Yet Another Reason I’m a Dog Person
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Happy Bella Day
On August 3, 2000 my then-wife spotted Bella trotting into an intersection. As the stoplight turned green, signaling the waiting traffic to proceed forward toward the hapless little stray, my ex rushed out into the open space and waved her … Continue reading
Facebook Meme: 25 Things About Me
- I am a compulsive copy editor, and a remorseless grammar nazi (in case you hadn’t noticed).
- I am geeky enough to use HTML markup when posting things on community web sites. In case you still hadn’t noticed.
- I’m seriously considering getting a bicycle to use for getting around town, in order to both save money on gas and get more exercise. The only drawback I foresee is the increased chance of severe injury due to LA’s shortage of bike lanes and surplus of reckless drivers.
- I’m discouraged at having already written this much and only being on #4.
Posted in The Web
Tagged AOL, Bella, dogs, douchebags, DVD, Facebook, football, Fresh Air, friends, Google, grammar, HTML, iTunes, LA, lists, memes, Rod Blagojevich, sex, slang, sports, Stephen Colbert, Terry Gross, The Shield, web design, WordPress
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Palin, Pigs and Pit Bulls
You know what? After the election, I think I’m actually going to miss Sarah Palin and John McCain. Or rather, my blog will – with the way that campaign is representing her in the press, the jokes just write themselves. By the tens. [...read on...] Continue reading
Posted in America?, Politics
Tagged 2008 election, Barack Obama, dogs, John McCain, jokes, lists, news media, Sarah Palin
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AP Pollsters Go Off-Leash
Amidst the multi-year media onslaught that our presidential election process has become, I’ve had to adjust my critical thinking filter to an even finer sieve than before. Sometimes it occurs to me that at least the news media is flooding the landscape with an issue that matters to people’s lives. At other times, though, the campaign overkill reaches such a level of absurdity that I wonder if perhaps these press hacks aren’t qualified to tell us about anything more important than Anna Nicole’s baby daddy, so maybe they should stick with that.
Consider for example this AP/Yahoo News poll and writeup published yesterday, which concludes that John McCain is the candidate of choice among pet owners. A once-over of the article is sufficient to detect the sketchiness of the very premise: Continue reading
Posted in America?, Politics
Tagged 2008 election, Barack Obama, dogs, John McCain, news media, pets, wtf?
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