hm

How do I find a good family practice doctor?

I mean, I know the basics--go to my insurance company list, see who's available, call to see if they're accepting patients, and so on--but it all feels so..."sight unseen," I guess? I'd like someone who can be a doc for both me and DaMan, not to mention any potential DaManderlings in the future.

Are there doctor-recommendation sites online? Have you ever used one?

OBAMA! OBAMA! OBAMA!

"We can be better."

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA I LOVE THIS MAN

erm. That is to say, nobody--not one other speech I've ever heard or seen--has ever. Ever. Ever. inspired me this much.

I don't want to debate fine points of his plan, his strategy, his delivery. I don't even really want to discuss the speech. I just want to celebrate this cracking-open of my cynical political self, exposing the gooey nougat center of hope.

We can be something other than two angry, sullen half-countries smushed against each other, making snide remarks in bumper-sticker soundbites. We can be listening to our differences, rather than tossing them aside as automatically evil or stupid.

We can be better than we have been.

Yes we can.