Archive for January, 2010
Either That Or I Have Some Sort Of Pop Culture Apophenia Thing Going On
Posted on January 23, 2010 by andrew- Filed Under The Wire, Watchmen, comics, television | Leave a Comment
This is random, but I’ve been occasionally re-watching Season 2 of The Wire while doing reading for school the last few weeks. I finished the reading I was doing a bit earlier, but I left the DVD going, so I’ve actually been paying attention for the last hour or so. Anyway, I’m on the seventh [...]
Not A Dime
Posted on January 21, 2010 by andrew- Filed Under DCCC, Democratic Party, health care | Leave a Comment
The DCCC just sent me a fundraising email. Meanwhile, health care is apparently dead. This is very simple: If the Democrats can’t pass substantial health care reform now, they don’t deserve a single penny in their campaign funds, they don’t deserve a single organizer working for them, and they don’t deserve a single vote for [...]
Promises, Promises
Posted on January 21, 2010 by andrew- Filed Under 2010 Massachusetts Disaster, Democratic Party, health care | Leave a Comment
I couldn’t bring myself to vote for this particular incarnation of the national Republican Party under any circumstances. The good news is that I live in Washington. Would I vote for a local Republican as our mayor? Sure. This is such a one-party town that my protest vote can’t possibly amount to anything more than [...]
I Will Never Stop Being Fascinated By This Woman
Posted on January 8, 2010 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 presidential election, Sarah Palin | Leave a Comment
At this point, no one could possibly make up a story about Sarah Palin I wouldn’t immediately believe:
The forthcoming book, Game Change by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin, reports that McCain campaign aides had Sarah Palin refer to Joe Biden by his first name in the vice presidential debate because she had the unfortunate habit of [...]
Signs Winter Break Is Way Too Damned Long
Posted on January 2, 2010 by andrew- Filed Under music, video games | Leave a Comment
1) I just made the top 500 (#408) scores in one of the Batman: Arkham Asylum combat challenges. That’s the top 500 out of all XBox 360 players of the game, everywhere. It’s a fun game, but spending enough time playing it over the past three weeks to get better at it then all but [...]
