As you might know, I have a sign on my office door that reads: “The FBI has not been here. Watch closely for the removal of this sign.” It’s been on my door for a while now; I put it up shortly after the ALA‘s response to the Patriot Act. Sometime between 6 p.m. last [...]
Yesterday, Greg wrote a thought-provoking post about “Sorry, everybody.” I don’t agree with him, but it certainly made me think, particularly about apologies and why they’re important to me. The reason why I don’t agree with Greg is very simple: in my opinion, apologizing is not a sign of weakness, of weeniedom. It’s the opposite. [...]
I’m nauseated by some folks’ reactions to the election, particularly those in the Bay Area. We are so isolated here that it is quite easy for us all to say “this is not my America” or “I’m moving to Canada” or burn effigies of Bush. This last has me especially upset. Burning someone in effigy, [...]
According to MSNBC (television, not website), an unconfirmed AP report says Kerry has called Bush to concede. I know this election had more issues than the presidential race, but, aside from the stem-cell research in California, every one of them is disappointing me right now. I got so worked up about it all that I [...]
It doesn’t look good. And as the perfectly-coifed newscaster just reminded me, a candidate’s victory is not contingent on the concession of the other. But now everybody’s going to bed and forgetting about it until 10:00 (in which time zone, I wonder), so I will too. Please let there be better news in a few [...]
