Helpful - Lose some money!

One spot open for Hitz's fantasy football league. Go here!

Interesting - Learning from primates

Insert joke here.

Interesting and Helpful: How Liberal is Kerry?

A Republican talking point this whole season has been that Kerry and Edwards are the #1 and #4 most liberal Senators. The National Journal, which released the data, now says that their findings are being misinterpreted and misrepresented. Cheney, especially, has been guilty of not letting truth get in the way of a good sound bite.

Helpful -- Marathon Spectator Etiquette

Rule #1 --
Don't attack the runners.

Interesting - Bush the Optimist

Bush, in a nutshell:

1) Don't change leaders in a time of war.
2) The war will last forever.

I just love the logic and the semantics -- he decided to declare war on a concept, not an organization or country, therefore Republicans should rule indefinitely.

How on Earth am I going to remain sane this week during the convention?

Helpful -- good campaign strategy

Kerry should be trying the "Opposite John" technique.

Interesting - Tech update

I love beating Hitz and Wachs to a tech story.

Interesting -- New Blog on the Block

QT's Diary

Interesting - Bush won medals too

I had no idea he was so highly decorated.

Helpful - Date to Save

Look out Wachs - they're coming to get you!

Interesting - God loves wheat

Allergic to wheat gluten? No heaven for you!

Darn it!

I try to get out, but he keeps pulling me back in!

Go ahead and skip to paragraph 13.

Enough politics

For one morning, at least. Instead, let's discuss fashion.

Helpful -- Give constructive feedback

To the people who need it most.

OK, so Kerry's not perfect

But he does have this going for him.

Blogger search at the top is screwy

I think that since we host at Geocities, the bogger search function at the top is messed up. I'll write Blogger and try to fix it.

One Thousand Rebuttals

When I say I don't care what John Kerry did 35 years ago, I mean it. The Bush National Guard nonsense doesn't matter to me either. I wasn't born then. Neither of them were holding elective office then. And politicians are notorious for fudging a date or too, or being less than 100% on their recollections. Big deal. I never had scoliosis when I was a kid, either. I just made it up in 8th grade because I was slow and hated to run. Sue me.

I don't care, and my hunch is that even if all of the arguments against Kerry were refuted, conservatives would still stick by Bush, no matter what. Fine. Meanwhile, I'll be showing those undecided voters a few reasons why Bush has been not just a bad President, but a lousy Republican.

Interesting -- New U of Arizona study

Think happy thoughts.

Helpful -- For the ladies

Want to ditch that loser at the bar? Help is on the way.

Interesting - Tax cut effects

From the ultra-liberal Congressional Budget Office.

Iraq update

Status: FUBAR.

Special for Nolen

An excerpt from John Kerry's Vietnam diary, which should put this Cambodia nonsense to bed.

Happy Friday, everyone!

Update: By the way, I really don't care one way or the other what people were doing 35 years ago.

I didn't say it

A summary of a book that is a summary of the, um, "misundertruths" of our President. No hard feelings, my dear, lovely, good-hearted Republican friends.

Interesting + Helpful!!!!

Check this out, movie fans.

Interesting -- Investigative Reporters and Editors

Blogs are babble. This is journalism.

Helpful -- Wedding Etiquette

Don't play "Touch the Tushy" with the bride.

Helpful -- Site Traffic counter

I just signed up the blog for REINVIGORATE // Data Archiving Services. It's free, open source, and way better than the tracking on Geocities. Enjoy! Oh wait, I'm the one to enjoy it. You get nothing! Yippee!

Helpful -- snack review for your dog

Smackalicious! Also available in Chicken Quesadilla flavor.

Welcome to Chicago, Alan!

Guess what, though? You're already down 67%-28%.

Bummer, man.

Helpful -- Speedy Book Review

The Evelyn Wood speed reading book is pretty fantastic. I got it at the library and have easily doubled (at least) my reading speed.
Apparently, when you read line by line, you subvocalize (say the words out loud in your head) instead of just letting your brain process the words. As it turns out, your noodle can figure words out even out of order or at big chunks at a time.

This is helping me read all of those poker books I've been checking out...

Helpful -- New Favorite Drink

I'd been looking for a classy drink with Bourbon, and boy have I found it with the old fashioned Manhattan.

Manhattan
2-ish shots Bourbon
1 shot sweet vermouth
2 shakes of bitters

Shake and strain, or stir on the rocks. garnish with cherry.
Bam.

Interesting -- Bushisms continue

Listen, I don't make fun of the President because I'm an angry liberal, because I don't respect the presidency, because I hate America, because I'm rooting for terrorists, or because I'm a jaded urban hipster. None of those things are true. (Except the "liberal" and "hipster" parts)

I make fun of the President because he continues to put himself in positions (press conferences, town hall meetings, etc.) where he comes off as unprepared and stupid. Hasn't he learned?

Please check out this audio clip of Bush talking about relations with Native American tribes.

Keyes vs. Obama

I like what Josh Marshall has to say about the match-up. Especially:

Keyes is something else to watch on the hustings or in a debate. But calling him a master debater is rather like saying Dolly Parton has a dynamite bod...impressive in his own way, but also a bit cartoonish and rather less than subtle.

Helpful - What I'm doing this weekend

DL21C CAMPAIGN TRAINING 2004- THIS SATURDAY!!!

When: Saturday, August 7th
Where: Loyola's University Water Tower Campus, 25 E. Pearson, Chicago
Time: 9: 30 AM to 5:00 PM (breakfast and lunch included)

DL21C is excited to have you meet and learn from the key campaign staff from the campaigns of
Obama for Senate, Kerry for President, Blagojevich for Governor, Durbin for Senate, and other winning races.

REGISTER ONLINE NOW- SPACE IS LIMITED: http://www.dl21c-chicago.org/

Current DL21C Members: FREE
Join DL21C + Free Admission: $35
Pre-Registered Non-Members: $10
On Site Registration: $15

Come and join fellow Democrats to learn how to develop a direct voter contact strategy to target, persuade, identify and turn out voters. Meet elected officials and candidates. Hear and learn from veteran campaign strategists on how to:

- Develop a message,
- Work with press and build an earned media plan,
- Recruit and train a volunteer staff, and
- Build and execute a fundraising plan and much more!!!

Campaign Training 2004 incorporates all this into one day of workshops, keynote addresses by Democratic leadership, and a post-conference networking event with candidates and elected officials!
We look forward to seeing you on August 7th!

Interesting - New Bushism

Ha ha ha.

Thanks Dave!

Borrowing a fun summer link from Wachs. Sharing is fun!

Concerts for the swing states

No, Indigo, Dallas isn't on the list. I have my eye on that Sunday 10/03/04 Pearl Jam/Death Cab for Cutie concert in Grand Rapids, MI.

Helpful Movie Review - Mystic River

We watched Mystic River the other night, and I thought it was good. Interesting story. Marcia Gay Harden gave the best performance of the 5 leads, I think. Gotta say, though, what bad luck for Tim Robbins' character. He sure picked the wrong night to kill a predator pedophile!

4 out 5 stars.