I was simply blown away when I finally got to see Bjork perform live for the Volta tour recently... a 10-piece brass band is nothing to sneeze at, they filled in admirably on the songs that were originally recorded with strings.

Of course the venue could have had a lot to do with it: outdoors in Burnaby BC Canada (I drove up from Seattle), not hot, not cold, not windy or rainy, and show ended by 9:30 pm.

At some points it felt like being inside a dance club or rave, even though it was in this huge outdoor amphitheater, which was pretty amazing to me. Probably the most enjoyable concert experience I've ever had, and well worth the drive 3+ hours each way to see it.

That's not a mistake. The Deomcrats pick their delegates from the caucus and not the primary. The Republicans pick half their delegates from the caucus and half from the primary.

"What about Washington state where I live? They explain it because we are all college educated and higher income, but the entire state but one district went to Obama. If you've ever been in eastern washington, you really don't get the impression that they are all stock owning, starbucks drinking, SUV driving people. We even joke sometimes that we should succeed from eastern washington so they can vote for republicans and we can vote for democrats."

I live in Seattle too, but I grew up in Eastern Washington, in the Tri-Cities. I don't think you can completely discount the demographics so easily. Contrary to popular belief, it's not all Republicans and yokels. Also, if you look at the county by county results, in the counties with the highest latino populations (Franklin - 56%, Adams - 52%, Yakima - 41%, Grant - 35%), the results were much closer between Obama and Clinton, more like 55-45, instead of the 70-30 like other parts of the state. I think that is really interesting.

(http://election.cbsnews.com/campaign2008/county.shtml?state=WA&race=P&jurisdiction=0&party=D,

http://www.ofm.wa.gov/pop/race/summarytables.asp)

I was present for the birth of my youngest brother when I was 15. I attended the refresher birth classes with my parents, watched the graphic Nova shows about birth, did a lot of research and thought I was ready... boy oh boy, was I shocked to discover that it was WAY different in person! I was totally unprepared for the emotional distress of seeing my mother in extreme physical agony (not to mention she nearly broke my hand during a contraction). I ended up in the corner of the room, looking on helplessly, during the actual birth. It cemented my belief that I never wanted to go through that, ever. In that respect, it was definitely good birth control.

I'm not sure what the LW should do. Personally, I'd probably try to have a discussion with the daughter about it, but I don't think going with your gut instinct would be a bad thing either. Birth can be traumatic and chaotic and not everyone is ready at 14 to be a spectator to that.

"Seattle Press-Intelligencer profiled Pugh"

Do you mean the Seattle Post-Intelligencer?