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Here’s a Thing

Posted in Knitting, links, politics, tagged on February 18, 2011 | 2 Comments »

I heard about this project from Ellen at twinset.us and Allison at SpinDyeKnit on this week’s “Resurgence of Knitting” hour of On Point w/ Tom Ashbrook. It’s the Warm Hats Not Hot Heads project. [I] invite any and all knitters who would like to join in to knit a hat (sizing information here) for their [...]

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Adventures in Health Care

Posted in off topic, politics, rant, tagged , on November 15, 2009 | 7 Comments »

I just got back from the ER with Ezra who is having a bout of croup. While I was sitting there, I had a lot of time to think, mostly about how our health care system works, or doesn’t depending on your point of view. I knew going into the ER what we were dealing [...]

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What it is, it is.

Posted in News, off topic, politics on September 8, 2009 | 2 Comments »

*UPDATE* Evidently, I’m in some sort of time warp. The joint session will be Wednesday the 9th. Not today. This evening, President Obama will address a joint session of congress to urge and encourage them to move forward with their overhaul of the US health care system. Discussions about health care reform keep popping up [...]

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Even though.

Posted in News, politics on November 5, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Even though I am thrilled beyond about the outcome of last night’s election, I must confess that when Sen. McCain said in his extremely gracious concession speech that We fought — we fought as hard as we could. And though we fell short, the failure is mine, not yours. it made me feel sad. :-(

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It is done.

Posted in off topic, politics on November 4, 2008 | 4 Comments »

Is Obama president? One of these things is not like the others. We live in amazing times. (Thanks to Buzzfeed for the image.)

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