So, there's this friend of mine, old band-mate, actually from when I used to play with a medieval & renaissance dance group.

On Thursday she got her citizenship papers, and naturally enough announced this on her blog. I pointed out that Maryland now has same-day registration during early voting.


Yesterday, she showed up at the early voting center I was working, registered, and voted.

Really made my day: I'll repeat the congratulations and thank you here anonymously.

Awesome!!!

She deserves the congrats, that's for sure. A tip of the hat from the heartland!

I was assigned Blanche from the Golden Girls for our group Halloween costume.

BOOOOO! Thought I'd swing by and scare you all! :yikes:

:yikes: I just about jumped up from my chair! :yikes:

Good to see you, Coaster! Don't be a stranger. :thumbs:

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Today and tomorrow in Mexico are celebrated as "The Day of the Dead." The Day of the Dead (Spanish: Día de los Muertos) is a Mexican holiday celebrated throughout Mexico, in particular the Central and South regions, and by people of Mexican heritage elsewhere. The multi-day holiday focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died, and help support their spiritual journey. Dates, today, correspond to All Saints and All Souls Day.

This is the second day of "Dia de los Muertos" and also All Saints Day. I may not be here tomorrow morning. I'm on an overnight retreat tonight where I have to give a half-hour talk. I'm planning on coming home to sleep, but may or may not have time to get on to Pixies. In any case, I will see you Saturday night/Sunday morning. :wave:

Daylight Savings Time Ends At 2:00am Today
 

If you're on DST in the US or Canada, Daylight Savings time ended at 2:00am this morning (if it was in effect in your area.


Hey, it's an extra hours sleep. :)

Did you know … today is the 328th day of the year. How about that? :)

Today is 14th Anniversary with Girlfriend C.

Congratulations. It's also Wednesday (now) which means it's my early morning meeting day.

My uncle died last week. Been dealing with the fallout the past few days. Finally found out that there's not going to be any memorial service or anything like that. Kind of a relief, actually not having to deal with my dysfunctional family. Kicker is, though, long about a week ago, I got a hankering to call him up, see how he was getting along. Instead of doing this, I let myself get distracted by all the other shit going on in my life.

So, now I'm just kind of in the staring at the wall phase.