When I hear someone around me use a word incorrectly I used to wrestle with whether or not to say something to them. Should I run the risk of sounding like the nitpicky English teacher that everyone hated, or should I just let it go? Now I do correct folks in a kind, non-threatening fashion. [...]
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January 26, 2009
From Gitmo to The Rock
“The Rock” is one of my favorite action movies. It is set at the infamous prison Alcatraz, which is now a popular destination for tourists in the Bay Area of California. It hasn’t been used to incarcerate criminals in a long time, but Rep. John Boehner (R-OH), along with some other Republicans, thinks we should [...]
January 26, 2009
Good Music on Television
Pitchfork always writes a post detailing what artists are appearing on what television shows for the week. This week’s line-up of music on television for Friday is superb and might even be worth staying home for. Here’s highlights as I see them: PBS: The Tavis Smiley Show: M.I.A. (I am not a huge M.I.A. fan, [...]
January 26, 2009
You won’t have Billy to kick around…as often
The blogosphere is in a state of celebratory snarkiness because Bill Kristol’s column today in the New York Times will be his last. Bill Kristol, conservative pundit and editor of The Weekly Standard, signed a year-long contract to be the New York Times’ token conservative columnist despite hating the paper and pretty much everything associated [...]
January 25, 2009
A couple things to think about
Joe Biden has been beat up over and over again for his propensity to “gaffe.” Personally, I think we need to come up with other ways to talk about it because after the campaign, I involuntarily tense up every time I hear that word. I prefer “screwed the pooch”, “stuck his foot in his mouth”, [...]
January 22, 2009
A Fit of Apathy
I haven’t gotten my hair cut since August. I guess it’s partially because I don’t want to find someone new in DC, but I could have done something about it when I was back in Austin. I can’t decide whether I’m just going to get a trim or whether I should chop a good portion [...]
January 22, 2009
Did you hear there’s a new sheriff in town?
Because there is. Now that the millions of people that came for the party are gone, I can take a moment and recap. My inaugural visitors didn’t make it into town until 4 am on Sunday SO…we did not make it to the concert. Ah well. I heard good things about it and will probably [...]
January 16, 2009
The tourists is comin’! The tourists is comin’!
The inaugural revelers have started to descend upon the fair District of Columbia. I have gotten stopped more than usual by people asking for directions to tourist-y stuff and the pile-up of traffic that usually happens outside my window on Columbia NW started hours earlier than usual. Estimates have run from one to four million [...]
January 15, 2009
Ay mami!
A couple of days ago I was walking down Columbia NW when a Hispanic man who was probably in his 40′s hollered something vaguely complimentary at me as he leaned up against a fence on his bike. I muttered something back, probably “Thanks buddy,” or something similar and continued on my way. This kind of [...]
