunday morning October 11. Since then, first in the hospital
NOV 05
some comparisons by precinct
in Arlington VA where I live Cooch is at least 8 and sometimes as much as 15% behind McDonnell. It seems like the average is about 10%. Of course, a chunk of that is because of the libertarian precinct cooch McDonnell ashton Heights 18.93% 26.72 Ballston 25.74 34.53 Crystal City 28.59 44.07 Glen Carlyn 20.37 29.54 Clarendon 24
Preliminary data from exit polls points to strong Dem performance in VA
Washington Post has this story up on exit polls. Some highlights. Party - nearly 4 in 10 self-identif as Dems while only 3 in 10 as Repubs. In 2009 Repubs beat Dems 37-33 while 2012 Dems led 39-32. Race a bit over 70% white, roughly equal to 2012. In 2009 the makeup was 78% white. IDEOLOGY — about 1/5 are political liberals while a bit over 1/3 are conservatives. In 2009 it was 40-18% in fa
NOV 03
Leaves on the Current - day 19 post-transplant
and at least the blood work remains very positive. The hair loss was not complete, but it was pretty thorough, so at the request of my beloved no pictures for now. The main problem has been with tummy problems of various sort, along with a problem with a low potassium level. All of that is readily addressable, and we have done what is necessary. In the meantime, a minor achievement of sorts yes
Some things should not be negotiable
I wrote this, and posted it here, in June of 2012. As I now ponder how I will continue to be involved - if at all - in the political processes, including my participation here, it seems appropriate to offer it again. And as I say at the end, do with it what you will I have been active in politics since i was an adolescent, a period now of more than 5 decades. I have often been willing to support
NOV 02
Consider the following
Thanks to Citizens United, and other decisions, corporations may now spend unlimited amounts of money to influence our politics to their advantage and the advantage of their owners. Thanks to the DC Circuit decision yesterday authored by Janice Rogers Brown (appointed by G. W. Bush and approved despite the willingness of Dems to filibuster as a result of the deal brokered by the so-called Gang of