Hawaii Blog

The turkeys pardoned by President Bush today — the “First Turkey,” for the first time a female, and the backup (in case, I guess, the “First Turkey” bites the dust before the White House ceremony) — were named Katie and Zack.

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I agree with my wife in thinking the anti-Democratic automated telemarketing effort hitting Honolulu is terrible, and in Jen’s case, definitely backfired. (Although local reports have the Hawaii Republican Party disavowing any involvement, even suggesting the attack calls secretly being arranged by the Dems.) And that the negative campaigning is reaching new lows.
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Not that I’ve been a prolific journaler or blogger lately anyway, but in case you’re wondering why IMR isn’t going to see many updates for the month of November, it’s because I’m writing elsewhere.
Yep, I’m doing the NaNoWriMo thing (National Novel Writing Month, for the uninitiated). A wholly ridiculous commitment to generating 50,000 words [...]

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