Observing Senator Barack Obama during this much talked about international trip has been generally refreshing.  Here is a potential commander-in-chief who seems to understand the broader strategic challenges that the country faces politically and militarily.  His insistence that we focus on "finishing the fight" in Afghanistan and western Pakistan ( Read more... )

a new attempt at writing.

a long absence and i return at least temporarily with a new emphasis.

i'll attempt to craft short articles that say something worth saying...

i'm an internet binger.  sure I use the internet plenty, almost constantly...but there are nights when i take it to scary extremes.  reading everything on my reader page, going through 5 old pages of "the superficial" and clicking on every angle of britney's jigglyness, starting a facebook page, googling random friends, youtubing, wikipediaing dick ( Read more... )

that fucker who got (not caught) the ball had a great strategy: Go low.  I'd hate to be one of the 6 gloves that couldn't catch that ball in mid-air or the schmuck in the jersey who had a million dollars cradled against his chest but lost it, flailing wildly above his head.  I realize now that part of the fun in watching Barry attempt to do his ( Read more... )

I've really enjoyed watching baseball this week.  I'm ambivalent on Bonds but this whole chase has given everybody a new home town team that's on in every single market, every single night.  Its also a great platform for these pitchers, especially the young guys like John Lannan last night.  Did you see the clip of Bonds giving him a hat tip for ( Read more... )

Two women of deep and distinctive beauty: 
Audrey Tautou and Tina Fey

Parsing Beauty


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i've got nothing to say, but a lot on my mind.

I was sitting in an airport lounge today when a young man wearing an army uniform sat down next to me. A few minutes later a stream of fellow soldiers walked by led by older men in USO shirts who were applauding. Pretty soon we were all were applauding. After the applause had died down, I leaned over and asked the guy next to me (a stupid ( Read more... )

As interested as I usually am in current events, I've never had an occasion to write my congressman. Today I did ( Read more... )

sometimes a game can't end fast enough. damn you spurs, damn you.