Real Life

Another reason the aforementioned facebook ad resonated with me (usually I can tune them out) is that we’re expecting!  I apologize if this is a surprise to you, it just means I haven’t seen you in person to share the news.

Today, is Patty’s birthday – head on over an wish her a happy one!

Jason left this awesome comment in my post about immigrants being held indefinitely. Since I’m paranoid about allowing ANY html in the comments, it got mangled Here’s how the law in question (the Military Commissions Act of 2006) defines "Persons Subject to Military Commissions": `Any alien unlawful enemy combatant is subject to trial by military

Although Immigrants is used in the headline, Immigrants May Be Held Indefinitely, from reading the article it appears this applies to non-citizen immigrants.  Or does that mean you’re not an immigrant anymore once you’re a citizen.  Not that it matters anymore, if the President says your an enemy combatant, you rSOL and can be disappeared. 

A more eventful week than I would have preferred, as a fever forced me to leave work early on Tuesday. Bed rest and little else were the order of the day through Wednesday. Yesterday, Pete called to let me know he finally got engaged to Melissa. Although hes had the ring for a few weeks

Despite using the phrase "Stay the course" repeatedly to differentiate his policy from those who would "cut-and-run" in Iraq, President Bush is now revising history saying "We’ve never been stay the course, George!".  Watch the interview with George Stephanopoulos.

The same techniques online marketers used to track open rates for bulk mail were used by Hewlett Packard to track the source of email leaks.  Its hilarious that they’ve since been named PattyMail – I think my sister has a trademark on that.  PattyMails are either really funny status updates or "Hi, don’t want to

I’ve reorganized my online gallery and have also added pictures. First, there’s a set from United home game honoring the 1996 championshi team. At this game, Staci turned into quite the autograph hound and among the ones she collected were Etcheverry, Raul Diaz Arce, Jaime Moreno, Jeff Agood, Ben Olsen, and a lot of other

Self described "economist by day and diner by night" Tyler Cowen writes an article in the Washington Post on ethnic dining in the Washington metropolitan area. People are often surprised when I tell them there are many Bolivian restaurants in the area, although less so than before. In his article, he interviews Victor Serrano, owner