A Cry for Help

I’ve been waiting for someone to write this story: Flip-flopping charge unsupported by facts; Kerry always pushed global cooperation, war as last resort
I think it’s obnoxious when the President stumps with his little jokes about Kerry’s flip flops, flashing his trademark smirk while US soldiers die in a country that he thinks is doing fine [...]

Even though I don’t live there anymore, I still feel the need to occasionally revisit on this site my home away from home. Today we’re off to Kenner, Louisiana (a New Orleans suburb, and where you land when you fly to N.O. International). Today’s call in show on CSPAN:
PETER SLEN, HOST: Kenner, Louisiana, good morning.
CALLER: [...]

I was just complaining today how quiet it was around here lately. Usually I can depend on James or Steve to comment on one out of three posts. Why didn’t anyone tell me my comments were broken? Well, I think they’re fixed now. I really should get around to adding one of those “contact me” [...]

We’ve lost two Americans this week to al-Zarqawi’s reprehensible reign of terror. At first, the news was reporting that the terrorists were demanding the release of Iraqi women prisoners. Somehow, over the next few days, news reports were talking about the two bioweapon women scientists as the only Iraqi women prisoners. I wonder if this [...]

Tell me you all watched that game. Tell me you didn’t give up in disgust as Keith Foulked up and flushed Curt Schilling’s amazing performance down the pipes? Tell me you were standing in front of the TV, like me, with your heart in your throat as McCarty popped out and Damon is my Homeboy [...]

One side effect of having your bank account cleaned out by digital robbers is that you may find yourself in the position of digging into your change bucket for Dunkin Donuts money. I had the pleasant surprise today of having trouble finding pennies in my pickle jar (that’s where I empty my pockets every day), [...]

Inspired by my hometown, Em expresses her frustration with our “quality of life”:

You may have had an inkling of this already, but here’s the official stat: the Providence metro area is the 45th most Democratic county in America. I don’t know what this means, exactly, since parts of the metro area are actually in two different counties (three if you count Massachusetts). But then, we don’t do [...]

Awful lonely around here lately, eh? I’ve got all sorts of stuff I’d like to post, but I have roughly zero motivation. Since last we spoke on Thursday I feel like I’ve been all over the place, even though I really haven’t.
Friday I went out canvassing for an environmental group, which was cool but decidedly [...]

When Em and I went to the Sox game last month, I mentioned how lucky we were to have bought tickets for a game in the middle of the hottest of win streaks. Well, you win some and you lose some when you are buying tickets in February. We caught last night’s (9/15) marathon at [...]

Congratulations to J. Patrick O’Neill for taking out former speaker and all-around cad John Harwood. Oh, how sweet it is. The reformation of RI politics continues.
Also, Cranston Mayor Steve Laffey easily fended off Garry Reilly (and the big scary evil baby-eating unions) by a three-to-one margin. Have Cranston voters created a monster? Keep your eyes [...]

As I write this, I think Ultra Laser (who seems to have forgotten how to post here) is bailing out of New Orleans as Hurricane Ivan heads towards the Gulf Coast. I’m glad I’m not there anymore. We had some good storms in my years there, but never a Category 5. It seems like the [...]