This And That

• Kirsten took 2nd place in the school's annual poetry slam tonight. For those keeping track (hi Mom!), this is her third year competing and the third year she's placed. Sophomore year she got 3rd, Junior year she got 1st. Go Kirsten!!! Whoot whoot!

• Obama has had a rough month. I was at an actual out-of-the-house social event on the night of the first Dem primary debate so I didn't get to watch it but I did hear he wasn't at peak. And now he's overstated the recent Kansas tornado death toll. *sigh

• Cheney is off to Iraq to reprimand the Iraqi government as they prepare to take a two month vacation. Good. Per Drudge:

  One congressman said, "How can our daughters and sons spill their blood while the Iraqi parliament goes on vacation? The president responded, "The Vice President is over there to tell them, 'Do not go on vacation.'"