Archive for October, 2007
Vote today
You have more power with your vote today than you will in virtually any other election–an off-year municipal primary (if you live in Durham or some other communities). So go vote! If you live in N.C., here’s where you find out where you’re supposed to vote [Read More]
Does Sarah Silverman Suck?
I followed a link to AlterNet: MediaCulture: Does Sarah Silverman Suck? and read what amounted to a conclusion that Sarah Silverman might be funny, but in the end, she’s just plain mean, and, therefore, she does indeed suck. Perhaps that wasn’t the [Read More]
October 8th: 93 degrees
I usually love the October weather in Durham, North Carolina. Sometimes it’s referred to as “the fall” or “Autumn”. Most parts of the U.S. have this period, referred to as a “season”, outside of Southern California and South [Read More]
Things I can’t stand about Target #1
There’s very little not to like about Target, but I just found one thing–their RedCard online account password policy: Please Note: User name and passwords cannot be the same. Your user name must be 6-20 characters long and cannot include special characters or [Read More]
12th Annual World Beer Festival
The beer festival, like a trip to Vegas, is something I tend to enjoy looking forward to more than I enjoy the event itself. While it might be interesting to delve into why this is the case, I’ll limit my thoughts at present to the beers themselves and the logistics [Read More]
Why the rabbit ears are still useful — Dirty Sexy Money
Dirty Sexy Money is Soapy Trashy Goodness – Film.com - I don’t have time to blog original thoughts. Ditto to what Amy Kane of Film.com writes: I decided to watch it based on the casting; Peter Krause is great in everything, and it seems like he tends to choose [Read More]
Unwinding to Tony Bennett and Durham campaign fundraising reports
It’s fun scrolling through PDFs of campaign fundraising reports. See who in your town REALLY cares about local politics and a particular candidate. 35 Day (prior to primary) Reports for City Council 35 Day (prior to general election) Reports for Mayoral candidates BCR [Read More]
