confessions of a reformed tourist
The newly-elected Prime Minister of Grenada, Tillman Thomas, wrote this lovely note of congratulations to Barack Obama:
The Government and the people of Grenada are extremely elated over your amazing election as the 44th President of the United States of America, and do offer you our sincere congratulations.
The fact that you are the first African-American [...]
At 11:51 PM on Tuesday I typed the last words of my liveblog and finally stepped away from the computer. The networks had called the election. I had confirmed it on Twitter. I wasn’t celebrating yet. I was cautious.
But then the miracle happened. Mere minutes after the call, John McCain [...]
Wednesday morning. Still bawling like a baby. Post later.
Welcome to my Election Day liveblog. Oy.
8:56 AM (Atlantic Time!): On Twitter, Election Day is already in full swing. People come out of the voting booth choked up. “Are you fired up?” A resounding yes.
8:58 AM: Dear Ann Coulter, please shut up. You make me embarrassed to be [...]
Madelyn Dunham passed away yesterday. She was 86.
Barack Obama and Maya Soetoro-Ng released this statement:
“It is with great sadness that we announce that our grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, has died peacefully after a battle with cancer. She was the cornerstone of our family, and a woman of extraordinary accomplishment, strength, and humility. She was [...]
Behold, the best Obama parody yet – SUPERBARACK. From the fellas who brought us Baracky. So much better than that silly ass dance-off. Leagues beyond Barack Goes to Bollywood.
Watching this made me laugh, and then I nearly cried. Seriously, can somebody knock me out until Wednesday?
(Thanks to Nichelle of 55 Secret [...]
“The American story has never been about things coming easy – it’s been about rising to the moment when the moment was hard. It’s about rejecting fear and division for unity of purpose. That’s how we’ve overcome war and depression. That’s how we’ve won great struggles for civil rights and women’s rights and workers’ rights. [...]
Do you remember when I was 16 and going to Hawaii? You told me about the Honolulu Santiagos, your cousins who left Puerto Rico as teens, like you did. Except they went to Hawaii instead of New York. They’d heard, you said, about the pineapple. You said I should look them [...]
My beautiful, loving and faithful Macbook is out of commission at the moment. This is, in my personal little universe, a tragedy of epic proportions.
I could blame it on the toddler, the one who (allegedly) dropped it. But, in truth, we can blame me, the mommy, who – had she not been insanely [...]
This video made me cry. But it was worth it.
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