A Cry for Help

After about 45 minutes of generally positive reviews of Kerry, I had a fairly cynical thought. There better not be an Orange Alert in the next 7 days.

Before the media gives me my opinion, here are my first reactions (slanted as they may be).
Kerry did slightly better than I expected. I expected him to do well, and I think he did.
Bush did not do as well as I expected. I was surprised, actually.
There were no major flubs at all. Bush was halting [...]

Remember the RI+URBlog? Haha, me either! I finally got around to posting on it, though, so go check it out. There’s pictures and everything.
The Wrecking Ball Comes to (Down)Town

Well I finally put an email link up, so in case you’ve been dying to email me now you can. I also put “about this site” up there, but I need help with that part. People who stumble across A Cry for Help might be curious as to what they’re getting in to, so I’ll [...]

I’d heard about a flyer being sent out by the Republican National Committee that averred that liberals were going to ban the bible and allow men to marry each other. I read about it on the liberal blogs, but I wasn’t sure whether or not to believe it. Well, here’s an actual scan of the [...]

More from Matt B., MusicMobs: “Musicmobs is a social network for music fans that allows you to share your listening habits and discover new music.” You can upload your iTunes (and WinAmp, I think) library listing and it will analyze your collection and make suggestions based on your listening habits. Awesome idea, and the more [...]

Matt B. sends this along, a creative (and colorful) interpretation of war.

After a few years of equivocating, Major League Baseball has decided to move the Montreal Expos to Washington DC. (and I’m already sick of the phrase “the national pastime returns to the nation’s capital.”) This is of particular interest to Em and I, as we’re going to have to add another stop on our quest [...]

I know I was complaining about installing Service Pack 2 to WinXP, so I figured I should update that. After a few startups, the load time has gotten almost back to normal. So that’s good. The firewall hasn’t been too much trouble, and now it seems to work with my wireless router (it didn’t before). [...]

Remember the giant gorilla from a while back? He’s got a new friend, as Lloyd Morse’s bid to be mayor takes another laughter-inducing turn.

To accompany the new Bulldogzilla, this sign:

And we’re still over a month away from election day! Stay tuned, this can only get better (or worse, depending on your perspective).

I saw this bumper sticker today:

I like it. You know they’re a winning team, and no one can accuse them of not being Patriots. Great choice for disaffected New Englanders (except in NH and Maine. You bastards better not waste your vote!) Get your sticker here.

I just installed Service Pack 2 on Windows XP (Pro) and startup takes about a full minute longer than it used to. I debated a while whether or not to put it on, since I consider myself among the more careful computer users, and I didn’t think I’d need the extra security features promised in [...]