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california (and super tuesday) democratic presidential primary
all right. i've been watching this election process closely for the past few months now, and i've been watching all the debates and devouring blogs and news articles. like i've said, it's addicting, and even though i don't have a big impact on the outcome, i think it's a worthwhile thing to engage with and think about, because it also connects you ( Read more... ) -
"hell has officially frozen over"
sorry for the politics overload, but i can't help it. i'm addicted. it's like crack. and occasionally hilarious crack, at that:
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watching the democratic debate
... missed most of the first half coming home from work, and man, i really hate cnn, but FINALLY, wolf blitzer asked hillary something about her vote to authorize the use of force against iraq, and it's something i've been yelling at the screen for the past like, 10 debates. something along the lines of ( Read more... ) -
SOTU liveblog
i'm not gonna be playing the drinking game because i'm a working stiff and it's a weeknight and i just got home, but i'll try to give my reactions if there's anything interesting said. i'm watching it on PBS with jim lehrer & co....
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books that make you dumb
not to be taken seriously, but do note that my favorite book ever (lolita) is of course the highest-scoring book. :)
http://booksthatmakeyoudumb.virgil.gr/
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living it up with the indo-irish
i had a savory curry dinner tonight at an irish pub in north beach. nothing like washing down your chicken saagwala with a pint o' guinness. i'm definitely going back there ( Read more... ) -
california ballot propositions
i used to do this regularly, and it was a fun tradition, so i'll give my opinion on the proposals that are on the ballot this upcoming feb. 5th california primary election. i've found that a useful philosophy is to start out with the mindset that i should vote NO by default, and then let the proposal itself convince me that it ought to be approved ( Read more... ) -
don't be ridiculous
so i'm playing scrabulous on facebook, as is my wont (suck it hasbro), and while usually i ignore the ads completely, this one happened to catch my eye:
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