538 blog"last night, I texted Nate about something, and he replied "*%^$, I thought that was Obama's text." And when he texted me back to say that, I stopped mid-pee to grab my phone. Veepwatch: it burns ( Read more... )

Chet Edwards ?

Our belief in Obama's message of hope becomes our own weakness and failure. We can't accept a belief in Obama until we come to grips with the fragility of our own insecurities and fears surrounding our own dreams. When it comes down to the wire in November, those little cracks and crevices in all those inspired dreams will split a rift between what ( Read more... )

Just returned from the Namekagen canoe trip - two days on the river, peace and quiet, completely isolated and disconnected. Incommunicado, leaving all the badness, stress and business behind to fend for themselves. I basked in the hot afternoon sun, stopped often to walk around, stretch out, and take a quick swim against the current. We picked a ( Read more... )

In celebration, Damien, Penny and I are sitting outside the Wicked Hop bar & grill enjoying whiskey and bourbon on a humid Friday afternoon avoiding the dire responsibilities of our meaningless information-technology jobs. I hope you are too ( Read more... )

1:10 AM boardedupsalmon: IT'S COMCASTIC ( Read more... )

Our next president will have to realize what George Bush never has: that this war must be fought decisively, or it will be lost inevitably.  We are not now on a path to winning this war.  Churchill once said, “You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else.” It’s time to end the “everything else” stage ( Read more... )

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Irrational violence, ringing in my ears, that strong dull ache filling my head to capacity on an early morning after a show apparently does little to curb my annoyance with classical republican parlance. McCain says "Carter was a lousy president." A statement that comes from his straight talk express. This bullshit is directly linked to his ( Read more... )

Apparently, we're the kind of band that throws together a new song in the two practices before a show, amidst the lead singer getting rear-ended and hammering through a McClusky cover. Then our bassist Maxtone blows the Ashdown's power section last night. You couldn't ask for more rock, except for maybe Smitherton's van dying on the side of the ( Read more... )