More Deep Thoughts from Jack Handy

As per usual, my weekend soundtrack was brought to me by NPR. And every half hour I got to hear Hilary Clinton talk about her plan to roll back the gas tax.

I'll admit, I don't have the exact quotes here - I'll try to find them - but the gist of her soundbite on Sunday News Talkshows was thus: "No one made a stink when Congress gave a break to Bear Stears. Now that I want to authorize a break, there's all this bru-ha-ha."

So what's she's saying is, in essence: no one argued when one bad decision was made. So they shouldn't argue when another one is made. Especially since I'm in favor of this bad decision.

Now, it's been a long time since I took my logic class in college. (Hey, it counted toward the math requirement and was more interesting than geometry). But Hil's arguement sounds, at best, a little dodgy to me. She isn't propping up her decision with rationale and facts in favor of the tax relief.She's just saying: no one argued with Congress last week, don't argue with Congress this week.

Does this make anyone else nervous?

Things, Life, Whatnots ... Cluster Effs

Haven't posted in awhile. Life has been a bit crazy. Here's a quick and dirty recap:

Eddie Izzard was AMAZING. I still randomly think about his lines and laugh out loud. Except the annoying wankers that kept getting up to pee. Why, oh why, Orpheum, do you allow beer during the show?

Work has been hellish. Walked into a clusterfuck. Walked out of a clusterfuck. Here's an idea: let's produce really craptastic work on the fly without sitting down to talk about it calmly and strategically and then pretend we're surprised when the client pisses all over it....

But in other news, I'm making new friends at my gym and I'm seriously contemplating going back to teaching. I finally have the body for it (again) and I now know enough people that it wouldn't feel totally wierd. Of course, I'll probably have to get a new gym once work moves back downtown, but that's a year away...

I hope one and all had a merry Beltaine. It's May, It's May, the Lusty Month of May...

Let me be your pincushion

Life isn't easy
For the Pin Cushion Queen
When she sits on her throne
Pins push through her spleen

-- Tim Burton in The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories, 1997

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Bad Car Karma

Wasn't the best weekend for cars in the greater Gloucester area.
You may have seen our city's most recent claim to fame:

Actress Bullock Unharmed in Gloucester Car Crash

Then, yesterday, as I was driving through Rockport (ironically enough, interested to see some of the facades put up for the very same movie) I kinda sorta a little bit backed into a pole as I was trying to fit into a very tight parallel parking space. No real damage done, but it spooked me out.

To top it all off, my brand spanking new XM radio isn't working in my car. Seems a fritzing docking station is at fault. They'll replace it, but I have to mail the whole kit n'caboodle back and they'll mail the replacement out. Ground. Seven business days. Nice. And, the nerd that I am - do you know what my reaction was? "I'll miss Rachel's PA Primary Coverage!"

I contemplated going home for lunch this afternoon, since they're filming literally right around the corner from my apartment, but I think that might be pushing my karma uphill a bit too far, don't you?