Couldn't ask for much more out of a day than Sunday (although you can tell from the picture -- which is exactly what I see as I write -- that today shapes up pretty well itself). While listening to Dick Gaughan, Ronnie Drew, and selections from Premium T.'s iPod, she made postcards and I finished one novel, started another, and took two naps. We then sat down to a fantastic meal prepared by T., and topped that off with a visit to our favorite pub for a Jameson's with a splash for me, a cognac for T., and music from our friend and neighbor Pat.
The meal was simple and glorious: A Guinness-and-red-wine beef stew, fresh homemade bread, and a Spanish syrah. The Guinness and wine imparted a richness of flavor that's hard to describe but easy to appreciate!
Oh, and Obama leads Johnny Wattles by 15 points. Woo-hoo!...Obama promises not to allow his campaign to be Swift-boated by racial smears. "Every...[criticism of Obama]...will be twisted to make it about race," warns McCain advisor and South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsay Graham, showing no hesitancy to make race an issue...Will Cindy McCain's majority share in a beer distributorship cause problems with social conservatives? Or will Hensley & Co's courageous opposition to Mothers Against Drunk Driving inoculate it against criticism from the right?
R.I.P. George Carlin. I saw him a few years ago. He was plenty funny, but was it ever bleak. If not exactly a groundbreaker, he nonetheless wore Lenny Bruce's mantle proudly and defiantly.
Citizen K. Read: The Lazarus Project, Alexsandar Hemon. BTW, the web site is amazing. Check out the slide show below, which combines text and photographs from the book:
The Lazarus Project (shorter) from Book Videos on Vimeo.
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We went to the Alamo drafthouse in Austin this weekend. (The one here in SA is a poor imitation.) They have a Guinness milkshake on the menu. I stuck with the more predictable warm cookies and Amy's ice cream, but I was intrigued.
The GOP is losing for many reasons. Just like Hillary was running a 1998 campaign against Obama, so is McCain.
They portray him as a naive idealist. In reality he is someone who'll run you over with a MAC Truck if you are in his way.
Consider yerself hung, Noble Mon.
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