Quoth sk4p: Meme going around today: take a picture of yourself without fixing hair, makeup, background setting, etc.; just "as-is".

( my entry and some room service lotto )

I just created a Shelfari account. Dunno when I'll migrate any reviews to it, but thought I'd put it out there for friending purposes.

There's a rule in Presidential campaigns: don't let your Presidential candidate get caught in a battle with their VP candidate or other surrogate. It diminishes your candidate by putting them on a social level with the surrogate - and by implication elevates their Presidential candidate. As a result, surrogates active try to engage the opponent's ( Read more... )

Just once, I'd like to see a vocal Democrat say, "you know, Obama's relative lack of experience is truly an understandable cause for concern. But in balance, I'd rather have somebody who tries to work in the right direction rather ineffectively than someone who is efficient and doing the wrong things. Any President has a host of appointees, ( Read more... )

In the future I expect political campaigns to start to plan out public dramas around their nomination processes - they will "leak" some information to the press about one (friendly but not the nomineee) person, and gradually lead the press through a series of discoveries and revelations about a certain set of problems that makes their final nominee ( Read more... )

"Neither party," Mr. McCain added, "should be defined by pandering to the outer reaches of American politics and the agents of intolerance."

( Palin is a brilliant, dangerous, regrettable choice for VP )

Let's get fundamental about this strange philosophy
In which god and man are enemies
( full lyrics )

I miss the early days of cheap CGI.

But at least Hal Douglas is still with us.

RIP.