Category: General

I feel so dirty posting a commercial on my blog.

But… who’s the freakin’ hottie in this commercial?
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I’m not sure that this meant:

“Blue State Voter,
Red State of Mind”

???

There were a bunch of other bumper stickers on the car but I went by too fast to read them all – presumably they would have given me context to understand this one.

Post your ideas in the comments.

My favorite scene from “Lost” this season.

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Good advice, even if you’re not trying to rebuild an ancient hippie bus while you’re trapped on a South Pacific island and mourning the death of your lover.

That speech contains so many nuggets of good advice… It’s not a coincidence that the creators of “Lost” appear to be such fans of philosophy, as shown by the fact that many characters on the show are named after famous philosophers.

Forgot to add this, in sufficiently vague language that only a few will “get” it:

Just for today, I’m going to examine all my options, decide what I really want, and commit myself to a plan to get it – for a specific value of “it”.

In the spirit of my previous post, I am pleased to announce to the world of the intertubes that I have taken today and Monday off from work. For no particular reason, other than it’s spring, and I have a 10K on Sunday, and work has been pretty stressful lately.

Today I plan on goofing off a lot. I’m right now sitting in a coffee shop, people-watching. I also plan on going for a walk, and quite possibly watching a movie. I will probably play games, and I might… might, mind you… climb a tree or fly a kite.

Some peoples’ reactions to holidays that are supposed to celebrate pleasurable or positive behavior, like Christmas or Valentine’s Day, is to say “that’s how you should act all the time, not just on that one day out of the year.”

That’s so true, even for me.

That’s why I work extra hard to keep National Goof Off Day alive in my heart all year ’round, not just every March 22nd.

Tracy: Whatever, emu-boy.

Me (laughing): What?

Tracy: …Isn’t that the word?

Me: I’m a flightless bird, now?

Tracy: Whatever.

Me (still laughing): I think you meant Emo-boy!

Tracy: Yes. That.

Me: I am so blogging this!

I rented and watched two movies yesterday, and can give one-sentence reviews of them.

“Stranger Than Fiction” 2006 (Will Ferrell, Maggie Gyllenyllenyllenyllenhaal) – There’s so much more to this story than the previews suggest. 4 out of 5 stars.

“Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny” 2006 (Jack Black, Kyle Gass) – This was exactly – exactly! – as I imagined it would be, only with more pot humor. 3.5 out of 5 stars.

Apparently moving to the new Blogger broke my Atom site feed – or at least the auto-discovery portion of it. Whatever, man. The site feed is fixed now. Find it here.

Oh, if there are any more problems either contact me or leave a comment below.

Adrift? “War” supporters feel… adrift? Lost?

The Oregonian devoted front-page, above-the-fold coverage to the minority viewpoint of Oregonians who support the Iraqi occupation.

Link to a locally-archived .PDF of page one and page two, as they appeared on the Oregonian’s useless, only-good-for-14-days website.

I read the article with an open mind, hoping that these minority voices, through the reporter, would inform me of their reasons for continuing to support a failed policy that has diminished America’s moral standing in the world and has endangered all of us.

The first revelation was not a positive one of support, but rather the stark admission from Elfrieda Plumondore, whose son was killed in the post-war occupation in the midst of the Iraqi Civil War we’ve caused, that those who disagree with her are, in fact, stupid.

Nice.

Reading further, I find that another occupation supporter feels that having our troops continue to occupy Iraq prevents the spread of terrorism throughout the Middle East. And I also learn of the viewpoint that leaving Iraq will mean that our soldiers will have died for no reason.

My first reading of this article, in fact, seemed to show no valid argument for continued occupation of Iraq. “War” supporters (the war has been over for several years, people) have abandoned the pretenses the Cheney Administration used to mislead America into this folly, like removal of the threat of “mushroom clouds” or “weapons of mass destruction”, or the lies of ties between mortal enemies like fundamentalist Osama bin Laden and secularist Saddam Hussein. No, pretty much the only reasons left to support having our troops spread thin, given no armor or weapons to fight, and being treated like garbage when they return home, wounded, is…

…fear.

On reflection, I thank the Oregonian for so brilliantly illuminating the mindset of the vanishing species known as the Bush- or war-supporter. They appear so frightened, so beaten and cowardly, so weak, because they are frightened, beaten, cowardly, and weak. They would rather have our sons and daughters dead or dying on some far-away battlefield, or bleeding out their life’s blood in rat-infested hospitals out of sight of the lenses of the Nightly News, in the forlorn hope of simply living another day.

I didn’t understand them before. I couldn’t fathom their continued support. But now, the choice of words by the Oregonian have spelled it out for me.

“War” supporters WANT to feel adrift. They give their whole-hearted support to the thugs and criminals in our nation’s capital so that they can feast on fear and isolation. They’re pissing their pants under their beds. They embody the goal of “the terrorists” by embodying terror.

I couldn’t be more proud to be part of the majority of Americans who have embraced courage and engagement with the world. Now we must force the Cheney Administration to take action. We want our sons and daughters back. We want the moral standing of our country back. We’ve managed to take it back from the cowardly fellow countrymen; next we will take it back from the national media, and then our leaders.