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| On College Football 2022: Week 6 Recap and Week 7 Pre... Ken said: |
| Yeah, we've both had our share of hope and disappointment in this game. Let's just hope for a good b... |
| On College Football 2022: Week 6 Recap and Week 7 Pre... Dan* said: |
| I'm not sure how I feel about this game. On one hand, I feel pretty optimistic that we have the tale... |
| On College Football 2022: Week 1 Preview Dan* said: |
| Glad to see you'll be back writing football again, Ken! Congrats on the easy win today. You didn't ... |
| On College Football 2021: Week 10 Recap and Week 11 P... Ken said: |
| Yeah, sorry one of our teams had to lose. I've come to appreciate Penn State as a classy and sympath... |
| On College Football 2021: Week 10 Recap and Week 11 P... Dan* said: |
| Hey Ken, congratulations on the win yesterday! Some really odd choices by our coaching staff in that... |
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Page 1 | ... | Page 13 | Page 14 | Page 15 | ... | Page 41| And By the Way | Monday, 2008 November 3 - 8:40 pm |
| Here are things that I will not miss about this election: Guilt by Association. I think "William Ayers" is the new "Willie Horton" in Republican presidential campaigning. It's sad how the McCain is reduced to raising FUD about vague associations in Obama's past, in a desperate attempt to tarnish his reputation. To McCain's supporters, let me ask you something: would it be fair to judge you using the history of everyone you've ever worked with, had a drink with, or shook hands with? The worst example is right here in North Carolina: Elizabeth Dole is running an ad attempting to link Kay Hagan with an atheist PAC called "Godless Americans", because they donated to her campaign. Not only shouldn't that matter, but Kay Hagan was a SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER. I mean, really. The term "RINO". For those of you who aren't familiar with this, it stands for "Republican In Name Only", and is a derogatory term for any Republican who dares to speak out against the party line. That term was applied to McCain for much of his career. Now, it's being used on notable moderate Republicans like Colin Powell, or D Magazine editor Wick Allison (who posted this thoughtful article). If folks like this are RINOs, then only people left in the "real" Republican party must be right-wing extremists. No wonder the party is adrift. Joe the Plumber. If there was ever a stupid theme for this election, it's the idea that some Republican voter heckling Obama about taxes would be held up as the archetypical American. He was never an undecided voter. He's not even a plumber. And his taxes aren't going to go up. The whole thing is just ridiculous. Animals Choosing Elections. Finally: can we please end the practice of using domestic or barnyard animals to predict the results of elections? |
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| Your Liberal Elite Voting Guide | Monday, 2008 November 3 - 7:55 pm |
| It's last minute, I know, but here are my personal voting guides for Wake and Johnston counties. • Wake County 2008 • Johnston County 2008 Sorry, I don't have time to do Durham, Chatham, and Orange counties this year. You'll have to make do with the Independent Weekly's endorsements, which pretty much fall in line with my own. I'm sure all my regular readers know that I'm unabashedly liberal when it comes to politics, so take my endorsements with a grain of salt. Whether you're Democratic, Republican, Libertarian, Green, or independent, I encourage you to do your own research and make up your own minds. But most importantly, vote. It makes a difference. Here's to a better tomorrow.  |
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| Vote | Thursday, 2008 October 30 - 8:56 am |
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| The State of Michigan Football | Sunday, 2008 October 26 - 10:38 am |
| I haven't been keeping up with my football recaps. When Michigan is sitting at 2-6, and looking at the real possibility of ending up 2-10 for the year, it's hard to sit down and write about them week after week. What's wrong with this team? I think there's plenty of blame to go around. Here are my midterm grades... Read more... |
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| Election News | Tuesday, 2008 October 21 - 11:08 am |
| Interesting election news over this weekend. Former Secretary of State Colin Powell endorsed Barack Obama, and criticized the tone of McCain's campaign. He was also critical of the choice of Sarah Palin as VP. Powell commands a lot of respect among moderate Republicans, so this is a big deal. Of course, what did Rush Limbaugh say about this? That Powell endorsed Obama because of his race. Tell me something, Rush: when a white man endorses McCain, is that also because of race? Or are you saying that black people are more prone to being racist than white people? Barack Obama's campaign raised $150 million in September. To those that say Obama is "buying" the election, consider this: most of that money comes from grass-roots supporters and small donors. It's not Obama's own money. If the majority of Americans support Obama and are sending money to his campaign, then isn't it right that he should win the election? Obama's poll lead is up to 8 points. And according to the analysis by 270toWin.com, Obama's chances of winning the election are 99.9%. It's too early to start celebrating, but we can at least be hopeful and guardedly optimistic, yes? |
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| Obama-McCain Debate #3 | Wednesday, 2008 October 15 - 10:31 pm |
| So, McCain was pretty sharp... for about 25 minutes. McCain definitely scored on a few points. Perhaps the most memorable part of the debate was when he said, "I am not President Bush. If you wanted to run against President Bush, you should have run four years ago." That line will get a lot of play in tomorrow's press. And he was able to get a lot of jabs in about the economy. But then McCain lost his way. Twice, he seemed like he was about to implode. The first was when he started talking about Representative John Lewis' criticisms of the rabidly racist supporters that have appeared at a few of his (and Sarah Palin's) rallies. (And if you don't know what this is about... check out the various YouTube videos of some of these rallies.) It made McCain seem petty and whiny. And it was disingenuous to hear him complain about being attacked when all of his own TV ads are negative, when Sarah Palin is accusing Obama of "palling around with terrorists", and when a Republican party official says Obama and bin Laden "both have friends who have bombed the Pentagon." There is no universe in which McCain can plausibly claim to be taking the high road in this election. The second implosion was when he was trying to make a point about the so-called "fine" that Obama would impose on small business owners who didn't get health care for their employees. He clearly thought he would score by continuing to press the question of how much the fine would be. So when Obama said the fine would be "zero", because his plan has an exemption for small businesses, McCain looked like he had just swallowed a cat. It's true, as some of the CNN analysts said immediately after the debate, that McCain was on offense and Obama was on defense for much of the debate. But still, Obama was effective on defense, and he scored highly on the issues that mattered. This is an election about domestic issues; right now, everything else is secondary. William Ayers? Being opposed to the trade agreement with Colombia? Is that what your campaign has come down to, McCain? |
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| Apple Watch: New MacBooks | Tuesday, 2008 October 14 - 5:39 pm |
| Apple announced new MacBooks today. The new 13" MacBook and the 15" MacBook Pro feature one-piece aluminum frames, LED-backlit displays, and new multi-touch trackpads. The non-Pro versions now have Nvidia 9400M GPUs, a vast improvement over the old models' Intel x3100 GMA integrated graphics. The Pro versions have the 9400M plus an Nvidia 9600M; users can choose to switch to the less power-hungry 9400M to improve battery life. The older MacBook is now the "MacBook White" and is available starting at $999. The new MacBooks are very nice and all, but Apple: you're killing me by not putting out a new Mac mini. Seriously. The mini hasn't been updated in 14 months. I would have bought a new mini TODAY if it had been introduced with the 9400M GPU. I have a bazillion monitors; I don't need any computer with an attached monitor (i.e., an iMac or a MacBook) and I don't want to shell out $2800 for the Mac Pro. Sigh. |
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| Obama-McCain Debate #2 | Tuesday, 2008 October 7 - 10:38 pm |
| It seems that neither candidate is really determined to win any of these debates. Or actually answer any questions. Read more... |
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| Literal Version of "Take On Me" | Tuesday, 2008 October 7 - 1:39 pm |
| Via kottke: a-ha's "Take On Me", if the lyrics matched what's happening in the video: |
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| Albatross | Wednesday, 2008 October 1 - 9:26 pm |
| Fifteen and a half years ago, I bought a house. I was 23. Read more... |
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| College Football Recap | Sunday, 2008 September 28 - 9:59 pm |
| So yeah, I didn't recap the Michigan-Notre Dame game. Can you blame me? While Michigan showed some flashes of competency in that game, that was overshadowed by the ineptitude that is best captured by a single statistic: 6 turnovers. Despite significantly outgaining Notre Dame on offense, you just can't win a game when you spot the opponent a three-touchdown advantage because you can't hang on to the football. Michigan 27, Wisconsin 25 After half of the Michigan-Wisconsin game, it seemed like déjà vu all over again. Read more... |
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| Obama-McCain Debate #1 | Sunday, 2008 September 28 - 6:01 pm |
| My prediction prior to the seeing Friday's debate was that all the presidential debates would be cordial and dull. But with some prodding by moderator Jim Lehrer, Obama and McCain finally did engage in some sparring. Read more... |
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| News In Brief | Tuesday, 2008 September 23 - 9:22 pm |
| Random things I noticed in the news today: Time Warner Cable in North Carolina is going to carry the Big Ten Network, finally. It'll be on a digital sports tier, but it'll be worth it to be able to catch all my Meeechigan games. Clay Aiken is gay. No, for real this time. Sarah Palin met Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Colombian President Alvaro Uribe in New York today. Why is everything that Sarah Palin does described as "controlled" or "scripted"? McCain might as well have chosen a wooden puppet as his running mate. |
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| Insert Your Own Joke | Wednesday, 2008 September 10 - 9:25 pm |
| By the way the McCain campaign is reacting to Obama's "lipstick" comment, you'd think "lipstick" is the most charged and offensive word in the English language. Read more... |
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| College Football Recap | Wednesday, 2008 September 10 - 8:56 pm |
| Late late late, I know. I'll make this brief. Michigan 16, Miami (OH) 6 Well, Michigan squeaked by a mediocre MAC team. The offense was an improvement, but still not terribly efficient; Threet missed a lot of wide-open receivers. The defense played well but was helped by a number of Miami mistakes and dropped passes. N.C. State 34, William and Mary 24 The Wolfpack struggled early against the I-AA (er, FCS) school, but Harrison Beck replaced starting QB Daniel Evans in the second quarter, and the offense started to move the ball. William and Mary made the score respectable with a couple of late touchdowns, but State was in control for most of the game. Other News Notre Dame eked out 21-13 a win against a bad San Diego State team. Notre Dame benefited from a questionable call of a goal-line fumble by the Aztecs. Michigan plays Notre Dame in South Bend this Saturday. Ohio State struggled to a 26-14 win against Ohio U, and will need to improve drastically to compete with USC this weekend. Vanderbilt upset South Carolina 24-17. Florida beat Miami 26-3. |
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| Republican National Convention Part III | Thursday, 2008 September 4 - 9:56 pm |
| Let me say this about John McCain. He's an honorable and decent guy. I appreciate it when he says he has respect for Obama and the Democratic campaign. I appreciate it when he admits that Republicans and Congress "lost the trust of the American people... when we valued our power over our principles". He has more class and humility than the rest of his party, who can seem to do nothing but criticize Obama for being charismatic. It's really the Republican party that has lost its way. The party has embraced the ideals of its most far-right fringe elements. In the official party platform this year: abortion should be illegal even when a mother's health or life is at risk; there should be no path towards residency for illegal immigrants; gay marriage should be outlawed. These are all positions that McCain personally opposed in the past, but he since has capitulated to the Republican party (flip-flopped?) in order to win conservative support. A maverick? Maybe he was, once. But somehow, a good man has been dragged down by a party that is bent on a reactionary agenda. It's an important thing to remember here: you're not just voting for a person when you vote for president, you're voting for a party and an administration, an executive branch with hundreds of federal appointees who represent their party interests. Sure, the character, charisma, and intelligence of the president himself are important. But you can't ignore the issues and the principles of the political parties when you cast your ballot. Election day is Tuesday, November 4th. |
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| Republican National Convention Part II | Wednesday, 2008 September 3 - 9:58 pm |
| Okay... did they really start a "drill, baby, drill" chant during Giuliani's speech? Really? Really? Read more... |
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| McCain's Voicemail to Sarah Palin | Wednesday, 2008 September 3 - 3:49 pm |
| This is brilliant. |
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| Republican National Convention Part I | Tuesday, 2008 September 2 - 10:08 pm |
| Just a couple of quick thoughts on the Republican convention. First, it irks me that the crowd chants "U.S.A." so much. They might as well be chanting, "We're More Patriotic". Second, I'm confused by the message. Is John McCain is a maverick that bucks is own party, or is he a standard-bearer for Republican values? Is Sarah Palin a "breath of fresh air", or is experience the most important issue in this election? Do we need to "shake up Washington", or are we supposed to rely on McCain's decades of Washington experience? Are we supposed to vote based on primarily on personal traits (i.e. vote for McCain because he's an honorable guy), or ignore them (i.e. don't vote for Obama just because of his intelligence)? Third, the Republican view of world relations is staggering. Not only do they don't think it's important that the world has respect for us and our President, they actually see that as a negative quality. It's as if to say, "if the Germans like Obama, he can't be good for our country." Don't get me wrong. I found many of the Democratic speeches to be equally irritating for the amount of pandering. But with the Republicans, it's hard to believe that anyone actually falls for it. |
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| Football Season Starts Boo | Sunday, 2008 August 31 - 3:04 pm |
| Michigan 23, Utah 25 This game was not as close as the score indicated. Utah utterly dominated Michigan, and if not for a couple of turnovers and a flood of timely Utah penalties, Michigan would probably have lost by three touchdowns. Read more... |
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| McCain selects Governor Palin as VP Nominee | Friday, 2008 August 29 - 10:39 am |
| Today, John McCain announced that Sarah Palin, the governor of Alaska, will be his running mate. Verrrrry interesting. Read more... |
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| Football Season Starts Whoo | Thursday, 2008 August 28 - 10:05 pm |
| Hooray football season hooray. N.C. State gets off to its typically dismal start. South Carolina leads 27-0 in the fourth quarter right now, and State's starting quarterback went off the field on a stretcher. Ugh. Michigan plays Utah this Saturday at 3:30 p.m. I'd like to put out a full preview, but I don't have the time (and sites like MGoBlog do that sort of thing much better). My prediction: 19-17 Michigan. Utah will keep it very close; Michigan will prevail on defense and special teams. |
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| Democratic National Convention, Again | Thursday, 2008 August 28 - 10:00 pm |
| Whew. Great speech by Barack Obama. He did what I'd hoped he'd do: he undercut what he expected the Republicans to throw at him next week. Very, very strong. |
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| Democratic National Convention | Tuesday, 2008 August 26 - 9:43 pm |
| Should I be live blogging the Democratic National Convention? Naah... I just don't have the energy to comment about every B-list politician and "ordinary person" who doesn't have any public speaking skills. And anyway, many of the same comments apply this year as in years past:
Hillary is coming on right now. Should be interesting. |
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| Obama Selects Biden as running mate | Saturday, 2008 August 23 - 10:21 am |
| Barack Obama selected Senator Joe Biden to be his vice presidential running mate this morning. This is pretty much in line with what I had thought the pick would be: male, older, whiter, with more foreign policy experience. However, I did think that Obama would lean towards someone more conservative. Texas congressman Chet Edwards was mentioned frequently in the last few days. Maybe Obama just didn't want the name "Edwards" anywhere near his campaign. Read more... |
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| New Zealand Anti-Drinking Ad 3 | Monday, 2008 August 18 - 8:57 am |
| And, one more. |
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| New Zealand Anti-Drinking Ad 2 | Monday, 2008 August 18 - 8:56 am |
| Here's another one. |
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| New Zealand Anti-Drinking Ad | Monday, 2008 August 18 - 8:52 am |
| I found the anti-drinking advertisement on YouTube. I had a few details wrong, but I had the gist of it. Here it is. |
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| New Zealand Part III | Thursday, 2008 August 14 - 11:41 pm |
| On our final day in New Zealand, we went to the Antarctic Centre, and to the Orana Wildlife Park. The wildlife park was definitely a highlight of the trip. Pictures and videos after the jump. Read more... |
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| New Zealand Part II | Thursday, 2008 August 14 - 10:42 pm |
| Amy and I took one day to drive out and see some of the countryside, heading up to the harbor at Akaroa. Read more... |
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| New Zealand Part I | Thursday, 2008 August 14 - 10:18 pm |
| A couple of weeks ago, I went to New Zealand on a business trip. Amy came along for fun. I think we've mostly recovered from the jet-lag. Mostly. New Zealand is a beautiful, beautiful country, even in winter. (Apparently, summer is winter in New Zealand. Also, left is right. For the first day or so, I even got up and down confused.) The locals tell us we got lucky when it came to the weather; it was mostly clear (or "fine", as they call it) with temperatures in the 50s (er, 10s). It's just getting there that's the horrible part. Our trip there spanned thirty hours and four different flights... each way. The flight from San Francisco to Auckland (the third leg of the flight out) was nearly fifteen hours long. And the flight was completely full... full of about 300 Catholic teenagers headed for World Catholic Youth Day in Australia. (At least they weren't rowdy.) Read more... |
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| Coining phrases | Thursday, 2008 August 14 - 7:47 pm |
| It's occurred to me that whenever I have a high-effort blog post to write (like, say, a recap of a trip to New Zealand), I put off writing it until I have a bunch of free time. (Which is practically never.) But I also avoid writing about anything else, figuring that I should be making the big post the highest priority item. So what happens is nothing ends up getting written. I'm trying to think of a word that properly sums up this blogging gridlock phenomenon: blogridlock? intestinal bloggage? Suggestions are welcome. It's also occurred to me that I should probably create a way to micro-blog on this site. I want something sort of like Twitter, but I want it more of a place to put up a quick link or interesting story that I've found, rather than a place to let the world know that I'm about to go take a dump or something. I'd make the feed into a daily digest of these items, so it doesn't clog up RSS feeds with a bunch of tiny items. I need a name for this too, like "ittybittyblog". (I've already registered the domain name, natch.) Maybe I'll make it a service that others can use, hmm. Anyway... I'll get started on my New Zealand post. It won't be perfect, but I need to get it out of the way. |
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| Happy July Fourth | Tuesday, 2008 August 5 - 10:41 pm |
| Er, August. Fifth. Geez, I'm officially a month behind on blog posting. Now, granted, I spent a good deal of July out of town. But I feel like I should have at least micro-blogged or something. (The kids, they're all twittering these days.) So much has been happening, and letting it all just pile up has made it seem that much more overwhelming. Anyway, I'll try to catch up. Read more... |
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| Back from the Future | Tuesday, 2008 July 22 - 10:26 am |
| Well, hello everyone. I've just returned from the future! Specifically, I just got back from New Zealand, where they are sixteen hours ahead of us. In the future, people talk with a different accent, they drive on the other side of the road, and they love rugby. I'll have a full report, including pictures, shortly, once I've lifted the fog of travel and jet-lag. |
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| Hiatus | Wednesday, 2008 July 9 - 9:45 pm |
| I'm long overdue for a post, I know. Please bear with me... I've got lots going on right now. |
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| Daisy, Daisy... | Saturday, 2008 June 28 - 9:49 am |
| The other day on NPR, neurological research Jill Bolte Taylor was discussing her experience of having a stroke. It occurred in the left hemisphere of her brain, affecting her ability to speak, read, and put events together in order. Because her logic was impaired, she had a hard time even recognizing that she was having a stroke, or figuring out what to do about it. She was barely able to call for help, having to match the "squiggles" on the phone against the printed phone number of a neighbor. After the stroke, she was left without her memories and her sense of self for years. She had to relearn how to read and speak, and reestablish relationships with friends and family. But she did recover, for the most part, and has since written a book about her experience called My Stroke of Insight. The reason I mention this story is because it touches on one of my greatest fears: losing my mind to the point where I lose my sense of self, whether it be due to old age, a stroke, Alzheimer's, or some sort of brain trauma. If I lost my identity, it'd almost be like dying. And aside from being mauled by a thresher, being buried alive, or being digested slowly in the belly of a Sarlacc, I can't really think of too many worse ways to go. And here's the thing: I can already tell that I'm not as smart as I used to be, at least in some respects. It's like I'm the HAL9000 and I've lost a couple of computing modules. I can feel it. Compared to when I was in college, I'm not as able to absorb information and grasp concepts as quickly now. It takes more mental effort; I have to make analogies to things I already know, draw pictures and diagrams, and write things down. I know it's a natural process; I mean, that's just the way the brain works. Over the years, it's less capable of taking in raw data, but tries to make up for it by organizing information more efficiently... like, by making analogies. But when confronted with a completely new idea, or when needing to memorize large amounts of information, I just can't do it as well as I used to. So I have to wonder: is this the start of the eventual decline? Thirty years from now, will I even realize (or care) that my mind is going? Maybe I'll look back on this blog entry and say, "What a load of hooey... and hey, look at that shiny thing!" There are a number of times in my life when I wished I'd had a "Save as..." command on myself, preserving the ideas and feelings and abilities of my life at the time. This is one of those times. I have a happy marriage and great friends, and I want to preserve a snapshot of that. If I do have a stroke or something and I lose my identity, please don't let me forget all that I have. |
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| The Middleman Premieres! | Tuesday, 2008 June 17 - 9:36 am |
| Did you catch it? Javi's new show "The Middleman" premiered last night on ABC Family. It's also available on iTunes... it was free for a while, but now it's the standard $1.99. It's interesting because if you know Javi, you can almost hear him talking in the dialog. The show is very Javi-esque, which is a great thing for a number of reasons: it's witty and full of pop culture references, and it pays great respect to its comic book roots. I did like Natalie Morales as the appropriately cynical Wendy Watson. And Matt Keeslar does a fine job playing the straight-laced Middleman. But I think it'll take them a few episodes to find their legs in the characters. As someone who's seen a lot of Javi's work, I can tell you that it takes a certain mindset to understand the psychology of Javi's characters, and to express that correctly as an actor. Every now and then they'll be given a line with a complex socio-political-philosophical statement in it, and they'll have to work to wrap their minds and their tongues around the dialogue. But I'm sure they'll be get it. The best part of the episode was catching this poster in the background:  Rock on, Javi. |
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| Woo New iPhone Woo | Monday, 2008 June 9 - 2:57 pm |
| The short version: - 3G wireless - GPS - Improved battery - Improved audio - $199 for 8GB, $299 for 16GB - Available July 11 I think I'm most surprised by the depth of the price cut. That's half the price of the previous generation 8GB model ($399), and one-third the price of the original 8GB model ($599). Apple must be working some serious magic with volume component discounts to get the price down that quickly. Immediate question: how long will the iPhone remain AT&T-only? I'll have more WWDC commentary shortly, covering the new MobileMe service (which replaces dot.mac) and the new iPhone applications. |
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| We Win! (Barack Obama Edition) | Wednesday, 2008 June 4 - 10:40 pm |
| So Barack Obama has essentially clinched the Democratic nomination for the 2008 presidential election. Combining the pledged delegates from the primaries (which FINALLY ended yesterday), and the superdelegate endorsements, Obama now has the majority of the delegates, and is finally really free to focus on the general election. Big questions still loom. Read more... |
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| We Win! (Detroit Red Wings edition) | Wednesday, 2008 June 4 - 10:12 pm |
| Whew. So Monday night, I suffered as the Detroit Red Wings gave away the game-tying goal to Pittsburgh with 34 seconds left in the game, and proceeded to lose in triple-overtime. Tonight, Detroit was within inches of giving it away again, but managed to stave off the Penguins, 3-2, winning the series in six games. The eventual winning goal came because Penguins goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury sat on the puck after it trickled between his legs, and his butt squirted the puck into his goal. On the other end, as the clock expired, the puck went all the way across the goal mouth after getting by Chris Osgood, but didn't go in. I'm amazed at the level of talent on this Detroit team. It finally all came together: offense, defense, goaltending. Henrik Zetterberg was amazing. I guess this makes up for the disappointing finish of the Detroit Pistons (who, by the way, fired Flip Saunders after three years of underachieving). Congratulations to the Detroit Red Wings. |
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| Reversal of Fortunes | Monday, 2008 June 2 - 11:01 am |
| I normally try to avoid work-related posts here, but this one seems important. Reversing several years of downsizing, our company is now hiring software engineers. We have a number of open positions. I won't go into specifics here, but if you're local to the Raleigh area and you're looking for a job, let me know and I'll email you the details. |
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| T-Shirts | Wednesday, 2008 May 28 - 7:47 pm |
Each of these t-shirts would be great for my friend Brett when he goes to the Around the Corner Bar:   All available from T-shirt Hell. Here's an odd thing: the Entertainment Software Ratings Board is apparently suing for copyright infringement... and they're not suing T-shirt Hell, they're suing a gaming blog that wrote about them. In other news, perhaps more useful to my female readers: I've been informed that the phrase "just like my vagina" is the new "that's what she said". Go. Use it. |
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| American Idol 2008 Week 14: Finale | Wednesday, 2008 May 21 - 6:55 pm |
| So here it is, the final competition. It almost doesn't matter how they sing any more; it's really down to popularity. So even before watching them, I predict David Archuleta will win, even though David Cook deserves it more. Read more... |
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| That's What She Said | Tuesday, 2008 May 20 - 3:59 pm |
| I've had some pretty good "that's what she said" interjections over the last, oh, twenty years or so. So as you can imagine, I get a lot of enjoyment watching "The Office". Someone who's just as off-kilter as I am has compiled a collection. Enjoy. (That's what she said.) |
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| Important Announcement | Tuesday, 2008 May 20 - 8:08 am |
| "The Middleman" premieres June 16th on ABC Family. That is all. |
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| Whatchew Been Up To? (Redux) | Saturday, 2008 May 17 - 4:04 pm |
| It's been so long since I've posted anything about myself, "whatchew been up to" is, I suppose, a legitimate question now. Unlike before. Read more... |
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Posted by Ken in: life |
| American Idol 2008 Week 13: Top 3 | Tuesday, 2008 May 13 - 8:03 pm |
| Jason went out last week. This week: judges' choice, producers' choice, and contestants' choice. Read more... |
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| New iPhone "Imminent" | Monday, 2008 May 12 - 12:32 pm |
Web sites are abuzz with the rumor that a new iPhone is imminent. The two latest signs:
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| American Idol 2008 Week 12: Top 4 | Tuesday, 2008 May 6 - 8:02 pm |
| Brooke went out in tears last week. This week: rock and roll hall of fame songs... that's right, more golden oldies. Read more... |
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| Obama Wins North Carolina | Tuesday, 2008 May 6 - 7:21 pm |
| It looks like Obama will win the North Carolina Democratic primary handily. With 5% of precincts reporting so far, Obama is taking 65% of the popular vote. This doesn't surprise me in the least, as nearly every Democrat I know here is an Obama supporter. Hillary looks to be leading in Indiana, though there's a geographic split in the state that's skewing the early results. The final results are likely to be close. In all, today amounts to a win for Obama; with each Obama victory (or near-victory), he moves closer to eliminating Clinton's case for staying in the race. When Amy and I went to vote today, we couldn't help but feel a little bit of awe at the prospect of voting for the first African-American president in U.S. history... and this, in the heart of the deep South, the home of Jesse Helms. Amazing. |
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Posted by Ken in: politics |
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