six hours

All over America, when men woke up this morning and heard the news, they could not wait to meet their buddies and make wiseac

I couldn't go to the Obama rally that drew 100,000 people here in St. Louis yesterday because I'm still inflicted with "the plague", as one of my classmates referred to it, and I didn't think that standing outside in the cold for six hours would be helpful (you know, you would think, after four years in Ithaca, the threshold for what I consider to be cold would be a little higher.

John McCain - Stunt ManObama did the right thing -- showed leadership. At 8:30 AM, Obama reached out to his rival to propose they come up with a bipartisan statement.

Several years ago, I started keeping a humidifier in my bedroom. In my old apartment, the thing was a miracle worker. It kept my skin from getting too dry, and it helped fend off the winter sinuses.

The Same Old Story

Five weeks into school, and my stress levels are feeling it. Last Thursday, after a particularly grueling few days of road and treadmill work, strength training and pilates class, grad school, volunteer work, not to mention the ol' day job, I started to lose it. "Why," I asked my husband plaintively, "am I doing this? I still look in the mirror and loathe what I see."

(Note: Forgive me. Until Sunday morning I'm still six hours behind on the news)

I wish I could say I'm surprised by this latest turn of events, but I can honestly say that I'm not.

I continue on my quest to get my parents to reconcider their plan to move to Georgia when my mom retires.  It’s a fool’s errand to try to tell people what to do with their lives, but an errand I’m on anyway.

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:

MADISON -- After a long work week, the last thing your average weekend warrior wants to do is get up early on Sunday, drive 75 minutes and run around in 97-degree heat for six hours. That thought got...