I never knew my great uncle, Robert Keith Leavitt. He was my paternal grandfather's only full sibling, but he died the same year as I was born. Before his death, Uncle Bob has been a writer, although not someone you would have heard of, and that's fine. He wrote corporate histories with [...]

We stopped by my sister-in-law's house today to pick up my elder son. As we climbed out of the car, we noticed a fire truck on the cross street a couple of houses down. Nothing seemed amiss, but we craned our necks for any sign of trouble. It wasn't until I happened [...]

yo listen up here's a story
about a little guy that lives in a blue world
and all day and all night and everything he sees
is just blue like him inside and outside
We won on election day and I am happy about that. What I am less happy about is the way that geographical regions are [...]

My mother and I always talked politics. Even when we were supposed to be discussing something else, our discussions inevitably wandered back to whatever was going on in the world. It was our most comfortable topic and we were both passionate about it.
Not every one in my family was of the same mind. My [...]

Okay, so this is way late, but it never occurred to me until today.
So, here is a logo for Lost Fans for Obama:

Enjoy.

We saw this yesterday at Whole Foods — yes, I'm an elitist — and it made the kids laugh.