I remember them standing in the middle of Connecticut Avenue, praying and praying. Whatever became of all that godliness, anyway?

Beachlady, I commuted on the DC Metro for months during my pregnancy and I actually kept a tally at my office of who offered me a seat: by far, the most common seat offerers (offerors?) were young African-American men, followed by AA women. There was no contest. I even had one jerk shove me out his way as I tried to…

I had to log in just to say that the comments alone had me laughing. A lot. I needed this.

Yes! It is mentioned several times!

Oh my gosh, that is the most perfect way to die.

Word. I order pretty much everything online because most companies have marked their shipping down to almost nothing/will ship it overnight these days. My son just doesn't need that Lego set for $13.99 THAT DAY ONLY when it saves me time, energy, gas and upcoming fatigue to just order it online for $19.99. That extra…

Glad you think it's so funny. Creep.

Yes-the blond wig! Sad story.

Savitch drove into a lake, right? With her dog. :-(

Darrell Royal was a great coach and a very close friend of Willie Nelson! He will be missed here in Austin.

The arrow thing...I've never heard of that before. Here in TX, we have touch screen machines. I triple-checked my ballot before pressing the "cast ballot" button but it always feels as if my vote might just disappear into the ether.

Old people are the only ones who will actually volunteer on Election Day, so yes.

You seriously don't see a difference between Obama and Romney?

Haha! Well, I've never been to NZ but I've heard it's paradise and I LOVE FOTC.

Yeah, lots of propositions this year. Where did you vote? I voted at the former Fanny's Fabrics on South Lamar. In and out in ten minutes. (Much of that time was spent checking and rechecking my ballot.)

D'oh!!!

Aren't we all fruit bats in our own, special way?

And if I had actually read your name carefully, I would have noticed that. Kiwi is also the name of one of my favorite fruits!

This feels germane to the topic at hand:

Haha...not me! I was genuinely just curious but I understand. :-)