January 2009
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Party's over
I can’t bring myself to link to it, but everyone’s favorite Ms. Wasilla has officially formed a PAC. God help us.
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Errol Morris asks three wire service photo editors... →
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Presidential Inauguration Videos →
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3things
There are three expensive things I want, and can really only afford one of them:
500 GB Time Capsule
Tamron 17-35mm wide angle lens
Flip Mino HD
That’s probably in decreasing order of utility, but in increasing order of “I have wanted this thing for SO long.” It’s anybody’s game right now.
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The Bush Era, a coda.
George Packer, reflecting on Bush’s final press conference w/r/t his presidency, on the New Yorker’s Transition podcast:
They are tactical, they are almost communications errors he is admitting: I should have gone to New Orleans sooner, Abu Ghraib didn’t look good, it’s as if he’s saying “Our Strategic Communications office wasn’t on its game that...
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WatchThe ultimate collection of Bush-isms. Some are new to me, little stocking stuffers on his way out the door, others are classics: “Fool me once…”
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Breakfast for Dinner: Ricotta Pancakes with Lemon... →
Speaking of food.
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WatchJohn August (screenwriter for Big Fish and Corpse Bride) shot a pilot during the writers’ strike about a band of “The Remnants” after some sort of apocalyptic event in sunny Southern California. It’s like a comedic version of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, minus the nuclear winter bit.
Starring the inimitable Ze Frank among others, it is really quite enjoyable. Above is...
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Microsoft Songsmith
Token: Microsoft, huh? So it's pretty easy to use?
Dad [on Macbook Pro]: My daughter showed me how just this morning.
Token: So you just sing into it and it creates music, like any song will work?
Dad: Just like that!
Token: That's cool! [interlude] Songsmith, huh? Well, my band has said my songs have been a little stale lately. Maybe this is just what I need...
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“If Cosby’s call-outs simply ended at that—a personal and communal creed—there’d...”
– I don’t yet know what I think about this Atlantic piece on Bill Cosby’s conservative racial politicking of the last few years, but I’m glad I read it: ‘This Is How We Lost to the White Man’
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UI pr0n from the Macworld keynote →
A crazy-thorough roundup of iLife ‘09, from some Dutchmen.
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“These students live in a bubble, and they know it. But then, people like me live...”
– An laughable straw man of religious faith from the frequently histrionic Hendrik Hertzberg, but a rather insightful piece overall - he has been in politics for a few decades, I guess: Three Strikes (Strike Two: Pastor Rick).
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Gentleman's Club
Our President-Elect – an honorific I use simply because I am still reveling in the reality of the thing – had lunch with the living Presidents today, and it is just a marvelous sight to see him there with these aged white men. Hearing talk of legacies, libraries, and life after the Oval Office makes me wonder: will this every stop being remarkable? Breathtaking?
Presidents Past, Present and...
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The Joy of Boredom →
From NPR’s (fantastic and soon to be late lamented) Day to Day, Carolyn Johnson delivers this line so straight, you’re not sure the guest host knows what’s happening:
When you’re in a state of complete restlessness you’re driven to… contemplate a larger problem, you might think of a loved one or feel some universal human feelings like homesickness,...
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“Heading for the door, I started to grab my camera — but then stopped and winced...”
– Can’t tell you how many times in the past year(s) I have had the same thought, and all too often I give in. Merlin gives me the courage to tell that voice off - courageous sucking indeed. (from Photography, and the Tolerance for Courageous Sucking)
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