Archive for March 2007

The monthlies.

• Morning Politoon

  Luckovich on Bush’s reaction the the start of the fifth year if war in Iraq… Image: Atlanta Journal-Constitution

• In the News

  - “President Bush sent a powerful message of support Tuesday for embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales,” which can only mean the AG will be resigning by Friday. – The Iraq spending bill in the House contains some pork; not a lot, just enough to possibly end the war. – Henry Waxman’s Government Reform Committee (man, [...]

• In the News… Four More Years?

  - Some morning optimism… The White House “hopes embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales [will] survive.” His tenure as AG was spotty, at best. – “In four years, the United States has spent close to $500 billion on the war in Iraq.” That probably sounds like a lot more money than it really is. I mean, [...]

• Bracket, Round Two

  No, it didn’t go too well for my bracket this weekend, not too well at all. I went 8-8 overall, but the long-term damage is somewhat deafening: I lost half of my Elite Eight and half of my Final Four. So it goes… I only had one “perfect” quadrant — the top-half of the St. [...]

• Bracket, Day Two

  Oh boy. I lost another two Elite Eight teams with Notre Dame and Villanova losing (Big East representing). That means three-eighths of my Elite Eight and one-fourth of my Final Four (Notre Dame) are gone. Other than that, I went 12-4 on day two. I’m currently at 25.8 percent in the ESPN Tournament Challenge. Once [...]

• Mailbag: Vista

  Real emails, real life. (Keep them coming.) My new computer kicks ass but this Windows Vista has problems and I may need to return it and get a new one installed with Windows XP. I keep getting driver incompatability notices and some programs won’t run.– Jim the hitman, Pennsylvania Hitman-Don’t fret, life comes at you [...]

• In the News… Urban Bees.

  - The administration misleads (again), as new emails “contradict the administration’s assertion that Bush’s staff had only limited involvement in the firings of eight U.S. attorneys.” Rove apparently has nine lives, and he is going on his sixth or seventh now. – Heard this on NPR this morning, SF edition, an urban bee project in [...]

• Bracket, Day One

  Not too bad. I should stress too. Out of sixteen games, I correctly picked ten. Like I said, not too bad. The only long-term damage was my pick for Marquette (Big East representing) in the Elite Eight, but if UNC ends up going far, I should be redeemed in the ESPN Tournament Challenge. (After day [...]

• 9-to-5 Thoughts: HOV Lane

  Just because you qualify for the high-occupancy vehicle lane does not mean you have to use that lane during off-peak times. It’s for everyone. During non-commute times, this HOV-lane is now the “fast lane,” and although the posted speed limit is 65 miles per hour (measured instantaneously in the forward direction), cars in this lane [...]

• March Madness On Demand, A Crock Of Shit

  I took the time to register early for VIP access to the March Madness On Demand feature (brought to you by CBS Sportsline.com). This was my confirmation email… It says, “Thank you for signing up early for NCAA March Madness on Demand. As a VIP member, you will access the games much faster on game [...]

• In the News

  - A true-blue atheist (they exist!) has come out in the House; a big step for all humanity and politics and separation of church and state and freedom of belief and on and on. (I can finally do something with my life.) Of course, his outing has been applauded by the American Humanist Association (based [...]

• Email Subject Creator (The Best Web2.0 Has To Offer)

  Sell your idea, and he will come. You ever write a short email to a friend, family member or coworker? You know, where the entire text is as simple as “meet you at 3:30″ or “I just wanted to let you know I made it home safe last night; that was good hash.” What do [...]

• Midmorning Politoon

  Luckovich on the art of the scandal… Image: Atlanta Journal-Constitution

• Bracket, Over Analyzed

  Another year, another opportunity to over-analyze the NCAA tournament bracket. I realize that my picks — four Big East teams in the Final Four, six in the Elite Eight, with Georgetown winning it all — are very unlikely to do well. But what are you going to do? Upsets. I usually don’t pick a lot [...]

• In the News… Accountability-Free Zone.

  - Democrats look to pass legislation opening up government. This is a mixed bag, really. Although the bills are certainly populist and the spirit of open government is inherently positive, the logistics of doing so without affecting government business is somewhat murky. – Bush is not looking forward to his return from Latin America. With [...]

• Sarcasm

  Just a few comments on sarcasm. I am not wholly sure if sarcasm is indeed the lowest form of wit, but it certainly holds its place near the bottom rung. When I employ sarcasm, as I did in the last item of my most recent In the News post, I know it is because I [...]

• Bad News

  The following statement came up during a meeting today… “It’s like when your teenage daughter comes home pregnant. She doesn’t look pregnant. But you know it’s bad news.” I think this could be a corollary to the middle-ground folks who voted for Bush in 2000 when they thought he was a moderate, only to find [...]

• Blog Poll

  A New York Times blog has blogged a poll on political blogs… Image: New York Times What I’d be more interested in is how often people read political blogs, or how much time they spend reading blogs, or to what degree people get their news (via links, etc.) or opinions from blogs, relative to mainstream [...]

• In the News

  - Viacom is suing “YouTube for more than $1 billion.” The Google-owned website is clearly violating copyright law, but I am assuming that Viacom (and others) are looking for their piece of the pie. – Another week, another White House “affair.” The politically-motivated firings of U.S. attorneys has snowballed, and with democrats in control, the [...]

• Sighting: Love Monkey

  I’m not big into Hollywood, and being in the bay area, seeing celebrities is not an everyday thing (phew!). Some big stars may live here (Sean Penn, etc.,) but they do not work here, except for the occasional movie, of course. Although, if you consider Pixar animators celebrities, then I must admit I live next [...]

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