September 2007
12 posts
“I’m proud of you - you’re no longer buried alive in Tumwater.”
– Me to Brian, September 22nd 2007.
Political Convenience
I love love love reading the comments on the (generally left-leaning) various blogs I read that have covered Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s speech at Columbia. Take for instance the Gawker coverage: MEDIAHOHOHO: “… by tradition, in our country we don’t fear opinions. Especially at an academic institution, the free exchange of ideas is considered a vital part of democracy. To deny...
“In Iran we don’t have homosexuals like in your country. We don’t...”
– Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, September 24th 2007.
“We obviously are very much against any terrorist action and any killing. And...”
– Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, clearly a student of Stalin and Ho Chi Minh. 60 Minutes, September 23rd 2007.
WatchSadly, I empathize.
The Banality of Pundits →
A summary: Barbara Ehrenreich tells Haverford’s graduating ‘07 class that they are fucked because in America, everything is falling apart and terrible. Note for the history-impaired; The world has been ending since it began - even in the Middle Ages, people were nostalgic for the Dark Ages. Barbara, your tacit love of socialism is unsurprising considering how willfully uninformed you...
The Usual
Brian: i bought a robot vacuum this morning
Jonathan: haha
were you drunk?
Brian: no, my vacuum broke and buy.com had a huge sale.. 140 bucks
it'll clean my whole house on schedule
Jonathan: before it breaks and you throw it in the trash in 2 weeks.
Brian: exactly
