Hillary: McCain is better than Obama

I've been trying not to post Hillary/Obama stuff. But this stunned me. Yesterday, Hillary effectively endorsed McCain over Obama.

"I think that I have a lifetime of experience that I will bring to the White House. I know that Senator McCain has a lifetime of experience that he would bring to the White House. And Senator Obama has a speech he gave in 2002." Hillary Clinton 03/03/08

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She seems to be ready to pull down the entire Democratic Party rather than lose to Obama. My guess is that she's hoping that if she doesn't get the nomination, that McCain beats Obama so she can take another run at it in 2012. Which is kind of what she and Bill did when they kneecapped Al Gore in the 2000 election.

She's gone completely beyond the pale, and seems to have become what the Republicans were calling her all along.

Incidentally, we're voting tonight. Sebastian is going to be picked up from school by Teri's mother, but we're going to wait until she brings him home before we go to the polls. We always take him with us when we're going to vote. He loves seeing the fire hoses and going inside the firehouse! And the poll volunteers just love him.

Odd thought: I wish we had a caucus. I'd enjoy talking about the candidates. Oh well.

Hillary: McCain is better than Obama

I've been trying not to post Hillary/Obama stuff. But this stunned me. Yesterday, Hillary effectively endorsed McCain over Obama.

"I think that I have a lifetime of experience that I will bring to the White House. I know that Senator McCain has a lifetime of experience that he would bring to the White House. And Senator Obama has a speech he gave in 2002." Hillary Clinton 03/03/08

Watch on YouTube

She seems to be ready to pull down the entire Democratic Party rather than lose to Obama. My guess is that she's hoping that if she doesn't get the nomination, that McCain beats Obama so she can take another run at it in 2012. Which is kind of what she and Bill did when they kneecapped Al Gore in the 2000 election.

She's gone completely beyond the pale, and seems to have become what the Republicans were calling her all along.

Incidentally, we're voting tonight. Sebastian is going to be picked up from school by Teri's mother, but we're going to wait until she brings him home before we go to the polls. We always take him with us when we're going to vote. He loves seeing the fire hoses and going inside the firehouse! And the poll volunteers just love him.

Odd thought: I wish we had a caucus. I'd enjoy talking about the candidates. Oh well.

Sebastian's nightmares

Sebastian had nightmares two nights in a row, a few days ago. The first time he let out a shriek of absolute terror in the middle of the night. I woke up (Teri slept through it somehow) and asked him what was wrong. He ended up coming over and sleeping in our bed.

The same thing happened the next night, minus the shriek.

Then he begged me to sleep with him all night. Have I talked about this? Maybe not. I read to Sebastian in bed every night. For quite a while, we've been reading the Doctor Dolittle books. Sometimes he falls asleep quickly, sometimes he stays awake for half an hour or more, and sometimes he gets sleepy and asks me to stop reading and sing to him.

Singing almost always puts him to sleep very quickly.

Anyway, he often asks me to sleep in his bed all night, so he won't be "lonely". Recently, he begged so pathetically that I agreed (with Teri's approval, of course). His bed is small, and the canopy-sheet that we rigged up makes me glad that I don't have claustrophobia (it's literally inches above my face; I push it up when I'm reading to him), and Sebastian tends to turn sideways in the bed. I didn't sleep that well. But in the middle of the night I woke up and looked over at him. He looked over at me, smiled, turned over and went back to sleep. He had no nightmares, for the first time in three days.

Then he begged me to sleep in his bed again the next night. I sort of half-agreed - he really does beg in the most affecting way - and read him to sleep. Then I went to bed with Teri...and lay there. I felt guilty. I'd let him think I'd sleep in his bed, but here I was in my much-more-comfortable bed with Teri! How would my poor little boy feel when he woke up?

After fifteen minutes I got up, went over, and got into his bed.

He woke up in the middle of the night and told me (without sounding too upset) that he'd had a nightmare. I passed over his cup of water; he thanked me, took a drink, handed the cup back and went back to sleep.

In the morning when he woke up the first thing he said was "I had a wonderful dream!"

The next night I slept in my own bed, and Sebastian had no nightmares.

Sebastian's nightmares

Sebastian had nightmares two nights in a row, a few days ago. The first time he let out a shriek of absolute terror in the middle of the night. I woke up (Teri slept through it somehow) and asked him what was wrong. He ended up coming over and sleeping in our bed.

The same thing happened the next night, minus the shriek.

Then he begged me to sleep with him all night. Have I talked about this? Maybe not. I read to Sebastian in bed every night. For quite a while, we've been reading the Doctor Dolittle books. Sometimes he falls asleep quickly, sometimes he stays awake for half an hour or more, and sometimes he gets sleepy and asks me to stop reading and sing to him.

Singing almost always puts him to sleep very quickly.

Anyway, he often asks me to sleep in his bed all night, so he won't be "lonely". Recently, he begged so pathetically that I agreed (with Teri's approval, of course). His bed is small, and the canopy-sheet that we rigged up makes me glad that I don't have claustrophobia (it's literally inches above my face; I push it up when I'm reading to him), and Sebastian tends to turn sideways in the bed. I didn't sleep that well. But in the middle of the night I woke up and looked over at him. He looked over at me, smiled, turned over and went back to sleep. He had no nightmares, for the first time in three days.

Then he begged me to sleep in his bed again the next night. I sort of half-agreed - he really does beg in the most affecting way - and read him to sleep. Then I went to bed with Teri...and lay there. I felt guilty. I'd let him think I'd sleep in his bed, but here I was in my much-more-comfortable bed with Teri! How would my poor little boy feel when he woke up?

After fifteen minutes I got up, went over, and got into his bed.

He woke up in the middle of the night and told me (without sounding too upset) that he'd had a nightmare. I passed over his cup of water; he thanked me, took a drink, handed the cup back and went back to sleep.

In the morning when he woke up the first thing he said was "I had a wonderful dream!"

The next night I slept in my own bed, and Sebastian had no nightmares.

Gygax fails his saving throw...

Gary Gygax died today.

I tangled with him a few times over the years. Once someone wrote and told me that something I'd written about him had hurt his feelings! I was kind of proud about that at the time.

That all seems so long ago, now...

Gygax fails his saving throw...

Gary Gygax died today.

I tangled with him a few times over the years. Once someone wrote and told me that something I'd written about him had hurt his feelings! I was kind of proud about that at the time.

That all seems so long ago, now...

Sebastian the Chicken, reposted

I posted this video as part of a long post in August 2006. But for some reason the embedding link broke. So I put up a new copy on YouTube today. Sorry it's so low-res, but I took it with the old camera.

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I feel so bad! My poor little guy was so scared during the ride...I had no idea it would be so scary. :(

Sebastian the Chicken, reposted

I posted this video as part of a long post in August 2006. But for some reason the embedding link broke. So I put up a new copy on YouTube today. Sorry it's so low-res, but I took it with the old camera.

Watch on YouTube

I feel so bad! My poor little guy was so scared during the ride...I had no idea it would be so scary. :(