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OctoberOct 20 Monday 08
Max Payne' beats out 'W.' at box office - CNN.com
Okay, I have to admit that when I first saw the headline, I visualized myself taking a drag off the Imaginary Bette Davis cigarette and observing, "Excuse me, but I believe that George W Bush IS max pain." 'Max Payne'...
OctoberOct 16 Thursday 08
Laying out a calendar handout whilst being sick
Oy! I seem to have a bit of a head cold. Not fun. I feel tired and sluggish. However, we also have the approaching deadline for Erie Gay News, and I had also volunteered to create a calendar handout for...
Inland GOP mailing depicts Obama's face on food stamp
What phenomenally poor judgment and what a colossal lack of self awareness Diane Fidele is showing! She claims that she is not racist and it was not her intention to offend. Does she also need to write herself a reminder...
OctoberOct 15 Wednesday 08
Beef and Ballots, also bottoming
I am fairly well used to handling different topics in relatively rapid succession. As my friend Paula has observed, my inner child needs to be on Ritalin. I had a call from Izzy from the Erie Steering Committee for Obama...
OctoberOct 14 Tuesday 08
Online contest and assorted stuff
I almost forgot that we had to launch an online contest for the new Lucinda Williams CD. Fortunately, the reminder in Outlook popped up. We are doing fairly well already. I have to make some mods for an upcoming contest....
OctoberOct 13 Monday 08
Toxic: Yes, Sarah Palin, Your Fans Are Racists
Can anyone explain why we should not be appalled at this? The McCain/Palin campaign is trying to downplay this, but they have been using code words and subtle appeals to racism and bigotry in their campaign. Vile. Completely and totally...
OctoberOct 12 Sunday 08
Nazis and frosting!
I went to a social event at Edinboro University for GLBT history month. It was low key, but very pleasant. There was a large chocolate sheet cake with a pink triangle to celebrate the event. I recalled that the pink...
OctoberOct 11 Saturday 08
Palin Abused Her Power
Color me NOT surprised. Gov. Palin, when she has not been acting like a space cadet, has pretty much been acting like a bully. Not at all shocked to see that this a habitual form of behavior with her. And...
OctoberOct 7 Tuesday 08
VP Debate
I watched a fair amount of the VP debate. I thought Joe Biden did a great job, and Sarah Palin at least sounded somewhat coherent. Let's face it, the bar was set so low for her performance that she pretty...
Goofing with a customer
I had a support call from a customer today who was having problems launching reports. I finally figured it out, but then we ran into a problem with opening a Word 2003 document with Word 2007. It turned out that...
FiveThirtyEight.com: McCain Campaign offices
Holy crap! It had come up in the Obama meeting here in Erie that it seems like not much is coming out of the McCain campaign office here. I found this very interesting blog entry on FiveThirtyEight.com. It sounds like...
Palin Criticizes McCain Decision on Michigan -- Political Wire
You know as interesting as the Obama/McCain and the Biden/Palin debates were, I think that a McCain/Palin debate would be more interesting yet. ;) Palin Criticizes McCain Decision on MichiganIn an interview with Fox News, Gov. Sarah Palin criticized...
Voter registration deadline in PA & OH is Monday!!!
I just wanted to remind everyone that the deadline to register to vote in the upcoming election (November 4) in Pennsylvania and Ohio is tomorrow, Monday, October 6. The deadline for New York state is this coming Friday, October 10....
Obama sign stealing
I was at the Erie For Obama steering committee this morning, and Fred, one of the volunteers coordinating signs, said that he caught a kid stealing an Obama/Biden sign from his front yard. When he asked the kid why he...
I waste too much time at work.: Tastes like what?
Hat tip to the ever delightful Eden on this one! Tastes like homo? Sign me up! ;) Tastes like what? Oh, I will pass, thanks... I waste too much time at work.: Tastes like what?...
Leaked from Palin's Debate Prep?
Hee hee! The graphic below about how Gov. Palin handled the debate is quite funny. And probably closer to reality than the campaign would ever admit. From Aden Nak: Leaked from Palin's Debate Prep?Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:08:16 GMT...
Busy social Saturday
I went to the wedding of 2 friends yesterday. They happen to be a straight couple, but I never think of them as that. (I know - weird. However, they don't tend to think of themselves as a straight couple...
Palin Questions McCain Decision to Not Hit Obama on Wright
Goodness! Once Gov. Palin is allowed to speak, she does seem to spend rather a lot of time attacking her running mate's actions, yes? And in terms of associations with clergy, I think that someone who was prayed over to...
Election office offers voting machine demos
The Erie Times News had this article in the paper yesterday, but I couldn't find this online at either the Erie Times News site nor at the Erie County Government site. It seems to me that it would be pretty...
Putin on Palin cartoon
Pretty funny! Technorati Tags: Sarah Palin...