or does this picture seem like a view into a parallel universe? Sarah Palin is meeting Henry Kissinger for Pete's sake, she's supposed to be gaining executive experience and she's hamming it up for the cameras like she's on a field trip.
This is someone we could elect to the White House? Really?
I have no words to describe my disgust with Sarah Palin as the McCain's choice for VP. I am so disappointed in McCain's complete reversal from the Republican "maverick" that he was eight years ago to the cowed, party-line man he has turned into, all in pursuit of the Presidency. How any human being can condone torture just boggles my mind, but especially someone who endured it for nearly six years, how does he sleep at night?
Last night I broke down and finally shut my windows. It was so nice to not have to run the air conditioner throughout most of August, but last night it just got too cold to even have two windows in my dining room open. I had trouble getting to sleep because I was so cold, I was hunting up extra layers to put on to retain some of my body heat. This morning, I woke up to 40 degree temperatures. I did not want to get out of bed. This weather this year has been insane. A little more than three months ago, on the day after Memorial Day, it was 37 when I woke up. Today it was 40. Where the hell did summer go? On the other hand, this should make my gas and electricity bills a lot more tolerable (at least for a little while). If the temperatures remain above 40, I won't have to turn on the furnace yet. And I am all about saving the money this year.
In anticipation of my trip to Chicago, I listened to Bring it On straight through for the first time in several months on Thursday night. It was kind of weird to listen to. I'm so used to live extended versions of many of those songs that the original album songs seemed almost foreign to me. I was listening to it in the car. I drove my dad downtown Thursday night as he was working at the convention to tear down the stage after McCain's speech. There were so many barriers and blocked off streets, it took me nearly half the album to get out of downtown. Every usual route I use to get out of downtown was blocked. I also saw hundreds of police officers in riot gear walking around the streets. It was surreal. I think the show of force at the convention was way over the top. I find it interesting how willing people are, in the last eight years, to give up so many personal freedoms in the name of "Homeland Security." Just the word "Homeland" irks me. It reminds me of Nazi Germany and the "Fatherland."
On a pleasanter note, I got my ticket in the mail yesterday, now I need to just purchase my train tickets and I'll be set for the Gomez concert!
As an experiment, I watched a little football over the weekend. The guys at work are all huge football fans (in addition to baseball), and I agreed to give it a try (in exchange for one guy listening to some Gomez music). Monday night was the season opener for the Vikings and the Packers (rivals a la the Red Sox and Yankees). After the Red Sox game, I tuned into the football game. It was very tough figuring out what the hell was going on. At least with baseball, I had once (many many moons ago) played the game so I had a general idea of most of the rules. With football, the extent of my knowledge is limited to how many points a touchdown and field goal are worth. You can imagine the confusion watching Monday Night Football was for me, a total newbie. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. It's something I could see myself getting into (but not nearly like baseball). The advantage that football has over baseball is just that there's fewer games so it takes up less of your time, relatively. I've watched all but about five Red Sox games this year, and while I enjoy them immensely, it does take up a lot of time. Thank god I'm not into more than one team!
or does this picture seem like a view into a parallel universe? Sarah Palin is meeting Henry Kissinger for Pete's sake, she's supposed to be gaining executive experience and she's hamming it up for the cameras like she's on a field trip.
