There is a line that should not be crossed in anything that is socially and culturally acceptable and we feel that John McCain has overstepped that line yesterday. He and his associates have started sending out mailers that essentially alludes to the idea that Barack Obama is a Terrorist. That sort of messaging is inappropriate and completely unacceptable. If you’d like to do something about it, go here and donate to the Obama campaign so that his campaign can fight back! (via Theme | RNC calls Obama a Terrorist)
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The New Novel by Ed Park, Personal Days. Published by Random House
Do you still have my copy of Personal Days? You know, the Ed Park novel that I “borrowed” from Laars, who bought it because the L.A. Times compared it to Vonnegut and he hearts Vonnegut. He liked it a lot…anyway, let me know if you’re through with it, because I need something to read…The cover looks like this, just to jog your memory:
Fudge (xxxviii)
I’m very glad Fudge is back. Truly a visual splendor with literary merits.
I remember once when I rubbed pumpkin pie filling all over my face and nobody laughed, said Pendleton Potts. A few years later I siad to Glorious Jones, Remember when I rubbed pumpkin pie filling all over my face and nobody laughed? And she said yes. I don’t know, I think that really sums up marriage.
From Awesome
, a novel by Jack Pendarvis
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Margaret and Helen
My name is Helen Philpot. I am 82 years old. My grandson taught me how to do this so that I could “blog” with my best friend Margaret Schmechtman who I met in college almost 60 years ago. I have three children with my husband Harold. Margaret has three dogs with her husband Howard. I live in Texas and Margaret lives in Maine.
The Unfinished Swan is a surreal maze game set in an entirely white world. Fortunately you can splatter paint to help you find your way out. (via The Unfinished Swan)
The Unfinished Swan - Tech Demo 9/2008 from Ian Dallas on Vimeo.
Sister Cecilia Gaudette, who last voted for President Eisenhower in 1952, has registered to vote and says she will vote for Democrat Barack Obama.
(via BBC NEWS | Americas | 106-year-old voter chooses Obama)
Vogel5050
New York collectors Dorothy and Herbert Vogel, with the help of the National Gallery of Art, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services, have launched a national gift program entitled The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States.
H.O.W | Helping Orphans Worldwide | Alison Weaver | Natasha Radojcic | Founding Editors | Literary Journal
H.O.W. is an art & literary journal that donates its submission fees to an orphanage that specifically houses and supports both HIV positive and HIV negative children.
Donna Brazile: “If I Were Running This Campaign”
On Saturday, October 4th, Jeffrey Toobin hosted a panel discussion with Donna Brazile, Alex Castellanos, Edward J. Rollins, and Joe Trippi. As reported earlier, Brazile stole the show. Brazile’s impassioned closing remarks begin at 1:12:10.




