libsechumanist

Us with The President of the United States

2009-09-14T23:57:42Z

We were in the same room, at least, from jezebel.com

http://twitpic.com/hrjkx

President Obama and I in the Same (albeit REALLY BIG) Room!

2009-09-12T23:01:11Z

We went to the Target Center in Minneapolis today to listen to President Obama's Health Care Reform speech - well worth it - just great. We could hardly see him, but who cares. Here is a link to a couple of photos if you want to check them out:

http://www.twitpic.com/photos/libsechumanist

Writer's Block: On the Airwaves

2009-08-21T23:18:49Z

If you had your own radio or television station, what would it be called and what kind of programming would it play?

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Liberal Liberal Liberal-in other words, it would only program the truth to encourage debate, discussion, and reasoned thinking, and not a bunch of reactionist crap that scares non-thinking people to act AGINST their own self-interest and WITH their prejudices.

Writer's Block: Pick and Stick

2009-07-24T19:30:39Z

If you could only eat one kind of cuisine—Mexican, Thai, French, Italian, Indian, Chinese, etc.—for the rest of your life, which one would you choose?

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Greek

Writer's Block: Dream Vacations

2009-07-15T21:19:02Z

What vacations would you most like to take in the next five years?

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None. Have medical bills to pay. We live in America.

Writer's Block: Fashion Forward

2009-07-08T18:51:58Z

What do you think we'll be wearing twenty years from now?

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Clothing.

Writer's Block: Newsworthy

2009-07-07T17:29:29Z

What news source do you use most often?

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www.theuptake.org

Writer's Block: Personal Freedom

2009-07-04T16:30:08Z

It's Independence Day in the U.S., celebrating the signing of the Declaration of Independence. If you were to make your own personal declaration of independence, who or what would you address it to?

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Every religion.

Writer's Block: Busting Blocks

2009-07-01T23:33:46Z

It's blockbuster season in movie theaters. What was the last movie you saw?

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Religilous.

Senator Franken!

2009-06-30T18:48:07Z

I finally have two Senators. It's about time. Senator Al Franken has a nice ring to it. Yeah for Minnesota!

Writer's Block: Childhood Firsts

2009-06-30T02:50:37Z

What was your first word?

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LIBERALISM

Writer's Block: Set the Scene

2009-06-16T15:01:13Z

Empty parking garages, roadside motels, dark caves, dank basements, overgrown forests—what kind of setting makes you feel nervous?

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A church.

Writer's Block: Teen Time Machine

2009-06-13T00:02:15Z

If you could be a teenager living in any decade, which one would you choose?

Submitted By twertle

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2015 BCE

Yeah Maine!

2009-05-06T21:08:41Z

http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/scarce/maine-governor-signs-bill-allowing-gay-marr

Solar Oven

2009-04-23T19:51:24Z

We've had our Solar Oven for one week and I've made 10 meals with it so far, having had a couple of rainy days and some clouds. It's fantastic and since I don't enjoy cooking at all, but will use this because it's Green, is so perfect for us. They're made and sold by the non-profit Solar Oven Society that provides cheap or free ovens to women in developing countries so that they don't have to spend their whole day scrounging around for sparse wood; instead, they can get a job or create products for sale while their food cooks, the only energy being used is the free sun!

http://www.solarovens.org/

London, Ships, PhDs...

2009-03-12T21:38:25Z

Been a busy few days - my PhD viva went very well yesterday - I passed my viva with minor revisions and in about 4 weeks, I'll have the PhD. The readers were great - want me to publish immediately (!) - will help, since I've not published anything since 2003 except online archaeology reports. Otherwise, HMS Victory, HMS Warrior, Mary Rose, Royal Naval Museum, Imperial War Museum, British Museum, British Library, Petrie Museum, UCL, City of London Museum, Docklands Museum, Hyde Park, a bit of Kensington and Notting Hill, Greenwich Maritime Museum, Cutty Sark Restoration, HMS Belfast, and bunches of other stuff. Home on Sunday to begin final re-arrangement of PhD to get it done ASAP!

London!

2009-03-08T20:30:52Z

We've been in London about 9 hours, having passed out for a couple with a little jet lag. Wonderful fly-over of Central London prior to landing at Heathrow - could even pick out all my favorite outdoor haunts. A bit rainy, but supposed to be a bit nicer tomorrow for a "get-re-acquainted" walk around town. Probably won't even see my Dissertation supervisor until just before my Viva on Wednesday. My hubby and I are both having separation anxiety over taking our kitties to my mom's and actually LEAVING them there for over a week...aaarrrgghhhh!!! We called her 4 times in 12 hours prior to leaving home and she refused to use e-mail, so I'm relying on my sister to call her to check up on our babies and then she can e-mail us. Our cell doesn't work here and it's very annoying, since I checked on this before we left and they said "Hey, no problem!"

OK, enough of that. Glad to be in London!

Happy Birthday Tarlan!

2009-03-05T18:58:22Z

I hope your day is going well!

Happy Birthday Lantean Drift!

2009-02-28T16:08:55Z

Boy, at this rate, you may even catch up to me! Well, actually, you caught up to me by a "two years" today, since I turned one year older on Tuesday....I'm no longer the Ultimate Answer...I'm so depressed...channels Marvin...not really, but I had to do it! ;-)

But, you're still such a spring chicky - I hope your day is going well!

Writer's Block: Dressed to Impress

2009-02-24T00:17:16Z

Who had the best outfit at the Oscars this year? Who had the worst?

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Who cares?

To My London and UK Friends -

2009-02-15T01:19:31Z

Question: can we, as foreigners, buy an Oyster Card at Heathrow Airport through a machine or from a tube teller window (the Oyster web site says non-UK residents can't buy Oyster cards in London except at Gatwick or online before arrival)? I purchased one online from VisitBritain in NYC - $20 for a £10.00 card (and the £2.00 card fee is acceptable, of course) that with the exchange rate is really worth about £14.50 but only has a £10.00 value - but what really sticks in my britches is the $11 FedEx shipping charge that we couldn't alter to US mail - ridiculously stupid. Now that my husband is joining me in London for the week, we need a second card. Thanks for any help!

Off to London.

2009-02-11T00:15:05Z

Flight arranged, studio flat reserved, Oyster Card on its way, proper luggage found in garage....ready for London leaving 7 March! Nervous butterflies have calmed down, now just armoring myself for every question I can think of that the PhD readers will ask and many that they won't think to ask....aarrgghhh! ;-)

My PhD Supervisor

2009-01-31T23:29:09Z

just contacted me, asking about the date of 11 March for my PhD defense in London - the date works for me and I hope this means the readers love it, not hate it and think it's crap. They've only had it in hand since early December; don't know if this is good or bad...but my stomach is churning. I really should have defended this about 6-7 years ago, with a lot of crap happening to prevent it, and I really want to get this done, but the reality is making me wouzy. I'll start checking for flights to Heathrow, I guess....bites nails.....

Writer's Block: Robotic

2009-01-26T04:30:59Z

Who (or what) is your favorite fictional robot?

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Marvin the Paranoid Android. I'm so depressed....

My President

2009-01-22T02:39:57Z

From Susie Madrak on Crooks and Liars:

"So many people can look at this First Family and see themselves. That's a great thing:

From Jodi Kantor - NY Times: WASHINGTON — The president’s elderly stepgrandmother brought him an oxtail fly whisk, a mark of power at home in Kenya. Cousins journeyed from the South Carolina town where the first lady’s great-great-grandfather was born into slavery, while the rabbi in the family came from the synagogue where he had been commemorating Martin Luther King’s Birthday. The president and first lady’s siblings were there, too, of course: his Indonesian-American half-sister, who brought her Chinese-Canadian husband, and her brother, a black man with a white wife."

And I want to add President Obama's roots in Ireland, and his half-brother, half-sister, and stepmother from Kenya, too. Just like the US - a melting pot family. They ARE us!