I went to mail some stuff yesterday, and after stuffing and addressing the envelope I handed it to the girl behind the counter and asked “Could you just run this through the machine, because I don’t really want to lick it.” I figured she would give me a knowing laugh or at least understanding shrug/eye [...]
Archive for February, 2008
27 Feb
Do I get ANY say in my own life?
I was sneakily watching the Democratic debate last night (sneakiness required for multiple reasons) when I heard it: the remote-throw-inducing comment.
Let’s back up a little. First, Obama blew Hillary away. He must have the woman’s voting record memorized. He also has hundreds of sound clips stored in his head, as he quotes her often. Gotta [...]
26 Feb
Relevant Lewis
First, remember Lewis lived in England. Don’t think ‘party affiliation’ here. Instead think ‘believer in democracy.’
“I am a democrat because I believe in the Fall of Man. I think most people are democrats for the opposite reason. A great deal of democratic enthusiasm descends from the ideas of people like Rousseau, who believed in democracy because they [...]
25 Feb
I have come to the conclusion
that it’s not evil people (‘men’ really fits in the sentence better, but it is of course sexist, even though I mean it in the most gender-neutral way, although the person who brought me to this conclusion was, in fact a man, but ‘men and women’ doesn’t work either, so it’s people) ah where was [...]
23 Feb
I Will Not Cheat on my Beloved
I love books. I’ve been reading since I can remember. I will put off necessary things (ie schoolwork) to read for pleasure. I spend inordinate amounts of money on books.
I have two-and-a-half huge tubs of books that I have bought since coming to school in my dorm storage. This does not include the books I have [...]
21 Feb
To Vote or Not to Vote
Yesterday I voted.
To different readers this means different things. How many of you first thought American Idol? Be honest!
No, I meant in the Primaries. Those things where parties vote for the candidate to represent them. The ones that make Republicans want to shoot themselves and sane people go sit in a padded room somewhere. Yeah [...]
19 Feb
Follow Up on my Media Obsession
I picked up a copy of The Oresteian Trilogy by Aeschylus from a free book giveaway a few months back. I’m now reading them, which can be slow going because I don’t have a lot of free time. It’s like many plays. I’ll put a bookmark in, come back a day or two to pick up where [...]
14 Feb
To be Remembered
Not as someone who was good at regurgitating words others crafted, but as one who crafted speech into a masterful representation of Truth and Love.
Not as an interpreter but an Inventor.
Not as an emulator but an Originator.
Not simply as one with knowledge, but one who Acts.
Not just as a personality, but a person.
As a Director, [...]
13 Feb
I must agree (kinda) with Ann Coulter
Republicans must face reality: whether they know it or not, in the long run, the big picture, or whatever cliche you want to insert here ________________, they would really rather Hillary win than McCain.
Now, I don’t know if everyone anti-McCain should go campaign for her if [fatalistic, prophetic WHEN?] McCain wins the nomination. I think [...]
11 Feb
Cccaaffeinated!
I am looking for a car to purchase this summer. I don’t want a stick shifting gas-guzzling insurance-raising deathtrap . . . OK, rephrase. That describes my dream car, but I cannot AFFORD said shifting guzzling trap of death right now. (Current Dream: Aston Martin DB9 Volante, if anyone cares.)
Since people know this they are [...]
grassrootsmovement