According to one of my favorite fairly reliable sources, Obama won 65% of the Democrats Abroad Global Primary (69% in the UK). It’s a binding primary, folks, so chock up Obama’s 11th straight win.
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Archive for February, 2008
Alea iacta est.
Dr. O’C pressed “Send” and there was an almost tangible change in the air of our living room – the die was cast for our Antipodean migration. We had just booked Timmins into an Australian dog jail beginning the first week of April. He has made some questionable decisions in his day, haven’t we all, [...]
Thanks for having me and my irresponsible child over to your house
I’ve always thought that the best way to get a real sense of a place is to spend a lot of time with the natives. When those natives are family, you the traveler have got it made. Not only can you get nice home-cooked meals, a comfortable bed to sleep in and, in a non-English [...]
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MP3 of the Week: Lightspeed Champion: “Dry Lips”
The hysteria prone British music press has anointed Lightspeed Champion one of the Next Big Things (TM) for 2008. American expat and former Test Icicle Devonte Hynes released his solo debut – “Falling of the Lavender Bridge” a couple of weeks ago. Lightspeed Champion plays Bright Eyes inspired folk-tinged indie rock and in fact recorded [...]
Vi er går till Sverige
Things are likely to be a bit quiet here at afreeman.org for the next few days. The crew (excepting dog) are off across the North Sea today for a trip to the land of moose and Malmo, of socialism and Saabs. That’s right, while most Britons are donning their sunglasses and shorts and heading for the [...]
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Whelmed?
I’ve been making some changes to my template based on some suggestions in a recent review on Ask And Ye Shall Receive. I’d love any opinions regarding the changes (two sidebars down to one) as well as any further suggestions to make my site as elegant as possible – elegance, as always, being my goal. [...]
Science Tuesday: Keepin’ It In the Family
“Your oldest brother was away at a home
and you didn’t meet him ’til you was nineteen years old
Old enough to know better, old enough to know better
but you took to his jaw line and long sandy hair…”
The Drive-By Truckers – “The Deeper In”
Geneticists love nothing more than a good inbred organism with which to work [...]
Heave away, haul away
“Haul away your rolling king
Heave away, Haul away
Haul away oh hear me sing
We’re bound for South Australia…”
-The Pogues – “South Australia”
Since we moved to Britain in the autumn of 2004 we’ve been trying to figure out where to go from here. Neither of us are British, so we have no ties to the place, but [...]
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