Talk Me Down

I love that Rachel Maddow has a segment on her show called "Talk Me Down" because I sometimes feel like I really need to be talked down. Especially in the past 2 weeks. I haven't blogged since the middle of October, mostly because the only thing I could think of was the election, at least politically. And I didn't think that I could add anything wiser than what the pundits and journalists (at least the good ones) have been saying. But the stress has been taking it's toll on me. I was talking with my kids yesterday about how I would consider moving to Australia if McCain wins. Ok, maybe that's a little extreme, but I would at least fantasize about it. And the kids and I also had a conversation about torture (it started out with a question about what waterboarding was), war crimes committed by George W. since 9/11, the anti-intellectualism of Palin, etc. You know, the things one would usually discuss with a 9 and 12 year old.

So right now, my blog is mostly functioning to distract me from the incoming election results. But alas, it hasn't really worked, so back to the results...