I’m way behind schedule and trying to plow through email; I’m amused to see about 7 people sending me a link to this PBS poll and urging me to participate. It’s an internet poll. It’s meaningless. But people are seemingly invested in it. And funnily enough Pianogirl forwarded me an email from a liberal friend of hers urging her liberal friends to take part in it…as though this actually matters. I’m just surprised. Clearly, people are really, really invested in... Read more
I’m a little behind on things, but wanted to make sure you knew that Pajamas TV is covering the anti-Iran demonstrations at the UN, go check it out! Also, check out Kim at Musing Minds who has a caption contest going for that weird Al-Gore-Mrs.-Doubtfire picture! Read more
In the film Forrest Gump, anything that mildly-retarded character did well was magnified by the audience’s lowered expectations. It seems that the Obama camp has decided to go play the Forrest Gump card with Senator Obama; “I’m not a smart mayun…” Suddenly, there are a flurry of news articles – really, a flurry – come out as if by decree, or it’s just one of those astonishing co-incidences, like when news anchores and pundits all start using the same word;... Read more
And finally, the last podcast; here is Compline for Monday Night. I have linked to the whole week’s recordings of Compline, to make it easier for those who wish to use them every night, and I have set up a sidebar button for easy access; look for the illuminated sheet music (under the scriptorium button) for Compline and also for the Office for the Dead for 9/11, which people seem to download a lot. As ever, you can also avail... Read more
On the bailout which Washington is putting together to keep our economy from unthinkable ruin, I would venture to suggest that prayer is not just okay, it is imperative – particularly given the recent and clear revelation that both houses of congress are mostly populated with sad clowns incapable of putting partisanship aside – that those of us who pray consider turning to prayer (and perhaps even fasting) that our current governmental leadership be giving the thing that Solomon had... Read more
Isn’t that what Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said when he visited Columbia University? I think he said something like that. The Nose on Your Face does the worst Jimmy Durante impression ever…but manages to pull of a pretty damn funny parody Go watch. The Yassir Arafat interlude made me want to say, “go get a room!” A look back. Read more
Heh. I really hope someone got this on video: McCain in Scranton PA: The third question he took was from a well-spoken woman who first thanked McCain for picking Gov. Palin. Then she turned to the rear of the room (where the press are located) and called out shame upon you for your attack of Palin. She followed up this comment by asking where are the 30 investigators into [Obama crony William] Ayers. The chewing out actually got some coverage:... Read more
My latest piece for Pajamas Media is up. It’s entitled, Obama, Palin and the Meaning of “Change”, and I hope you’ll go read it; I had a lot of fun exploring how this election is chewing up and reconfiguring what certain words mean. For instance, the words “provincial“ and “small-town“ have been disdainfully sniffed into the air by many writers, most recently by the film critic Roger Ebert, who wrote, “How can you be her age and never have gone... Read more
:::UPDATE:::SCROLL DOWN FOR ORIGINAL POST::: Looks like the press is mildly interested Amazing! :::END UPDATE::: As Tom Hanks said in A League of Their Own, “it’s gettin’ interestin’ out there…” Rusty Shackleford at The Jawa Report has traced a lying smear campaign, using a supposedly “grassroots video gone viral – and meant to destroy Gov. Sarah Palin – and he’s found that all roads lead appear to lead – note, they appear to lead – to the Axelrod side of... Read more
Please excuse the gruffness of my voice; my throat is still sore and not quite back to normal. Podcast for Sunday Compline is found here. Read more
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