Tuesday October 13: And nobody in all of Oz, no wizard that there is or was, is ever gonna bring me down.
Friday May 29: EEEEE!! My cousin's book is going to be a MOVIE! And I bet I know who the "major Hollywood director" is too. :) http://www.petervbrett.com/2009/05/28/soon-to-be-a-major-motion-picture/
Sunday March 15: Remember how I was bugging everyone last fall that my cousin wrote a book and it's so great? It finally came to US bookstores this week! Check it out: The Warded Man by Peter V. Brett... www.petervbrett.com. Amazon Reviews: http://tinyurl.com/d7fbgc
Friday 2-06-09: Notes from an Incomplete Revolution: Real Life Since Feminism by Meredith Maran. Read it three years ago, LOVED it, could not for my life remember either the name or the author, and one day Frieda T comes along and figures it out. Thanks Frieda! You're a lifesaver!
Monday 1-19-09: Will be in the crowd at Inauguration tomorrow! Follow me on twitter at http://twitter.com/MeghanJG...I'll be updating throughout the day.
Monday 1-05-09: Happy New Year everyone! Got an excellent copy of Curtis Sittenfeld's
American Wife for...guess how much? $0.00. Thanks Freecycle!
Sunday 12-14-08: Thank you to all the wonderful women on Shelfari who sent me holiday cards and well wishes. They really touched my heart.
Tuesday 11-19-08: New avatar!
Angel by Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1887. The Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Thursday 11-13-08: Thinking of changing my avatar. I love my Orange Dress Lady but am sort of in the mood for something new. Any ideas?
Wednesday 11-05-08: If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.
It's the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen; by people who waited three hours and four hours, many for the very first time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be different; that their voice could be that difference.
It's the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled – Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been a collection of Red States and Blue States: we are, and always will be, the United States of America...
The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even one term, but America – I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there. I promise you – we as a people will get there.
There will be setbacks and false starts. There are many who won't agree with every decision or policy I make as President, and we know that government can't solve every problem. But I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face. I will listen to you, especially when we disagree. And above all, I will ask you join in the work of remaking this nation the only way it's been done in America for two-hundred and twenty-one years – block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand.
So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism; of service and responsibility where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves, but each other. Let us remember that if this financial crisis taught us anything, it's that we cannot have a thriving Wall Street while Main Street suffers – in this country, we rise or fall as one nation; as one people.
Let us resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long. Let us remember that it was a man from this state who first carried the banner of the Republican Party to the White House – a party founded on the values of self-reliance, individual liberty, and national unity. Those are values we all share, and while the Democratic Party has won a great victory tonight, we do so with a measure of humility and determination to heal the divides that have held back our progress. As Lincoln said to a nation far more divided than ours, "We are not enemies, but friends…though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection." And to those Americans whose support I have yet to earn – I may not have won your vote, but I hear your voices, I need your help, and I will be your President too.
And to all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of our world – our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared, and a new dawn of American leadership is at hand. To those who would tear this world down – we will defeat you. To those who seek peace and security – we support you. And to all those who have wondered if America's bea
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