I said my piece on Prop 8 before it passed.  I donated money to help “No on 8″, but I don’t think I did enough to promote.  I never said anything about it on my blog after it passed.  I think Keith Olbermann said it best in this video: Read the rest of this entry »

While the radio was talking about 2-3 hour wait, my voting time was 15 minutes (including the drive)… ok.. 20 minutes.  It was painless, and I didn’t have to cheat off the person next to me.  I also got a free tall coffee from Starbucks.  I am pissed off though that we get no recipt of how we voted.  Just makes it that much more obvious about how little your vote really counts, and how manipulatable the system is. Read the rest of this entry »

Wow! It’s almost 2009. We’ve come so far! We’ve invented the wheel, harnessed fire, created language, learned to spread information (1st tablets, then papyrus, then the printing press, then telegraph, then radio, then tv, then internet), invented the car, and various flying machines… and with this progression, we were basically able to do anything. It wasn’t only technology and medicine that progressed with the spread of information, it was also human and civil rights.

So, here we are… living in a day and age where women can join the army, or have corporate jobs. A day and age where the black man is free to own his own land… oh yeah, we’re a little past that, now he can run for president! So… if everyone has all these rights, and we live in the land of opportunity, why can gay people not get married? Face it folk, the gays aren’t going away! Read the rest of this entry »

St. Peter’s standing at the pearly gates when Barack Obama shows up.

“Hello Sir, welcome to Heaven.  I’d like to remind you that entry is only granted to those on the list. What is your name?”

“Barack Hussein Obama.”

“Hmmmm… I don’t see you on here… did you maybe do something you’d be known for?”

“Well… i was the 1st black man to successfully win the election for United States President”

“well.. that sounds impressive enough… I’m still not showing it… when were you elected president?”

“About 15 minutes ago!”

——- I laughed when I heard it.  I suppose it was funnier coming from a drunken redneck.  I laugh at all sorts of improper jokes, and often tell them.  But, this joke does bring up a sad reality… Obama has had the most death threats of any presidential candidate ever.   Over 500 so far.  Just 2 days after I heard the joke, here’s what’s showing in the news:

Feds disrupt skinhead plot to assassinate Obama

My republican neighbor had said from the start, “He’ll get killed before he even gets sworn in!”

I have a lot more respect for Barack and Michelle for doing this, knowing that grim possibility that there are a lot of ignorant folk that would go to extremes to harm them. That, and I truly believe that they’ll make a positive difference.

It’s ridiculous that so many people think Obama is bad for Israel because his middle name is Hussein (Maybe that’s why my folks never gave us kids middle names… so they don’t give us a crappy one that people can smut-peddle us about)!

So… when I was couch surfing in Florida, I had some friends of my folks invite me to dinner.  It was a home cooked meal, and quite good.  The dog’s name was Barack, so I thought that if politics came up, this would be a friendly home…. however… you have to keep in mind that Barak is a pretty common Israeli name (in fack, that’s my older brother’s name).  So, after dinner, we’re all chatting, and Yehuda is talking about how brilliant Mccain is for bringing Palin on as VP, and how great she is.  Riki is wholeheartedly agreeing, and ranting about how great Sarah Pailin is.  I’m being quiet.  For those who know me, that’s a mostly rare thing… so… I guess Riki noticed.  “What? You don’t like Sarah Palin?”  I said that I do not.  It was funny, but brings up a very real point– it was my information versus their information.  We all thought each other was crazy. Everyone has their own set of whacky friends sending them articles and links that are pro their candidate and anti the opposition.  Most people do not take the time to go to snopes.com to check if this stuff is true.  When I started speaking of Sarah Pailin’s incompettence with fiscal matters, I was attacked that I’m reading propaganda, and am clearly uneducated about the matter.  So Riki says “So.. who are you voting for?” When I said I’m voting for Obama, she took her shoe off, and threw it at me (for an old lady, she has good aim).  I stood up and said that I believe it’s time to go, but thanks for the lovely meal, and pleasant company.  I was even polite to Riki, saying it’s always a pleasure to see her, even when she’s throwing shoes at me.  I was so polite and nice, as these were all close friends of my parents.  When my folks got back in town, they heard about the incident, and told me they heard I acted in an exemplary manner. I thought about it, and figured I had done everything correctly. However, I then realized in hindsight that there was one more thing I should’ve done… I should have taken the shoe she threw at me when I left! Oh well.. maybe next time.

http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/analysis/455 Here’s just one of many articles that show what I’m referring to by the way.

p.s. those same people were a lot quieter when at a Rosh Ha Shana (Jewish New Year) dinner, politics came up… Yehuda was talking about how great Mccain is… and then my dad  interrupts their gloat-fest, and mentions that Obama is actually great for Israel, and that he’s voting Obama.   Dad voted for Bush last time (And look where that got the world).

I mention Independent Lady Magazine a little too frequently lately. Last night, (I still haven’t slept… though not just because of this) in the middle of the night, I decided that I’d set up a MySpace page for Independent Lady Magazine and then I went and designed a few mock covers… no false article text or anything.. just the words. I suppose since I made a MySpace page, I had to keep going, to make it look good. And, while initially it was supposed to be a spoof, the more I wrote, the more I realized that I can actually turn this into a real magazine! The reasons are plenty: Read the rest of this entry »

Independent lady magazine is the name of a project I was going to take on. I’ll tell you about it, since you know I hate having my time wasted, and this is a wonderful story of time wasting. Angela was looking for projects for me, and found someone on CraigsList.org that needed a magazine layout done. Their initial project that they tried to get me to do for free to cheap was to photoshop the text off a cover that someone had sent as a proof… on a photo that they didn’t have the rights for. Read the rest of this entry »

Yes…. I’ve been doing this officially for 1 year today!  There’s still so many things I haven’t gotten to tell you.  Perhaps because it takes a long time to type, perhaps it takes a longer time to go through the photos.  Either way… I’ll get to it eventually.   This e-mail is to wish you a happy new year, and let you know that this year is going to be even more exciting!

Last night, on the spur of the moment, I went to Las Vegas with Jeffery Scott (Couch 15).   I drank a lot of Long Island Iced Teas, spoke to strangers, and exchanged many stories with my good friend.  It was just the adventure I needed.  I think a big part of the adventure is that we did it on the spur of the moment. 

The drive was rough– it was very windy, and I even have photos of 18-wheelers that flipped over!

Some of the things I need to tell you about are my 31st birthday, and the amazing surprise I got.  I gotta tell you about the time in Chicago I went backstage at the circus.  A recent hotel stay at the Triton hotel.  My day of snowboarding successfully.  And so much more!

The most important thing is I wanted to tell you THANK YOU FOR READING!  It means a lot to me that I’ve gotten to bring some adventure to your daily office routines, school days, or just lives in general.  I think we’re all going to have a very amazing 2008.

So.. a short while ago, Couch 44 (Angela) had come and visited… she was very shy about a portion of her face, where apparently a few weeks prior — just as she was starting to get all excited about coming to see me – she had this zit that got infected, and started getting big… and painful… and then she terminated it with extreme prejudice…. Read the rest of this entry »