Still a Fangirl

Posted by on Apr 28, 2008 in dish | 2 comments Earlier this politicking season, I came out. I declared myself a fangirl for Elizabeth Edwards (read why here). Given her rant in the New York Times yesterday, I’m glad I’m a fangirl.Her basic argument is that this presidential campaign has been determined by a narrative outline tacitly accepted by the press. The candidates are their image, and anything that strays outside the image...
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The Truth, or Something Like It

Posted by on Apr 13, 2008 in dish | 2 comments Wiley Miller’s Non Sequitur is one of my favorite comics, probably because it skates just this side of completely oddball, and also because it’s so sharp. Today’s strip is a zinger aimed right at the heart of publishing.Danae, the strip’s erstwhile heroine, is young and way too smart for her own good. Today, she’s gathering material for a science fiction story,...
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Why I Hate Microsoft Today

Posted by on Jan 31, 2008 in dish | 3 comments My all-time favorite Microsoft joke goes something like this: Two men are flying in a helicopter in dense fog in the Pacific Northwest. They’re having electrical problems with the chopper, navigation’s shot, and they’re running out of fuel, but they know that if they ditch, they’ll probably die. Suddenly, there’s a break in the clouds, and they see a building in...
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This is NOT Happening!

Posted by on Jan 21, 2008 in dish | 5 comments Today started off beautifully. Got to sleep in (a crazy luxury when my normal day starts at 5 am), wrote my morning pages, got a little breakfast, it’s gorgeous outside, kids are getting along. Another Pleasant Valley Monday.And then it went to hell.Computer starts acting up. It’s been twitchy for a couple of days–hanging browser, won’t force quit, off and on, etc. I...
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What Really Matters: Political Edition

Posted by on Nov 23, 2007 in dish | 0 comments Much is being made these days over trivial matters, at least when it comes to candidates for President: Clinton’s “boys’ club” remarks. Obama’s flag pin, or lack thereof. Edwards’s hair. Romney’s flips (or flops). Thompson’s energy level. Giuliani’s wives, plural. Kucinich’s UFOs. Nearly all the Republicans namechecking Ronald Reagan as...
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