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/June 26, 2005
Wanna see what we woke up to this fine sunny morning in Cedar Falls, Iowa?
/November 11, 2004
So not only does Bush win (stress!) but then my employer lays off my boss and my only friend at work on the same day, out of nowhere. Plus, even though this place is crazy disorganized, they were the only people in the whole damn building that knew where stuff was. Fuck this place. I'm getting the hell out of here before I go down with the boat.
Oh, and by the way, Fuck The South.
/November 3, 2004
This day will live in infamy. It looks like Kerry is about to concede (10:24am Central time) even though all the votes have not been counted.
I can't stand Bush. He is evil. His Cabinet is evil. All of them (yes, even Powell... for going along with it all). I find myself, this morning, having more of a problem with those that voted for Bush. They are traitors to democracy and freedom. They are traitors to the GOP. What we all know as the Grand Old Party is no more. It has been stolen, bastardized and raped by those currently in charge of the White House.
There will be a civil war. Not right away, but there will be. I already know which side I'm on.
/October 13, 2004
The wedding was wonderful. We had a great time. Keep your eyes on this site and Doug's site for pics and updates!
/September 08, 2004
Hey, do you vote, or not?
/August 20, 2004
You, like me, should also be browsing happy. Seriously. I know you like IE but even the US Government says it sucks. That means you KNOW it's got to be bad.
/August 11, 2004
If you are looking for information about the upcoming wedding, you've come to the right place, sort of. Make sure if you plan on attending that you get your reservations ASAP. For more on this, take a look at the wedding site.
/July 30, 2004
Now that I am well on the road to getting married to Doug, I thought it was time for an update. Of course, I have nowhere near enough room to bore you to hell with what I have to say. So, instead, I will show you this:
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/January 27, 2004
Now that I'm in school seeking a degree in Public Administration, coming out of my political shell in Cedar Falls, I'm really noticing how strange things are. At my caucus on the 19th I came out as a delegate for Kerry and as a member of the Black Hawk County Democrats Central Committee.
I've attending one meeting of the Central Committee and, while I found it very interesting, it was also very strange. So many of those people have been involved for so long that I think it might be nearly impossible to get involved myself. I'm going to have to choose a sub committee to be on, I'm sure.
The thing about it is that I want to be involved in things, but I don't know how. It so often seems so futile to even try, what with the establishment here. The mayor of Cedar Falls has been mayor for something near 30 years. The same guy. The people on the City Council, with the exception of one new guy this year, have been on the council what seems like forever.
I just watched the latest City Council meeting on local cable access. They had a hearing about a big waterpark the city wants to build. We do need to replace the swimming pool/play area that is there now, but does it really need to be built next to a church and an old folk's home? They listened, impatiently, to all the people at the hearing asking them to reconsider buying that land and putting a waterpark on it. They then basically told off the people who argued against a waterpark in that location and voted to buy the land anyway.
I want someone in politics, local politics, that actually listens to people instead of just doing what they want.
/January 5, 2004
Doug and I are getting married! Woo hoo!
/November 5, 2003
Half-Masted has a web site. It's orange. I'm not sure how it happened but all the stuff is orange. I guess I like orange... but it's more like I've always pictured the color orange when I hear "Half-Masted 3.2" for some reason.
/October 22, 2003
The Olive Garden really does suck. I think you should read the essay about why Olive Garden sucks by Doug Shaw. And check out the bulletin board too.
/October 13, 2003
It's been a year since I moved back to Iowa from Minnesota. I'm getting used to being a home-body. Not to say that I'm comfortable with it. So, I'm thinking of going to school, still looking for work, etc. I do have a few things to do though. I'm helping out with Half-Masted 3.2. I'm thinking of making them a web site as well. And, I've written a couple of little pieces for a new local site, CVEA. I'm hoping that site goes far and becomes a staple of the area.
![[Image] Cedar Valley Entertainment Authority](/images/freshsmall.gif)
Oh, yeah, and the Barnes & Noble opened in Waterloo. And, of course, like the whore I am, I went and spent a ton of money right away.
/June 13, 2003
It'll be nice when the Barnes & Noble opens in Waterloo. I won't have to get huffy about things and refuse to drive to Cedar Rapids just to look over new books. I won't have to go to Bought Again Books and get depressed because, while the used books selection is great, I don't get to see a good selection of what new books are out. I really wish it wasn't opening here, though.
I want Ruminator, Orr Books, Dreamhaven, Uncle Hugos and Bound to be Read. I already have trouble because the chains (oh, the lovely chain stores! how wonderful that we have such choice!) keep tricking me into thinking I live in a suburb of some other place (AKA Hell on Earth).
/April 29, 2003
Of course it's been three months since I've added anything to this site. I'd like to claim it is because I'm so busy. It's not. I just haven't bothered.
The weather is getting better around CF and I've been spending more and more time in the yard doing various yard-worky type things. I never figured myself for being one of those yard-work, gardening, type people. Who knew?
At any rate, I've got a new email .sig that I think I'm going to keep for quite a while, even though it's pretty long (IMO) for a .sig: To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. - Theodore Roosevelt
/January 21, 2003
Screen grab taken at Amazon.com.
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... in case you just didn't feel like doing laundry?
/December 20, 2002
Trent Lott resigned because the Republicans know the Democrats will use his words against the entire party. Of course, the Democrats can't agree on anything and can't seem to form a cohesive platform on anything so, I guess the Republicans are playing it as safe as possible. I'm sure they'll give him another important position anyway. It's not like the party disagrees with anything Lott said.
I'm in Iowa, where there is no formed atheist group, no visible political underground or altera-anything and I am getting restless. I've got to find something to do. If you have any insight into these sort of things as they relate to Iowa, you know what to do.
/November 08, 2002
Bandwidth leeches have been sucking from the teet of this site for a couple of months now. So, I thought I'd keep a public list of them as well as make the following statement to any people out there who are confused about what to do.
This site now has a policy on linking. No linking to images for use in .signatures (aka sig lines, signatures, sig, etc.), no linking to images to be used as avatars on any forum, web site, chat board, bbs, etc. If I catch you, and I will, not only will I contact the representative of the site you are using the link on, and ask for you to be punished per the specific board or site rules, but I'll also make a point of drawing attention to you as publicly as I can.
In other words, download it, store it somewhere else, THEN use it. It's called being polite.
Bonus ASCII Generator link.
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