Ladies and Gentlemen, back because I am missing my OS peeps, (I am not so arrogant to beleive that there is any such thing as popular demand where I am concerned) I have decided to liveblog Part II of the finale of that perennial Bravo Network favorite, "Top Chef." 

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I've been gone awhile.....

 WATCH THIS SPACE TONIGHT!

 It may not be Iron Pundit vs. Iron Stomach, it may not even be politics, but I really feel like coming home tonight.  So tune in here to watch TOP CHEF and be treated to a liveblog of the finale, Liz-style!

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On Monday, I met with Little Man’s new doctor.  Little Man loves Dr. Small because he talks to him and plays games with him and his office is on the fourth floor of a building that has an elevator.  Little Man loves elevators.  My guess is that when Little/… Read full post »

So nice you can read it twice over at Sandra's place

 Part I: In Which We Check Out The Pre-Inaugural Scene

 Sandra: Everything about this trip was special. Even being at the airport.  The Man and I took the red-eye, and it was a full flight, every single seat taken.  Pe/… Read full post »

My son wants to hear the same story over and over again.  Right now, he’s on a “Knuffle Bunny” kick.  A few months ago it was “Green Eggs and Ham.” For a brief period this summer, he was all about “Sheep in a Jeep.”  Every/… Read full post »

NYTimes

The parishioners of St. Francis in Boston receive holy communion 

As modern liberal Americans, we are used to thinking about Christians as the dominant religious force in our society, wielding their faith sometimes with grace, often as a cudgel, but always as the bigg… Read full post »

It’s important to know who your friends are.  In the digital age, it can be very hard to tell.

I have a Facebook page.  I have also experimented with MySpace, though these days that’s really a means of keeping tabs on certain musicians and actors whose careers I l/… Read full post »

We were the only ones on the bus going from the Hertz rental drop off back to the airport.  Little Man, the husband and I were returning from a week plus at my mom’s place in Florida where/… Read full post »

Now that my son is in school again, the rhythm of a Christmas break enters my life again.

 I remember the first time that I went without a Christmas break, just after I had finished school, and I remember thinking that it was cruel and a little unfair.  Everyone could use… Read full post »

I was hoping that I was finished with this.

Every parent approaches the first parent-teacher conference with some trepidation.  After all, it’s a new experience.  You’ve been dumping your child off at this place five days a week, and arriving dutifully a few hours/… Read full post »

Okay folks, here it is, your chance to meet your fellow OSers who are in Washington DC to witness the inauguration of Barack Obama!

 WHEN: 

Sunday, January 18, 2009

5:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.

 WHERE:

WHAT TO EXPE… Read full post »

My three-year old son has a remarkable penchant for elevators and escalators.  To us they are conveyances, tools to get us from one point to another.  To a three-year-old, they are magic carpets, whisking him up and down to places exotic – like the second floor.  We can convince/… Read full post »

Can you remember a time when there was this much hullaballoo over a transfer of power in the White House?  I sure can’t.

Sure, this is an historic moment.  That can’t be lost on anyone.  But if I see one more commemorative plate, coin, DVD or other whozit adv/… Read full post »

I still remember the night that I met him.

He was with his friends, people I knew vaguely and fallen in with that night by happenstance.  It was his friend Kai who told him to walk me home.  On Sunday he held me close in a goodbye hug, my head tucked/… Read full post »

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Yesterday morning, the New York Times reported that Hillary is “agonizing” over the decision of whether to accept the position of Secretary of State that the Obama camp has not “officially” offered her yet, but for which it says it is “interested&rdq… Read full post »

In Washington DC, you get used to the notion that people are transitory. If you move here, it takes a good two to five years to really make friends, because at first when people meet you they expect you to be gone.  That is, after all, something of a/… Read full post »

So yes, I am a lemming.   I am also having writer's block. Maybe the Brella's  meme is just what I need......  

Who are you?
Squint your eyes and look closer

I’m not between you and your ambition

I am poster girl with no poster

I am 32 flavors and then some  --… Read full post »

Wow.  It’s finally here, isn’t it?  The big day.  Election ’08.

You know the drill by now – I will test my liveblogging pundit skills against the craziness of election eve and see if I can retain my Iron Stomach.  Tonight the Iron Stoma/… Read full post »

So The Littlest Pundit went out for Halloween....

 He lasted about 30 minutes before he got tired and had to go home.  Also, the house with the freaky goblin really, really scared him.

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This is an excerpt from a personal blog I had several years ago.  This post first appeared before the 2004 elections, when I was serving as a local precinct captain.  Please spread this around to women beyond OS if you have a mind to:

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In which I pimp out my toddler in the name of combining political commentary and cuteness......

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These days, electoral maps and permutations of electoral maps have become political mandalas, pored over by voters and pundits alike in an attempt to figure out exactly what might happen November 4^th.  No amount of meditation brings enlightenment.  The remaining toss up states on th/… Read full post »

Okay, THIS is so much better than any campaign commentary that I have written:

http://somehedgehog.livejournal.com/245807.html

I AM NOT WORTHY!

I just wanted to share.

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Until I moved to suburbia, I was blissfully unaware of the phenomenon of selling things to your friends.  It works this way: some company with a product that has a largely female demographic (think cooking products, jewelry, clothing, candles, makeup) sets up a marketing sch/… Read full post »