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America: the book--the Calendar! presents the following insight into the political symbols of the two parties:

The Democratic Party's symbol, the donkey, represents the type of stubbornnes that forces a town council to put a menorah up in the square alongside the Christmas tree even though the town only has five Jewish families.

The Republican Party's symbol, the elephant, represents the astounding memory of people who, if you say anything bad about them ever, file it away in Rolodex out of spite...and then trample you to death.

Food for though, no?

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I spent a lot of this weekend on the liquor, which was pretty all right, as I was never so piss drunk I couldn't stand or remember anything that had happened (it's especially good that this is the case because OMFGSQUEEEEEEE!!!!! new Battlestar: Galactica!!!!). I woke up ass early on Saturday as a result of drinking on Friday night, but otherwise, all was well.

I ice skate about as good as I do anything that requires coordination, which is to say not so well at all. Thanks to my roommate keeping me on my feet, I managed only to fall four instead of four hundred times, and one of those was in an effort to come to a stop at the end of our ice-skating day, so maybe that wasn't so bad. We had bootleg Dallas BBQ for dinner (and by bootleg, we're talking bright neon-colored menus, no veggie burgers, and no plates--all the entrees were served in baskets), and all in attendance got brilliantly tipsy off of their drinks, so that was awesome. Oh yeah, and we were waiting behind Uma Thurman in line. Just, you know, one of those things.

I am terribly sore from ice skating, but I had a good time. Oddly, it's my arms that are most sore, probably because I am not anywhere near proficient enough to skate without swinging my arms to counterbalance me, and so therefore didn't realize how much of a workout they were getting. But soreness aside, it's pretty good exercise, seeing as it goes on a while, is low-impact, and is so terrifying with the threat of falling that I ignore the fact that it is exercise. Woo-owwww.

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Lupin - Defense Against the Dark Arts


Harry Potter: Which Hogwarts professor would you be?
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This is the kind of answer I get that makes telling people "I WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SPIRITUAL EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN" less hilarious and frightening. Oh well.