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A reminder that good people are still fighting for truth, justice, and the American way seems to be all the positive political news out there right now.
Anybody with good news or positive thoughts, however personal, feel free to share.
This post is in: Election 2012, Open Threads, Warren for Senate 2012
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A reminder that good people are still fighting for truth, justice, and the American way seems to be all the positive political news out there right now.
Anybody with good news or positive thoughts, however personal, feel free to share.
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jacy
I’m not watching the news lately — it just pisses me off.
In the personal good news category, I finally hit the Amazon bestseller lists with my mystery series last week (yeah it was only at number #98 overall, but it was number one for a day in Mystery: Women Sleuths) and if I can keep having the sales I had the past two weeks, I can quit the day job and actually write full time. Of course, the kids will still be eating dry macaroni for a while, but it’s baby steps.
Still not watching the news, though. Not until people stop being idiots. And I’m not holding my breath on that one.
Alison
Well…this has zero to do with politics but it’s something happy and positive and this is an OT so – in a short while I’ll be heading out to take part in World Book Night, handing out free copies of The Poisonwood Bible to folks around my town. Anyone else in the BJ commentariat taking part or know someone who is? (Read up on it and/or sign up to participate next year here http://www.us.worldbooknight.org/)
I am a voracious bibliophile and am really looking forward to spreading bookish joy :)
ruemara
yeah, I could use some positive thoughts. 3 more weeks to go, can’t really commit to a room, can’t work out the funding and I’m sitting on the floor stacked with boxes. I think I blew a fuse somewhere. No more motivation.
rikryah
yeah for Ms. Warren
rikryah
@jacy:
toot your own horn.
please give us the name of your book. I love mysteries with women solving them, and I’m always in the neighborhood for buying books to read home on the train.
Violet
@jacy:
That’s awesome. Congrats!
Nellcote
Our local community health center got a nearly 3M grant from the ACA to expand the facilities/services. Yay us!
Nellcote
It’s looking like we might actually have a good salmon fishing season this year. Yay us!
Nellcote
@jacy:
Amazon linky please. :)
lamh35
Afternoon/evening guys.
Well it seems my sister is planning to move back home to NOLA in June. So that would leave me alone in DFW except for the youngest who’s “away at college” so she doesn’t count :(
But some good news, I just found out my Louisiana pro-license has been reinstated. I am now officially licensed to work in the state of Louisiana as a CLS-G(generalist). Now I just need to find a good paying job. None too soon too. My current hospital in under some stressful circumstances round now. The whole hospital in under inspection and the fear of the regulators/inspectors has been put in us all. We are kinda bascially being told, that the people who will be inspecting us have been known to shut whole laboratories down based on minor deficiencies…which would be bad, bad bad.
Still waiting to hear from the last job I applied for. The job application was closed to submissions on the 18th, now it’s just a waiting game. I’m not waiting though, I’ve already applied to 2 other jobs, so I’m keeping it on and popping.
Shinobi
Saturday night my partner and I helped a neighbor escape from her abusive husband. It obviously would be better if she didn’t need to run away, but we’re glad she made it and are thinking happy thoughts for her.
liberal
I think she’s probably very good overall, but not so great on middle east/Iran/etc.
Shari
A father filmed his daughter from the day of her birth to her 12th birthday. Watch her grow in this 2:45 video.
It is amazing.
Warren Terra
Over at the New York Times, a remembrance of a splendid life:
More at the Texas Observer.
trollhattan
Here’s a brilliant solution to a pesky industrial problem. Say you’re a big chemical company named Dow and you’re stuck with a chemical byproduct needing disposal. Why not instead stuff it into an unrelated product as filler and sell it, rather than pay to dispose of it? Brilliant! Lemons, meet pesti-ade!
http://www.fresnobee.com/2012/04/21/2809366/garbage-chemical-taints-water.html
Can’t help but ponder how much this might be replicated in the formulation of fracking fluid. Ingredients are proprietary, so how would we know?
jacy
Here’s the link to my Amazon Author Page, for those who asked.
Right now Darker By Degree and Director’s Cut are available only in ebook format, with paperbacks coming at the end of the month. I’ve also got a collection of short stories that’ll be out next week, and then three more novels in the pipe. (I had to start earning enough writing money to be able to find time to write — catch-22)
Thanks for the good wishes!
Comrade Dread
On a sad note, I think it’s rather funny that when I pretend to be a conservative libertarian granny starving type and post comments at conservative sites that advocate cutting off all food stamp aid to families and making the kids go work for their food by washing car windows in rush hour traffic that some people don’t realize I’m being a troll.
Warren Terra
@David Koch:
The primary is in September. If you want a better Senator, your only option is a better Democrat. I advise you to work on that, on replacing or improving Warren, rather than advising people to throw their votes away.
serge
Was that a pinkie-swear with the little girl near the end? There is no greater covenant than a pinkie-swear. Ms Warren has me (of course, she already did). I want to fucking move to Mass. for no other reason than to be able to vote for her.
donnah
Congrats, Jacy! I too have a book coming out, but mine won’t be available until November.
It’s a handbook for rug hookers, (so NICHE) but I’m excited to have been published.
Go to Amazon and type in Rug Hookers Companion
yay!
Amanda
@serge: Yeah it sure looked like a pinky swear to me too. Great ad. Counting the days until I get to cast my vote for EW :-) Going to the state convention in June as a Warren delegate, and finally got to meet her at my Dem caucus earlier this year. She is an excellent candidate and imo she will make a great Senator, very worthy of the legacy of the great Teddy K.
Mowgli
Here’s some good news: I have a two month-old son and he’s amazing. Just looking at him gives me hope for the future. Many people are idiots and lots of bad things happen, but there is always hope.
I also have decided to find a job I really love instead of just one that pays the bills.
And it’s been beautifully sunny and windy today.
Suzanne Holland
@jacy: Just got your book on my IPad….looks great, as were the reviews!…..can’t wait to read!
jacy
@Suzanne Holland:
Thanks, Suzanne! Hope you enjoy it!
Dzimbo N.
I’m teaching Tai Chi at the Nature Museum and it’s taken a year, but the class is now at full capacity. My wife finished her PhD this year and my daughter is going to start grad school (if she can get some funding) in biomathematics.
My decision to retire early from the working world (and let someone else have a chance) is looking better all the time.
On the down side, if things keep getting uglier here in the US, we’ll probably end up living in Montenegro or Belgrade. I would hate to leave my native Chicago, but the US is turning uglier by the day.
Oh, and I just learned to play the Coltrane solo from “My One and Only Love” on the chromatic harmonica. That’s a positive, for sure.
Mnemosyne
Any cooks available to help me use up some of my freezer stuff? I’m finally getting around to trying to make that tater tot casserole I was thinking about and what I have on hand is:
pineapple-bacon chicken sausage
sweet potato tater tots
cream of celery soup
shredded Mexican cheese
So what I’m thinking is, brown the sausage, put it in the bottom of a baking dish, pour undiluted soup over it, sprinkle it with cheese, and layer the frozen tots on top. Ideas? Suggestions? I also have eggs and milk, for once, but those recipes seemed very breakfast-oriented. I may try to mix in some frozen corn, too, since I have some of that on hand.
Steeplejack
@jacy:
Probably too late on this thread, but is there a reason your e-books are not (as) available for the Nook? You seem to have a lot for the Kindle but only three (free) ones for the Nook.