sanity

Article 19 doesn’t believe that McCain needs to explain his love for America in words:

It is slightly bumming to me of late that I am not the person I used to be. I just got done reading a bunch of blog entries where people were taking their bikes out on greenways and whatnot and riding gleefully and being out and it occurs to me once again that the ways in which my life is changing are not all wonderful.

Within the hour, I'll be hitting the road to go to St. Louis for law school at Wash U. I'm looking forward to it with a mix of excitement at moving to a new city and meeting a new group of people, and of trepidation at the idea that for the first time in my life, I'll be forced to do things like study and take notes and not start papers the night before.

When is someone going to bring a modicum of sanity to NIH grants! This is a waste of taxpayer dollars and why am I not surprised that the word “Memphis” showed up.
U.S. Spends $1 Million Researching Syrians ‘Hooked on Hookahs’
For the last several years, U.S. taxpayers have spent more than $1 million to fund [...]

One of the few voices of sanity on the May Town Center development is long-time Scene fixture Christine Kreyling, who points to the alarming ignorance with which the Planning Commissioners are set to decide the fate of Bells Bend this afternoon:

Nate Rau injects a bit of sanity and reason into the story of Juana Villegas DeLaPaz, the previously deported illegal immigrant who gave birth in the custody of the Davidson County Sheriff after being picked up in accordance with the 287(g) program:

As you all know, I really would have liked to have gone to San Fransisco last week to attend BlogHer 08.

Unfortunately, it was not in the cards.

But the same cannot be said for My BEWBS.

You experience it wherever you go. It’s there when you flip on your TV, as you tune across the radio dial, and browse the internet. You can’t escape it, yet most of us never feel trapped. It’s part of our lives, and we accept it. What is this, such a pervasive, penetrative object? The answer is shockingly simple. Advertising.

***Hi Friends, This is a repost from Jan. 1st. All my friends were posting resolutions and I had to join in the fun. Sorry about mixing in posts from my archives. We are still without a job/home/sanity. ;)***