October 2008

#32

So far, I've hit 31 of 50 states.  A nice, pictorial demonstration of where life has taken me:

molasses promise

I am loving HBO's show Trueblood if for no other reason than the music. Jeff and I have been having fun with the opening and closing music for each episode. Somewhere around the chorus, the closing song for this week's episode made me turn to Jeff and say, "It sounds like Fleetwood Mac meets dirty south."

Hawaii twitterlog for Friday, October 17, 2008

Jeff and I are in Hawaii visiting Brad and Alice for our birthdays. Here's what I've been up to:

Hawaii twitterlog for Saturday, October 18, 2008

Jeff and I are in Hawaii visiting Brad and Alice for our birthdays. Here's what I've been up to:

Hawaii twitterlog for Sunday, October 19, 2008

Jeff and I are in Hawaii visiting Brad and Alice for our birthdays. Here's what I've been up to:

Hawaii twitterlog for Monday, October 20, 2008

Jeff and I are in Hawaii visiting Brad and Alice for our birthdays. Here's what I've been up to:

Hawaii twitterlog for Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Jeff and I are in Hawaii visiting Brad and Alice for our birthdays. Here's what I've been up to:

Hawaii twitterlog for Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Jeff and I are in Hawaii visiting Brad and Alice for our birthdays. Here's what I've been up to:

Ascension?

I've mentioned this off and on, but today is the day!  In a few hours, we'll pick up the giant 4x4 needed to ascend to the summit of Mauna Kea.

Call this the 'before' photo:

Hawaii twitterlog for Thursday, October 23, 2008

Jeff and I are in Hawaii visiting Brad and Alice for our birthdays. Here's what I've been up to:

Hawaii twitterlog for Friday, October 24, 2008

Jeff and I are in Hawaii visiting Brad and Alice for our birthdays. Here's what I've been up to:

Hawaii twitterlog for Saturday, October 25, 2008

Jeff and I are in Hawaii visiting Brad and Alice for our birthdays. Here's what I've been up to:

Hawaii twitterlog for Sunday, October 26, 2008

Jeff and I are in Hawaii visiting Brad and Alice for our birthdays. Here's what I've been up to:

Madison County ballot for 2009 election year

For those of my friends living in Madison County, Alabama, the Madison County Circuit Clerk's office has made the 2009 sample ballot available in PDF format.  Get it, study it, do your research on the minor races and cast an informed vote.

How to tell your code is a hack

A sign that, perhaps, that your coding isn't going the way you hoped:

# This can only be described as a godawful, vomitous,
# appalling hack. I hang my head in shame. But it really
# does look like I can't just pull events for a single
# 24-hour day, but instead have to resort to godless
# ugliness such as this. To whoever reads this after
# me: you have my abject apologies. Hope you never
# have to modify this mess.

As election night draws near

One of my favorite entries on this site is the 2001 entry, Southern political girl.  It has remained one of my favorite tidbits I've ever posted on my site, and every election cycle brings it back to memory.  I have always liked it for its remembrance of the collision of national politics with everyday life; how I saw that particular election from a viewpoint that was different from most of my fellow citizens.