
Friday, September 26, 2008
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Friday, September 19, 2008
Modern Art Blows
Don't Be So Gullible

Monday, September 15, 2008
Thursday, September 11, 2008
I'm Qualified, Trust Me
Modest though I am, I think it was pretty self evident that I could, oh, say, READ.
Over time, more scrutiny was applied; some jobs required phone interviews, some involved brief face to face interviews. At this point in my career, I tend to apply for projects that require a degree of experience and interviewing with 2-3 people is common. The "no-interview" jobs are out still out there, I've fortunately moved past them. I don't blame companies for wanting to know more about me, my qualifications, my demeanor and personality, how I present myself, and so on. On the one hand, I'm only a temp, fireable at will, given limited access to the firm's property and information - a tiny investment in the big scheme of things, but in these companies defense, an un-vetted temp attorney such as myself could wind up being a drain on time and resources and heaven forbid I abscond with company paper clips and post it notes.
If it's prudent to perform due diligence before hiring a meager temp employee such as myself, don't WE THE PEOPLE have the right to ask a few questions of our vice presidential candidates??? Even the semi-literate Bush and his secretive Vice President answered a few questions when they ran for office. The media isn't fair, the McCain camp explains (over and over). Deal with it and prove your critics wrong.
I'm not worried though, eventually, spontaneous sentences will have to be formed ...
Tuesday, September 09, 2008
Saturday, September 06, 2008
Life Is Short, Have An Affair

Thursday, September 04, 2008
Politicians Say The Darndest Things
Wednesday, September 03, 2008
All Rove Needed Was A Good Editor
"With all due respect, again, to GovernorKainePalin, [s]he's been a governor for three years. [s]He's been able, but undistinguished. I don't think people could really name a big, important thing that [s]he's done. [s]He was mayor of the 10[0]5th-largest city in America. And, again, with all due respect toRichmond, VirginiaWasilla, Alaska, it's smaller than Chula Vista, California, Aurora, Colorado, Mesa or Gilbert, Arizona, North Las Vegas, or Henderson, Nevada. It's not a big town. If he were to pick GovernorKainePalin, it would be an intensely political choice, where he's said, 'You know what? I'm really not first and foremost concerned with, is this person capable of being president of the United States? What I'm concerned about is, can [s]he bring me theelectoralvotes ofthe state of Virginia, the 13 electoral votes in Virginiathe easily manipulated?'"
Thanks, Andrew
11.10 pm. Reality television has become our politics.
11.06 pm. Both Huckabee and Palin have used the t-word. Of course, they are not criminally liable, as Bush is.
11.05 pm. Every time the camera pans to McCain's mother, she seems mortified. I don't really blame her. Can you imagine what she was thinking as a tiny special needs baby is passed from person to person for the cable news.
11.03 pm. However admirable it is to be a mayor, is it really necessary to drip contempt for people who work as community organizers? It seems to me that Palin doesn't quite have the stature to be putting down someone who has won millions of people's votes. This is a much more partisan speech than I was expecting.
11.00 pm Styrofoam pillars; and self-designed seals. And her lip curls.
10.58 pm. Now it's about big government - which Republicans have exploded in size. But no one can notice the actual record of the GOP in growing government and increasing debt. That would be too much accountability.
10.56 pm. Obama wants to reduce American power and prevent energy production. The mockery of Obama from Palin is striking. I don't recall anyone mocking McCain at the DNC.
10.53 pm. Drill, baby, drill! I may be just revealing that I'm out of touch, but I don't see why laying pipelines is now a core rallying cry of American conservatism.
10.50 pm. I have to say that the affect is of someone running for high school president.
10.49 pm. Piper is poking Trig in the eye!
10.48 pm. Ethics reform is her first policy proposal.
10.47 pm. She has this weird tick of scrunching up her face to make a forceful point. Kinda Tracy Flicky.
10.44 pm. Palin echoes Giuliani's attack on "cosmopolitan" elites. All the buzzwords are there. Elite. Elite. Elite. This is a culture war speech - and she is becoming a symbol of red America. This is what they have to do top win: divide and polarize again. We are half way through, by the way, and we have not heard a single policy proposal. But we have heard contempt for someone who works as a community organizer in the South Side of Chicago.
10.40 pm. We've just seen a picture of a seven year old cradling and stroking the hair of a Down Syndrome infant. This, apparently, is relevant to deciding who should be the next vice-president of the United States.
10.39 pm. I'm just slack-jawed that, so far, the entire speech has been basically about her family. She seems as if she just won a reality show and is introducing her folks. And they have passed the baby now to four different people - including another child. Slack-jawed.
Monday, September 01, 2008
Less Fire! Less Fire!
My burnt taste buds notwithstanding, the West Indian Day Parade was a lot of fun this year. Great weather, great food, and a lot of booty shakin. The only thing missing was beer. I remember when I first moved to NY and lived on the parade route, there was nothing better than a cold Red Stripe with my curry goat. These days booze is verboten from parades. Oh well.
It wasn't all fun and games; I was working. Most of you don't know this but among my many talents, I'm also a filmmaker. For all my loyal fans, I present below the world premiere of Less Fire! Less Fire!