President Obama has a 60% approval rating…
In Alabama.
h/t DailyKos
      

Cross-posted to Sturdy Roots Blog:
To paraphrase the late Rodney Dangerfield, “it’s tough out there!”
We read the day’s news headlines at our own peril (yesterday alone):
Caterpillar to cut 20,000 jobs…
Sprint/Nextel, 8,000…
The Home Depot, 7,000
Some economists are saying current economic forecasts for January 2009 – that total job losses in the U.S. will reach 500,000 – may […]

Our first snow of the year is gently falling right now, with maybe an inch on the ground so far, at least out here in Spotsylvania. According to Bob Ryan, this is the latest first snowfall in the Washington area since 1995, when it didn’t snow until …

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Rather than fight the snow & ice on the roads today (and the inevitable traffic snarls) I decided that discretion was the better part of valor and stayed home. So far my prediction from Sunday looks good as it is 9:30 a.m., a pleasant windless sno…

I love this traditional cake!  Although, I’m not much for icing.  My mom used to make me a mini chocolate loaf cake without icing for my birthday when I was little.  It is still my favorite!  Do you have any chocolate cake memories?

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The Stafford Democratic Committee
Cordially invites you to attend
Their First Annual Jefferson/Jackson Fundraising Dinner
on
Saturday, March 14, 2009
at
Seven o’clock in the evening
at
The Riverside Conference Center
Buffet Dinner at 7:30 pm
Coat and tie recommended
Entrees:
Chicken Marsala – Sweet Flavor of Marsala Wine with Mushrooms and Pearl Onions
Jack Daniels Tenderloin – Sliced Medallions of Beef Accompanied by Roasted Shallots in a […]

Here’s an article I wrote for the Capital Ale House weekly email newsletter, published January 26, 2009.Most craft beer fans were at one time stuck in the rut of drinking only macro-lagers from the factory brewers. It’s highly likely that you even had …

The calendar says she is 13 today. The calendar clearly must be wrong. I was going to post some pictures going back to her early days. That went the way of just about everything I think about doing on the blog lately. It’s so much easier to send out a tweet that updates my Facebook […]