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The Republicans are still pretending that they lost many of the 2012 elections, especially on the federal level, because they were not con...

Watching the returns after the 2012 election was mostly a thrilling experience. I'm so happy that the billions the Republican noise ...

Good pollworkers are the lifeblood of every election. It's a thankless job with long hours. Getting sharp pollworkers is vital, par...

It's interesting how terrified Republicans are of all adults voting. It's as if they've finally realized how irrelevant they...

I've had insomnia, on and off, since I was 5 years old.  Also had issues with depression and, at times, anxiety.  Been on and off of P...

I would like to be surprised by the way some people are trying to redefine the word "creep."  One person's bad behavior shoul...

I do not engage in any conversation in my blog with anonymous posters.  I normally delete such messages without even reading them.  I start...

[[Error correction - when I first posted this essay, I called it "He Said/She Said"  Not long afterwards, I realized that this ti...

I generally agree with Don D'Ammassa's " Ground Rules ," though I'm at the point where I don't read Websites li...

[[Another in an occasional series of republishing some of my old USENET essays (in this case, someone reminded me about this as I'd f...

I'll be on a couple of panels at Worldcon: Thu Aug 30 12:00:pm-1:30:pm  How to Moderate a Panel Addams Veteran panelists dis...

Original Version: February 1978 Updated: July 2007 Updated Again: July 2012 2007 was a bad year for health issues in our household. Le...

I joined USENET newsgroups in April 1988 due to the good graces of Massachusetts-based geek Jim Murray.  He was running USENET on a home sy...

I think Rodney was basically a decent man who did some bad things but was treated horribly by many people in Los Angeles. The cops used him...

Dear Representative Murphy I'm writing to ask you to think of a clever way to keep student college loan rates low. It is not at a...

Commentator Charles M. Blow wrote an interesting essay called " We Are Not Stupid ," in which he wonders how people can follow R...

April 2012 marks 10 years of my erratic blogging, 17 1/2 years of being active on the Web, 24 years of being a USENET participant, and 28 1...

2011 was a good year for movies, but it was not a great year for movies.  Last year, I found The Social Network , The King's Speech an...

I can't blame everything on my lack of sleep. After all, things are going well, but inadequate sleep makes such a difference! I've...

Don't forget to vote today!  And always bring your photo ID with you. Remember Before You Vote LAURIE D. T. MANN Many pol...