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I did not celebrate Christmas at all this year. I really am not big on holidays or family - been that way for well over a decade - but still it felt lonely and empty, with me wishing I was across town with the sisters I just sort of adopted a number of years back. They have real family to deal with on those days...
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I'm so tired and out of it right now. And so sick of Christmas already. It's post-Thanksgiving which I know is the big holiday season and all that, but I remember a time when there was almost an unwritten, universal rule that the decorations, sales, shows and songs didn't start until the day after Thanksgiving. Now some people start it the day after Halloween. It...
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I know it's turkey day, but I'm eating spaghetti and meatballs anyway. Maybe for Christmas I'll eat Chinese food A Christmas Story-style.

Not much to report. Today was actually a busy day at work for me, due to Thanksgiving being tomorrow and the night shift having to come in early because the holiday moves their deadlines up. So I had to oversee production/layout for this afternoon's newspaper and do advance work for Friday and the Sunday edition, which is all the stuff I do on Thursdays. I...
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Not much to say this week. The weather has finally turned cold after our prolonged Indian Summer and, really, it's struck back with a vengeance. Cold winds, temperatures that lower every day, snow and ice, the whole deal...

I always say I prefer the autumn/winter cold to the heat of summer because it's easier and more comfortable to bundle up and get warm (I like...
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It didn't take long for my surprisingly chipper reaction to last week's election results to wear off. One rough morning at work - Friday - and I was back to grumbling, stomping about and telling co-workers calling me for assistance to fuck off and figure it out themselves because I had my own issues to deal with.

I'm still not where I was in terms...
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My god. For the first time since September 2001 I think I can breathe again. For the first time since September 2001 and all the blunders that followed, I can finally say I'm proud of my country again. Reason and hope, a word that rarely appears in my vocabulary, have won out over fear and flag-toting belligerence. We might actually have grown ups running the...
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After moving my vacation back a week so another co-worker could spend a few more days away on some sort Jesus-borne sabbatical, I'm finally off all next week. It's time I'll proudly spend not paying attention to the election, since I've been reading the stories and writing the headlines for far too long now. Campaigns than last two years? Somehow waterboarding doesn't seem so bad...
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Random Quote of the Day:

Pinhead: Unbearable, isn't it? The suffering of strangers, the agony of friends. There is a secret song at the center of the world, Joey, and its sound is like razors through flesh.
Joey:I don't believe you.
Pinhead:Oh come, you can hear its faint echo right now. I'm here to turn up the volume. To press the stinking face...
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It doesn't happen that often, but it's always a strange feeling when you get ready to lay out an obituary page and glance through the names just to realize someone you knew or went to high school with is on the list with all the 70 year olds. None of us are getting any younger, but it's definitely not something you expect to see when...
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I'm so tired today. Physically and every other way. Feeling a bit ill as well, with both myself and the cat having a hard time holding down food, though she seems to be getting over it. All in all I can't wait to have a week of vacation three weeks from now. I need the sleep.

Beyond that all I've been doing is playing Saint's...
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The soundtrack for the last couple days has been a mix of my freshly dug up Rage Against The Machine CDs, Savage Love podcasts and Final Fantasy soundtracks. With such left-leaning geekery playing in the background it's no wonder I look at most my red state neighbors like they're total fucking aliens.

I'd like to convince myself it will be worth going out and voting...
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