Archive for July, 2007
« Previous EntriesHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Initial Thoughts
Tuesday, July 31st, 2007Having finished Richard K Morgan’s Thirteen the night before, I finally got started on the last Harry Potter book last night. Here to help articulate my first impression of the book are its own lovable main characters.
“Wow!” said Harry excitedly, “I can’t believe I’m already two hundred pages through.”
“That’s one of Rowling’s biggest strengths as […]
Monday, July 30th, 2007
The depth of my animosity towards Chuck Schumer is difficult to articulate, and this is a perfect example of why.
WASHINGTON, July 29 — June was a busy month for Senator Charles E. Schumer. On the phone, at large parties and small gatherings around the nation, he raised more than $1 million from the booming private […]
Monday, July 30th, 2007
Atrios doesn’t even touch on the most ridiculous part of Hoagland’s column, which has to be this:
When spectators jeered Michael Rasmussen, a world-class Danish cyclist, at the end of a long day’s climb through the Pyrenees in the Tour de France last week, they turned the sporting world upside down.
The fans were not upset because […]
Rock the Bells
Monday, July 30th, 2007Holy God. 20 hours of practically no food, 90 degree weather, writing sweaty bodies, drunk unconscious people and all-around awesome. I’ve got a cough right now from inhaling all that dust or maybe just from the dehydration.
I don’t normally do big concerts and festivals, and not just for financial reasons. I don’t really have the […]
Thomas Paine
Friday, July 27th, 2007Here’s another song. Since this one is just vocals and acoustic guitar, it ended up not taking nearly as long to record.
Thursday, July 26th, 2007
No posting yesterday because I spent a good chunk of the day in the recording studio (by which I mean my basement) hard at work on some songs I had written with the invaluable assistance of my good friend Ali Telmesani.
Here’s the first completed song. There are more to come. Keep in mind that this […]
Tuesday, July 24th, 2007
One of the aggravating things about supporting Edwards is that while he seems to be the only presidential candidate who’s campaigning based on a coherent vision right now, his responsiveness to what the other candidates have been saying has been toothless at best and sluggish and toothless at worst.
So while, for example, his response to […]
Tuesday, July 24th, 2007
Via Pandagon, here’s a frank, moving story of one LA Times staff writer’s journey from devout Christian to atheist.
It’s pretty illuminating in terms of the personal struggles with faith some people have before ultimately renouncing it. I’m going to admit that I didn’t have a real crisis of faith like this - I was raised […]
A Sort-of Endorsement
Sunday, July 22nd, 2007To Chris Bower’s list of reasons why few liberal blogs have endorsed candidates, I would add that thus far we don’t have a whole lot of great options among the candidates. Until I recently I wasn’t even really leaning towards anyone because all the candidates seemed almost equally annoying.
But although this isn’t an endorsement, I’m […]
Oh dear God
Friday, July 20th, 2007According to Wikipedia, a colonoscopy only takes about half an hour. But then there’s the administering of the sedative. And waiting for the sedative to wear off. So between those two things, you’ve got to figure that Cheney is going to be in power for a few hours.
Be afraid.