Douglas Adams has always been one of my favorite authors. Coincidentally, he also shared a birthday with my younger son.
I like that Douglas always listed his bizarre collection of previous jobs on his book jackets. So here, for the record, and in approximate chronological order, are my previous jobs:
Grocery stock clerk, cashier, bank teller, [...]
Left: During the Selma march / Right: Barack Obama in Selma (Photo: Linda Stelter/Associated Press)
The New York Times also has a video of election reactions in Selma.
The Associated Press: Japan’s Obama town celebrates namesake’s victory
Tagged Japan, obama, Politics & ActivismA poem for Election Day - The Boston Globe
Tagged Poetry, Politics & ActivismThanks to Jeff Vrabel for the link!
Tagged bruce springsteen, obama, Politics & ActivismDavid Corn of Mother Jones magazine wrote a great piece today dissecting the Obama and McCain campaigns. I particularly liked this excerpt:
But his barrier-breaking victory was indeed change in itself. Consider this: Obama ended his campaign at a rally on Monday night in Manassas, Virginia, the site of Battle of Bull Run, the opening land [...]
Last Night I Watched
by Jason Crane
Last night I watched an American president-elect on the television and cried. Next to me was my wife Jennifer, tears running down her cheeks.
Last night I watched the awakening of a nation that had all but given up on its principles and ideals.
Last night I watched Jesse Jackson [...]
A UNITE HERE election volunteer
I work for the labor union UNITE HERE. Our president, Bruce Raynor, put out this statement on Barack Obama’s victory:
STATEMENT FROM UNITE HERE GENERAL PRESIDENT BRUCE RAYNOR ON OBAMA VICTORY
November 4, 2008
New York - Barack Obama’s victory is a victory for working people across this country. Regardless of race, gender, religion, [...]
Poet Gerald Schwartz sent me his thoughts this morning:
For times, then,
All through our lives
We delight in a unity,
The great union,
Of our ventured selves
With what sustains
All possibility. We ride
The swell and are
The surf and with
Changed belief
Inner and outer
We find our talk
Turned to hope:
Our hope into truth:
For a time, early,
We become at home
In you, World.
–Gerald Schwartz
My good friend Otto Bruno, host of the Sunday Music Festa on Jazz90.1 in Rochester, NY, sent out this message on Obama’s win:
Dear Nation:
Two quick observations: 1.) The grace and class of John McCain’s Concession Speech. It’s interesting and sad that many of the commentators remarked that the speech we heard Sen. McCain give tonight [...]
