I was delighted and surprised to receive a personal copy of "The She Spot" last week from Lisa Witter, co-author and political blogger on the Huffington Post, with her letter letting me know AskPatty.com had been featured as a case study on page 102.

When I graduated from college I made the conscious decision to stay in DC. It was my home - it still is my home - and despite it's overwhelming cost of living that often made me feel as if I would drown in debt and starve to death, I kept on trucking along because it was my dream. I was living my dream in my dream city, something that I had worked my ass off for and deserved. So I made it work.

I've been fascinated by the recent New York Times article about writers who 'blog till they drop' and the subsequent response it has garnered. Perhaps because yesterday I found myself churning out words while on a train into Manhattan while my coworkers sitting across from me laughed and joked and drank tiny bottles of wine. Meanwhile I sat there typing away pretending to be engaged in their conversation

In last week's New York Times Magazine article 16 Ways of Looking at a Female Voter, controversial author Linda Hirshman pointed to many studies and analyses that supposedly support the premise that, even though there have been many attempts to rally and organize women as a voting bloc, there has been little success.

Ok, now I really know that the end of the year is approaching. The New York Times has released their notable book selections of 2007. And, as usual, I've read barely any of them. In fact, I've read exactly one of them - the last Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

Remember Gerald Boyd?

I am pleased to announce the beginning of BlogHer’s Election 2008 get-out-the-vote campaign! Women who blog are already mobilizing around political issues that engage us -- from KylaKae on mud-slinging and the Supreme Court to Rita Arens on the chipping away of S-CHIP to Dana on GOP Debate highlights, to Jen38 on the hidden motivations of attacking Hillary's Clinton's laugh, to Momocrats in today's New York Times. In the coming year, BlogHer's Politics and News team will work together to showcase the best writing by women on politics, as well as help you find everyone who is writing about the coming election. To help us help this community, today we’re introducing blog bling so you can show your support of getting out women's voices and the vote for Election 2008, and in the next month we’ll be unfolding:

Balenciaga, Fall 2007 ready-to-wear collection