"…something like the supervisor of an entire team of political agents…"
I’ve recently started blogging about things-creativity-and-tech at work. Using my own name even. My other own name. Before too long, there should be an actual brand-new creativity subsite I can link to, but for now, it’s more like a post here and there. Today’s entry: Dr. Horrible and the Future of Entertainment, which reveals why … Read more
Feeling lucky, he realized, about two minutes too late, was not the same as being lucky.
You say I’m a snake but snakes move with purpose, right? They lead with their head. Reach with their mouth. Draw a dry belly line with an impulse dotting each turn. Have you ever seen a snake tumble? Or trip? Or twist? Not a snake.
Saw real bikers tonight. Four bikers, they lined up side by side across both lanes with their leather jackets. Comfortable, warm. Cocooned in that roar that they made together.
Thinking a lot lately about the time of legends. Not as far back as dragons or unicorns. Or even King Arthur. I’ve been reading up on that not-so-distant moment in our American history when a band of Famous Artists put out the word that they were looking for people who enjoyed drawing. Can you imagine … Read more
I was talking with a pal about how my 10-year-old daughter would still like to be 8 years old, and my pal said “You know, a little part of all of us is still 8 years old.” And it’s really true. For example, thanks to these skin lotions I’ve been using for the last 32 … Read more
I bought a new wallet last weekend and this time I’m gonna get it right. I think I must be 0-6 on wallets over the past two decades. Each one, destroyed by me stuffing it full of receipts. No more. I say those who don’t study history, with regard to their wallets, are doomed to … Read more
One reason above all: he has a fired up base. All the more fired up as the choice on the war becomes clear. McCain has a base that’s, at best, ambivalent. He’s their Lieberman. The betrayer. Independents love that. But the base, not so much. Bush had an army of free volunteers. McCain will have … Read more
It’s not a small thing, to beat the Clintons in a Democractic primary. In so many ways, it’s as shocking as beating a sitting president in a primary, something that’s so hard to do, Teddy couldn’t pull it off with all the Kennedy glory and resources on his side, against a sad-sack Jimmy Carter. It’s … Read more
I watched The Passion of the Christ the other night. I’m Jewish and I’ve had this itch to see it and judge for myself whether it was anti-semitic. Sure enough, most of the non-pre-Christian Jews in the movie are weasels. But then about a third of the way through, we meet the Roman guards. And … Read more