Sally Ride, First American Woman In Space, Is Dead

If you, like me, have a bottle of Aftershock that has been sitting on the shelf for 7 or 8 years, do not suddenly have 3 shots of it and assume that you’ll be fine in the morning.
Trust me.

Would you believe it? I’m 39 years old, and today is the very first time that I ever mowed my own lawn.
A lawn I own, with a lawnmower I own.

I love Molly Ivins. I’ve started off plenty of blog entries with that phrase over the years, and my sentiment hasn’t changed and won’t; but the news from Austin is sad and discouraging. Molly  [more...]