In which my rare political side comes out to play; also, Trio drabble

So, John Edwards came to Reno and gave a speech yesterday. I had a ticket to go see him, but bugger it, I completely forgot until I went out to dinner and saw my parents watching his speech on TV.

Also, Edwards deserves a gold star for having pronounced "Nevada" correctly. Which Bush couldn't do when he came here to speak. *snicker*

Note to people who are not native Nevadans--it is not pronouned the Spanish way ("Nev-aw-da"), but with a short a, like in bat, for the second syllable. Anyone who pronounces it Nev-aw-da is mocked mercilessly, and that includes the President. (Even if all these conservatives wrote letters to the editor yelling at anyone who mocked him. *sigh*) And you'd be amazed at how many people can't pronounce it correctly, even when I hear it on the radio on local stations. *mind boggles*

ETA: Discussion of the word Nevada reminded me of this one book I shelved at work on Friday. It was a romance novel, which should give you an idea of the plot (or lack thereof), and the woman's name was Nevada. The man's was Jack Roulette, or something like that. *g* We can't escape the gambling...

Anyway. Moving on.

Pronouncing the name of the state correctly is one step closer to winning the state. Or at least I so hope--Nevada is traditionally conservative. But there is the whole Yucca Mountain deal...

Cheney is coming to speak on Thursday. I would go hear him, just to know what he has to say, if it wasn't the sixteenth. However much I want to be informed, I don't want to listen to a member of an administration that I don't like on my birthday (speaking of which, please ignore it. I will otherwise feel extremely guilty about pretending it was in May).

And now back to fandom. lizardlaugh has decided that Harry needs a hug, and so this is what I wrote in response. Short Trio drabble.

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