http://www.aproposofanything.com Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:29:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Clean up the Afghan government, and the Taliban will fade away. I hope people in our government are reading. http://www.aproposofanything.com/2008/12/17/this-is-a-really-good-article/ I don't know why I couldn't get this written on Thursday. I think the combination of getting sick last weekend and fasting this week has really clobbered me; I've come home every day this week near catatonic, often ending up asleep before 11 p.m. Tonight, though, I napped in the car ... http://www.aproposofanything.com/2008/12/05/three-beautiful-things-thursday-friday-edition/ ... I am simultaneously terrified of the third thing and ready for it to arrive already because at least then I'd know. http://www.aproposofanything.com/2008/11/28/if-bad-things-happen-in-threes/ In Mumbai there is a hotel that sits on the water, near the financial district and the higher-end shopping, and as the Mumbaikers drive by they say proudly to the out-of-towners, that's the Taj Hotel, it's one of the highest-rated hotels in the world! Tonight the Taj looked like this: And I ... http://www.aproposofanything.com/2008/11/26/shots-in-the-dark/ 1. "We WANT our point back." (pause) "Well, I suppose when you're winning by SO MUCH, one point doesn't really matter, right? Let's give it to them." 2. "I can't believe you let me talk about a freaking air mattress for 15 minutes before you told me that." 3. "400 cookies are ... http://www.aproposofanything.com/2008/11/20/three-beautiful-things-thursday-snippet-edition/ President Obama. I am so excited, and teary, and just plain HAPPY. If only my computer weren't horking so I could post a screenshot of that awesome, awesome homepage where they finally called it. Update 11/5: Looks like my vote wasn't counted last night. Maybe Georgia will go blue after all, ... http://www.aproposofanything.com/2008/11/04/alhumdulillah/ Thinking how funny I must have looked this morning making my multiple trips back and forth from the car carrying giant Target bags full of cookies and then later settling them around my desk so I could take them down to Farah when she swung by to pick them up. Wondering ... http://www.aproposofanything.com/2008/11/03/today/ Wow. Haven't done one of these in a while. Here we go: 1. Voting. I wanted to vote on Election Day, but this year the turnout is so high that I didn't want to take the chance of getting stuck in a line for eight hours and being late for work ... http://www.aproposofanything.com/2008/10/30/three-beautiful-things-thursday-5/ I know that one or two people who drop in here occasionally are fans of Sarah Palin, and I know I've made my opinion of her pretty clear. But I would like to know — why do people like her? What is it about her that makes you think she ... http://www.aproposofanything.com/2008/10/21/oh-and-also/ When I read last week that Colin Powell was on the verge of endorsing a candidate for the presidency, I have to admit, I thought, pfft. Who cares. It's so late in the game, and if he picks McCain, everybody's going to say he just picked the Republican, and if ... http://www.aproposofanything.com/2008/10/20/it-seems-i-am-a-prescient-but-fake-american/