everyone go to www.thedailyshow.com and watch the 20 october episode. in the second segment they interview the current mayor of wasilla, alaska. it's.......just watch it. by the way, for those of you who are wondering (and i know you all are), wasilla has exactly one zip code: 99654. i remember this from when i worked for the post office. shit ( Read more... )

well, we have finally reached the point of Enough. i am officially done with all text messaging, and first thing tomorrow i'm having my phone company turn off the ability to receive text messages on my phone. this is a long, long, long overdue decision, and one that i'm very happy to make ( Read more... )

today is exactly five years. i'll make (not faike) it though the day (without any help from any people or colors), but i'm still sad, sort of wistful. i hope his family is doing okay, and also everyone reading this who knows what i'm talking about ( Read more... )

thank you very much to chris for finding this story on the making of the film "nailin' paylin." i'm on a friend's computer, so i don't want to follow the links right now, but there are links to pictures, video, and a script. i'm not saying this is super awesome, but---wait, that's exactly what i'm saying. this is fantastic ( Read more... )

remember last year when the phillies got swept, and you figured they were a one-time fluke (especially considering how they barely scraped their way in)? and remember this spring when you saw the devil rays---the devil rays!---were in first place, and you *knew* that was a fluke ( Read more... )

Barack Obama is a "transformational figure" according to colin powell, who just endorsed him on Meet the Press. he's summarizing a lot of the salient points of the campaign extemely well. it's a damned shame he got duped so hardcore by the bcf, cos i lost all respect for him back then, and i'm only giving him a small bit of credit right now. but ( Read more... )

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so i'm out of The City---and it is "the city" here, because i'm in upstate new york, where they sort of resent that New York City is what the rest of the country means when they say "new york." i'm staying with a college friend, Miller (aka "Greg"), and his family. they're super nice, very hospitable. they're showing me around their town ( ( Read more... )

yeah, i'll go back and fix that subject line if i remember. then i'll take out this start...if i remember ( Read more... )

wow, that was a horribly awkward subject. well, i'll get there eventually and it'll make sense, even though the "joke" will still suck ( Read more... )