I'm not sure my vision's getting worse, as with my glasses I can still see perfectly fine in the distance, but jesus, when they're off, things are worse than they used to be. I've noticed this recently because I've found reading small font for a prolonged period of time with my glasses gives me a bit of a headache. Could just be a function of ( Read more... )

Going by the minute-odd long trailer, this thing's going to be neither the second coming of Jesus Christ nor the turd that refuses to fit down the tube when you flush. It could be good, or it could be pretty bad...I don't know. I do know that I'm willing to give it a try, think about it in the same light as the Galactica reboot. That eventually ( Read more... )

...so, as part of my independent study with Barnhart, he and I agreed one of my required readings for this semester would be Team of Rivals, a book many people have suddenly heard about since Obama mentioned it during this whole Clinton for SecState flap. I happen to be in the middle of reading it for my I.S. assignment, and the last couple of ( Read more... )

For taking a look at that paper I was beating up at the shop. I haven't put the amount of work into it that I normally do, the stomach thing took the brain out of me for awhile and you pointed out a couple of boneheaded mistakes.

I give it a 50/50 shot I'll have my gall bladder by this time next week. This may be the sickest I've ever been in my entire life.

Okay, I'm pretty fucking disappointed in the state of California right now. But, legal shenanigans abound. Here's what could happen, if Liberals continue to play smart, the way we have all year ( Read more... )

Go vote today!

The Republican attempt to equate McCain negative ads and Obama negative ads is extraordinary. Obama's negative ads imply, correctly, that McCain is a Republican and largely agreed and would continue Bush's policies. Not 100% true, but largely correct, and certainly within the bounds of legitimate political debate ( Read more... )

I've seen quite a bit in the last week or so from pundits, from both parties, wondering aloud. 'I can't understand why Obama hasn't put it away', pointing to, well, the obvious. The Republican brand's toilet paper, the economic crisis, Iraq, the whole nine ( Read more... )

Palin's made an insightful, intelligent, and carefully considered policy proposal today in Pittsburgh. Changing out the Disabilities Act are funded and how that money gets to special needs kids is a good idea, and I applaud it ( Read more... )