So far, so good on the house things. We're in love with this house. Tomorrow we make our bid and hope we win. It's not the house in the hills that I once dreamed of, but it's a house (literally) a stone throw's away from a BART station, near all sorts of cool restaurants, cofee shops, bars, and supermarkets. Trading a view for ultimate convenience was more than a good decision on our part.
Anyway, here's a dump of interesting stuff I read today:
- Josh Marshall goes Mac. He's getting his sea legs, and within a month will wonder how he could've ever used a PC. This is my 10th year anniversary of becoming a Mac user.
- Bush's lack of "strategy" in his "National Strategy for Victory in Iraq" is killing his ratings on Iraq. Meanwhile, maybe 2008 is the withdrawal date.
- Ford slips in his Senate race in Tennessee. But he's not sitting pat, going on the air blasting the UAE port deal.
- Good point. No abortions means more 18 years of child support after a drunken "mistake". Choice isn't a woman-only issue.
- Pay off your debts, get flagged by homeland security.
- Online donors aren't a polarizing influence on the party. Not that this fact will prevent the DLC/institutional/Carol Darr types from continuing to claim the netroots are "extremists". The irony? The report was authored by Carol Darr's organization, the Institute for Politics, Democracy and the Internet.
- Bloggers are more transparent than traditional media. No shit.
- Missouri Democrats are almost giddy these days. And to think that party was written off for death just two years ago. Meanwhile, Talent is getting hammered for legislating on behalf of his former lobbying firm.
- Montana journalists continue to prove they are the toughest, most aggressive mofos in the journalism world. And more.
- Turns out that I was ahead of the curve on the color orange. This site was started in 2002. In 2004, the Color Management Group (a designer industry group) pegged orange as the hot trendy color for the next few years.
- Why isn't this surprising?
Hannity says ... he has also offered to campaign for moderate Democratic Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut
