September 2008
12 posts
“Rooting for an otherwise-decent baseball team with a horrendous bullpen is like...”
– The cruel torture of watching the New York Mets’ relief pitchers. - By Josh Levin - Slate Magazine
Love my Mets.
“It’s not based on any particular data point,” a Treasury spokeswoman...”
– Bad News For The Bailout - Forbes.com
Okay, seriously? How can I let something like this slide without comment?
Let’s just pick a really big number, invite all our Big Banking friends to dump their risky, ‘toxic’ investments on the government, and then we’ll all be...
Running Silent for a Bit...
Okay, so I’ve only got so much energy in a day that I can devote to things, and I have so many more things in my life outside of this site that need my energy.
First and foremost, I need to spend some time with myself, figuring out me and my life, my definition of happiness.
Right now, that doesn’t involve even tagging things I find on the Internets to add to this blog, much less...
I never thought it would come to this / And I ...
“She is the biggest joke to be put on a ticket in national politics. The most...”
– Sarah Palin: the most underqualified vice-president ever?
“The US Treasury has decided it was time for shock therapy, and taken an...”
– BBC NEWS | Business | Is this the end of US bail-outs?
Sometime Around Midnight
And it starts, sometime around midnight.
Or at least that’s when you lose yourself
for a minute or two.
As you stand, under the bar lights.
And the band plays some song
about forgetting yourself for a while.
And the piano’s this melancholy soundtrack to her smile.
And that white dress she’s wearing
you haven’t seen her for a while.
But you know that she’s watching.
She’s...
“I’ve played my last day as a Met, that’s the way it goes,”...”
– WAGNER: I’VE PLAYED MY LAST DAY AS MET - New York Post
“I think God’s will has to be done in unifying people and companies to get...”
– Pastor: GOP may be downplaying Palin’s religious beliefs - CNN.com
Just what we need - another fundamental Christian in Washington. *sigh*
“This week the Republicans gather for their convention. For four days, they will...”
– Commentary: St. Paul, Minnesota — the land of make believe - CNN.com