Asymptomatic

There must be intelligent life down here

Ignore the man behind the curtain
September 23, 2004

Over in Eden Prarie, Minnesota, students were given a blind ballot based on issues rather than the names of candidates. The issues were pulled from the platforms on the candidates’ own web sites.

Eden Prarie is Bush country. Bush himself stopped at the school to praise it for the great acheivements they accomplish on such limited funds. They are able to do this mostly because parents provide a significant amount of aid to their kids in the form of class supplies, volunteering, and supplemental home teaching. You can imagine the horror at the school board meeting when it was revealed that the students overwhelmingly picked Kerry based on his stance on the issues.

Making Plans for My Escape
September 23, 2004

Orlando is just around the corner, and I’m still in the stages of chucking together bits of our vacation. I called around today to get information about child seats.

According to Air Tran, the airline we’ll be flying with, child seats are not required for children - even those who have paid tickets. This is a good thing to know, since on our flight to Palm Springs, we carted around the car seat and it caused nothing but problems for everyone.