Of all the moving words and sounds and images yesterday, it was Elizabeth Alexander's poignant poem that finally put me over the edge and got me bawling. I'm posting it here, because her words express everything I feel about yesterday better than I ever could.
Check this out: my dear friend MC, who lives in Portland and knows I've never seen snow, made this video just for me:
My friend Gena was one of the 27 electors chosen to represent Florida in the Electoral College. When she cast her vote for Barack Obama in Tallahassee on Monday, she was also one of the two openly gay electors -- the first in Florida's history. (The other was Chip Arndt, of Amazing Race and Florida [...]
Gov. Crist just got married at First Methodist, like, an hour ago. Check out this awesome lede on the St. Pete Times: When Gov. Charlie Crist kissed the bride, it was tender and brief. She wanted more. So she put her hands on his face and kissed him again. Later on... The biggest celebrity, perhaps, [...]
Sydney has gotten much better as she's gotten older about begging for & stealing food. But she still will try to sneak a bite off a discarded plate from time to time. Like just now. My dad left to do some errands, and before he went I had him make me up a plate of [...]
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