August 2010
1 post
June 2010
1 post
3 tags
My Election Tips/Rules for Professional...
A good friend of mine recently engaged in a Congressional election as a campaign manager. Since I am someone who has worked in politics for several years, he asked me for advice. I compiled the following list of rules, tips, and advice to help him along the way - and guess what HE WON! I now share this list with you so you can win YOUR campaign. Pay attention people - this is everything you...
May 2010
5 posts
Pet Safety Harness
Please follow the skymallexplained tumblr if you don’t already! You’ll love it I swear.
skymallexplained:
SkyMall says:
Our new Pet Safety Harness features a patented design to secure your dog in the back seat to help avoid injury during sudden stops or an accident. This unique vest is designed to fit comfortably around your dog’s chest. Simply adjust the super strong...
Multi Cultural Watch
skymallexplained:
SkyMall says:
It”s “time” to “face” the facts this is the most unique, most colorful, most adorable watch you’ve ever seen. Each face on the band is a handmade polymer clay bead, and the faces are all hand painted. 7 1/2″ long.
We say:
This ugly (and possibly racist) watch helps crazy art teachers tell time for sixty dollars.
Price: $59.00 Buy it on SkyMall: click...
April 2010
2 posts
Make Your Passenger Seat Your Office
Yes! SkyMallExplained has jumped to tumblr!
skymallexplained:
SkyMall says:
These workstations strap to the seat with the existing seat belt and provide a non-slip writing surface, a hanging file section and space for a laptop and accessories. Lightweight at just 19 lbs. yet the rugged styrene stand up to years of use. Made in USA. (Express Model imported.) Not for use while driving.
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McAwesome: The YDA Caucus Fail Part 1 →
I tweeted some responses, and wanted to make sure they got attached to this for all who are reading - t
@hailsnow so you think the problem is who is let in the room at caucuses? What are your 3 steps to fixing this prob?
@hailsnow yda is a federation, diversity probs start at the local level. Want diverse membership? Create chapters in comms of color then help those chapters succeed....
March 2010
2 posts
February 2010
5 posts
Sky Mall Kitties →
It has been too long since we last posted. The sad news is Trevor has died.
The good news is this video will make you smile.
Oh, also – I murdered Trevor.
January 2010
3 posts
December 2009
3 posts
A favorite memory of 09. (1 of a series)
Not surprisingly, one of my favorites comes from the intense healthcare town hall meetings of August.
While at the Murfreesboro townhall that Rep. Gordon hosted, I decided to be relatively incognito. As our team handed out pro-reform buttons, gave water to those who needed it (even if they were against reform but were thirsty, we aren’t animals!), and chatted with people about the...
“And yet all too often, these words are ignored. In some countries, the failure...”
– from President Barack Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech.
November 2009
3 posts
October 2009
1 post
and virginia goes red
abirdstealingbread:
At the risk of jinxing Creigh Deeds, Bob McDonnell is going to win the Virginia Governor’s race. And whose fault is this? That’s right, Creigh Deeds.
Marc Ambinder has a great run-down of the Deeds Campaign’s missteps, including their belief that Obama Democrats would show up without being given a reason to.
As Tony says, “this is a lesson to these old conservative type...
September 2009
3 posts
“When you list your life’s accomplishments will it look like a resume, or...”
– My dad to me last night. It is a powerful warning coming from him. He was an ambitious young man and the hardest worker I ever knew. He is taking stock on where a lot of that took him and what he had to give up to get there.
Natasha Vargas-Cooper Sells 'Mad Men' Book →
natashavc:
I’m a little floaty right now. :)
Huge props to my buddy NVC for selling a book based on her excellent Mad Men Footnotes blog. MMFN is excellent, and I am sure the book with all its purty pictures will be just as good.
Buy the book whe it is done, in the meantime read the blog.
WatchObv Zach is bad-A. Ms. Theron always impresses too.
August 2009
12 posts
"General Welfare of the United States"
Already at third rail, speaker mentions defense spending which “by the way, is in our constitution!” as one of the costs we have in gov’t. He is implying as many opponents do that the US Constitution doesn’t allow Congress to reform health care. I think they have not read ALL of Article 1.
tony and logan at lunch
abirdstealingbread:
A weekly feature on what they ate.
Tony: A pepperoni Hot Pocket to eat, a Tab to drink.
Logan: I’m not sure, because I dropped the ball and failed to ask. But I do know he ate McDonald’s Chicken McNuggets while in town for his FS exam, which he nailed.
Me: Chicken lasagna and potatoes au gratin.
Tony lives and works in Nashville; Logan serves his country in Moscow,...
abirdstealingbread:
In 1957, the (Sen. John) Kennedy Commission reported to the Senate its choices for our nation’s greatest Senators: Clay, Calhoun, Webster, LaFollette, and Taft. Surely if the commission could have looked ahead, it would have included another Kennedy among its choices: the youngest brother, Teddy.
Senator Kennedy wrote over 300 pieces of legislation that affect the lives of...
OMG. I found the Babbit for Congress jingle on my...
July 2009
5 posts
“There are three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who has the same first name as a city; and never get involved with a woman with a tattoo of a dagger on her body. Now you stick to that, and everything else is cream cheese.”. Teen Wolf
More for Maritza. They are called “guilty...
80s cover band.
Me and CTW activist on Nashville liberal radio... →
June 2009
2 posts
Can a regular chain fence from home depot or...
fwya:
This tumblr is amazingly hilarious. Fun with yahoo answers.
May 2009
10 posts
“I associate myself much more with Gen X than I ever will with Gen Y. To even...”
– So angsty, so misinformed.
Gen Y is an old term that is largely being disregarded in favor of Millenial since their relation to GenX is largely irrelavant to their generational makeup. So why use their name as inspiration.
Like with any generations there is some debate over the years - but...