Time Out!
Okay, once I start posting 2am rants about politics, it’s clearly time to pause for a deep breath and talk about something else for awhile. … Spindle? Chugging along quite nicely. We hit 15,000 page views on Sunday and today’s update concludes the “official” launch. Now I have to start working on February’s content, including a new Notable New
The SC Debate
In retrospect, I’m so annoyed that I missed tonight’s debate in favor of poetry, but I’m glad that Obama apparently finally brought it: “I can’t tell who I’m running against sometimes.” [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MD9F1t9GQzA] Sorry, but it’s official. I hate the Clintons and I will not vote for Hillary if she’s the Democratic nominee, even if Bloomberg doesn’t
Ten OTHER Things Martin Luther King Said
From Ill Doctrine (with a hat tip to Maria Jackson via Facebook). Side note: The fact that so many people in major corporations have to work today, a NATIONAL HOLIDAY, says a whole lot about how ready for change we may or may not be. Interestingly, South Carolina was the last state to recognize it as a holiday,
Is Barack Obama Electable?
This started out as a reply to a friend’s email who asked the question, and despite my wanting needing to come up for air from the political waters for a day or two to avoid an early repeat of 2004 where my frustrations got the better of me and my cynicism hit new lows, it evolved
There’s Something (Wrong) About Hillary, Pt. II
And the hits just keep coming! First it’s the disingenuous twisting and distorting of Barack Obama’s statements about Ronald Reagan which (rightly, IMO) suggested that Reagan had tapped into and delivered upon a desire for fundamental change in a way that Bill Clinton’s presidency didn’t. At no point did Obama suggest that he thought Reagan was a “great” president, though: “I do think that, for example,
Gambling with God in Nevada
With the cynical lawsuit to stop casino workers from caucusing on the Strip tomorrow having been rightly dismissed, the LA Times has an interesting article entitled “Clinton plays gaming card against Obama“, pointing out her latest attempt to muddy the waters in what is looking more and more like a campaign against Barack Obama instead of the campaign for
Are You a Bad Monkey?
Well, are you? Matt Ruff has written three of my favorite books, including one of my all-time favorites, Fool on the Hill. One of the coolest birthday presents I ever received was a signed copy of his Sewer, Gas and Electric [Whoops!] Fool — Salomé actually mailed my dog-earred copy to him and he signed
Top 5 Rob Thomas/Matchbox Twenty Songs
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GebPvlqgxy4] 5. Bright Lights (More Than You Think You Are, Matchbox Twenty) And maybe, maybe, maybe You’ll find something thats enough to keep you But if the bright lights don’t receive you You should turn yourself around and come on home 4. Something To Be (Something To Be, Rob Thomas) Play another one of those heartbreak songs
On Comics, Pokémon and Storm Hawks
Other than the occasional review at Amazon — or even less frequently, at PopCultureShock — it’s been a while since I’ve written about comics. After 2.5 years of being ankle-deep in the industry, writing reviews, interviews, commentary and the occasional news piece, I really don’t miss it at all. While I’m still reading comics, my weekly trips to Midtown Comics
My Awesome God’s Full of Hope!
(an off-the-cuff villanelle, kind of by request) Because we live in a time of pure dread our future at the mercy of madmen I worship the awesome god in my head. Bush kisses his nukes each night before bed while Cheney cackles away in his den because we live in a time of pure dread. With Rudi’s campaign