Hey folks – The Red Cross is saying that the death toll from the tsunami could hit 100,000. This more I think about this, the more it breaks my heart. One of my favorite personal pathologies is avoiding sadness (even those times when it would be good for me) so … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2004
I, for One, Welcome Our New Republican Overlords*
I’m beginning to think that all of us who voted for Kerry just have a bad attitude. Maybe they’re right – we are “nattering nabobs of negativity”**. Well, I’m going to change my tune, here are things I’m looking forward to from another 4 years of our beloved President: By … Continue reading
Tired. On Chopper. Leaving Saigon.
Wow. I didn’t expect that. I’m writing this in the back of the plane on the way home to blessedly left-wing San Francisco. Just a couple of thoughts: I guess the polls were right. A razor close election. I guess I was expecting a tiny victory or a landslide victory … Continue reading
VOTE BABY VOTE: Orlando is ROCKING
Hey folks – Eric & I are here in Orlando and working HARD. There is so much LCV is doing here and we are GO GO GO. The coolest thing is that I feel like we are really making a difference vote by vote. This county is VERY split and … Continue reading
The ‘Deep Slate: November 2004 Edition
[Ed. Note: 10/31/2015: This “post” was originally an email I sent to my friends on 10/28/2004. I have posted it today in 2015, and backdated for archival/search purposes.] ‘Deep Slate 10/28/2004 LIST: ‘Deep Slate November 2004: (my apologies if you get this multiple times & if you don’t want to … Continue reading
The ‘Moving To Canada’ Impulse is Lame
Hey folks A couple of times I’ve heard the refrain “If Bush wins I’m moving to Canada.” I know that mostly this is just an expression of dislike for Bush – but it bugs me anyway. Picture yourself in a crowded room. There is a madman right beside you and … Continue reading
Thoughts on the Undecideds: Rational Thinkers Vs. Intuitive Thinkers in a Low-Fact Environment
Before I left for Florida, I spent a lot of time trying to understand how people could possibly be undecided in this election. And also how decent folks could support Bush. Now I feel like I understand a lot more about undecided & Bush voters than ever before. A lot … Continue reading
Hurricane Deep Strikes Florida!
The last few weeks have left me obsessing about the upcoming Presidential election as if it were a movie with hobbits in it, in fact I’m so obsessed with it, the movie would have to have hobbits riding dinosaurs fighting sharks…. and somehow Charlize Theron would be involved…. Wow…. Sorry, … Continue reading
Yipes – I’m Hit! (with a Credit Card Scam)
So last night as I was doing my bi-annual sigh Quicken reconcilie-the-billing-fest, I noticed something odd – a charge from a few days ago that I didn’t recognize: 08/27/2004 Sale USOFTWEBSYS (Services and Merchandise) $9.95 Since I a) buy a lot of stuff on the web b) don’t look at … Continue reading
iPods & Car Stereos (or hey – it seems there’s finally a decent FM transmitter)
So for a recent trip into the car-necessitating wastelands of suburbia I was faced yet again with the thousand year old question of how to connect an iPod to a car stereo, (Ok, nitpickers, technically, yes, originally it was how to connect an iPod to a chariot, but essentially it … Continue reading