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Wow, What A Year!

Oh those holiday season solicitations

They obviously don't mean this to read the way I interpreted it, but I sure can't help but think that this is not a patriotic thing to do.

Top 20 (23?) songs of 2008!

I assembled my top songs of 2008 for a different purpose, but repost here to keep 3PG alive!

"Single Ladies," Beyonce
"Closer," Ne-Yo
"Soldier," Erykah Badu
"Hip-Hop Saved My Life," Lupe Fiasco
"Heartless," Kanye West
"WeFight/WeLove," Q-Tip
"You Belong," Hercules and Love Affair
"Lost!," Coldplay
"The Youth/Time to Pretend/Electric Feel," MGMT
"I'm a Lady," Santogold vs Diplo
"A-Punk," Vampire Weekend
"Feel the Same," Groove Armada
"Feel the Love," Cut Copy
"Walking on a Dream," Empire of the Sun
"Sex on Fire," Kings of Leon
"T.O.N.Y.," Solange
"Fine Again/Soul's on Fire," Anthony Hamilton
"Universal Mind Control," Common
"Heartbeat," Madonna
"Who's Gonna Save My Soul," Gnarls Barkley

baby skype

decorated tree

scrooge

Happy Hanukkah!

X-Mas gift idea

OK, so it's not sexy, but it's an environmentally responsible way to clean and buying out stores' supplies is going to send a clear message to Arm & Hammer not to pull the product.

More HERE.

a little ladybug

from the attic

snow!

awwwwwwwwww

Cute Things Falling Asleep

xmas tree stage 1:lights!

umm, really?

how long can you last til you stop it?

Ice bar!

landed...and feeling kinda woozy

sigh...

Last night on the 210, as an accident up ahead was slowing traffic to a halt, I saw too late that the guy in front of me had already come to a complete stop. I slammed my brakes but just skidded right into him, my airbag deployed and the front of my car was crushed and smoking. I walked away fine -- my left wrist and right knee hurt but not badly enough to justify an ER visit -- the dude I hit was even more fine and his car was even more fine. Not really sure how that happened but if you're going to hit a car from behind I highly recommend hitting an SUV.

It was immediately clear to me that my poor little car was totaled and was not going anywhere so I had to abandon it in lanes, as they say. I grabbed my laptop and my favorite hat (priorities, hello,) threw on the hazards and made it through what was at that point a parking lot of cars to the side of the freeway. 10 or 15 minutes later, though, traffic had cleared up and CHiPs hadn't arrived yet so cars were whizzing by my car, some swerving to miss it at the last moment. Then the inevitable happened: a car slammed right into mine at what sounded like top speed. I just heard the crash and saw my car spinning around, glass and metal flying everywhere, but didn't ever see the car, which somehow kept driving.

sigh.

Hmm, maybe saying I walked away from the car in the condition you see it in below (Unbreakable, anyone?) would make a better story...

Kind of cool.

Prop 8 - The Musical

See more Jack Black videos at Funny or Die

chocolate rain

OK, how did we never discuss Tay Zonday on here?



Perhaps it's because, really, what do you say?

Mmm...cake!

Eli Cornell's first birthday!

Mmmmm

Mmmm, shawarma before the dentist

when in rome...

fuschha in effect

paresh's wedding crazy

going bollywood

ganesh

I joined the impact

in Chicago

yeah elk pasture

I randomly came across a fenced-in elk pasture near my hotel. Check out the rack on this guy!

yeah fuschia vest

UPDATE: To elaborate, I'm in Chicago for Paresh's wedding. The tux that we're all wearing includes this sweet vest. Pretty funny. Tonight is some Indian folk dancing and tomorrow is the ceremony early and then the reception. Apparently there's some ritual where I have to keep Paresh's shoes from being stolen by the bride's side, otherwise he has to pay hundreds of dollars to get his shoes back before he can leave with his bride. I've heard tales of brothers of brides tackling the priest to get the shoes. Umm, yeah, I don't think I'll be doing much of that, thanks though.

Info overload?

Just joined del.icio.us and Stumbleupon.

Wii!

Ok, just came home from Costco with a Wii. What else do I need? I know it only comes with 1 controller and Target had many controller options. Help!

I'm sure if I can find Wii Fit, I'll buy that.

Anyone else think it's sort of sily to maintain the campaign graphics?

third in a series

James Oh worked in Research and is now in Current on the fancy 4th floor (I'm on 2.)

heeheehee

Ok, I'll keep up the Prop 8 hope a little longer...

Roughly 400,000 votes separate yes from no on Prop 8 – out of 10 million votes tallied.
Based on turnout estimates reported yesterday, we expect that there are more than 3 million and possibly as many as 4 million absentee and provisional ballots yet to be counted.
Given that fundamental rights are at stake, we must wait to hear from the Secretary of State tomorrow how many votes are yet to be counted as well as where they are from.
It is clearly a very close election and we monitored the results all evening and this morning.
As of this point, the election is too close to call.
Because Prop 8 involves the sensitive matter of individual rights, we believe it is important to wait until we receive further information about the outcome.

Geoff KorsExecutive CommitteeNO on Prop 8
Kate KendellExecutive CommitteeNO on Prop 8

Prop 8 has stolen a lot of my happiness.

Did have a fun election night though. Here's the election night crowd. People were pretty psyched. I'm all, "I'm just happy he's a Democrat!"

president-elect

concession. History.

old man votes for self

Cutest Supporter Ever?

Claudia's pup, Sam.

I voted too!

I Voted!

Woo hoo!

how many stories like this around the country today?

via e-mail:

The reports of broken down voting machines in Willingboro NJ were true and led to some pretty crazy long lines.

This is the least white town in the entire NJ-3 and so the Adler campaign sent over coffee and donuts to the masses waiting and when we arrived with the food the entire crowd was chating O-BA-MA and pumping their fists in defiance. this went on for about an hour.

it was such a moving site that is sends goosebumps up my arms just thinking about it.

The machines are fixed and NO ONE budged from the line.

Good for NJ, for Obama, for my boss John Adler and (mostly) for democracy.

That's the report on the ground from NJ-3 where the Congressional seat is still very much a tossup.

I AM FREAKING OUT.

Holy election anxiety.

tear

1 day to change

The sun has set on my vacation

I'm back, and I can't say I'm terribly excited about that.

Dreamin' BIG

the only word i recognize is obama

Funny (or sad) cuz it's true

Josh Marshall:

Joe the Plumber, Tito the Builder, Jay the Contractor ... I just realized that Sarah Palin is making the election sound a lot like the pre-school shows my two year old son watches.

mini barack

ho. ly. crap.

Second in the series

Mike, visiting from the NY office last week.

Defeating 8

Defeating Proposition 8 is the number one priority for progressives in California this year. We know Barack is going to win the state but a lot of Barack voters are going to vote FOR 8, not understanding that he has been a vocal critic of it. So what can we do to help defeat it?

Well, first of all, let everyone know you oppose it. You can do this by talking to everyone you know personally, of course, but also by using the social networking sites to send the message that you are going to vote No on 8.

1. change your Facebook and Twitter profile pics to the No on 8 button.
2. change your Facebook status and tweet the fact that you changed your profile pic
3. follow @noonprop8 on Twitter and tell all your twitter friends to do the same

It's not much but it can actually have a real impact.

Beeton and I saw a minor celebrity last night.

This is a dramatic reenactment.

when conservatives make their own crazy ass videos

VOTE NO ON 8!

my girlie book club

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boo!

i voted

More literal 80s fun.

Dawgz sure do grow fast.

June.



October.

Cool

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When In Rome