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Tales from the DNC: Roll Call
Luckily we arrived early at the Pepsi Center at the Democratic National Convention on Day 3. We found seats at about 3:35 p.m. in section 335. (I just realized that....) We sat down and shortly after, the fun began.
Nancy Pelosi took the podium and announced that two people had been nominated for president and that the party would take Roll Call, where each state would cast its votes for the candidates.
And then Roll Call began. Alabama. People beside us were tallying the votes in their notebooks. Alaska. ...
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'YELLER' CrayonHow well, I do remember everything about that first day of elementary school, in 1965. I think it was shocked into me in a way that I would never forget. We had just moved to the rural area where ...
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FINALLY Get To Build My First...Yes, I got to go to Greenville, North Carolina and build my first ever dome superstructure from the ground up! My trip there will be another story. I had been regularly corresponding with Rob Las...
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Identity TheftI just had one of the things I've been dreading most happen to me. But on the upside...God was looking out for me last Thursday. It all started because of some random phone calls. A man named Grego...
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The Other OlympicsThe last fireworks blasted their bright colors over the Bird's Nest a few weeks ago. Most athletes (if they didn't choose to travel longer abroad after the Games) are home now, basking in their cou...
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Long distance frustrationFrustration. Without willful consent, this word acquired new meaning for me. Before being left by him, it was a conscious irritation. Post being left by him; it became a physical pull that haunted ...
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Hanna, Ike, & JosephineCall it women's intuition, premonition, or what ever you like; but I am really tracking these next 3 Hurricanes closely. I normally do not feel such apprehension, but something tells me this years ...
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UmbrellasThankful when I have one. Frustrated and wet when I don't. Yet, still wet when I do. Struggling to keep it from flying away, or inside out. Wondering when the next wind gust will drive rain ins...
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Waiting For DaddyEver since Cesar has been big enough to get on the couch, he has loved to lay on the back and look out the window. At first I didn't mind, but when he started marking his territory on my cushion...
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