Big Change

I just got off the phone with my girlfriend, J.  It was one of those marathon chats that go on and on, but we didn't really say much.  It's Labor day today, so we chatted about that.  I mentioned that I saw a tree on Friday that had half it's leaves brown already.  Fall is closing in early.  She mentioned some of the things she is doing where she is....

6 Sep 2010 · 2 min · Gary Allen Vollink

New Start

This is my new blog space.  My old blog is still available, but due to some account changes with Google, I chose to move my blog around to a new Google user-id. [Update]: Ha!  Technically, I just figured out how to import my old blog into this one.  So, now everything is all in one place.

3 Sep 2010 · 1 min · Gary Allen Vollink

Tea Party : The Republican Green?

http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,2003079,00.html I read the article above*, and couldn't help but notice that this was the very same analysis that so many had about the Green Party during the G.W.Bush years. The whole idea, then, was that the Green party, by both attracting Democrats, and then also endorsing occasional bat-shit-crazy candidates basically imploded the realistic chances of either party. *The Headline is different in the print edition: Mark Halperin's Take: How the Tea Party Is a Mixed Blessing

19 Jul 2010 · 1 min · Gary Allen Vollink

Crazy Morning, Getting Better

It's raining in St. Paul today.  I had an overnight guest, family of a friend*, who was planning to get into work early, and didn't quite make it in early.   To put it lightly, my overnight guest had a really bad morning.  I got up just in time to see her off, and decided to make some eggs as she left.  I just finished making breakfast when I got the phone call....

8 Jun 2010 · 2 min · Gary Allen Vollink