An interesting story in the Times about how Democrats are sweating this election, convinced by the fiascos of the last two presidential elections that they’re in line for another round of doom and gloom.
Ordinarily I’d understand their anxiety, because it’s long been one of my maxims that a person should never underestimate the ability of [...]
Archive for October, 2008
The complex of a liberal
Posted in Ejection '08, tagged liberal anxiety on 31 October 2008 | 1 Comment »
Moose tales
Posted in Ejection '08, Los Angeles Kings, tagged the Moose is loose on 24 October 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is perhaps long overdue, but I’d like to say something nice about Sarah Palin.
At least her grand appearance to drop the ceremonial puck in St. Louis provided the Kings with an assist that helped to get them going en route to a 4-0 route.
St. Louis Blues goalie Manny Legace left after one period Friday night with an [...]
Dissertation over?
Posted in dissertation, tagged dissertation on 23 October 2008 | 2 Comments »
The Slovak parliament passed a resolution today stating that Alexander Dubček, the world’s most famous Slovak and a significant if not major character in my dissertation, “deserves extraordinary credit for democracy, the freedom of the Slovak nation and human rights.”
So, can I just cite this law (which takes effect on 1 January 2009) and call [...]
Moose jokes
Posted in Ejection '08, tagged the Moose is loose on 23 October 2008 | Leave a Comment »
What’s the difference between a hockey mom and Sarah Palin?
About $150,000 in designer threads.
Nine out of ten terrorists agree: John McCain should be the next president
Posted in Ejection '08, tagged al-Qaida down with GOP on 22 October 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Barack Obama may be (kinda) palling around with (former) terrorists (not really). He may also be beloved by American Muslims, Arab Americans and others who like him despite not sharing his religion or ethnicity. He may even have the endorsement of America’s most respected living military leader, Gen. Colin Powell (ret.).
But Obama has nothing on [...]
Moose tracks
Posted in Ejection '08, Los Angeles Kings, tagged the Moose is loose on 22 October 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Evidently the geniuses running the St. Louis Blues didn’t learn from the warm “Philly welcome” fans gave Sarah Palin when she dropped the ceremonial first puck before a Flyers game in Philadelphia.
Seems the Blues are going to turn up the music to drown out the boos ask Palin to drop the puck before their tilt with [...]
Measure first, eat second
Posted in diversion, tagged hungry like the wolf on 20 October 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A crowd of hungry Iranians ate their way through a shot at a Guinness world record last week.
Some people organized an event seeking to set a record with a 1,500-meter sandwich, only ravenous spectators got to the sandwich before Guinness representatives could finish measuring the sandwich, polishing off the heroic snack in minutes.
Good writing
Posted in diversion, tagged Johnny Cash on 20 October 2008 | 1 Comment »
The headline about Johnny Cash drew me to click on this story about a Johnny Cash Festival in Starkville, Miss., but the reporter made it worth sharing.
This is exactly the kind of story we were always being urged to attempt in journalism school, at least for pieces that weren’t just hard news and wouldn’t seem [...]
Moose porn
Posted in Ejection '08, tagged the Moose is loose on 19 October 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Larry Flynt remains cantankerous as ever.
The Hustler publisher evidently has financed a skin flick featuring a Sarah Palin lookalike.
Rumor has it the working title is “Riding Pipeline.” Others suggested the film be dubbed “Juneau You Want Me” or “Northern XXXposure.”
Regardless, here’s a link that claims to have the script from the first scene (for those [...]
Feeling old
Posted in dissertation, procrastination, tagged acamademia on 18 October 2008 | 3 Comments »
This afternoon I went to a happy hour celebration of a fellow grad student who just finished her Ph.D. written exams this week. I made my way to the table and she saw me and exclaimed that she had cited me in her last essay, since she recycled a question from one of my lists [...]
