Archive for October, 2008

“Just Use Your Common Sense”

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

I recently returned from a weekend trip to San Diego and as I was waiting to board my flight back to San Francisco, these were the words that I, along with about 20 other people, kept hearing. "Just use your common sense.  Please.  Just uuuuuuse your coooommon sense" A man in his ...

Let’s Debate II

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

After watching the final Presidential debate tonight I thought it only fitting to come up with a short follow up to my post on watching post-debate coverage.  Sure enough, the opinions of partisan figures were as predictable as after each of the previous three debates.  And equally as uninspiring!  It's ...

Happy Greetings

Thursday, October 9th, 2008

I had one of those moments yesterday when a conversation triggered a memory of mine that had been hidden in the furthermost recesses of my brain. My family had a dog, named Dongo, that I was obsessed with when he was still alive (to the tune of like 10 photos of ...

Let’s Debate

Thursday, October 2nd, 2008

Having just finished watching the Vice Presidential debate (yes via my DVR), I wanted to make a simple observation and I wanted to ask a simple question. As with the first Presidential debate (and it will almost assuredly be the same for the next two debates) I found the coverage after ...