Life is What Happens When You’re Busy Making Other Plans

I know, I know. I’ve been gone a long time. Here’s what I’ve been up to the past…what? Nearly four weeks??:
My best friend’s dog died after having him shipped in from the bush to go to the emergency veterinarian’s.
Busily Christmas shopping, online and in stores.
Practicing patience one day at a time while [...]

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Palin Aide’s Book Dropped

Oh, crap.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A California publicist and two co-authors have terminated a book deal with a former aide of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.
San Diego-based Releve Marketing and PR announced Tuesday it will no longer represent or co-author Frank Bailey’s upcoming book “Renegade: Sarah Palin’s Hatchet Man.”
Christiana Grace, company co-owner and one of the [...]

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Obama to Visit Alaska Next Week

According to reports coming from both radio and online sources, President Obama will be stopping by Anchorage on his way to Asia next week. He will stop at Elmendorf Air Force Base, which is very close to where I work. Even though I will be no more than 10 miles from where he [...]

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I Know What I Want for Christmas

Introducing SurvivaBall. In case you need to survive global climate meltdown or similar.

1. SHF Atenna with Supplementary LF Annennae
2. Receiver and Data Processor
3. Protective Headgear with Visor
4. Drinking Straw
5. External pores (defensive)
6. Defense Enhancement Unit (1 of 3; primary)
7. Food Reprocessor (receives nutrients from Nutrition Refunction Centre, 21)
8. Maniple Pods (for interaction with [...]

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Sweet Deal for Sarah Fans

Get it while the gittin’s good, my friends. Hurry on down to the Wal-Mart, where you can pick up yer very own copy of Goin’ Rogue: An American Lie. Be sure to bring yer wallet, though, ’cause they ain’t given ‘em away. They’s nine whole dollars.

Did you notice what “People Who Bought [...]

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Couldn’t Have Said it Better

From Margaret and Helen, one of the best posts I’ve seen in awhile:
Honestly, if I could , I would put the entire Republic party over my knee and give them a good spanking. What does it say about our country if the biggest debate of the decade is no longer about the two [...]

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Take That, Right-Wing Nut Jobs

When I first heard that Mark Begich would be holding a town hall meeting at Bartlett High School tonight, I figured I’d better stay as far away from that crazy as possible. Even though I want to support Senator Begich in the fight for health care, I knew that there would be a good [...]

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My Dinner with the Palins

Here’s how it would go down:
Todd: Hey, nice to meetcha.
Me: You too. So, Sarah, why is it so impossible for you to tell the truth?
Sarah: Get her out of here.
And scene.

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The Anniversary of My Awakening

One year ago today, I woke up.
When I heard the word that Sarah Palin had been picked as John McCain’s running mate, it felt more like the stomach flu than a gentle nudge, but I do have to admit that I am a different–and much more aware–person than I was a year ago.
A [...]

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Murkowski Slaps Palin

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski on Tuesday told an Anchorage crowd that critics of health care reform, the summer’s hottest political topic, aren’t helping the debate by throwing out highly charged assertions not based in fact.
“It does us no good to incite fear in people by saying that there’s these end-of-life provisions, these death panels,” Murkowski, [...]

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