Ebert critiques the VP debate from a “performance” perspective. He likens Palin to a dog standing on its hind legs: “It is not done well, but one is surprised to find it done at all.”
Month: October 2008
Brigita is back!
Hooray! My oldest blog buddy Brigita is back at her old haunt. What a year. Love ya, B.
Biden = Silver Fox
Holy crap. Forget Palin as the VPILF. Does anyone else think Biden looks like a SILVER FOX in this debate?
Debate today!
When you don’t take your own career and reputation seriously enough to pause before striding onto a national stage and lying about your record of opposing a Bridge to Nowhere or using your special-needs child to garner the support of Americans in need of healthcare reform you don’t support, I don’t feel bad for you.
When you don’t have enough regard for your country or its politics to cram effectively for the test — a test that helps determine whether or not you get to run that country and participate in its politics — I don’t feel bad for you.
Biden is going to trounce her in the debate today, and this feminist will be cheering. I hope Hilary is throwing a party somewhere. Me, I’ll be streaming it from SBS.
Fiction Rule of Thumb
Fiction Rule of Thumb, an XKCD comic that the Snook rightly predicted I would love. It also neatly encompasses Everything Kris Hates About William Gibson Novels.
Inundated
I’m just feeling a little overwhelmed. My new role at work has me hopping, and I’m finding it difficult to say “no” to anybody (since I want to do a good job). On top of that, this just seems to be a very busy time of the year! I probably spend half an hour a day just tending to my various To Do lists. I’m really looking forward to my vacation time next week. I haven’t had a week off since last March, so it’s going to be nice to be able to get some stuff done around the house. (And it’s finally Daylight Savings this weekend! I LOVE Daylight Savings.)