I'm running the risk that my naiveté may show here, but this is way worse than just about anything I'd ever expected. "Just politics," my ass. No, my job is "just" my job - anything, and I mean anything, that I fuck up can be put right in a day at most, no matter how long afterward it comes to light. I'm simply not that fucking important. This ( Read more... )

OK, now that I'm no longer drunk on unbridled optimism and rum, it's time to take a step back and realistically assess where we're at.

Obama won. Kay Hagan ousted Elizabeth Dole in North Carolina. Proposition 4 was defeated in California. Amendment 48 was rejected in Colorado. Initiative 11 was defeated in South Dakota. Initiative 1000 passed ( Read more... )

And it's a resounding victory for Barack Obama ( Read more... )

So a bunch of Christians recognized that our economy is in bad shape, which is true. They decided to pray about this, as is their custom. In the spirit of solidarity, community togetherness, and teamwork, they decided to meet up and pray all together. They wanted to do this at an appropriate place, and so picked the throbbing heart of our ( Read more... )

Keith Olbermann is my hero and I want to have his babies. Observe:
OK, the video seems not to work. Dammit. Harr be a link, yarr.

(found via PharyngulaI'm just... wow. I'm used to newsy-types being all reserved and thinking that "non-partisan" meant "non-thinking," and also the rather idiotic (which is olde-tymey speak for "retarded") notions ( Read more... )

In the eighties, a robot murdered two women named "Sarah Connor," but failed to kill the third. Years later, a qualitatively identical but numerically distinct robot came back and instead defended her (and her son). He explained his decision by saying, "Come with me if you want to live."

Over the past three years, a robot Gov. Arnold ( Read more... )

We's gon' have us a copyright czar soon.

EDIT FOR YARR: Yarr to that! Yarr, I say! YARR!

EDIT FOR CONTENT: To clarify, I'm not against this because I'm anti-corporate. Far from it (but not that far). What I'm against is monopolies, over-consolidation, unnecessary legislation, big government, and general control-freakery ( Read more... )

I've refrained from comment on this issue for a while, but after some reflection and thought (and the passage of time, coupled with the fermentation of pent-up frustration), I've decided not to keep my opinion to myself after all. Probably preaching to the choir here, but I've never let that stop me before!

That, and this is kind of important.

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Moving this weekend, but no internet until Tuesday. I'll Facebook my new address when I see it (I know how to get there, just not the actual address).

Also, I've finally come up with a title for my book and a couple mechanics to make it work (i.e. remove the creation myth aspect), as well as a couple new vignettes. Expect revisions.

Anyone who's ever seen Real Time with Bill Maher should have no problem understanding why. Primarily, it's similar to why I enjoy getting news from The Daily Show: if you learn to laugh at your problems, you will never run out of things to laugh about.

Anyway, this movie that Bill's making was originally slated for simultaneous release with ( Read more... )