Inspired by http://reallysmallfish.blogspot.com/2008/02/scientific-inbox.html. Like you care.

Do his followers count as “everybody who will vote for him” or is there some smaller subset to demonize?

You are right. It’s ridiculous for SNL to portray Obama as an idiot. He is suave and slick. His followers, on the other hand, now that’s a bunch of pathetic idiots.

Will SNL be featuring their Obama eating fried chicken and drinking a 40 while giving McCain a halo?

and by standards the president means being clever enough to avoid getting caught.

I feel for ya, bro. Sounds like classic dysfunctional beaurocratia. You familiar with Stan Lem?

I am _so_ happy to be self unemployed. Even though it does the bug the fcuk out of my ever-lovin hubby.

[nah, I do work when I can find it. Been lucky lately too. Those dot-heads are gonna hafta deal with the fact that us Murrican engineers now work almost as cheaply as they do]

I know its asking for a lot.

But, man, things are going to shit at my job. Not that I’m in danger of losing it, but it’s getting fucking weird.

I got a boss who doesn’t come to work until about 1 p.m.; when he does, he spends a lot of time in his office with the door shut – which gives the distinct message that you can’t talk to him.

Also, he’s always “sick” – he’ll say he was planning to take some work home and finish it for tomorrow, or he’ll say he’ll come in on the weekend and work, and then the next time I talk to him, he’ll say, “Oh, my back went out” or “I came down with a stomach virus,” or something like this.

Can I also mention that he’s a micromanager, so all the “work” that he’s planning to do over the weekend or at night after hours are things that I’m working on that I can’t go any further with until he reviews them?

Also – with the inaccessibility – our policies tend to be very nuanced, so often I have to consult him on what kind of answer to give to a customer’s question – and he’s never fucking available!

Word is – his boss is going to demote him. Only the gossip network isn’t saying what’s going to happen to the people who report to him.

Our jobs are safe – I work for a public agency and I’m represented by a union. But – man – this is fucked up.

They did not have Big Pharma then, or multimillion-dollar advertising campaigns, to create sell them the drugs that would deal with the problem.
On another matter, it is sad how the Silvanus Defense has fallen out of favour among politicians.

… the devil transformed himself into the appearance of St. Silvanus, Bishop of Nazareth, a friend of St. Jerome. And this devil approached a noble woman by night in her bed and began first to provoke and entice her with lewd words, and then invited her to perform the sinful act. And when she called out, the devil in the form of the saintly Bishop hid under the woman’s bed, and being sought for and found there, he in lickerish language declared lyingly that he was the Bishop Silvanus. On the morrow therefore, when the devil had disappeared, the holy man was scandalously defamed…

I love you for this!!! I wish I was in the Willamette Valley now!

My Socrates died due to a surfeit of chicken entrails. He keeps invading my lucid dreams.

My other half works in public broadcasting. He’s in charge of, inter alia, on-air fundraising at a large PBS/NPR licensee. So this evening, we have to have Daniell fucking O’Donnell on! ARAGHGAZRAHRAHAARTA!!!!! If he wasn’t hosting this piece of shit I’d be okay BECAUSE I WOULDN”T BE WATCHING IT. But hubby turns into Larry goddamn Sanders several times each year.

Give me something I can watch and survive!!!!

Oh, righty.
“Pork filet charcuterie” HT: Jaques Pepin’s Gnocchi maison (Parisian style). Frisee salad with lardon and fried egg. Cheese selection.
Tanqueray 10 martinis to start, (thank Dog, we started a while ago). A local Willammette Valley Pinot Noir. Cheap vintage Port (I have some Taylor Fladgate hanging around, I think).

And, if I get around to it, Dutch apple cake with my own Xmas coffee. (just ask)

Going to a little party.

But I AM taking the littlest computer with me. Because I’m an insufferable geek.

And chicks think it’s cute…

mikey

http://www.rathergood.com/first_drink/

although it would have been better about 12 hours ago…