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Politics 101-Blanket Primary

With all the madness inherent in the ongoing primary season, some states have more straightfoward primaries than others.
Blanket primary: A primary in which all candidates from both parties are included on the same ballot. This is different from single party primaries when Democratic and Republican nominees use separate ballots.
Real life example in the Seattle [...]

It’s Photo Friday!

 I could be all “hip” and call it “Foto Friday” but I really loathe that.
I was walking to the Metro Thursday morning when I came upon a man walking his cat.
Yes, his cat. So, of course, I had to stop and ask him about how on earth he got his cat to walk on a [...]

Teach your children well?

I’m really frustrated by creationists. Not only are they lying to their children, they’re taking so much of the joy of the natural world away from kids right when they should be reveling in it. Watch this video and try not to get absolutely irate.

Fossils are boring? Fossils are boring?! I remember when I was [...]

Politics 101

I only actually took two political science classes in college, but I consider myself relatively well-informed. I read a lot, and I read a variety of things, but I still occasionally come across a term I don’t understand. The Washington Post has helpfully created a Politics Glossary in order to define those clumsy terms [...]

Boys go shopping

BF is reading a book called Call of the Mall, by Paco Underhill, which examines the “geography of shopping.” I haven’t read it yet, but BF was reading parts out loud to me this afternoon. In one part, the author was describing how useful it would be for stores to install benches or comfy [...]

Decisions, decisions

I’m still not entirely sure what to make of this blog-should it be all politics, all the time? Should it be a merging of all the things I’m interested in, not only politics, but feminism, personal finance, books, travel, cats, cookings, etc, etc, etc? Sometimes I think I need to fill a niche in order [...]