Long Ball

Today’s Day 100, so here’s lots of words and links for you political junkies.  Today I touch on the GOP’s collapse, but focus on the  administration’s banking strategy. Still to come: torture, foreign policy, energy, climate change, and some more party politics.

In his ‘100 Days‘ column, Andrew Sullivan notes:

We have an adult in charge. … [...]

Current Events in <100 Characters

More in-depth political analysis is coming this week, but for today, I’m just going to reproduce some twitter poetry like a lazy bastard:

Obama’s 1st 100 Days in <100 Characters
Like watching The Wire, seems slow
to start, but given time you realize
its much smarter than you.

The Republican Party in <100 Characters
Like watching 24, seems like [...]

Frankenpenis

(Originally posted at CHUD.com)
It has come to my attention that Lorena Bobbitt, infamous ’90s dick dicer, is on today’s Oprah.  I get that this is a “Where Are They Now?” segment, but would we revel in superficial pop nostalgia over a wacky rape? Would a man famous for beating his wife during a fit of [...]

About a Blog

This blog recently turned one year old, and despite a couple of month-long “vacations,” I’ve written here pretty consistently in that year, penned a few posts even worth reading, maybe. It feels pretty damn good.  So here’s a couple paragraphs about blogging, in the vein of Andrew Sullivan’s great article “Why I Blog” or Arianna [...]

Weak Tea

Now that tax day is past and our national teabagging is naught but a memory, I’d like to make a few shout-outs and observations to put the spectacle in perspective.
1) Andy “on the Road” Sellars citizenjournophotoblogged (portmanteau fail!) his impressions of the D.C. Tea Party, noting well the frustrating obliviousness of a vague and unfocused [...]

What Condition My Condition Is In

It’s been quiet around here.  Maybe too quiet.  A big part of this is I’m learning web design right now from the ground up, and the time I would spend blogging is going to that, the benefits of which will eventually come back to this blog, but for now the learning curve is keeping me [...]