Month: July 2004

Hmm

George H.W. Bush nicknamed Clinton and Gore “Ozone and Bozo.” I think I’ve figured out the nicknames for Kerry and Edwards.
“Botox and Blow-dry.”
I’m not quite sure what to make of this choice. Yes, of course, it was expected. Edwards is kind of interesting. He’s got that nice southern drawl and shining smile. And he spews class warfare and makes people feel good about it.
Oh well, he’s another nice big target for the Republicans to skewer. Cheney is a tough nut to crack for the Democrats, because the Halliburton stuff was either a) after he left, or b) just rumor an innuendo. Bush is an easier target.
It doesn’t change where I am, really. If Kerry had selected a sane Democrat, Vilsack would have been a good choice, it would have tempered my thoughts about him a bit, perhaps. I’m still kind of in the mode where Bush is still the best choice of an absolutely horrid field of candidates. If I do vote, it will be reluctantly for Bush.
Ick.

Bewitched

So, I saw that there’s going to be a Bewitched movie. Will Ferrel is playing Darren, which I can kinda deal with. Nicole Kidman is Samantha. Hmm. I dunno about that one.
Elizabeth Montgomery was a major hottie. The directors of Bewitched often had her dressed up in nice little nighties. She also wasn’t rail-thin. See this pinup. Nicole Kidman, umm, sometimes I dig, sometimes I don’t. She seems like she’s going for the anorexic look lately. As is evidenced by this pic.
I think Reese Witherspoon or Renee Zellweger would have been better choices.
Yes, I know, I’m not normally mister pop culture. But I have reasons on this one. 🙂

RedScat^H^H^H^H^H^HFedora

I’m going to install Fedora Core 2 on my notebook. We shall see what happens. I ditched RedScat a little over two years ago. Aside from an aborted attempt to install RedHat 9 (it gave me a media error, which pissed me off, so I ditched it), I haven’t touched it since. Supposedly many of the long-time RedHat folks have switched over, blah blah blah.
It’s worth a shot, I guess.

If Rush Had Kids….

….he wouldn’t be getting divorced. Or so says this guy.
Okay, but what’s the big deal? Yes, marriages without kids fail more often. Umm…okay? And who is hurt by this. People point to a high divorce rate as being evidence of some great societal problem. Why? Talk to people who deal with divorce laws — unless extremely large sums of money, or kids are involved, divorces are pretty easy. People who are unhappy with each other split and move on.
So we should throw more kids into this, then, a) have more kids who are the products of broken homes, or b) repeat what we used to have — people locked into unhappy unions “for the sake of the kids.”
Egad