Archive for May 2006
The monthlies.
I read the news today, oh boy…
- Wait a minute; Jimmy Hoffa was the leader of the Teamsters and a part of the mafia? Man, my knowledge of history is so screwed up… Wasn’t Hoffa a cross-dressing circus trapeze artist or something? Well, that doesn’t make sense, why would someone want a circus performer killed? (Unless you were a character in [...]
In the News
- In what has to be looked as an insult to the citizens and taxpayers of this nation, “this year the House is expected to meet 71 days.” Hmm, I am considered to be a workaholic, and I hate flying (I like to be where I am). A job in Congress is not for me, [...]
Bush In A Lose-Lose Situation
I truly mean it when I say the president is in a lose-lose situation with any immigration plan he proposes, not just the one he outlined last night. There is no chance Bush will please both sides of his party, and to make things actually worse, the democrats have no comment on the issue. The [...]
Carnivaling
Be prepared, and afraid. At the same time. reyonthehill, my quote-unquote “online persona,” or as I like to say, “my evil side,” and the blog that bears its name, which will ultimately bring me fame and fortune, is going mainstream… Well, not over-the-top mainstream; not yet, that is. (I am still waiting on that book [...]
Oh, you’re going to be a lawyer or an engineer…
I have never been a fan of honorary degrees (that is, until Harvard presents me with one). Coincidentally, my alma mater presented one to Billy Joel this past weekend. Joel spoke during the graduation festivites and sang a song he wrote about ‘Cuse… “Come on everybody, take a trip with me, up to Onondaga County, [...]
In the News
- Microsoft and MTV to take on Apple’s iTunes… “What Microsoft is trying to do is create something similar (to Apple).” Sound familiar? Ten percent innovation; ninety percent imitation. – Al Gore must be running for president… He was hilarious on SNL. Will Kerry take another chance? Or, are we supposed to just accept Hillary? [...]
A Thousand.
My most recent post was my one-thousandth. I was going to blog that little fact as its own post, but thought, well, that is the easy way of hitting one thousand: to simply blog about “1000.” (It is similar to a television show dedicating its 100th episode looking back at the first 99 shows. Oops.) [...]
Bush Approvals Hit Twenties
Take three out of ten people… and Bush still couldn’t win the support of them. “29% think Mr. Bush is doing an ‘excellent or pretty good’ job as president.” That is bad. I mean, real bad. Is this a result of ridiculously-high gas prices? Yes. Is this the affect of a war going nowhere in [...]
Trade-In
I traded-in my baby after four-and-a-half glorious years for this shiny new thing… Image: Sprint It was another tough decision, but this “baby” has a 1.3 megapixel camera and thirty-second movie capability. That is like a half a minute. No flickring though; I’m so over that. (MySpace freaks.) What do I need a camera on [...]
I read the news today, oh boy…
- Washington, D.C., is on the verge of getting a seat in the House of Representatives, in a bill that would “expand the House from 435 to 437 seats.” You know what that means… No longer will the president-elect need 270 electoral votes to win the electoral college, but 271. – And is it really [...]
Midday Politoon
Hell, it is not even 11 am on the west coast… suckers. Toles examines the near-reality that Bush is becoming politically obsolete. An awkward two (and a half) years ahead. (You invite a person over for dinner, one time, and they never leave. “Mr. Bush, um, you can leave now…” Making matters worse, we didn’t [...]
Giants 6, Cubs 1
In the fifth inning, Bonds went deep. But not deep enough as Cubs centerfielder Juan Pierre caught the ball just above the outfield wall. I was in the outfield bleachers, and from my point-of-view, I thought the ball would have hit near the top of the wall, and bounce back in-play. No home run, either [...]
Blogging Live from San Francisco
A ten minute BART train ride from Oaktown… and I’m in the City of San Francisco. Like I said, no child will get in my way of catching 714 or 715 (or both). I’m an Athletics fan, but this is Bonds v. Ruth. See you on ESPN…
Blogging Live from… Oakland.
That’s right… Oakland. After stops in Moraga, San Ramon, and Mare Island (Vallejo), California (the places, along with my home, that I have most-frequently blogged), I have taken a new job in Oakland. Quite a change of scenery… I was growing tired of the blight of valley-ho; hello blight of oaktown. (That is a joke; [...]
Bush Joins Mariachi Band; Gets Ladies
In celebrating Cinco de Mayo, Bush not only joined a mariachi band, but proved to be very good at it. And I mean very good… Image: Washington Times
In the News
- Oh great, AOL’s AIM is going to compete with MySpace. When will this trend end? When I had a web page six years ago, I was a geek. Now… “You’re not on MySpace? Loser.” (Full disclosure: I had a MySpace account for 1 month, mid-December 2005 through mid-January 2006.) – Wait a minute. Google’s [...]
Chasing Bonds
How can I inject myself into any little story… The decision by MLB to not authenticate the baseballs used during the San Francisco Giants games means that if Barry Bonds hits career homerun numbers 713, 714 and 715 to pass Babe Ruth, and if I were there to catch the ball, there would be no [...]
In the News
- Yea, a few years ago at Syracuse, when our class was to meet in the computer lab for a lecture or two, we students knew we would learn nothing, as all we would do is surf the web. Does this surprise anyone? It is a good move for schools to ban internet access during [...]
Ruff, Coach of the Year, Or That Is It For Me.
I promised myself to not get rash, but if Lindy Ruff, coach of the Buffalo Sabres, does not win coach of the year, I will kill myself. Point is, Ruff is the longest-tenured coach in the league, coaching one of the youngest teams in the league, a team that won a franchise-record 52 games (fifth [...]
In the News
- Bill Clinton lives on… “The nation’s largest beverage distributors have agreed to halt nearly all soda sales to public schools. The companies have agreed to sell only water, unsweetened juice and low-fat milks.“ – A right (?) direction in Mexico: “Under the federal law, police will not criminally prosecute people or hand out jail [...]
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