Hell froze over. The South rose again. Monkeys flew out of my butt. I went to work this morning hopeful yet somber. As I write this, CNN has projected 333 Electoral College votes for President Elect Obama. That’s right, Barack Hussein Obama. Stop hating and vote… we did! North Carolina is still in question but… Read more »
Author: Eric
I'm a writer, video editor, foodie, and geek.
A Brief Pause…
On the eve of history for the US, I’m making a bit of history myself. This is my 100th post… overdue and perhaps a bit fluffy. But in case you’ve forgotten to breathe (for whatever reason), take a breath with me now and eyeball a few pics I took during Wilson’s Whirligig Festival 2008. We… Read more »
A Short History of Pork
EMERGENCY ECONOMIC STABILIZATION ACT Draft 1 (GW & “Pimp Daddy” Paulson edition): 3 pages Draft 2 (“Country First” edition): 109 pages Draft 3 (“Damn the Pork, Full Squeal Ahead!” edition): 451 pages Number of words to describe a previously ignorant electorate seeing their government in action: one… priceless.
Schleppers Unite
Thank you PostBourgie for the heads up on this! You will hit the blogroll. Lovely Sarah Silverman encourages young Jews to travel to Florida to convince their presumably non-Obama supporting elders to vote for him. The Great Schlep has more details. As always, Sarah loves profanity, so consider the embed NSFW or Synagogue. The Great… Read more »
Be My Guest
You’re not truly a blogger until you’ve turned the writing reigns over to someone else for a day or two. My dear friend and Purveyor of All Things Pink took it to the next level this past week. So far off the radar that she’s entirely devoid of intarweb (except cell phone), she asked me… Read more »
The Second Half
Today is my birthday. There’s nothing especially earthshaking about that, but I’ve had a notion the last few days. I’m beginning, or with much blessing, nearing the second half of my life. Sobering, yeah! Unlike the overwrought end of one’s 20s, this is a real occasion. In Bojangles for lunch, the lady taking my order… Read more »
Whitewashing the Bar
Steven Bochco’s Raising the Bar premiered on TNT tonight. The cable network has spent a great deal of time building up the latest small-screen drama from the creator of Hill Street Blues and NYPD Blue. It even aired without commercials. SPOILER ALERT: SYNOPSIS AND PLOT POINTS AHEAD If you missed it, or like me originally… Read more »
Food for Thought: Ghetto Pasta
Chili Shrimp & Ramen 1 bag of ramen noodles generous handful of shrimp, preferably fresh dry chili mix fresh garlic dehydrated onions few sprigs of fresh rosemary cheese of your choice handful of broccoli florets, frozen’s fine oil of choice fresh lime juice or your favorite balsamic vinegar crushed red pepper With the Democratic National… Read more »
Confession
I’ve been cheating on my blog, sorta. Nah, let’s face it; it’s a full-blown affair. A while back I was offered an opportunity to participate in the closed beta of a blogging community. A social network of bloggers basically. My fellow writers and I shared similar tastes in online journalism and essaying. Most of us… Read more »
Keep Your Panties, I’m Covered
OK, I admit I’m a little busy to pen what might be considered substantive posts at the moment. So I’ll keep plugging brief things that are on my radar. Being in video production and communications means I have a soft spot for good advertising. I love the ad below and happened to find the entire… Read more »