Thanks to Dave Stira for sending me this clip first!
This here clip is not surprising, really, but there are several funny moments. It's depressing to know how stupid the electorate is, but it's satisfying to know that, even though my candidate of choice lost, his opponent won not on his merit, but thanks to media manipulation of morons who make up the majority of voters.
Monday, November 24, 2008
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Good Day → Bad Day → Good Day → Bad Day → Great Day
When the wife's away, it's time to have lots of fun (in the form of Christmas shopping).
I bought a rather expensive gift today, probably the most expensive one I will buy this year. It's top notch, the best. I was very happy to get it, and especially happy when, after making the guy laugh by showing him my International Teacher Identification Card and asking him for a discount, he gave me 2% off anyway. Nice. So that made it a Good Day.
On the way home I stopped off for another gift, and there happened to be a store nearby that might have the same product I'd already purchased. I thought I better check the price. I was astonished to find the same product 25% cheaper. I was surprised because I noticed other things at this store were slightly more expensive than at the first one. And I was furious with myself for not checking around. This made it a Bad Day.
I rushed back to the first store, possibly making an illegal U turn along the way. I went right up to the cashier and told her I'd come to return it. I knew I was in for the run-around. She had to go get the salesman who'd sold it to me. I explained that no amount of further consultation would change my mind. She told they can't do returns for products that are in perfect working order, and I told her not only can they, but that they must according to the law. I had to wait. He came by, asked why I want to return it, I refused to tell him, saying merely that I'm done wasting my time, let's just move our days along shall we? He called somebody. He tried to sell me again. I told him what I'd told his colleague, that no further amount of persuasion would sell me, that I've made my decision. He told the cashier to refund my money. Then he dared to tell me that next time I want to buy something, I'd better make up my mind first. Why should I do that? Because it's bad to return things. Why's it bad?! Because you shouldn't buy things if you aren't sure you want them. Why not, I have the right to return things, it's not bad for me, so no big deal, right? Well, it's bad for the store. Why? We don't like to deal with it. Well I'm the customer and I'm always right, so should the store deal with it or should I have to deal with the store? Then he mumbled something through his notched eyebrow as I walked out. Standing up for myself made it a Good Day again.
Then back to the second store and to the product. As I looked for the box I became confused because I couldn't find it. No big deal, I can take the one on display. I called over salesgirl and asked for it, and she came up with it in a box slightly out of place. Is this the price tag for it, I asked, pointing to the price tag next to the display item? No. That's the price for a much crappier one. Crap. Everything else is more expensive here. And I could have avoided this ridiculous waste of time and nerves by checking the price before I rushed back to the first store. Now it is again quite a Bad Day.
We have to go to a computer in the corner of the store to get the price. I was very relieved to find out that the price is not higher, it's identical. All I've wasted is time and gas. When she tells me the price, which is identical to the first store, and asks me if it's okay, I say, Well no, I saw the same product at [the first store] for less. Then I whip out my ITIC card. She says well...I can give you 7% off. Yes. Bingo. Bullseye. Turns out my stupidity in conjunction with my miserliness ended up saving me an additional five percent. Totally worth the time and the gas. In your face first store. That's a Christmas present for me!
I bought a rather expensive gift today, probably the most expensive one I will buy this year. It's top notch, the best. I was very happy to get it, and especially happy when, after making the guy laugh by showing him my International Teacher Identification Card and asking him for a discount, he gave me 2% off anyway. Nice. So that made it a Good Day.
On the way home I stopped off for another gift, and there happened to be a store nearby that might have the same product I'd already purchased. I thought I better check the price. I was astonished to find the same product 25% cheaper. I was surprised because I noticed other things at this store were slightly more expensive than at the first one. And I was furious with myself for not checking around. This made it a Bad Day.
I rushed back to the first store, possibly making an illegal U turn along the way. I went right up to the cashier and told her I'd come to return it. I knew I was in for the run-around. She had to go get the salesman who'd sold it to me. I explained that no amount of further consultation would change my mind. She told they can't do returns for products that are in perfect working order, and I told her not only can they, but that they must according to the law. I had to wait. He came by, asked why I want to return it, I refused to tell him, saying merely that I'm done wasting my time, let's just move our days along shall we? He called somebody. He tried to sell me again. I told him what I'd told his colleague, that no further amount of persuasion would sell me, that I've made my decision. He told the cashier to refund my money. Then he dared to tell me that next time I want to buy something, I'd better make up my mind first. Why should I do that? Because it's bad to return things. Why's it bad?! Because you shouldn't buy things if you aren't sure you want them. Why not, I have the right to return things, it's not bad for me, so no big deal, right? Well, it's bad for the store. Why? We don't like to deal with it. Well I'm the customer and I'm always right, so should the store deal with it or should I have to deal with the store? Then he mumbled something through his notched eyebrow as I walked out. Standing up for myself made it a Good Day again.
Then back to the second store and to the product. As I looked for the box I became confused because I couldn't find it. No big deal, I can take the one on display. I called over salesgirl and asked for it, and she came up with it in a box slightly out of place. Is this the price tag for it, I asked, pointing to the price tag next to the display item? No. That's the price for a much crappier one. Crap. Everything else is more expensive here. And I could have avoided this ridiculous waste of time and nerves by checking the price before I rushed back to the first store. Now it is again quite a Bad Day.
We have to go to a computer in the corner of the store to get the price. I was very relieved to find out that the price is not higher, it's identical. All I've wasted is time and gas. When she tells me the price, which is identical to the first store, and asks me if it's okay, I say, Well no, I saw the same product at [the first store] for less. Then I whip out my ITIC card. She says well...I can give you 7% off. Yes. Bingo. Bullseye. Turns out my stupidity in conjunction with my miserliness ended up saving me an additional five percent. Totally worth the time and the gas. In your face first store. That's a Christmas present for me!
Delicious Chili
I made some Delicious Chili Sunday, and we've been eating it all week. A bowl for breakfast Monday so that it would fit in the crackpot, chili for dinner with shredded cheese and corn chips, which is the same thing we had Wednesday for dinner, but Tuesday we had quesadillas with chili cheese filling with guacamole (obviously home made). Tonight I'm having trouble deciding, because we had nachos recently enough that I don't want it to get repetitive, but probably we'll have nachos with chili cheese topping, and tomorrow it'll be chili in Armenian bread. That should be the end of it. It will have been a fabulously yummy week.
It's thanks to Darius, who reads all my blog complaints about the lack of beans in this country. He sent me a thoughtful gift of 13 bean mix for soup. Instead of three cans of elusive black beans that the recipe called for, I used one cup of the mix soaked and simmered plus one can of red beans. It was awesome, tastier and I suspect healthier with a variety of beans. Thanks brother!
It's thanks to Darius, who reads all my blog complaints about the lack of beans in this country. He sent me a thoughtful gift of 13 bean mix for soup. Instead of three cans of elusive black beans that the recipe called for, I used one cup of the mix soaked and simmered plus one can of red beans. It was awesome, tastier and I suspect healthier with a variety of beans. Thanks brother!
I need a fuckin Canyonero
There's always a line to get on the bridge they're fixing, and I almost always wait my turn in the morning. There's always a couple assholes who skip the line. But this morning there were so many I couldn't count them! I didn't know what was going on, but I was having none of it: I pulled out to be half way in both lanes to block traffic. It didn't work though, they were still able to squeeze past me, and I didn't want to go over any more, cause then I might lose my spot. I need a fuckin Canyonero! If you don't remember what that is, here are the lyrics:
Can you name the truck with four wheel drive,
Smells like a steak, and seats thirty five?
Canyonero! Canyonero!
Well, it goes real slow with the hammer down
It's the country-fried truck endorsed by a clown
Canyonero! Canyonero!
Hey, hey!
Twelve yards long, two lanes wide,
Sixty five tons of American pride!
Canyonero! Canyonero!
Top of the line in utility sports,
Unexplained fires are a matter for the courts!
Canyonero! Canyonero!
She blinds everybody with her super high beams
She's a squirrel-squashin', deer-smackin' drivin' machine
Canyonero! Canyonero! Canyonero!
Whoa, Canyonero! Whoa!
If this happens again, I will pull into the other land, lose my spot, and just sit there moving at the same rate as the line so that everybody has to wait. Whatever car was behind me should notice and let me back in.
Can you name the truck with four wheel drive,
Smells like a steak, and seats thirty five?
Canyonero! Canyonero!
Well, it goes real slow with the hammer down
It's the country-fried truck endorsed by a clown
Canyonero! Canyonero!
Hey, hey!
Twelve yards long, two lanes wide,
Sixty five tons of American pride!
Canyonero! Canyonero!
Top of the line in utility sports,
Unexplained fires are a matter for the courts!
Canyonero! Canyonero!
She blinds everybody with her super high beams
She's a squirrel-squashin', deer-smackin' drivin' machine
Canyonero! Canyonero! Canyonero!
Whoa, Canyonero! Whoa!
If this happens again, I will pull into the other land, lose my spot, and just sit there moving at the same rate as the line so that everybody has to wait. Whatever car was behind me should notice and let me back in.
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Whoa-Confusion
I saw this on RCP: Democrats Slap Sen. Lieberman on the Wrist - Karl and Wolf, ABC News
I thought the authors would be Karl Rove and Wolf Blitzer. I thought that's an interesting way to credit them, but I guess they're famous enough that people will recognize them anyway. Then I opened up the article and oops:
By JONATHAN KARL and Z. BYRON WOLF
I thought the authors would be Karl Rove and Wolf Blitzer. I thought that's an interesting way to credit them, but I guess they're famous enough that people will recognize them anyway. Then I opened up the article and oops:
By JONATHAN KARL and Z. BYRON WOLF
Monday, November 17, 2008
Ben Stiller's Movies Are, I don't know, Either a Particular Type of Treasure, or Maybe Crap, That You Have to Watch Twice to Appreciate
I had this experience years ago, when I thought Zoolander was stupid. Then I happened to watch it again cause it was all that was on, and I caught a bunch of subtle jokes and the movie grew on me. I watched it a few more times after that, and now I miss it quite a bit.
I'm through all of my movies, except for a couple horror flicks I don't want to watch alone--not because I'm scared, but because I've never understood the appeal of watching a scary movie all by yourself--and my wife usually refuses to watch with me. So I've been going through my old movies lately when I want to relax and re-watching them. I have to be very choosy because I've got a kid around, so I had to skip right by Pan's Labyrinth, Patriot, Patriot Games, Psycho, Pulp Fiction, Pulp Fiction Special Features, Rambo First Blood Part II, and Resurrecting the Champ, all the way to the Royal Tenenbaums.
I had watched it once before and didn't think very highly of it. I believe that I wrote about the experience on the blog, but for the life of me I can't find it. I would if my life were actually on the line, but you know... Anyway, the point is I thought it was perfectly cromulent this time around, and I laughed out loud at several jokes I missed the first time. It's not as much of a Ben Stiller movie as Zoolander is, but it follows the model.
I'm through all of my movies, except for a couple horror flicks I don't want to watch alone--not because I'm scared, but because I've never understood the appeal of watching a scary movie all by yourself--and my wife usually refuses to watch with me. So I've been going through my old movies lately when I want to relax and re-watching them. I have to be very choosy because I've got a kid around, so I had to skip right by Pan's Labyrinth, Patriot, Patriot Games, Psycho, Pulp Fiction, Pulp Fiction Special Features, Rambo First Blood Part II, and Resurrecting the Champ, all the way to the Royal Tenenbaums.
I had watched it once before and didn't think very highly of it. I believe that I wrote about the experience on the blog, but for the life of me I can't find it. I would if my life were actually on the line, but you know... Anyway, the point is I thought it was perfectly cromulent this time around, and I laughed out loud at several jokes I missed the first time. It's not as much of a Ben Stiller movie as Zoolander is, but it follows the model.
Article of the Day
The world has never seen such freezing heat, by Christopher Booker
I'm happy to be seeing more and more articles like this in the news. Maybe soon Al Gore will be stripped of his Nobel Prize, and then caned on public television.
I'm happy to be seeing more and more articles like this in the news. Maybe soon Al Gore will be stripped of his Nobel Prize, and then caned on public television.
Goofy Article of the Day
World leaders dine in style as they discuss financial crisis, by CNN
The point is that the White House invited the top 20 world leaders to talked about how bad the global financial crisis is and the menu includes, besides quail and other delicacies, $500 bottles of wine. Obviously they got a bulk discount and maybe bought it several years ago when it would be considerably cheaper, since it's only a 2003, plus I found it online for $170-270 but okay, good point. Here's my point: if you want to impress upon people the gravity of the crisis, instead of Shafer Cabernet they should serve Schaefer Beer!
The point is that the White House invited the top 20 world leaders to talked about how bad the global financial crisis is and the menu includes, besides quail and other delicacies, $500 bottles of wine. Obviously they got a bulk discount and maybe bought it several years ago when it would be considerably cheaper, since it's only a 2003, plus I found it online for $170-270 but okay, good point. Here's my point: if you want to impress upon people the gravity of the crisis, instead of Shafer Cabernet they should serve Schaefer Beer!
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Article of the Day
Don't Bail Out My State, by Mark Sanford
This guy sounds like quite a stand up governor. He's my new second favorite governor, bumping Schwarzenegger down to third.
This guy sounds like quite a stand up governor. He's my new second favorite governor, bumping Schwarzenegger down to third.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Article of the Day
Trivial Pursuits: Game shows reach a deeper level of weirdness. By Troy Patterson
I'd like to know if anybody (Lokys, probably) has seen any of these shows. I don't doubt that I can't get them in Lithuania, if I can't even get the Office from NBC's website.
I'd like to know if anybody (Lokys, probably) has seen any of these shows. I don't doubt that I can't get them in Lithuania, if I can't even get the Office from NBC's website.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
My Literature in Your Face
What was the last book you bought?
My primary means of obtaining books is not through purchase, it’s through borrowing from my parents who have hundreds if not thousands of of books, dozens of bookshelves and boxes in the attic worth, and a garage with wall to wall bookshelves, an architectural masterpiece designed by my grandfather. The last one I grabbed off my mother’s table is James Lee Burke's novel In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead.
Name a book you have read more than once?
Almost all of Ayn Rand’s fiction, Tai-Pan and King Rat by James Clavell, The Road to Gandalfo and others by Robert Ludlum, Stranger in a Strange Land and others by Robert Heinlein, parts 3&4 of the Harry Potter series, I, Robot by Isaac Asimov, Franny & Zooey by J. D. Salinger I've read at several times, and Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut. Probably some more. If you count short stories then include a bunch by Salinger, Hemingway, and Edgar Allen Poe.
Has a book ever fundamentally changed the way you see life?
Tai-Pan opened my eyes to Squeeze, most of Ludlum’s books make me keep my eyes open for sabotage, and several of Heinlein’s books keep my eyes open for orgies.
How do you choose a book? E.g. by cover design and summary, recommendations or reviews?
I only read books on recommendation, or ones that I find around my parents. I can’t even remember the last book I read randomly, but whatever it was, surely it was the summary that got me, not a review or cover design. What am I, six? Plus I prefer old fashioned cover designs: compare the old and new covers of Tai-Pan.
Do you prefer fiction or non-fiction?
They’re both great. Fiction tends to be more compelling, but non-fictions tends to be much more fun to talk to people about.
What’s more important in a novel - beautiful writing or a gripping plot?
Plot is clearly more important. What good is beautiful writing if the plot is trash? It’s about as useful as beautiful trash. I’d rather have ugly treasure than beautiful trash. Plus I just recently began to notice beautiful writing anyway, since I read Sin and Syntax. The first author whose writing I noticed as quite nice was Barbara Kingsolver.
Most loved/memorable character?
Tai-Pan. Ragnar Danneskjöld. Valentine Michael Smith. John Galt. Gandalf. Mycroft Holmes. Dagny Taggart. Aristotle Quance. Zooey Glass.
Which book or books can be found on your nightstand at the moment?
From top to bottom and left to right, arranged by height:
Complete Tales and Peoms, Edgar Allen Poe
Understanding Arguments, Fogelin
SuperFoods Rx, Dr. Pratt
The Chronicles of Narnia, C.S. Lewis
The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R.Tolkien
Papers, Papers, Papers, Carol Jago
Aristotle for Everybody, by Mortimer J. Adler
How to be a Man, by Dirk Flinthart, John Birmingham
The Art of War, Sun Tzu
How to read Literature Like as Professor, Foster
Colossus, Ferguson
The Best American Travel Writing, I forget which year so I can't name the editor
The Dilber Future, Scott Adams
The Dilber Principle, Scott Adams
Robinson Cruseo, Daniel Defoe
Refiner’s Fire, by Mark Helprin
The Captive Mind, Milosz
Conrad’s Heart of Darknes, Dean
Sin and Syntax, by Constance Hale
Animal Dreams, by Barbara Kingsolver
Doctor Sax, Kerouac
The Hobbit, J.R.R.Tolkien
The curious incident of the dog in the night, by Mark Haddon
The Bourne Ultimatum, Ludlum
Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury
Job: A Comedy of Justice, Ludlum
The moon is a Harsh Mistress, Robert Heinlein
The Road to Gandolfo, Ludlum
Expanded Universie, Robert Heinlein
Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri
Noble House, Clavell
The Prometheus Deception, Ludlum
The Virtue of Selfishness, Ayn Rand
The Tomb and other Tales, by H.P. Lovecraft.
Old Man’s War, Scalzi
Literature as Exploration, Rosenblatt
The Caves of Sreel, Asimoov
King Rat, Clavell
The Matlock Paper, Ludlum
The Golden Aple of the Sun, Bradbury
Foundation Trilogy, Asimov
Metodiniai Nurodymai renantiesiems edukologiniijos pagrindiniu studio mokslinius darbus, Zulumskyte
Teaching and Learning—Towards the Learning Society, European Comission
OECD Recommendations for Education in Lithuania, Totoraitis, Briedis, Gudaityte
Pedagogų Rengimo Standarto Gairių Projekto Tyrimo Ataskaita, Sauleliene
Švietimo Studijos: Lietuvos Švietimo Kaita, Bruzgeleviciene
Pedagogų Rengimas Lietuvoje Ÿ Pertvarkos Pastangos
Prarastieji Lietuvos Talentai, Rudokas
To be fair on this point, my nightstand is the size of a desk. Actually, it is a desk.
What was the last book that you read?
The Fountainhead, by Ayn Rand, which I read for a third time. What happened was my wife was reading and we talked about what was going on in the book, and she refused to let me read over her should, so the day she finished I couldn't help picking it up, even though I have a dozen or so books on hand that I haven't read once.
That's the last book I finished. I am currently in the middle of, or nearing the end of, or just begining, The Foundation Trilogy, The Omnivore's Dilemma, The Elements of Style, Franny & Zooey, and In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead. Actually I'm just about to begin Franny & Zooey, but I've already printed out a copy in five parts to bring with me to the gym so I don't get bored doing cardio. I used to print out some news to read, but it's just been too depressing for the past week.
Have you ever given up on a book halfway in?
Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen. Here’s what I think about her!
I plagiarized these here questions from Rachel.
My primary means of obtaining books is not through purchase, it’s through borrowing from my parents who have hundreds if not thousands of of books, dozens of bookshelves and boxes in the attic worth, and a garage with wall to wall bookshelves, an architectural masterpiece designed by my grandfather. The last one I grabbed off my mother’s table is James Lee Burke's novel In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead.
Name a book you have read more than once?
Almost all of Ayn Rand’s fiction, Tai-Pan and King Rat by James Clavell, The Road to Gandalfo and others by Robert Ludlum, Stranger in a Strange Land and others by Robert Heinlein, parts 3&4 of the Harry Potter series, I, Robot by Isaac Asimov, Franny & Zooey by J. D. Salinger I've read at several times, and Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut. Probably some more. If you count short stories then include a bunch by Salinger, Hemingway, and Edgar Allen Poe.
Has a book ever fundamentally changed the way you see life?
Tai-Pan opened my eyes to Squeeze, most of Ludlum’s books make me keep my eyes open for sabotage, and several of Heinlein’s books keep my eyes open for orgies.
How do you choose a book? E.g. by cover design and summary, recommendations or reviews?
I only read books on recommendation, or ones that I find around my parents. I can’t even remember the last book I read randomly, but whatever it was, surely it was the summary that got me, not a review or cover design. What am I, six? Plus I prefer old fashioned cover designs: compare the old and new covers of Tai-Pan.
Do you prefer fiction or non-fiction?
They’re both great. Fiction tends to be more compelling, but non-fictions tends to be much more fun to talk to people about.
What’s more important in a novel - beautiful writing or a gripping plot?
Plot is clearly more important. What good is beautiful writing if the plot is trash? It’s about as useful as beautiful trash. I’d rather have ugly treasure than beautiful trash. Plus I just recently began to notice beautiful writing anyway, since I read Sin and Syntax. The first author whose writing I noticed as quite nice was Barbara Kingsolver.
Most loved/memorable character?
Tai-Pan. Ragnar Danneskjöld. Valentine Michael Smith. John Galt. Gandalf. Mycroft Holmes. Dagny Taggart. Aristotle Quance. Zooey Glass.
Which book or books can be found on your nightstand at the moment?
From top to bottom and left to right, arranged by height:
Complete Tales and Peoms, Edgar Allen Poe
Understanding Arguments, Fogelin
SuperFoods Rx, Dr. Pratt
The Chronicles of Narnia, C.S. Lewis
The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R.Tolkien
Papers, Papers, Papers, Carol Jago
Aristotle for Everybody, by Mortimer J. Adler
How to be a Man, by Dirk Flinthart, John Birmingham
The Art of War, Sun Tzu
How to read Literature Like as Professor, Foster
Colossus, Ferguson
The Best American Travel Writing, I forget which year so I can't name the editor
The Dilber Future, Scott Adams
The Dilber Principle, Scott Adams
Robinson Cruseo, Daniel Defoe
Refiner’s Fire, by Mark Helprin
The Captive Mind, Milosz
Conrad’s Heart of Darknes, Dean
Sin and Syntax, by Constance Hale
Animal Dreams, by Barbara Kingsolver
Doctor Sax, Kerouac
The Hobbit, J.R.R.Tolkien
The curious incident of the dog in the night, by Mark Haddon
The Bourne Ultimatum, Ludlum
Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury
Job: A Comedy of Justice, Ludlum
The moon is a Harsh Mistress, Robert Heinlein
The Road to Gandolfo, Ludlum
Expanded Universie, Robert Heinlein
Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri
Noble House, Clavell
The Prometheus Deception, Ludlum
The Virtue of Selfishness, Ayn Rand
The Tomb and other Tales, by H.P. Lovecraft.
Old Man’s War, Scalzi
Literature as Exploration, Rosenblatt
The Caves of Sreel, Asimoov
King Rat, Clavell
The Matlock Paper, Ludlum
The Golden Aple of the Sun, Bradbury
Foundation Trilogy, Asimov
Metodiniai Nurodymai renantiesiems edukologiniijos pagrindiniu studio mokslinius darbus, Zulumskyte
Teaching and Learning—Towards the Learning Society, European Comission
OECD Recommendations for Education in Lithuania, Totoraitis, Briedis, Gudaityte
Pedagogų Rengimo Standarto Gairių Projekto Tyrimo Ataskaita, Sauleliene
Švietimo Studijos: Lietuvos Švietimo Kaita, Bruzgeleviciene
Pedagogų Rengimas Lietuvoje Ÿ Pertvarkos Pastangos
Prarastieji Lietuvos Talentai, Rudokas
To be fair on this point, my nightstand is the size of a desk. Actually, it is a desk.
What was the last book that you read?
The Fountainhead, by Ayn Rand, which I read for a third time. What happened was my wife was reading and we talked about what was going on in the book, and she refused to let me read over her should, so the day she finished I couldn't help picking it up, even though I have a dozen or so books on hand that I haven't read once.
That's the last book I finished. I am currently in the middle of, or nearing the end of, or just begining, The Foundation Trilogy, The Omnivore's Dilemma, The Elements of Style, Franny & Zooey, and In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead. Actually I'm just about to begin Franny & Zooey, but I've already printed out a copy in five parts to bring with me to the gym so I don't get bored doing cardio. I used to print out some news to read, but it's just been too depressing for the past week.
Have you ever given up on a book halfway in?
Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen. Here’s what I think about her!
I plagiarized these here questions from Rachel.
Monday, November 10, 2008
Article of the Day
GOP gears up for 2012, by Jonathan Martin
I've been saying for months that I hope the election never ends, and I guess I've gotten the next best thing.
I've been saying for months that I hope the election never ends, and I guess I've gotten the next best thing.
Thursday, November 06, 2008
Possible/Impossible?
jesus i'm hungry. i had a delicious muffin and half an apple for breakfast, but it just didn't do it. is it too early to have lunch at 9:15? for lunch i have a leftover hamburger roll with home made mummus and spinich on it. i'd go get some hot meat and tomato slices from the cafateria, but i don't even know if they're serving lunch already.
UPDATE: i went and ate sour soup and grandma's salad. i dare anybody to take as many guesses as he wants on what's in the salad. nobody will be able to guess, not even mohammad ali, so i'll just tell you. the "salad" included fried black bread, cheese, and white beans. that's it, that's the salad.
UPDATE: i went and ate sour soup and grandma's salad. i dare anybody to take as many guesses as he wants on what's in the salad. nobody will be able to guess, not even mohammad ali, so i'll just tell you. the "salad" included fried black bread, cheese, and white beans. that's it, that's the salad.
Wednesday, November 05, 2008
Election 2008
I read the results on the Onion, and I'm avoiding all other news sources in hopes that this article's a joke. If it's not, I don't know I'd rather not be: America, or a NATO ally that's always been sought after by a Russia that's increasingly aggressive (again). Let the fears begin...
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
Article of the Day
Obama vs. Jobs, by Ralph R. Reiland, is a very interesting piece and the best one I've read for clarity on the consequences of electing a socialist president.
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