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November 02, 2004
W is for wince
As I am writing this inaugral entry of my brand new blog, I'm watching W beat Kerry in the presidential race. Well, actually right now I am watching the Real World, but I WAS watching the poll results come in, for a really long time. Mostly our house watches NBC because I regard Tom Brokaw as sort of a surrogate father figure in a drunken, Republican, two-dimensional way. Our friends called at one point to report that Dan Rather was saying things like "John Kerry has got his back up the wall, a short stumpy tail, and the bill collector is at his door." This seemed like my kind of reporting, but I didn't hear him say anything as interesting. Actually, I haven't been paying enough attention to what everyone was saying even on NBC due to the um, giant ice sculpture? Of the United States? Has it really come to that? Even Tom seemed embarrased, as high on bourbon as he was.
Also and perhaps more important to my immediate situation: I got a lovely new iBook, which is my best best friend in the whole world. Please, if you are reading this, go out and buy one because they are so fun. It's like scrapbooking but not as so godawfully dorky. Don't get me wrong, I'm a committed scrapbooker but really what is going to get you more street cred with the kids, a shiny new feather-weight computer or a bunch of glue sticks and a tube of glitter?
(The Bean just threw his binky on the ground in an act of sleep-defiance. Man, that kid is getting sassy in his old age. In some future entry, we will explore the physics of the c-shaped body and how it almost ended in tragedy in the mean streets of Ballard.)
So. I really don't know how we could have elected that man again. The only (admittedly small) ray of hope is Hillary in 2008. Let's just hope we can keep it together until then.
Posted by Max at November 2, 2004 12:50 AM