Two special cousins died yesterday

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Sunday December 28, 2008 · 1:01 AM PST

2008/12/28 · 01:01

My partner's cousins were killed in a car accident yesterday. They were driving to a post-Christmas family gathering, and they slid on black ice right into the path of an oncoming truck.

We've been in shock these last two days. I don't know how it can just happen like that, that two wonderful, vital people can just be dead, all of the sudden. I keep thinking about the next time I will see them... before I remember that I won't be seeing them.

We don't live near them - we are in California and they were in Indiana. My partner is going to the funeral this week, but we are quite tight on money and we couldn't afford to buy four tickets (for me and the boys) - we could have afforded two, but there is no one to take care of our 2 and 6 year olds. So it's just my partner going. I feel sad about that, but I guess it is okay.

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Tuesday September 23, 2008 · 1:58 PM PDT

2008/09/23 · 13:58

I just saw this on abcnews.com's news blog:

No one wants to have a beer with Barack Obama, it seems. Many would like to have a beer with Joe Biden. John McCain, maybe. Sarah Palin, for sure. This "have-a-beer" as presidential quality may be an exclusively American phenomenon. A quick search finds, among other things, that George W. Bush routinely beat John Kerry in actual "who'd-you-prefer-to-have-a-beer-with" polls.

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Who would you MOST like to have a drink with?

118 votes Vote Now!

Who would you MOST like to have a drink with?

Obama, because he seems like a good guy.

45 votes

Obama - so I can give him my stellar policy recommendations.

7 votes

Biden - just because.

20 votes

McCain - to see if I can get him to publicly lose his temper.

5 votes

Palin - for the comedy factor.

5 votes

Michelle, 'nuff said.

7 votes

Who wants beer? Open up the Glenlivet and let's get elitist!

24 votes

Other - tell us about it in the comments!

5 votes

How this election is helping me raise my kids

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Friday September 12, 2008 · 6:47 AM PDT

2008/09/12 · 06:47

I am finding this election cycle to be, without question, the most interesting one I have experienced in my couple of decades plus of paying attention. Not only are we seeing new boundaries being crossed, with the nomination of an African-American for President and a woman for Vice President; not only do we have an amazing candidate who addresses hard issues head-on, quite unlike any other Presidential candidate I have ever seen; and not only are we experiencing some extremely weird twists and turns, such as sexist McCain accusing Obama of sexism.

This election is interesting to me on a different level: it's the first presidential election in which I have a child who is old enough to see his parents extremely interested in (obsessed with?) election coverage, wonder why, and ask interesting questions.

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Two special cousins died yesterday

Drinkin' with the candidates (with poll)

How this election is helping me raise my kids