I just saw the worst political advertisement I've ever seen. I still don't believe exactly what I saw, so I've been looking for it online but I haven't found it yet. It was for Carole Keeton Strayhorn, the self-styled “One Tough Grandma” who's trying to win the Governor spot in Texas. First, she's talking about her greatest accomplishment – her four sons1. Then her greatest joy – yep, her grandchildren. Then she goes on about how she's happy to be married to her husband (her third? fourth? Hell, I don't know) and that he was her childhood sweetheart, but her…

The pictures were marvelous and the captions and accompanying text brought the history back to life. I'm no good at reviews, but I definitely enjoyed the book. It brought back memories from history class and childhood, and it was fascinating to read about the inner workings of a news service. Plus, I “know” the author – we've been on a political mailing list for the last 10+ years.

This is totally cool. Apparently there was a serious power outage in Downtown Houston. Well, it affected the paper – so for a while their online edition is being published on Moveable Type. I think that's totally cool – even if I can't get to a couple of my comics yet. ;)

OK, so I know I've got a few BPAL addicts on my friends list, and I think I want to find out what all the hubbub is about! However, I have “issues”: Item the first: I'm a complete klutz when it comes to all things girly. I read the descriptions on the BPAL site and I'm completely lost. I read reviews such as 's post here and I'm all “durrrrrrrr… huh?” and wiping drool off my chin. Item the second: The husband, , is sensitive to scents. Perfumes really bug him, as do a lot of chemical odors. It's possible…