A butler well-served
Check out this story. Read all the way to the end. Incredible.
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November 9th, 2008 at 10:04 am
The ending is [edit, edit--don't give it away!]. But i think its cool that he voted for Obama(?)
November 9th, 2008 at 11:23 am
We get the Post, so I read that article too. Also with amazement - and angst.
Hey, and did I imagine it or did you remove your previous political posts?
November 9th, 2008 at 11:24 am
Again: is there going to be one day when I don’t tear up about this election? At any point?
November 9th, 2008 at 11:24 am
I had to comment again. Not that I had anything to say, but I wanted to type the anti-spam word “ikea.”
Oh, IKEA, it’s been so long…
(And I’m counting it as two comments in the Comment Challenge.)
November 9th, 2008 at 11:33 am
I just want to point out that IKEA is not sponsoring this blog. Although they’re welcome to.
TadMack, I know what you mean! Boo-hooing all over the place. It’s worse than when I see Hallmark commercials.
I saw some piece in the New York Times today about Generation O–for Obama. I like the idea of that generation.
Mother Reader, it’s not your imagination–I did delete all the previous political posts. I decided to sweep out the old, get ready for the new. And this way people don’t have to weed through them to get to the important posts like the girlfan ones about Twilight. Okay, and maybe some of my writing ones.
November 9th, 2008 at 5:41 pm
I finished a story, i’m going to be putting it on my website soon, after i edit it, so you guys should go check it out. I’m going to be writing more stories of this series.
November 10th, 2008 at 11:41 am
I loved this posting on “the butler well served”. This gives me additional pride in knowing that I have lived through many historical changes in my life time. I lived in the midwest when I started high school and was part of the first year of school integration. It was amazing how I knew nothing about the black population in my small town of 5000. I had questions. How will they dress? How will they talk, will it be like what I saw in the movies or TV sitcoms? Sixteen black students entered that first year in 1954 in a high school of around 400. To my surprise, our new students dressed like I did, spoke like all other midwestern students and kept up with us (the white students) in our classwork.
I cried during election day to know that I was a part of the changing history. My only regret is that it took soooo long.
November 10th, 2008 at 12:14 pm
Thank you for sharing that story, MJG! I especially appreciate your last sentence.
Carli, congratulations!! What a huge accomplishment! You should be very proud of yourself.
November 11th, 2008 at 7:43 am
Oh good Lord. Hysterical sobbing just in time for desk duty. Why do you do this to me??? Thanks for sharing, this story gave me chills.