Archive for January, 2008

Republicans are Funny

Saturday, January 5th, 2008

Watching the debates tonight; saw the Republicans while I was cooking & eating dinner. Not a whole lot to say, it was all pretty much par for the course. But I do have to snicker momentarily over one particularly humorous juxtaposition — listening to them go on and on about the importance of maintaining a [...]

random brain noise

Saturday, January 5th, 2008

I was watching Annie Hall today, and it came to the part featuring Carol Kane. I was struck by something, but I couldn’t put my finger on what it was. It drove me crazy for a few minutes.

Finally, I realized it was how very much she reminded me — not all the time or [...]

Iowa in Progress

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

So I’ve been watching the Democrats (a single precinct in Des Moines) on CSPAN1 since about 6:30, but for various reasons haven’t been able to get to the computer ’til now. I’ll try to recreate the so-far…

It’s tough going into this with high hopes and low expectations. The right choice is so crystal clear that [...]

New Years Revelations

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008

I guess my little holiday bender is officially over now. Well it was fun while it lasted.
Lest you think otherwise, there actually was a greater purpose. 2007 turned out to be a mildly shitty year for me. Mildly in that nothing much happened, the problem was just that, well, nothing much happened.
I spent most of [...]