Here and There

A 15-year-old mom and 13-year-old dad. God love ‘em.

Was the so-called Bush deficit more a result of Republican über-spending, or Democrats not paying their taxes?

Obama redoes the oath of office. Fox News subsequently files for bankruptcy.

It’s eggnog, one word, okay folks? Not egg nog, and certainly not egg nogg.

Moving along …

I wouldn’t have cared to share this if they hadn’t included Boston Terrier.

Or typocity, whichever you prefer.

Just watch out for typos over the next 36-40 hours as you do your addicted-damnedest to keep up with polls and voting results. Their out they’re.

I guess Joe the Plummer Idiot is off lying about Barack Obama, too busy to make it, as promised, to his candidate’s rally:

John McCain Is Your New Logo.

For our first installment, I pose the simple question:

What’s scarier: The fact that Sarah Palin is running for vice president, however unlikely it is that she’ll win, or the fact that she’s currently, actually the governor of Alaska, however sparsely populated?

I vote the latter.

If you live in San Francisco, and perhaps want to mix it up between obnoxious war planes and chiseled young sailors over Fleet Week this weekend, I suggest you make haste and get tickets for the last weekend of One Man Star Wars Trilogy.

I had the good fortune (and good friend) to score tickets for last night’s performance. My lungs will never be the same.

I first came across Charlie Ross’s show when I was copy editing at The Examiner last year. Everyone can relate to the hilarity of one person acting out the 20+ characters and plotline of the original Star Wars saga. But this is truly a case of “you gotta see it to believe it.”

That’s because of all the amazing extras Ross throws into his show. He does music, mime (of non-human characters, X-Wings, TIE Fighters, lightsabers, AT-ATs, explosions, and yes, even Y-Wings), robot and Wookie voices, and, perhaps best of all, running commentary and ad-lib.

Ross is phenomenally talented, besides just being brave enough to sweat it out for more than an hour up there solo.

One Man Star Wars Trilogy is seriously fun for all ages. Ross keeps it mostly clean, and even if your tot doesn’t know or appreciate the genius of the original three movies, they’ll enjoy the vaudevillian antics of this side-splitting performance.

The show runs through Sunday, and unfortunately, I can’t find the schedule beyond that. If I learn where he’s going next, I’ll definitely post.

I’ve always hated stupid people acting smart. It bugs me. If you’re dumb, own it.

Smart acting stupid is annoying, but only mildly so.

It struck me, watching the following CNN clip of Sarah Palin doing her damnedest to answer a question about energy, supposedly her policy strong-suit, that Palin is a classic example of stupid-acting-smart:

For extra fun with Palin’s answer, see the comments on Obsidian Wings.

An IM conversation with a coworker this morning that really made me laugh, and think:

Ami Icanberry 12:21
trying to find the series of lipstick events …
i liked orange

Hunt, Jeff 12:21
and now that i’ve made the change, i gotta stick widdit
the lipstick events?
oh god

Ami Icanberry 12:22
yeah, in order…

Hunt, Jeff 12:22
i will give you a good link
i srsly hate this country

Ami Icanberry 12:22
obama said something. the lame ad. now obama’s response.
i’m surprised even obama likes it here.

Hunt, Jeff 12:23
i know, right!!!

1. She’s got it, and who the hell knows?
2. Whoa, who’s this black guy? We still don’t know (looks like Dr. 9/11)
3. Okay, black guy is clearly here to stay, and Mr. Huckster kicks much ass
4. She cries, she wins, and we’re back to who the hell knows?
5. The black guy is back, and she’s crying foul; the left-for-dead guy is rising up quickly
6. He said, she said, it gets ugly; white-haired guy prevails
7. She said, he said, it stays ugly; white-haired guy’s attacks given to him by her
8. She and her husband get down-right nasty; white guy smirks
9. She and her husband and friends gnash teeth; white guy smirks
10. Black guy prevails, she dubiously concedes; white guy gives worst speech ever
11. Summer lasts forever, then suddenly ends
12. They have a good convention, then white guy announces
13. The world shits its pants, thinks this is a joke
14. The world sits back in awe of how … plain (and anagramific) she is
15. She breathes life into an otherwise dead contest, by merely showing up

Rovian strategist 1: “We’re behind. It’s time to go gutter. Let’s play the race card.”

McCain 2000 hanger-oner: “Race card? Have you been asleep since Jesse Helms’s funeral? No way.”

Rovian strategist 2: “Guys, guys … didn’t you learn anything from Bill Clinton in the primaries? You can’t just come right out and say, ‘Don’t vote for the funny-lookin’ black guy.’ There’s a third way — we can hit him with everything except race, thereby stoking those racist fears in the minds of so many in our base. Fox will be the mouthpiece. We can even buy a little airtime from clowns like Mark Halperin and Joe Scarborough”

Rovian strategist 1: “I-I-I dunno. I’m more comfortable Bob Jonesing Obama the way we did our guy in 2000. That shit worked!”

Rovian strategist 2: “It worked then. 2008 is different, like it or not. After Al Gore’s movie and with Whoopi on The View, we’re better off accepting global warming and that whole idea of equality between races and genders. But that’s what I’m saying, you guys … there’s another way.”

McCain 2000 hanger-oner: “We’re not chained to an upstanding campaign. And we’re behind in the polls. Go on …”

Rovian strategist 2: “Since we’ve got all the 527s and Jerry Corsis out there, what the official campaign does is tie this guy at every possible juncture to terrorism, home grown and international. We’ve got the madrasah thing, we’ve got Bill Ayres, Jeremiah Wright. We’ve got him advocating withdrawal from Iraq, opposing the surge. It won’t be difficult to connect the dots for voters, rather than let them draw their own conclusions. And trust me, ‘Soft on Terror’ will be more effective than the played-out ‘Change’ meme.”

McCain 2000 hanger-oner: “You’re onto something. Should we run this by JMcC, or just roll with it?”

Rovian strategist 2: “Ahem, let’s roll!”

Rovian strategist 1: “Let’s!”

McCain 2000 hanger-oner: “Done.”