In Apprehension

Happy New Year

Happy new year to all my readers with a promise that I will post more in 2009. Hopefully at 2 am when I'm a wee bit plastered.

Touching

So for about 11 days now I've been in love. I picked up an iPod Touch, and this thing is just fantastic. In fact I'm simply lying in bed right now, having just woken up with an ambulance going by and figured I'd knock off an entry for the he'll of it. The keyboard takes a little getting used to, but it's pretty intuitive (and Apple has some shortcuts that are nice). Sadly, no camera like the iPhone but that's liveable.

Yeesh

I don't always agree with The Daily Kos (it's like reading Boing Boing, where you skip from delightful ruminations about Walt Disney World or the latest in steampunk fashion, to Cory Doctorow whining about people actually being able to own their intellectual property (the horrors!) for the 15,763rd time) but their take on last night's acceptance speech from Governor Palin pretty much nails it:

And then, Sarah Palin took the stage. By the end of her speech, she made it abundantly clear that this "change agent" relishes playing the same Bush/Rove politics of the last eight years. The "rising star" of the Republican Party sunk to barrel-scrapping levels as she spit out attack after attack on everyone from Barack Obama to Harry Reid. Snide remarks were followed by more caustic insults, with little if any substance in between. As the monochrome audience roared, and as many in their homes watching winced at the sharpness of her personal attacks, she twisted her verbal knife not in an effort to skewer Democratic policy or governing philosophy, but to draw blood from the bodies of her political opponents. It was Rovian rhetoric at its finest. It was Rush Limbaugh to its core.

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VT Coverage

By now you've all heard about the tragic murders as Virginia Tech; some of the best coverage I'm watching right now is over at Metroblogging DC's open thread.  My best wishes and hopes for all the victims families and for those who were injured.

What The Hell?

Is it too much to ask that when you schedule a date with someone, get to their place on time and all set to go, that the person actually be there?  Or answer their phone and explain?  I'm simultaneously ticked off and a little worried about her.

Oh My

Not to jinx myself, but I think I might be on to the start of a new relationship here.