btw, everybody

i'm sick, too.

this icon is what i *wish* i could be doing right now, but sinuses hate me.

i'll be all right to sleep again in about 20 minutes after the next batch of pseudofed kicks in...

Black not replaced by Black the 2nd! (Loudoun Politics)

But Staton lost in many of the same precincts in eastern Loudoun that brought down his father-in-law, former delegate Richard H. Black (R), in November. They are also the precincts where Gov. Timothy M. Kaine (D) surprised observers from both parties by winning on the same slow-growth, improve-traffic message espoused in yesterday's election by Herring.

winning at 62% does (nicely) mean that had Cyd and I not made it back in time to vote, it wouldn't have hurt..

President's request for no human-animal research...

...is overarching, inappropriate, and based on a field of ignorance and bigotry, not knowledge of science.

His "request" would halt a very powerful and significant line of research into Down Syndrome.

It also goes without saying (but a bunch like me are saying it anyways) that his supposed commitment to improving science and maths in the higher grades runs completely contrary to the proposal that Intelligent Design be included in nationwide curriculum...