Posted in History, Politics, tagged 1992, Bill Clinton, Democratic Party, George Bush on March 30, 2008 | No Comments »
I was just reading through Bill Clinton’s acceptance speech at the ‘92 Democratic Convention (I referenced it in my earlier post today, and figured I might as well read it in full), and wow - that was a pretty conservative speech for a Democrat. I had always figured that he had sold out a [...]
Posted in Baseball, tagged Baltimore, Cal Ripken Jr, Cal Ripken Sr, Chuck Thompson, Eddie Murray, Elrod Hendricks, Jim Palmer, Mike Flanagan, Orioles, Rex Barney, Rick Dempsey, Wild Bill Hagy on March 30, 2008 | No Comments »
Ah, the eve of Opening Day. My third straight that I will get to see live. Columnists are predicting the our season will rival the ‘88 season, in which we started 0 - 21. The only movement in the standings we’re expected to make is from 4th place to 5th, as Tampa [...]
Posted in History, Politics, tagged Al Gore, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Democratic Convention, Democratic Primary, George Bush, George W. Bush, Gerald Ford, Hillary Clinton, Jimmy Carter, John Kerry, Ronald Reagan, Ted Kennedy on March 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Since March 4, all of my politically-interested friends have been apocalyptic about the current Democratic in-fighting. And yeah, it’s tough to have stories about both of our candidates sniping at each other, while McCain circles the globe, posing for photos with soldiers. It’s tough to have McCain’s gaffes (Al Qaida in Iran?) go [...]
Posted in Politics, tagged what a night on March 27, 2008 | No Comments »
I grew up a TV junkie, and one of the shows that I never particularly cared for, but always happened to be on when I got home from school was Doogie Howser. A pretty stupid show by any measure, and certainly never one I thought I would be referencing, but hey, can’t predict everything. [...]
Posted in Politics, tagged Drudge Report, John McCain, Mitt Romney on March 27, 2008 | No Comments »
Posted in Politics, tagged Barack Obama, campaign finance reform, Green Party, Howard Dean, internet fundraising, libertarian, Mike Gravel, Progressive, Ron Paul on March 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
In August 2003, I made my first political contribution — $25 to the Dean campaign online. I remember the website used to put up an image of a baseball bat, and every time more money was raised, more of the bat would fill up. It was actually quite empowering — a tangible demonstration of my [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged baby names, Bobo, cat clocks, gus, mack, natty boh, nell, rosie, sebastian on March 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Two days ago, I posted about what my favorite movies say about me; then yesterday, I complained about the evolving terminology of the yuppie/bobo/neo-yuppie continuum (although, I looked up neo-yuppie, and while there are very few references, the only two I did find are people who think they’re above using cell phones and think they’re [...]
Posted in Politics, tagged Dennis Kucinich, Green Party, Jesse Johnson, Libertarians, Mike Gravel, Ralph Nader, Ron Paul on March 26, 2008 | 6 Comments »
My friend called me this morning (damn, I owe her a call… she’s probably mad at me). I apologize, and she says “that’s okay, as long as you aren’t doing something stupid like running for President as a Libertarian.” Brief and confused pause. “… like Mike Gravel is” To which I [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Bobo, David Brooks, Gen Y, neo-yuppie, Twixter, Yuppie on March 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
So, in the ’80s, we had the Yuppies. Fine terminology, easy to understand, and user-friendly. Everyone knows what a Yuppie is, and why we should hate them. Then, David Brooks tells us that Yuppies aren’t so much the cultural elite anymore, and now there’s a new breed that are less ostentatious but just as wedded [...]
Posted in Media, Uncategorized, tagged Field of Dreams, Forrest Gump, Jerry Maguire, The Graduate, Tom Cruise, When Harry Met Sally on March 25, 2008 | No Comments »
The heading is the title of the “mission statement” from Jerry Maguire — one of my favorite movies (and the one of my favorites that I most have to defend… damn you, Tom Cruise!) I’m a pretty big movie fan, but I’m also extremely picky about my choices. I rarely go to the movies, [...]
