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Necessary Pieces: A re-broadcast of the first Obama-McCain debate; a shot-glass or drinking cup, plenty of your beverage of choice
Rules:
At the beginning of the debate
Each time a candidate worms his way around Jim Lehrer’s persistent questioning about how he’s going to deal with a post-bailout economy – TAKE A DRINK
Each time Jim Lehrer [...]

Filed under: General Observations, Politics on September 29th, 2008 | 3 Comments »

I’m in the middle of Barbara Ehrenreich’s Nickel and Dimed: On NOT Getting By in America. Every suburban white person in America should read this. It chronicles Ehrenreich’s experiment in which she travels to different parts of the country doing minimum to below minimum wage and attempting to survive. It’s incredible so [...]

Filed under: General Observations, Politics on September 18th, 2008 | 1 Comment »

I’ve seen some pretty funny movies this summer. I finally watched “Walk Hard:The Dewey Cox Story” and loved every minute of it. A couple weeks ago I saw “Pineapple Express” and love at least 9 out of 10 minutes of it. But today we saw “Tropic Thunder” and it far overshadowed all [...]

Filed under: Reviews on September 6th, 2008 | 1 Comment »

I’ll whore out my blog for Michael Moore any day. This looks great.

Filed under: General Observations on September 5th, 2008 | Add Comment! »

I wish I had Jon Stewart’s staff. They roll fill together almost as masterfully as Michael Moore does. It really helps put the right wing pundits in perspective.

Filed under: Politics on September 5th, 2008 | Add Comment! »

I know I’ve sworn off interest in national politics and the presidential election, but I must admit that now it’s getting kind of interesting. It took me a while to finally watch the whole Barack Obama speech at the DNC, but dammit, I was inspired.
He really does have a message of hope [...]

Filed under: Politics on September 2nd, 2008 | 3 Comments »

As the summer draws to a close, and I prepare for bed at a horrifically early hour to wake up at a more horrific hour to go to work, I feel compelled to reflect on the wonderful summer. In my little corner of the world, in our little corner of Naples, it could best [...]

Filed under: General Observations on September 1st, 2008 | Add Comment! »