The Corner on National Review Online:
"ON THEIR KNEES [Tim Graham]

An old friend nailed it for me:

Plain and simple. The conservative eggheads are overanalyzing and the liberals are praying.

The president knows what he is doing and believes in it. Kerry will say anything he thinks is different than Bush.

Bottom line is that Kerry says: I would have done what the president did but better.

"Posted at 11:48 PM"

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Amusingly, I don't use Chamomile because it's related to ragweed and people allergic to ragweed, as I am, are usually allergic to Chamomile as well.

FOXSports.com - Polls

Notre Dame has the most votes of any non-ranked team in both polls!

Boston.com / News / Boston Globe / Opinion / Op-ed / Why the 9/11 fund was a mistake

Of course, the reason for the 9-11 fund wasn't to compensate people, it was to get people to waive their right to sue the airlines and the Port Authority to bail out the airline and insurance industries.

Mixed Blessings - Are secular life ceremonies the wave of the future? By Michael Kress

Ann Keeler Evans represents the second approach—insisting that rituals have some basis in her clients' spiritual lives or family heritage. For a wedding between a Sikh man and an Irish-Catholic woman, for instance, the ceremony included the lighting of a Catholic unity candle (slightly modified: The couple didn't extinguish their individual candles after lighting the joint flame, as is the tradition) and a Sikh ritual in which everyone is given cooked grain as a sign that the temple feeds and blesses all.

Except of course that there's no such thing as a "Catholic unity candle".

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New York Post Online Edition: gossip

AS if Dan Rather didn't have enough problems, a new off-Broadway play is dredging up one of the strangest episodes in the CBS anchor's life. Playwright Paul Allman's dark comedy "Kenneth — What Is the Frequency?" is based on the 1986 mystery in which two well-dressed men beat Rather up outside his Upper East Side home while repeating that phrase. (The bizarre beat-down inspired R.E.M.'s song, "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?") Fresh from a critically acclaimed run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the play debuts here Oct. 21 at 78th Street Theatre Lab.

Man, wierd stuff like that makes me want to live in NY (the play not the beating itself).

The Catholic Key: Online Edition Newspaper of the Diocese of Kansas City - St.Joseph:

"The church has long said that celiac sufferers may fully receive the Eucharist in the form of wine, but even the small bit of host a celebrant drops into the wine can be harmful to many. "

It's real easy folks, you just use 2 chalices! Doh!

The Corner on National Review Online

ACTION ITEM [Ramesh Ponnuru]
NRO readers have been very generous in contributing to our post-defense defense fund. But we could use more help! Please give whatever you can. (And by "whatever you can," I do not mean sonnets.)
Posted at 11:07 AM

Darn it Ramesh, my plan is foiled!

CBS News | CBS Defends Bush Memos | September 14, 2004�16:52:46: "

(CBS/AP) CBS News is mounting a steadfast defense of the authenticity of documents that questioned President Bush's service in the Air National Guard, as newspapers and the White House continued to raise doubts.

CBS reports the story, about itself, in the third person. Very odd.

local6.com - Entertainment - Britney's Mom Upset With Media's Image Of Daughter:

"Britney Spears' mother has had enough with the media trying to paint her daughter as trashy."

Now, I usually have no problem with people criticizing the media, but I don't think this one is really their fault.

The New Republic Online: Retorting 101:

"CBS's Jonathan Klein even went so far as to say the following: 'Bloggers have no checks and balances. ... [It's] a guy sitting in his living room in his pajamas.' Actually, I'm in sweatpants and a tanktop."

That image was also cringe-inducing.

The New Republic Online: Reporting 101

Oooh, media fakery criticism in The New Republic is still cringe-inducing.

::SMACK SMACK SMACK::

That's for the writers on Judging Amy where a priest has to "pretend to care about the liturgy committee".

Google Groups: View Thread "ATR FAQ (part 2: outside Britain)"

HM Juan Carlos I, King of Spain (according to the 1978 Constitution; however, the titles borne by previous Kings of Spain have not been abolished; thus: His Catholic Majesty Juan Carlos, By the Grace of God, King of Spain, Castile, Leon, Aragon, the Two Sicilies, of Jerusalem, Navarre, Granada, Toledo, Valencia, Galicia, Mallorca, Menorca, Seville, Cardeña, Cordoba, Cocega, Murcia, Jaen, Algeria, Algernon, Gibraltar, the East and West Indies, the Canary Islands, and the Oceanic Colonies, Archduke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy, Brabant and Milan, Count of Habsburg, Flanders, Tirol and Barcelona, Lord of Vizcaya and Molina)

Note the bolded section. Very interesting. Anyone up for a crusade?

AMC's been playing a lot of westerns this weekend. Finally one, Joe Kidd, with C. Eastwood and R. Duvall looks worth watching. The opening soundtrack is really neat too.

Salon.com News | Can John Kerry climb back?:

"Donna Brazile, who ran Al Gore's campaign in 2000, told Salon Monday"

Is that really a recomendation for an expert?

Rich Lowry's on Hannity and Colmes, he has squirrel cheeks, it's very strange. I don't think Thomas really needs to worry about the competition. (Sorry Rich).

Salon.com News | Pope denounces gay marriage in Canada

That headline should've read "Pope denounces Canadian gay marraiges". He was in Vatican City when he did it.

Oh man, Jenneane Garafolo is such a loser/idiot/talking points spouter/trying way too hard.

Addendum to the below, that might also break the pro-life coalition and make it a requirement for the Republicans or their succesor conservative party to nominate a social moderate.

A search for GOP's heirs apparent | csmonitor.com

A solid article from the Christian Science Monitor, making the interesting point that it might be OK to elect a social moderate (e.g. Guiliani) next time around if Bush has already nominated 4 conservative justices to the Supreme Court.

Mark Steyn:

"Why did John Kerry cross the road? "I crossed the road to volunteer for Vietnam. Some of us know something about what it means to cross the road."

My dog seems to have developed allergies recently, she sneezes a lot. Currently she's trying to hack up a lung.

An UPDATE on the official who said he was ashamed to help Bush get into the Air National Guard.

Here's an email from a list I subscribe to:

Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 18:54:06 -0400
From: "Tamsey"
Subject: Barnes says he's ashamed for getting Bush into Texas Guard (WHOOPS! Bush entered the Guard a year BEFORE Barnes was elected into office)

Per Associated Press, "I got a young man named George W. Bush into the National Guard when I was lieutenant governor of Texas," - former Democrat TX Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes

Just one TEENY problem with Barnes' claim for the Kerry campaign..... George Bush joined the Texas Air National Guard in May, 1968 and Barnes was not elected Lt. Governor until 1969. Bush's enlistment in 1968 per MSNBC and here is Barnes' bio (Barnes is coincidentally a long-time Dem activist and one of Kerry's top fund-raisers)

And per CNN there were waiting lists for some positions in the TANG, but no waiting list for F-102 pilots, only "a handful of applicants willing and qualified" for those slots...

"...while Bush's unit in Texas had a waiting list for many spots, he was accepted because he was one of a handful of applicants willing and qualified to spend more than a year in active training flying F-102 jets."

Almost Famous - The "celebrities" who love the GOP. By Rob Long

Umm, you might be familiar with:

Dennis Miller, Charlton Heston, Mel Gibson, Arnold Schwarzennegar, Jack Nicklaus, Greg Norman, Tom Osborne, Arnold Palmer, Joe Paterno, Mike Ditka, John Elway, Frank Gifford, Franco Harris, Lou Holtz, Tom Landry, Karl Malone, Dan Marino, Rick Dees, Troy Aikman, Bill Belichick, Jerome Bettis, Bobby Bowden, Al Michaels, Phil Mickelson, Jim Nantz, Nolan Ryan, Don Shula, Roger Staubach, Pat Summerall, Tom Clancy, Catherine Coulter, Drew Carey, Dean Cain, Robert Duvall, Jamie Farr, Chuck Norris, Kevin Sorbo, Sylvester Stallone, Ben Stein, James Woods, Wayne Newton, Jaclyn Smith, Dr. Phil (McGraw), Maury Povich, Pat Sajak, Alex Trebek, Nancy Cartwright, Amy Grant, Lee Greenwood, Sammy Hagar, Loretta Lynn, Ted Nugent, Randy Travis, Lou Dobbs, Anderson Cooper, Kelsey Grammer, Patricia Heaton, Bo Derek, Alex Rodriguez (A-Rod), Tom Sellick, James Woods, Emma Caulfield, Adam Sandler, Shannon Doherty, Freddie Prinz Jr., Bruce Willis, Bo Derek, Danny Aiello, Rick Schroder, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Jeff Foxworthy, Vincent Gallo, Kid Rock, James Caviezel, Gary Cherone, Larry miller, Wayne Gretzky, Nick Lachey, Robert Duvall, Rob Lowe, Dennis Franz, Rachel Hunter, Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, Tony Danza, Dennis Hopper, Jackie Mason, Jimmy "JJ" Walker, Mario Lemieux, Dixie Carter, Michael W. Smith, Daize Shayne, Ron Silver, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Sara Evans, Dana Glover, Vince Vaughn, Steve Young, Chaka Khan, Jon Secada, Marilyn Manson, David Robinson, Dennis Quaid, Roger Clemens, Gene Simmons, James Earl Jones, Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, Jason Priestley, Wayne Newton, JEAN-CLAUDE VAN DAMME, SHIRLEY JONES, Johnny Ramone, Heather Locklear, Metallica, Godsmack, ZZ Top, Ricky Martin, Andrew Lloyd Weber, Jessica Simpson, David Spade, Meat Loaf, Lyle Lovett, Clint Black, Craig Biggio, Jeff Kent, Van Morrison, Norm MacDonald, Greg Anthony, Charles Barkley, John Malkovich, Stephen Baldwin, Alice Cooper, Cheryl Ladd, Debbie BRANNIGAN, Kim Alexis, Rachel Hunter, Audra Lynn, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Kim Komando, Kennedy (MTV VJ), Martina McBride, Reggie White, Denzel Washington.

Salon.com News | "I'm very ashamed"

Another bombshell in the battle over Vietnam service that has been raging in the 2004 presidential race exploded on the Web Friday. In a video originally posted on the Web by a pro-Kerry organization in Austin, Texas, Ben Barnes, a former lieutenant governor of Texas, apologized for his role in getting a young George W. Bush into the Texas Air National Guard while young men who were not from prominent or wealthy families "died in Vietnam."

This is insane! Members of that ANG unit were fighting in Vietnam when Bush joined it. To join a unit already deployed to the combat-zone is a darn foolish way to avoid a war.

Oh man! The Democrat (cough, loser, cough) attacking Bush on Fox just attacked him for "having been a cheerleader in High School becuase he couldn't make the football team".

About Bush, notes the Washington Post when in High School, "'He was kind to the athletically challenged,' said Wofsey, now a Pennsylvania psychiatrist."

Further, "He was considered a solid athlete – he played varsity basketball and baseball his senior year – but he was never among the class stars."

Q-tips are great.

Salon.com News | Italy horrified with hostage killing:

"Berlusconi defied public opinion when he decided to support President Bush by sending about 3,000 troops to Iraq after the ouster of Saddam Hussein."

That't the way republican government is supposed to work.

Entry-Level Loan Officer:

"If you want to be in the mortgage industry, learning about this exciting career, make good money in this billion $ movement. Please contact us asap."

Hmm, I wasn't aware that the mortgage industry was a movement.

Aye,Surrender! - Dusty Brand T-Shirts

Jeanetta needs this t-shirt.

Fox News tonight. Brit Hume says, "John Kerry speaking at a Martin Luther King day celebration in Virginia last year said, quote, "I remember well April 1968, I was serving in Vietnam. A place of violence. When the news reports brought home to me and my crew mates the violence back home and the tragic news that one of the bullets flying that terrible spring took the life of Dr. King." That date, of Dr. King's death, was April 4, 1968. According to kerry's website, it was not until November 17, 1968, that he reported for duty in Vietnam."

The New Republic Online: Remembering Michael Kelly

Another interesting thing about Shattered Glass is that it features a bit on Michael Kelly and his firing as editor of TNR. Which was a mixed thing, it let him go on to greatness at National Journal and Atlantic Monthly, but also sent him eventually back to Iraq, where he died, widowing his wife and orphaning his child.

Shattered Glass (2003)

I'm watching this movie. It's great so far. (Not least cause it batters The New Republic.) Also, it has Chloë Sevigny in it, who was in The Last Days of Disco and is an actress I really like. Melanie Lynskey, who I've never come across before, is good as well.

Rudy Gersten on the NBA and the Olympics on National Review Online:

Several of these players will be in the basketball Hall of Fame one day. But there ought to be an asterisk next to each of their names, to let generations to come know that they decided not to represent our country in the Olympics while America was at war.

To be fair, not all of these guys were cowards. Kobe Bryant has a few legal issues to deal with this summer, and Ray Allen's wife is expecting a baby. They get a pass. But the rest of the players who abandoned Team U.S.A should be ashamed of themselves (not that Kobe shouldn't be, for other reasons).

That bit about Kobe cracked me up.

Victor Davis Hanson on Europe and Troop Withdrawal on National Review Online

This is fairly frightening.

Jeanetta is still alive if anyone was wondering. Her computer, however, is broken. She says it should be fixed and she'll be back soon.

Jewish Journal of Los Angeles on The Da Vinci Code:

What grabs Jews is the return to history.... If you look at adult education classes being offered all over town, you see people in the Jewish community are very hungry for history, for learning. That is where The Da Vinci Code is most dangerous... On the one hand, it resonateswith a deep desire for education; on the other hand, you're satisfying that desire with inaccurate information. It's like watching "CSI" and taking it all as scientific fact, or watching "ER" and trying to practice medicine.

The Dating Dearth: A Man's Perspective

This article is older, but still interesting.

The Corner on National Review Online:

"RECORD TIME --Michael Graham
"K-Lo, on my radio show this morning, we played audio from August 1 of John Kerry suggesting re-deployment of troops currently in South Korea. That means he's changed positions since the convention. This isn't flip-flopping it's intellectual ADHD."

Why are people still suprised by this stuff?

Liberals who think that Foxnews is conservatively biased should take a look at "The 700 Club". That is conservatively biased news. Between Bill Moyers and Pat Robertson is Foxnews, rightly calling itself "Fair and Balanced" I think.

McSweeney's Internet Tendency: "If All Characters Were Named After Places in Maine"

FT June/July 2004: The Public Square:

"By the end of the nineteenth century, after much wrangling, Harvard had dropped Veritas pro Christo et ecclesia from its motto, settling for the one word, Veritas. This March, Columbia University redesigned its symbol, a crown with three crosses, by removing the crosses. Columbia was established 250 years ago as an Anglican college and chartered by King George II. Predictably, some conservatives lamented the change. Others, however, took comfort in the fact that the university, while no longer Christian, is still monarchist. "

FT June/July 2004: Correspondence: "The Virtues of Penance"--Alice von Hildebrand
Well that's a radical call. I'm not sure what to make of it exactly. I'm inclined to think that in our culture whipping too has been sexualized, but hairshirts might work.

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If anyone's looking to get me a watch, I like the blue faced one.

Bob Sagget reminds me of Thomas.

They're showing an episode of Homicide on TNT. I wonder if this is a new regular thing. Should relieve the tedium of the Olympics.

I've started reading The Sparrow, a sci-fi novel about Jesuits. I'm not too far into it yet, so I can't really give it a complete thumbs up yet. But it's looking promising.

Yes, this blog is a strange mix of stuff you should care about and stuff you probably really don't care about.

Oh man, my last pair of khakis that we're the right length just wore out. Now I'll have to get those other ones shortened so I have pants to wear.

I saw a magazine at the library today with a list of places to hold wedding receptions in Richmond. One of them was the Virginia Holocaust Museum. That option struck me as entirely inapropriate as a place to hold one's reception. I understand that this can be a big money maker for museums, but it seemed that even hosting such events would be a dubious thing for the museum to do.

There were some changes to the sidebar, btw. I'll let each discover them for himself.

Sam: you hear from the FBI?
Jeanetta: nopers
Sam: got an email from my ND roomate that they visited him
...
Jeanetta: do they call first, or just land a black helicopter in your yard and break down the door?

The Corner on National Review Online:

"OBESITY [Ramesh Ponnuru]
"The Public Interest has an interesting article by two economists. It notes that obesity rates have doubled since 1980, and concludes that two factors were primarily responsible: the growth in the number of fast-food and other restaurants (itself, they say, largely driven by increases in female labor force participation) accounted for two-thirds of the increase in obesity; the rise in the price of cigarettes (largely driven by taxes) accounted for another fifth."

Paul "Red" Adair, 89, R.I.P.

Oh man! From Craigslist (note portion I have italicized and bolded):

"free gerbils:

"Reply to: bethesdavideo@comcast.net
"Date: 2004-08-05, 3:05PM EDT

"2 white and 1 brown 5 weeks old. Another litter of 5 will be ready in 3 weeks-1 black, 1 white, 3 brown. These are pets not food.

"susan"

I am curious how she will enforce this rule. Will there be followup visits to make sure you haven't snacked on them in the meantime? What if you take a male and a female and only eat the offspring, does that break the rule? Was it really neccesary for Susan to point this out in the first place?

Text of letter from bishops:

"The Church also recognizes that there is a manifest lack of a proper disposition for Holy Communion in those whose outward conduct is 'seriously, clearly, and steadfastly contrary' to the Church's moral teaching (Ecclesia de Eucharistia, 37b). A manifest lack of proper disposition for Holy Communion is found to be present in those who consistently support pro-abortion legislation. Because support for pro-abortion legislation is gravely sinful, such persons should not be admitted to Holy Communion.

"We also take this opportunity to address all Catholics whose beliefs and conduct do not correspond to the Gospel and to Church teaching. To receive the great gift of God - the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ - we must approach Holy Communion free from mortal sin. Those who are conscious of being in a state of grave sin should avail themselves of the Sacrament of Reconciliation before coming to Holy Communion. To partake of the Eucharist is to partake of Christ Himself, and to enter into sacramental communion with our Lord we must all be properly disposed.

"Because of the influence that Catholics in public life have on the conduct of our daily lives and on the formation of our nation's future, we declare that Catholics serving in public life espousing positions contrary to the teaching of the Church on the sanctity and inviolability of human life, especially those running for or elected to public office, are not to be admitted to Holy Communion in any Catholic church within our jurisdictions: the Archdiocese of Atlanta, the Dioceses of Charleston and Charlotte. Only after reconciliation with the Church has occurred, with the knowledge and consent of the local bishop, and public disavowal of former support for procured abortion, will the individual be permitted to approach the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist.

"We undertake this action to safeguard the sacred dignity of the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar, to reassure the faithful, and to save sinners.


"Most Reverend John F. Donoghue

"Archbishop of Atlanta

"Most Reverend Robert J. Baker

"Bishop of Charleston

"Most Reverend Peter J. Jugis

"Bishop of Charlotte"

Hosanna!

Salon.com News | Danish officer accused in Iraq prison case:

"Aug. 5, 2004 | Copenhagen, Denmark -- A Danish army officer was accused by military prosecutors Thursday of allegedly denying food and water to detainees in Iraq, forcing them to sit in �painful positions� and verbally humiliating them. "

Establishing that it's not just evil Americans.

Don King - Why Blacks Should Vote Republican.

This I find very interesting.

I went to Barnes and Noble today, and there was a lot of witty commentary I thought of while I was there. I had failed to bring my notebook with me, however, so I didn't write any of it down; now I have forgotten my witticisms.

USATODAY.com - Poll: No boost for Kerry after convention

Good news!

I also find it interesting that Kerry and Edwards are campaigning together. Trying to be together one effective candidate, combating Edwards vacuity and Kerry's somnulence. The problem with this is that you only reach half as many voters as you do campaigning apart.

Vatican document rejects combative feminism, seeks 'active collaboration' for men and women:

"Editor's Note
"Benedictine Sr. Joan Chittister will offer a critique of the Vatican's new document on women. Her article will be posted to NCRonline.org on Monday morning, Aug. 2."

Oh man, I predict that will need a good fisking.

Oh, and I've been on vacation for the past week, which has made blogging extra slow. I'm back in action now. Plans for next week include another job interview (a "call-back") on Tues in DC, so perhaps no Freerepublic meetup for me this week, though I'll try to make it back in time.

The tiffster is burning up the comment boxes. The rest of you need to catch up!

The Kerry Spot on National Review Online: "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE LATELY? [07/29 11:55 PM]

Blogger John Kalb looks at Kerry's constant allusions to his service in Vietnam and observes, 'I don't have any real background in math, and if I applied for a job as a math teacher now, and my main qualification for the job was that I did well on my math SAT in high school, I would be laughed out of the interview.'"

People might also ask the traditional, "What have you done for me lately?" He hasn't made many Senate votes or hearings recently.

A night to remember: On Day 2, Democratic convention speakers celebrate America as a nation of immigrants, emphasizing inclusion and legacy.
By Sidney Blumenthal

Perhaps someone should remind Mr. Blumenthal that "A Night to Remember" is the title of a famous book about the sinking of the RMS TITANIC.

I just registered for my first class of the MS in International Relations, Survey of International Relations.

How did the abuses get started?:

"[RS 60.] In the celebration of Mass, the Liturgy of the Word and the Liturgy of the Eucharist are intimately connected to one another, and form one single act of worship. For this reason it is not licit to separate one of these parts from the other and celebrate them at different times or places. Nor is it licit to carry out the individual parts of Holy Mass at different times of the same day."

"I won't ask how many of us have never celebrated a Liturgy of the Word in one place and a Liturgy of the Eucharist in another place, but I bet there are two or three of us in this room who haven't done that. At Theological College [the seminary at Catholic University of America] last Holy Saturday [2002 or 2003] the liturgy of the fire was celebrated outside in the garden; the Liturgy of the Word was celebrated on the second floor in a big room that's used for the rector's conferences and other big meetings, and the Liturgy of the Eucharist was celebrated upstairs in the chapel. They've been doing that since the 1960's. The 1970 Instruction didn't affect the way that they celebrated. It's still been going on." --Father Jerome Hall, SJ, 'The Impact of Liturgiam Authenticam on Musical Texts'

Man, I thought Theological College wasn't wierd like that.

USATODAY.com - Sister Joan's arc of activism travels true

Oh man...

"The powerhouse sister may come packaged like a powder puff — a powder-blue suit matching her powder-blue eyes."

"Her 148-year-old Erie community follows the Rule of St. Benedict, a sixth-century guidebook for monastic life based on the values 'of work, holy leisure, stewardship, community, humility and peace.'"

Amazing! I didn't know that Benedict said nuns could wear powder-blue suits.

"Chittister, her eyes framed by crinkles from years of laughter, insists, 'My life is a series of jokes!'"

No kidding.

"'I can't not be Catholic!' she exclaims, calling her church a 'treasure house' of culture, history, tradition and discipline that "develops the soul.'"

Hmm, discipline, might that involve obedience, and might that be Tradition, which excludes:

"Chittister and others argue that [the male only priesthood is] a historic, human tradition."

Yeesh...

The Corner on National Review Online:

"ARCHIVE MISHAPS [Fr. George W. Rutler]

"On a recent visit to the library of Trinity College, Dublin, about seventy pages of the Book of Kells inadvertently fell into my underwear. To my surprise, I later found several major illuminated pages in my socks. If the library wants these pages back, I'll see what I can find, although my desk is always a mess, as everyone knows. I assumed the library had photocopies of the whole Book. So it is no big deal. In fact, when I mentioned this to my friends at the Vatican Library, they all had a good laugh. I do not understand all the fuss. I must say that I find the timing suspicious. Everyone knows that in the late eighth century the Vikings tried to grab these pages, and where were the investigative reporters then? Fortunately, I have entrusted these items to an antiquarian friend in Chappaqua.

"PS Silly me: My dry cleaner tells me that the original Donation of Constantine somehow found its way into the lining of one of my jackets. I have always been neglectful of my dress.
Posted at 03:34 PM"

McSweeney's Internet Tendency: Dispatch 8: Certain Gatherings, and a Fetish:

"A word of advice to toddlers in playgrounds: wait until the swing has come to a full and complete stop before falling asleep. "

Off to DC for another interview.

The New York Times > Magazine > Lives: When One Is Enough

That's one of the most horrible things I've ever read.

So I've got Bravo on and they're showing Inside the Actors' Studio. But, the person they're interviewing is Billy Joel, who is not an actor. So, have they just given up on the actor concept. Soon it'll be, "Next time on Inside the Actors' Studio Al Gore and the theater of politics".

The Galvin Opinion

Reciprocal Blogrolling

Salon.com Books | A reluctant literary star:

"That may be. But Jones is still sleeping on the floor. Four months after moving in, his new apartment in north-west Washington DC remains bare except for the 100 cartons of unpacked books, the air mattress he cannot be bothered to inflate and the new laptop that is a recent and slightly grudging admission of his status as a full-time writer. "

I thought I was bad with my six boxes of books.

Just saw Senator McCain campaigning for Cheney. It was pretty amazing. McCain either genuinely likes and supports Cheney or he's the world's greatest actor. I think it's the former; it should be obvious to the Democratic dreamers too.

My computer is back up and running. I lost all my bookmarks and archived emails, but other than that i seem to have everything back.

For a job application that I mayn't name, I had to write a 1,000 character CV (work experience had a seperate section). Here it is in its entirety.

Sharp analyst/researcher
Knowledge of foreign/religious/military/political affairs
Great writer/editor/briefer
Excellent leader
Facility w/computer tech
First aid/outdoor skills/rifle & pistol marksman

Ed
MS International Relations w/concentration in National Security Affairs, P/T, Troy St U, expected 12/05
Grad Study in Philosophy 03-04, U of Notre Dame
BA Philosophy (High Distinction) and Religious Studies, U of Rochester, 8/03, clusters in Statistics & Security Studies, undeclared 3rd major History

Cert/Lic
VA Concealed Handgun Permit
VA Driver's Lic
Qualified Typist, 58 WPM
Construction Safety Cert
NRA Basic Handgun
Red Cross Cert:
Current-Instructor Candidate Training & Waterfront Lifeguard
Expired-Water Safety Instructor, Lifegrd, CPR for Professional Rescuer; First Aid & Safety

Awards
Full Schlrshp w/Stipend, U of Notre Dame, 03-04
Inst. for Humane Studies Liberty & Current Issues Seminar Schlrshp
Schrshp U of Rochester 99-03 $10000/year
U of R Dean’s List
AP Scholar w/Distinc
Eagle Scout w/Bronze Palm

David Brooks is a darn funny man.

Salon.com Life | Anger management

Unlike many Salon.com links, this one is merely very very amusing, not disturbing at all. Check it out.

De Fide

They've filed a Libellus against Kerry for heresy, scandel, and sacrilege in the ecclesiastical court of Boston.

Wow, I'm watching an Evangelical envangelist on TV. He's going crazy about how much he loves the Pope and Cardinal Ratzinger!

U.S. Catholic Bishops - Movie Reviews

If even the USCCB condemns your anti-war movie you know you're in trouble.

Fahrenheit 9/11 -- Scathing indictment of President Bush's domestic and international policies leading up to and following the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, which attempts to link his family with prominent Saudi moneymen, including members of the bin Laden clan, and which contends that his administration capitalized on the climate of fear following World Trade Center tragedy in order to hoodwink the American public into an immoral war with Iraq. Director Michael Moore walks a perilous line between documentary filmmaking and partisan propaganda, which, though by turns compellingly sobering and engagingly entertaining, presents an unfairly one-sided blame-Bush-for-everything case that fails to take into account wider geopolitical realities, resulting in a manipulative and at times misleading interpretation of facts. A-III -- adults. (R) 2004

Haven't been blogging that much...looking for a job.

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I am Frylock from Aqua Teen Hunger Force!!

Which Aqua Teen Hunger Force character are you??

BBC NEWS | Middle East | Iran seizes UK navy vessels

In the midst of pissing of the IAEA, Iran, or perhaps a really dumb low-level Iranian Naval Officer decides to tweak noses on the UK Admiralty Board.

Style Weekly in Richmond, Virginia:

"Most annoying infrastructure issue: Potholes Kudos to Richmond City officials who have begun preparing for the Jamestownquadricentennial by allowing our streets to resemble"

The Saudi foregin minister is speaking on Fox News. He has an Irish accent, which is pretty amusing.

Luck and prayers, off to an interview in Metro-DC.

Welcome to Personal Orchestra

Check out this amazing computer program.

I realized I hadn't read NCReporter in a while and was about to type its address in, then I thought better of it. Also, I got an interview with Northrop Grumman.

That's the food item folks, not a crazy monk.

Having pretty much talked out RR, our Richmond drive-time host is now talking about OJ (the 10th anniversary of the murder is tommorow). For bumper music, they're playing Bryan Adams's "Cuts Like A Knife".

They're talking about whether OJ will be rehabilitated. A caller points out that OJ is the heir-apparent for Ted Kennedy's Senate seat.

I can totally see this happening around me.

Telegraph | Opinion | How they misjudged the Reagan I knew

PEGGY NOONAN
WHAT I SAW AT THE REVOLUTION
1989

"Every now and then when I worked in the Reagan White House, I would look up from my notes at a meeting and look at the faces around the table...or go for a walk in the halls and look into the offices of young men and women with their heads bent over a report or a memo...and I would think: "We are the ones who will walk behind the caisson. Some day when we are older he will die, and there will be a great funeral with a flag-draped coffin and a riderless horse with the boots turned backward, and behind that will be the family and friends, and behind them, us." The television cameras high up near the plywood anchor booths hastily assembled on Pennsylvania Avenue will go to a wide shot, and Dan Rather will say, "And here, the men and women who were the special assistants and the undersecretaries... When you say 'Reagan Administration,' you're talking about them."

"It wouldn't be sad. I could even imagine it as jolly. He would die with his boots on, "having known not...bitterness nor defeat." He would just have turned one hundred... He would have lived to see the Communist world break up, and seen us build the manned space station. An old man exhausted in a great struggle, one of the leaders of the Eighties we now, in the year 2011, acknowledge to have been great. Reagan, Thatcher, John Paul II, perhaps Gorbachev...dead now, and here we are gathered once again, like the end of 'Chariots of Fire', where one of the old running stars, bent and gray, turns to a friend at Harold Abraham's funeral and says, 'We did it, didn't we?' as the stern chords of 'Jerusalem' boom from the Cathedral."

Ronald Regan as George Gip

"I've got to go, Rock. It's allright. I'm not afraid. Some time, Rock, when the team is up against it, when things are wrong and the breaks are beating the boys, tell them to go in there with all they've got and win just one for the Gipper. I don't know where I'll be then, Rock, but I'll know about it, and I'll be happy."

In paradisum deducant angeli: in tuo adventu suscipiant te martyres, et perducant te in civitatem sanctam Ierusalem.

Chorus angelorum te suscipiat, et cum Lazaro quondam paupere aeternam habeas requium.

May the Angels lead you into paradise; may the martyrs greet you at your arrival and lead you into the holy city, Jerusalem.

May the choir of Angels greet you and like Lazarus, who once was a poor man, may you have eternal rest.

Infidel Apparel - American & Zionist Slogans - In Arabic

This is pretty funny. (Note that I do not neccesarily agree with all the slogans.)