Quote of the Day

"Now that the Republican ticket is defined, you're going to start seeing bumper stickers that say Racists for Obama."

--Dennis Connors

O and Joe

Rarely am I happy to be woken up at 3:19 a.m., but last night at that time I was pleased to receive Obama's text message announcing his VP. I stuck the glowing phone in Chris's face, waking him up too.

"It's Biden!" I squealed.

When you get your dream ticket in the middle of the night, it's awful hard to go back to sleep.

This is a good choice for Barack. Biden is no yes-man, and that says a lot of about the confidence Obama has in his own judgment -- he's willing to be challenged. I've heard him mention in the past Lincoln's strategy of filling his cabinet with his rivals. If he's going to follow that mold, this is a good start.

Anyway... There's a certain harsh reality that comes with getting your dream ticket. What if they win and get to the White House and suck? I'll feel silly. So my rah-rah fandom lasts only until Inauguration Day. After that, they'll have to earn it day by day.

Veep me, baby II

It's 9:40 PM on Friday, and still no VP-announcing text message from Obama. I feel like an expectant father.

So I'm a Control Freak

A friend from high school and his wife are coming to visit me Labor Day weekend. He had many things he wanted to do, but I narrowed them down and tried to make a plan, because I need a plan, both for each individual day of my life, and for weekend visits.

I told him our options:

Me:

If you want to do the Sam Adams brew tour, it only runs on Saturdays, so you'd have to go into Boston as soon as you get here on Saturday. Fenway Tours and Science Museum are open Sundays.

SATURDAY:
1. You go into Boston for the brew tour and we will stay home.
2. We all hang in the suburbs, maybe go to Walden Pond or to Lexington/Concord, and then we'll make dinner.

SUNDAY:
We'll all go into Boston, go on a Fenway Tour and then hit the Science Museum (and maybe see 3-D shark movie?!?) and then have dinner.

Him:

That sounds like a plan to me, man. Then do you wanna plan out the
rest of my life? It would make things so much easier.

Frozen treat

I'm currently experiencing the strongest Coffee Coolata ever made. It's already gotten up and walked across my desk several times, and when I stirred it up it gained its own gravitational pull.

I expect to have a black eye and a fat lip by the time I'm done drinking this sucker.

Leave Netflix alone!

It drives me crazy when people hate on Netflix. The company's had shipping problems the last couple days -- it's a minor thing, I'm sure; there's no reason it should be a major headline on every news site.

Give Netflix a break! I'm not offended by this problem. I don't mind waiting an extra couple days for my movies. I've been a Netflix member since 2002 and this is the first inconvenience in an otherwise stellar record of service. I do not want the credit they're offering to cry-baby subscribers to make up for this. If you think you deserve a credit because you had to wait an extra day for your copy of Bring It On 3, you're a d-bag.

Recently I got an email from Netflix about a lawsuit. Apparently in 2006 Netflix was the target of a class-action lawsuit (which I almost always think are bullshit on principle, and this is no exception) for something ridiculous like "it's false advertising to call the service unlimited because postage takes time," etc., etc. Netflix lost. As part of the settlement, and because I had a membership during the period in dispute, Netflix is giving me a free month of upgraded service. I don't want it! I wish I could opt out. I don't want Netflix losing money on me. (It is, after all, the only service I can think of that has actually gotten cheaper over the years.)

Because what if there was no Netflix? I wish people would think about that before they sink their vampire teeth into Netflix's neck. When they bleed the company dry and force it to fold, are these people really going to drive to Blockbuster instead? I don't think so!

In closing: Leave Netflix alone! *Sob*

Update: I received two Netflix discs in the mail today, on schedule.