Archive for August 2008

The monthlies.

• Well Played

  Well played, John; well played. I really didn’t think you had it in you. The nomination of Sarah Palin as the vice-presidential running mate took me by surprise; in fact, it floored me. And I realize and will appropriately acknowledge — in honest blog fashion — that I was absolutely wrong. But what does this [...]

• Breaking Ball

  My favorite time to call a breaking pitch was on three-and-one counts. And that is exactly what McCain has done with choosing the unknown Sarah Palin as his running mate. This changes the dynamics of the race completely. Not only is Palin a woman — centrist Clinton supporters are the main grab there — but [...]

• Hitler’s Carpool

  Something tells me this type of propaganda would still work today… Image: Cafepress.com

• Rambo

  There is so much to say about this film, I do not know where to start. This was a horrible end to the Rambo saga; that is not to say that the first two sequels fared any better, but if Stallone wanted to leave the business finishing up his projects (first Rocky, then Rambo, and [...]

• Vimeo Conclusion

  I changed my Vimeo profile to address the fact that I’m all but leaving (or giving up on) the service. Flickr is more in line with what I am looking for, and the feature-challenged Vimeo (and the developer team’s seeming inability to consistently improve their product — with actual results, not further promises, etc.) is [...]

• Pawlenty

  I’m pretty sure John McCain will be announcing Tm Pawlenty, the governor of Minnesota, as his running mate. How sure? Well, it really doesn’t matter because it’s only my opinion, not front-page news. But this is why… Houses. McCain has thirty-six of them or something, at last count. Mitt Romney has a handful. Romney is [...]

• Street Kings

  Is this safe to say: Forest Whitaker over-acts just a bit? I mean, the wandering eye is a distraction, but when he is so animatedly insane (or his character is), it is even more distracting and almost laughable. House (the tv doctor) makes an appearance, although he may be playing the same role, minus the [...]

• iPhone

  This may make me “strange,” especially for someone who keeps a blog, but at least one thing I am thankful for this evening… I do not own an iPhone. A $120 phone bill to bitch about the lack of copy-and-paste capability? Gripes over the App store? (Read: dork patrol. Pass the dungeons and dragons rule [...]

• Biden Redux

  Now that I’ve got some time for myself, this is what I think of the Biden selection for VP. The choice for Joe Biden as Barack Obama’s running mate nets almost every possible positive except one: easy electoral votes. And if Biden’s Scranton roots puts Pennsylvania in Obama’s corner, that trumps that angle as well. [...]

• Meet Bill

  This is one of those films that had no over-arching theme; nothing to learn, nothing to gain. Aaron Eckhart is a fine actor, but this film was a little too low budget for him to make it work. (Returned 08/19/08.) Rent with Netflix.

• Pants

  I have at least ten pairs of pants. But I only wear two or three of them regularly. Sure, I do have specialty pants for weddings, business meetings and nights out on the town, but I wouldn’t really consider them pants, at least in the comfortable sense of the word pants. Pants are a lot [...]

• The Great Tumblr Hack

  Tumblr, the blogging platform of choice for wanna-be hipsters, has a closed database. Meaning, when (and if) you want to leave the service, you cannot take your content with you (at least not easily). Where there is a demand, a person (or persons) will undoubtedly eventually serve that demand. In comes the great Tumblr hack [...]

• Veep

  It has to be Biden, right? He is the most logical one. Could you imagine Biden in a VP debate? He’d tear Mitt Romney to pieces.

• Yesterday

  I want to apologize for not posting yesterday — I’m not sure who I’m apologizing to exactly, but that person is out there; I can feel it in my heart. It turns out I was a bit confused last night, and that spate of confusion didn’t allow me the time to blog. My wife and [...]

• Pathetic Boston Fans

  If I could list the top areas in the U.S. that I would choose to live, Boston would be right up there. The major flaw for Boston is its sports fans however. Boston fans kill themselves over close games — even if they are the defending world champs — and I’ve discussed the subject during [...]

• John W. Bush McCain III

  “[George W. Bush] will leave office with the country $10 trillion in debt, fighting two wars, our international reputation in shambles, our government cloaked in secrecy and suspicion that his entire presidency has been a litany of broken laws and promises, our citizens’ faith in our own country ripped to shreds. Yet Bush goes bumbling [...]

• Pride and Prejudice

  I had to use subtitles for this film. Yea, I know it is in English, but it that old slurry English that no one can damn understand. What did she say? (Returned 08/19/08.) Rent with Netflix.

• Phallic Joe-Mentum

  You know, upon first reading, you really don’t catch anything that is wrong with this AP article… “[John McCain's] top contenders [for vice-president] are said to include Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. Less traditional choices mentioned include former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge, an abortion-rights supporter, and Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman, [...]

• World Records In Perspective

  As I watched Usain Bolt celebrate his way to the gold medal and world record in the 100-meters on Saturday evening (as well as the distinction of the “world’s fastest man”), I kept thinking that NBC is not doing its job of putting these new world records in perspective. NBC will usually mention the current [...]

• Rays Redux

  The chaos continues… is the apocalypse near? As of today, August 18, 2008, the Tampa Bay Rays are leading the American League East division (although they no longer hold the best record in baseball).

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