January 29, 2008
Coffee and TV
To save some shekels, I decided to start making my own coffee at work. This will save me, per day, at least $2.80, minus the amortized cost of my Bodum French press and, of course, money spent on coffee beans. What I'm discovering, though, is that because I'm either too lazy or too busy to clean the press each day, I wind up drinking much less coffee. Today I had but one cup, prepared at home — about a third of my per diem average. But I do like drinking coffee, so if you see me on the Internets, please remind me to make coffee. Thanks.
In unrelated news, how about that State of the Union address? I noticed that this year Bush's speech writers discovered the word "empower." He used it eleven times. Last year's speech included that word not once. In fact, I don't believe it appeared in any of his previous seven SOTUs. For a moment, I thought I was listening to Bill Clinton.
January 28, 2008
Recent Events
I would like to note the following recent events:
Last week Sandra made an outstanding, truly kick-ass Challah, from scratch, on her very first try. She has the gift. The gift of being able to make really excellent Challah.
Somehow I screwed up my back and wound up missing two days of work. When God designed the human body, she really seems to have bollixed up the back. Maybe she outsourced it. Either way, what gives?
The Washington Post has dropped my favorite comic. Please help me SAVE TOM THE DANCING BUG. Please please?
Finally, speaking of comics, I'm really enjoying Daniel Clowes's contribution to the New York Times Magazine's "Funny" Pages.
January 3, 2008
Oh Bummer
Washington Post: The Obama campaign reported yesterday that the Senator can levitate objects with his mind.
Obama Ad: "Obama can levitate objects with his mind." -The Washington Post
January 2, 2008
The Broken Clock
Happy 2008! Can you believe it was only one year ago today that the Earth was at the same point in its orbit around the Sun? Me neither.
So what do you know, William Safire was almost correct. For, on this day in King of Pointland history:
MR. RUSSERT: Yeah. Here's the Safire office pool, and we're all going to take it.
"The level of American troops in Iraq at year's end"--that's at 2007, end of this, next year, 2007, A: over 100,000, down from 160; under 100,000 from today's unsurged 140; under 80, with announced timetable for downsizing in '08 to 40 to secure Iraqi Kurdistan."
Mr. Safire, you picked A, over 100,000.
MR. SAFIRE: I think what we'll have is surging, the surge will be there. And the Democrats will go along with the surge, provided that it can be shown to have a mission in mind, and has some support from the Iraqis. Even Hillary Clinton, when she said, "I'm against the surge unless it has some other mission in mind."
According to the AP, there are now about 160,000 U.S. troops in Iraq. Still, pretty close.
Huckabee and Obama were on MTP last Sunday. Not sure when Safire will be back. Stupid elections.