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Aug. 23rd, 2008
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kengr
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kengrYour Quirk Factor: 67% |
 You're so quirky, it's hard for you to tell the difference between quirky and normal. No doubt about it, there's little about you that's "normal" or "average." |
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Posted in one of the SJ Games forums, not written by me.
John McCain had this to say a couple of months ago when he was asked how his experiences it Vietnam shaped him to be President:
"I kind of reacted the way I did because I have a reluctance to talk about my experiences," he said, noting that he has huge admiration for the "heroes" who served with him in the POW camp and said the experience taught him to love the U.S. because he missed it so much.
"I am always reluctant to talk about these things," McCain said.
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/07/mccain-in-colom.html
He's so reluctant to talk about it that it's his campaign's answer for why he doesn't know how many houses he has
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/08/21/mccain_spokesmans_retort_obama.html
"This is a guy who lived in one house for five and a half years -- in prison,"
He uses it to explain why he volunteered his wife for a topless beauty pageant:
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/08/15/christian-pac-to-air-pro-obama-ad/
“These smears on John McCain’s character and faith expose the utter hypocrisy of Barack Obama’s claim to represent a new kind of politics. It’s disgraceful.” He went on to say that Americans “know that John McCain’s faith and character were tested and forged in ways few can fathom.”
He uses it to explain why he wasn't cheating :
http://tinyurl.com/6d4ur6
“The insinuation from the Obama campaign that John McCain, a former prisoner of war, cheated is outrageous,” Ms. Wallace said.
He uses it to explain why he likes Pittsburgh (or Green Bay; they're hard to tell apart):
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/07/in-pennsylvania.html
"Asked what first comes to his mind when he thinks of Pittsburgh, McCain chuckled, "the Steelers. I was a mediocre high school athlete but I loved and adored the sports but the Steelers really made a huge impression on me particularly in my early years."
And then McCain told a rather moving story about his time as a P.O.W. "When I was first interrogated and really had to give some information because of the pressures, physical pressures on me, I named the starting lineup, defensive line of the Pittsburgh Steelers as my squadron mates.""
He uses it in advertisements:
http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/16017.html
He uses it to defend his health care policy:
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/04/21/elizabeth-edwards-responds-to-mccain-over-cheap-shot/?eref=ib_politicalticker
“It’s a cheap shot but I did have a period of time where I didn’t have very good health care, I had it from another government,” said McCain, referring to the years he spent as a prisoner of war. “Look, I know what it’s like not to have health care.”
He uses it to explain why he liked a 1970s band in the 1960s:
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/15/mccain-rises-to-abbas-defense/
“If there is anything I am lacking in, I’ve got to tell you, it is taste in music and art and other great things in life,” McCain joked. “I’ve got to say that a lot of my taste in music stopped about the time I impacted a surface-to-air missile with my own airplane and never caught up again.”
Does reluctance have another definition I'm not aware of?
John McCain had this to say a couple of months ago when he was asked how his experiences it Vietnam shaped him to be President:
"I kind of reacted the way I did because I have a reluctance to talk about my experiences," he said, noting that he has huge admiration for the "heroes" who served with him in the POW camp and said the experience taught him to love the U.S. because he missed it so much.
"I am always reluctant to talk about these things," McCain said.
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/07/mccain-in-colom.html
He's so reluctant to talk about it that it's his campaign's answer for why he doesn't know how many houses he has
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/08/21/mccain_spokesmans_retort_obama.html
"This is a guy who lived in one house for five and a half years -- in prison,"
He uses it to explain why he volunteered his wife for a topless beauty pageant:
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/08/15/christian-pac-to-air-pro-obama-ad/
“These smears on John McCain’s character and faith expose the utter hypocrisy of Barack Obama’s claim to represent a new kind of politics. It’s disgraceful.” He went on to say that Americans “know that John McCain’s faith and character were tested and forged in ways few can fathom.”
He uses it to explain why he wasn't cheating :
http://tinyurl.com/6d4ur6
“The insinuation from the Obama campaign that John McCain, a former prisoner of war, cheated is outrageous,” Ms. Wallace said.
He uses it to explain why he likes Pittsburgh (or Green Bay; they're hard to tell apart):
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/07/in-pennsylvania.html
"Asked what first comes to his mind when he thinks of Pittsburgh, McCain chuckled, "the Steelers. I was a mediocre high school athlete but I loved and adored the sports but the Steelers really made a huge impression on me particularly in my early years."
And then McCain told a rather moving story about his time as a P.O.W. "When I was first interrogated and really had to give some information because of the pressures, physical pressures on me, I named the starting lineup, defensive line of the Pittsburgh Steelers as my squadron mates.""
He uses it in advertisements:
http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/16017.html
He uses it to defend his health care policy:
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/04/21/elizabeth-edwards-responds-to-mccain-over-cheap-shot/?eref=ib_politicalticker
“It’s a cheap shot but I did have a period of time where I didn’t have very good health care, I had it from another government,” said McCain, referring to the years he spent as a prisoner of war. “Look, I know what it’s like not to have health care.”
He uses it to explain why he liked a 1970s band in the 1960s:
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/15/mccain-rises-to-abbas-defense/
“If there is anything I am lacking in, I’ve got to tell you, it is taste in music and art and other great things in life,” McCain joked. “I’ve got to say that a lot of my taste in music stopped about the time I impacted a surface-to-air missile with my own airplane and never caught up again.”
Does reluctance have another definition I'm not aware of?
Attention, Heavy Metal Sunday regulars!
Aug. 23rd, 2008 03:28 pmAll three of you!
As y'all know,kshandra is currently en route to Burning Man, and I've selected three special tracks for tomorrow and next week. But next Sunday is also burn night, and I want to add some bonus videos. So, in the spirit of community building and not wearing pants that sums up That Thing In The Desert, I'm passing the buck throwing open the floor for suggestions. Only four rules.
1. The video must have an embed code on YouTube or whatever site you find it on.
2. The video should be metal, or really hard rock.
3. The video should be of some relation to Burning Man. Deserts, fire, weird naked people, etc.
4. The video should be of at least decent quality.
Let's have our own festival! Banging Man!
As y'all know,
kshandra is currently en route to Burning Man, and I've selected three special tracks for tomorrow and next week. But next Sunday is also burn night, and I want to add some bonus videos. So, in the spirit of community building and not wearing pants that sums up That Thing In The Desert, I'm 1. The video must have an embed code on YouTube or whatever site you find it on.
2. The video should be metal, or really hard rock.
3. The video should be of some relation to Burning Man. Deserts, fire, weird naked people, etc.
4. The video should be of at least decent quality.
Let's have our own festival! Banging Man!
Not as much as I wanted, but..
Aug. 23rd, 2008 05:22 pmGot some cleaning done today. Specifically, I mopped the kitchen (it will need a second pass, and I need a new mop) and cleaned off the dining table.
Before
After
Tomorrow, I need to do a run to the store. I think I'll pick up the new mop then. It's weird, and probably a result of my Army days, but I get more excited about cleaning supplies than Kiri. Of course, I've also worked as a janitor, so it's in my blood. I may swing by Cost Plus World Market and pick up a second wine rack for the table. Then I'm attacking the living room! If time permits, the bathroom.
One very weird thing. I went down this morning to do a load of laundry, only to find damp clothes in both the washer and drier. I pulled the laundry out of the washer, started my load, and when I cam back, nothing had moved. So I pulled the load out of the drier, and repeated the process. Go down again, discover the drier has no heat, feed it more quarters - and the other apartment's laundry is still there. Now, nearly ten hours later, and nothing has moved. Never mind that the notoriously cranky machine has futzed up again, who leaves their wet clothes in a shared laundry room all day on a weekend?
My beloved Giants clawed their way to another win today, that's four in a row, close games, all won with small ball. The way we won Thursday was classic.
In the bottom of the ninth, Emmanuel Burriss, a rookie, shows remarkable patience and draws a walk. He steals second. Moves to third on a Randy Winn sacrifice fly. And then comes home when a wild pitch gets away from the Marlins catcher. Walk-off run without a single hit being recorded, and Burriss only advanced one base on each play.
Before
After
Tomorrow, I need to do a run to the store. I think I'll pick up the new mop then. It's weird, and probably a result of my Army days, but I get more excited about cleaning supplies than Kiri. Of course, I've also worked as a janitor, so it's in my blood. I may swing by Cost Plus World Market and pick up a second wine rack for the table. Then I'm attacking the living room! If time permits, the bathroom.
One very weird thing. I went down this morning to do a load of laundry, only to find damp clothes in both the washer and drier. I pulled the laundry out of the washer, started my load, and when I cam back, nothing had moved. So I pulled the load out of the drier, and repeated the process. Go down again, discover the drier has no heat, feed it more quarters - and the other apartment's laundry is still there. Now, nearly ten hours later, and nothing has moved. Never mind that the notoriously cranky machine has futzed up again, who leaves their wet clothes in a shared laundry room all day on a weekend?
My beloved Giants clawed their way to another win today, that's four in a row, close games, all won with small ball. The way we won Thursday was classic.
In the bottom of the ninth, Emmanuel Burriss, a rookie, shows remarkable patience and draws a walk. He steals second. Moves to third on a Randy Winn sacrifice fly. And then comes home when a wild pitch gets away from the Marlins catcher. Walk-off run without a single hit being recorded, and Burriss only advanced one base on each play.
( Dude! High School Meme! Excelmente! )
The icon is a pretty good approximation of how I looked back then.
The icon is a pretty good approximation of how I looked back then.
