Well Done, Mr. Toles- January 31, 2008 Tom Toles gets one last lick in on Rudy Giuliani, the only presidential candidate to use actual 911 footage in his campaign videos.http://www.1001words.com/2008/01/well-done-mr-toles.html Thank You, Random Gmail Ad- January 30, 2008http://www.1001words.com/2008/01/thank-you-random-gmail-ad.html David Blaine: Street Magic, Part 3- January 29, 2008 Because you haven't seen enough YouTube videos.http://www.1001words.com/2008/01/david-blaine-street-magic-part-3.html Martial Arts and Politics- January 29, 2008 I am going to make a generalization about martial arts. There are two types of martial arts: disciplines that focus on attacking your enemy (e.g. karate), and disciplines that focus on redirecting your opponent's attacks and using them against him (e.g. judo).Now I am going to make a generalization about politics. Most politicians practice karate. When political commentators remark that one candidate runs a better campaign than the other, they mean that one candidate is better at karate than...http://www.1001words.com/2008/01/martial-arts-and-politics.html Transformers- January 22, 2008 I finally watched "Transformers", directed by Michael Bay. It is the type of movie that if I don't write about it now, I never will because I already forgot half of it and I just finished it five minutes ago.Crap. I just spent five minutes after writing the above sentences trying to remember what snide comments I was about to make, and all that's left in my head is "Poosh". If you don't know, poosh is the culminate sound of two hours of car crashes, explosions, missile fire, and blown-up...http://www.1001words.com/2008/01/transformers.html SC Dem. Debate Reaction- January 22, 2008 I wrote this debate reaction for the comments section of another blog, and it became so long that I figured I might as well post it. Probably not interesting if you didn't watch the debate:All three candidates had their moments. Edwards positioned himself perfectly in the first half of the debate as being above the squalor when Obama and Hillary were attacking each other relentlessly. He appealed well to African-American voters and sounded more authentic than usual in his rhetoric. He still has.http://www.1001words.com/2008/01/sc-dem-debate-reaction.html This Kid Cracks Me Up- January 18, 2008 Keep true to thy spirit, party dude.http://www.1001words.com/2008/01/this-kid-cracks-me-up.html Debate Comments- January 16, 2008 I watched the Nevada Democratic debate tonight on MSNBC's web site. As wonderfully moderated as the ABCCharlie Gibson debate was, this one, moderated by Tim Russert and Brian Williams, was horrible. The questions in the first 12 hour were unsubstantial and exclusively focused on insider politics.At one point, one of the moderators (Williams) told Obama that he received an email alleging that Obama was a Muslim, swore into office using a Koran, etc., and asked him to respond. Sheesh. Is this...http://www.1001words.com/2008/01/debate-comments.html What Is McCain Snorting- January 15, 2008 No, he didn't say something stupid. I ask because he's 71, and he says during the campaign season he wakes us at 6:00 A.M., and goes to bed at 1:00 A.M.I'm 31, and that's a full five hours less than my ideal sleep time. I'm a firm believer in that when creating schedule, there should be one A.M., and one P.M. Two of each means you either aren't getting enough sleep or are narcoleptic. The presidential campaign does nothing but remind me of how unqualified I am to be President. I can't even...http://www.1001words.com/2008/01/what-is-mccain-snorting.html Web Sites I'm Too Lazy To Create- January 10, 2008 I need a Web 3.0 widget that will let me create Web 2.0 sites with a minimum of effort, which happens to be the maximum amount of effort I am willing to spend on making a web site. Two ideas I thought of last night:1. "Best 10 Minutes." Almost every town hall meeting or Q&A like the candidates' visits to "the Google" has been uploaded to YouTube. There is a lot of good, in-depth information in these videos that one can't find on traditional outlets like the news, newspaper web sites, or the.http://www.1001words.com/2008/01/web-site-im-too-lazy-to-create.html |