Thinking of you (e:Janelle) and (e:Laureen)
You love to rock out.
I know you do.
But, you couldn't get your hands on Guitar Hero III
Or maybe you didn't dig Rock Band.
Or maybe you don't want to look like a 13 year old boy simulating being an actual pubescent guitar player, pimply, and high, and getting your girlfriend pregnant in your parents' basement.
Well, no worries! For your desire to ROCK has slipped his serpentine tongue down the holiday throat and given birth to the most bitchen holiday rythem game!
Hand Bell Hero
To those about to hand bell, we salute you!
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12/20/2007 12:34 #42599
Hand Bell HeroCategory: holiday
12/18/2007 11:17 #42567
McCain?Category: politics
(e:Jim) and I were chatting over On Point this morning (both Tom Ashbrook and Jane Claison are on vacation! Who is this Jame Hitori?). The topic was a 're energized' and 'resurrected' John McCain. Wha? Did I miss something?
You see, in the last week McCain got three endorsements. The Des Moins Register newspaer in Iowa, New Hampshire's only newspaper the Union Leader, and Independent Senator Joe Lieberman. With the exception of Joe who has been wet with desire for being McCain's vice president, those are some nice endorsements.
So, has this got for McCain? Jack Squat.
In Iowa he has been in the same single digit wasteland since July.
In New Hampshire he is still a distant second. He was in third, but his numbers have not improved at all. he is floating in the mid to high teens. His jockying to second has more to do with Fred Thompson's fizzling campaign than McCain's appeal.
So, why are they calling him 're energized' and 'resurrected'?
as (e:Jim) said, they love to bring back candidates from the dead. They are spoiling for a fight. The people of Iowa and New Hampshire are polled every day. They are going to be polled every day until their primary or caucus. On Christmas day they will poll all the Jews and Muslims and witches. So, there really is empirical data to look at to see that these endorsements don't add up to anything greater than a statistical margin of error.
(e:Jim) didn't say all that. But you know how I love to go on.
You see, in the last week McCain got three endorsements. The Des Moins Register newspaer in Iowa, New Hampshire's only newspaper the Union Leader, and Independent Senator Joe Lieberman. With the exception of Joe who has been wet with desire for being McCain's vice president, those are some nice endorsements.
So, has this got for McCain? Jack Squat.
In Iowa he has been in the same single digit wasteland since July.
In New Hampshire he is still a distant second. He was in third, but his numbers have not improved at all. he is floating in the mid to high teens. His jockying to second has more to do with Fred Thompson's fizzling campaign than McCain's appeal.
So, why are they calling him 're energized' and 'resurrected'?
as (e:Jim) said, they love to bring back candidates from the dead. They are spoiling for a fight. The people of Iowa and New Hampshire are polled every day. They are going to be polled every day until their primary or caucus. On Christmas day they will poll all the Jews and Muslims and witches. So, there really is empirical data to look at to see that these endorsements don't add up to anything greater than a statistical margin of error.
(e:Jim) didn't say all that. But you know how I love to go on.
james - 12/19/07 21:26
There was also some blubber about Ron Paul's "surge" just because he raised 2 Million.
Who donates to that man? Seriously, I know there is a huge cult following on the internets (what is charmingly referred to as the netroots) but he is polling like 2% in most states.
Hey, want to throw money away in the direction of Chris Dodd?
There was also some blubber about Ron Paul's "surge" just because he raised 2 Million.
Who donates to that man? Seriously, I know there is a huge cult following on the internets (what is charmingly referred to as the netroots) but he is polling like 2% in most states.
Hey, want to throw money away in the direction of Chris Dodd?
joshua - 12/19/07 21:22
Don't forget about Ron Paul! He's a wack job. Honestly he is his own kind of conservative.
Don't forget about Ron Paul! He's a wack job. Honestly he is his own kind of conservative.
james - 12/18/07 22:24
ya, it has been pretty dull. I mean, the field of GOP candidates have been dull all along. At least the Dems have bizzaro candidates like Gravel and Kucinich.
well, with the exception of novelty candidate Keyes. I mean, that guy seems like a poor Stephen Colbert (the character, not the man) impression. He is hilarious and I hope he gets a sitcom out of this.
Though, fun, fun things like
1) Rudy dropping out of NH
2) A photo of Romney attending a Planned Parenthood fundraiser surfacing
3) The frontrunner candidates plumeting out of their lead this month.
Of course, the media couldn't have been any more ludicrous about the whole thing. I am looking at you Krugman!
eh, two weeks until showtime ^_^
ya, it has been pretty dull. I mean, the field of GOP candidates have been dull all along. At least the Dems have bizzaro candidates like Gravel and Kucinich.
well, with the exception of novelty candidate Keyes. I mean, that guy seems like a poor Stephen Colbert (the character, not the man) impression. He is hilarious and I hope he gets a sitcom out of this.
Though, fun, fun things like
1) Rudy dropping out of NH
2) A photo of Romney attending a Planned Parenthood fundraiser surfacing
3) The frontrunner candidates plumeting out of their lead this month.
Of course, the media couldn't have been any more ludicrous about the whole thing. I am looking at you Krugman!
eh, two weeks until showtime ^_^
joshua - 12/18/07 21:53
His campaign has been dead and remains dead - I can't explain this utter tripe the media is trying to pass off other than to say what you've already said.
I think the more interesting bits of political lusciousness lately has been the slapfight between Hillary and Obama, and Huckabee and Romney - in particular that sly little druggie comment one of Hillary's campaign leads dropped in the media and the religious bigotry that Huckabee perpetrated, which evangelicals lap up like crack-laced cream. Of course, the poor hapless guy fell on the sword for Hillary, but then again when a conspiracy involving the Clintons happen this is generally the standard operating procedure. To Obama's credit at least he was honest, instead of *tee hee* blowing smoke up our asses and saying "I didn't inhale." As for Romney, I think its fairly telling when you force an evangelical to choose between a Baptist Democrat and a Mormon Republican. Just don't call these people hypocrites and bigots!
Otherwise, a lot of the political stuff has been boring, boring, boring.
His campaign has been dead and remains dead - I can't explain this utter tripe the media is trying to pass off other than to say what you've already said.
I think the more interesting bits of political lusciousness lately has been the slapfight between Hillary and Obama, and Huckabee and Romney - in particular that sly little druggie comment one of Hillary's campaign leads dropped in the media and the religious bigotry that Huckabee perpetrated, which evangelicals lap up like crack-laced cream. Of course, the poor hapless guy fell on the sword for Hillary, but then again when a conspiracy involving the Clintons happen this is generally the standard operating procedure. To Obama's credit at least he was honest, instead of *tee hee* blowing smoke up our asses and saying "I didn't inhale." As for Romney, I think its fairly telling when you force an evangelical to choose between a Baptist Democrat and a Mormon Republican. Just don't call these people hypocrites and bigots!
Otherwise, a lot of the political stuff has been boring, boring, boring.
12/16/2007 14:41 #42534
Paul's Stomach Problems Solved!I was reading the times, wasting a Sunday with it in a way I never can when in school. Reading the health section I came across a little article that, without doubt, will help solve (e:Paul)'s stomach problems!
The article is called The Claim: Don't Eat the Mistletoe. It Can Be Deadly
But the line that got me was as follows
case closed.
The article is called The Claim: Don't Eat the Mistletoe. It Can Be Deadly
But the line that got me was as follows
The plant does in fact contain harmful chemicals like VISCO-TOXINS, which can cause gastrointestinal distress, a slowed heartbeat and other reactions.
case closed.
paul - 12/18/07 12:07
Omg, that is totally it. I guess I should throw out all that mistletoe jelly I made as Christmas gifts.
Omg, that is totally it. I guess I should throw out all that mistletoe jelly I made as Christmas gifts.
12/14/2007 21:37 #42519
Let's make a mistake!Hi!
I had my last final yesterday! I did well. So that means I could drink myself into oblivion, right?
Well, I had to be at school at 7:45 for a seven hour long seminar on cover letters... mandatory of corse.
Three 16 oz plastic drunk cups of wine into last night I realized that perhaps I should hold off my celebration for a couple of days.
Today though I started going into postpartum depression. Oh, I hate school. But having nothing to do for a month drives me crazy. So, two hours of Nick Cave later I decide to have a martini.
A side note: Brokers gin is so delicious. So amazingly delicious for mid-range gin. It is cheap enough to come in an economy size jub, but good enough you might think it was a poor batch of Bombay (not sapphire).
Well. Tomorrow I have to be at a south Buffalo elementary school to take a teacher's exam at 7:45. Why do all waste of time teachery things happen at 7:45? It is going to be such a waste of time. 90 multiple choice questions assessing my basic knowledge of social studies. They are easier than the actual regent's exams.
But right now I am gin soaked and delusional from lack of sleep to care.
(e:IMK) it was a pleasure meeting you again for the first time ^_^ Next time I promise to be sober enough to remember details.
I had my last final yesterday! I did well. So that means I could drink myself into oblivion, right?
Well, I had to be at school at 7:45 for a seven hour long seminar on cover letters... mandatory of corse.
Three 16 oz plastic drunk cups of wine into last night I realized that perhaps I should hold off my celebration for a couple of days.
Today though I started going into postpartum depression. Oh, I hate school. But having nothing to do for a month drives me crazy. So, two hours of Nick Cave later I decide to have a martini.
A side note: Brokers gin is so delicious. So amazingly delicious for mid-range gin. It is cheap enough to come in an economy size jub, but good enough you might think it was a poor batch of Bombay (not sapphire).
Well. Tomorrow I have to be at a south Buffalo elementary school to take a teacher's exam at 7:45. Why do all waste of time teachery things happen at 7:45? It is going to be such a waste of time. 90 multiple choice questions assessing my basic knowledge of social studies. They are easier than the actual regent's exams.
But right now I am gin soaked and delusional from lack of sleep to care.
(e:IMK) it was a pleasure meeting you again for the first time ^_^ Next time I promise to be sober enough to remember details.
james - 12/14/07 23:37
MC: Thank ya ^_~
Jason: A pleasure seeing you last night. A rare treat.
As I am not from around here this 'duty free' thing sounds way to good to be true. But for $14 bombay I will have to look into it.
MC: Thank ya ^_~
Jason: A pleasure seeing you last night. A rare treat.
As I am not from around here this 'duty free' thing sounds way to good to be true. But for $14 bombay I will have to look into it.
jason - 12/14/07 22:57
Bah. It's Sapphire or nothing! Used to be able to get $14 bottles at the duty free. Ah, those were the days. It's a key ingredient to the 750 (our house drink during the summer).
Bah. It's Sapphire or nothing! Used to be able to get $14 bottles at the duty free. Ah, those were the days. It's a key ingredient to the 750 (our house drink during the summer).
museumchick - 12/14/07 22:57
Nick Cave and martinis certainly go together. Congratulations on the end of the semester!
Nick Cave and martinis certainly go together. Congratulations on the end of the semester!
12/12/2007 12:33 #42489
Waterboarding is just like swimming!Category: politics
Here is the ranking Republican on the Intelligence comitee saying something so profoundly silly he would be purged if this was Soviet Russia.
My brain hurts...
But America has bigger problems!
A spider was bit by a radioactive human and is now attacking the Space Shuttle Atlantis!
Will Gamera save us in time?
My brain hurts...
But America has bigger problems!
A spider was bit by a radioactive human and is now attacking the Space Shuttle Atlantis!
Will Gamera save us in time?
hehehe. I've also seen Accordion Hero and Cowbell Hero. bahaha.
hand bell friends?
Are you sure she isn't in some sort of cult? Like the salvation army or something?
(e:lauren) says: OHMIGOD james this is AMAZING! Thank you I am sending it to all my hand bell friends :)
Awesome!