Trying to take care of my little piece of the planet
I warned you a month or so ago that I would be unhealthily consumed by politics until this all sorts out next week on Election Day. While my tunnel vision means that I haven’t posted about winterizing the water system, removing the tomato cages and mixing the Jersey Giant pullets in with the big girls; [...]
Posted on October 27th, 2008 by jack-of-all-thumbs
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OK, I got lucky with predicting that Sarah Palin would be McCain’s (or rather Steve Schmidt’s) choice for VP, and I’m feeling cocky.
Based on an interesting article here, I’m predicting that this man will be Obama’s choice for Secretary of State should he win.
(yeah, let’s not talk about my Colin Powell prediction that didn’t turn [...]
Posted on October 15th, 2008 by jack-of-all-thumbs
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I made the mistake of looking at my 401K a few minutes ago.
Somehow in picture form, it doesn’t look any better.
Given that I pay someone to ‘manage’ this, perhaps I should have just been stuffing my monthly contribution into Mr. Sealy or Ms. Serta.
Posted on October 14th, 2008 by jack-of-all-thumbs
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Last night after a quick run through the fall garden picking a handful of cabbage worms and webworms off the broccoli and collards, I settled on the porch to watch a beautiful sunset. Since my wife was watching a television program on the other side of the wall while making us another fabulous dinner, I [...]
Posted on October 14th, 2008 by jack-of-all-thumbs
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Since an Obama presidency became a possibility, I’ve been convinced that he would need at least a 6% lead in the battleground states to overcome the reluctance by some voters to actually vote for a black candidate, despite telling pollsters they intend to. In political shorthand, that discrepancy is known as the ‘Bradley Effect’ after [...]
Posted on October 9th, 2008 by jack-of-all-thumbs
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