…at least now I can backburner the furlough stress until December. Which is good, because I need room to worry about potential hurricane-related power outages. Yeah. In the meantime, here’s a little poetry I assembled from random phrases found in the spam comment folder of this here web site, because I do that now and […]

The supreme Court, moments ago, released it’s ruling on Obergefell v. Hodges, which has a little something to do with marriage. In a 5-4 decision, the courst struck down the various state bans upheld by the Sixth Circuit. Same Sex Marriage is now legal and recognized in all 50 states. The final paragraph of the […]

The clearly race-motivated shootings last weekend down in South Carolina were awful things. My heart goes out to the victims, their families and friends, and all the other people affected by this terrible ocurrence. I’ve also been tremendously impressed with the way the people affected have reacted publicly and privately; so much grace, peace, humility, […]

So folks, tonight’s the Annual State of the Union address, as proscribed by Article II, Section III of the U.S. Constitution: He shall from time to time give to the Congress information of the state of the union and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient This “annual message […]

Yeah, last night wasn’t good for those of us who dress left. Statistically, though, this sort of power swing is what happens at this point in a President’s term (Reagan, both Bushes, etc). I don’t expect there to be much change in actual results; nothing much useful got done before, it’s unlikely much is going […]

Today is election day. Every year, regardless of whether the ballot is full of big national names or relatively anonymous local offices, on this day I tell everyone within reach of this page to get out to your local polling place (find it here!) and cast your ballot, because it’s your duty and privilege as […]

Wanna know how I know America’s campain apparatus has shifted into Get-Out-The-Vote mode? My inbox (well, my spam folder, anyway) is full of pleas to get out the vote from 1/3rd of the Avengers (Scarlett Johannsen and Mark Ruffalo), rock legend Joan Jett, former Secretary of State Madeline Albright, the entire Democratic congressional leadership, The […]

In about a week, we as Americans will be going to the polls once again to elect our representatives in government. This year, it’s the whole House of Representatives, one-third of the US Senate, a bunch of state governors, and various and sundry local officials, depending on where you are. In my corner of the […]

So, as I write this, marriage equality has been the law of the land in Virginia for approximately seven minutes. So yeah, good news. Not only good for Virginia, but as the Supreme Court declined to hear appeals on the marriage equality cases in the Fourth and Seventh Curuit courts, the legal impediments have fallen, […]

As is the case with most modern white-collar offices, my workspace has taken advantage of the latest advances in display technology, and has placed relatively unobtrusive LCD monitors in high traffic areas; ideally, as a means of providing useful information to the workforce when they aren’t shackled to their cubicles and email accounts. When these […]