From Ezra:
This convention feels heavier. It’s not that it’s easy to see Obama losing, but it’s somehow also hard to see him winning. And as historically important as 2004 felt, Kerry’s natural anti-charisma depersonalized the election. Kerry was a compromise: He represented Democrats nominating what they thought the country wanted, and there was a quiet [...]

Woohoo!
I’m so very glad I didn’t ship it from Amazon.

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I have two brothers, Joel and Thomas. We’re pretty close, as far as siblings go. We’ve not all lived together for five years, but that doesn’t really make it difficult. We talk all the time, and hang out lots. They are some of my closest friends. And they both [...]

Oh man, I’m having an angsty teen day today! I thought I was well and truly past my teen years, but every now and then, my angst rears its ugly head. I woke on the wrong side of the bed, and it’s just all been downhill from there. Urgh.