Current Random Thoughts
I’m no expert on economics (advanced metallurgy yes, economics no), but the fact that gas prices here in Dayton rose 18 cents per gallon OVERNIGHT can’t be a good sign.
Wes Clark and Joe Biden kick ass. Too bad hardly anyone saw their speeches. I’ve never really watched any of the cable news channels before this week. Now I know why - they fucking BLOW.
One of the girls in my office on base rolls her eyes and feigns exasperation whenever the discussion among the rest of us turns to politics. Not surprisingly, she’s a huge Britney Spears fan. Not surprisingly, people like her are convincing me that America is unworthy of my talents.
Good luck to Kiddo on her move to the West Coast. Hopefully by the end of August, I will officially be the lowest wage-earner in the family. And she’ll meet folks who will want to make my excellent TV and movie ideas realities. With significant compensation.
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Bubba’s Book
I’m almost a third of the way through My Life, and I have to say that all the critics I’ve read and heard regarding Clinton’s book are completely full of shit. Some have said it’s self-indulgent. Whatthefuck? Of course he’s talking about himself, it’s a fucking MEMOIR. Do these folks not understand the concept? They say it’s long-winded. He talks about a lot of different things, and all the people behind any successful politician, but he never lingers too long on any particular anecdote. I’m still on the local Arkansas politics, and surprisingly it’s not boring at all. They say that it shows his tremendous ego. I say they didn’t read a single page in this book, because he’s been very hard on himself, and honest about his flaws and mistakes, both politically and personally. That’s been the most interesting aspect, reading about the choices he made (and why he made them at the time), and then reading his views on the advice he should have listened to and the lessons he learned (though often not enough to avoid making similar mistakes again). Honestly, forget your politics, it’s not very often that a two-term president will be writing his memoirs – isn’t that intriguing in and of itself? Reagan couldn’t remember how to wipe his own ass by the time he left the White House in 1988, and I wouldn’t put money on a Bush memoir at any point in the future. So if you find yourself intimidated by a nearly 1000 page autobiography about a popular and successful two-term president who came from a common background and left this country peaceful and prosperous despite a strong opposition and numerous obstacles of both his own and others’ creation, well, you’re a douche. And if you help let this country rot, I’m telling you now that I told you so. And I’ll give a wave from a beach in Queensland, Australia.
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Like I Needed Another Reason To Convince Me That Lance Armstrong Is The Man
From the latest Lance Chronicles, talking about the sprint finish to take the stage 17 victory away from T-Mobile’s Andreas Kloden:
"Yesterday was for all the German fans on Alpe d’Huez. Kloden went and I said, ‘ah, let him go.’ Then I thought about the time trial, and remembered a couple loogies to the face, and I thought, 'no, he can't win'."
Fuck those fucking Nazis. Once a bunch of bastards, always a bunch of bastards. Spitting on and swearing at and booing non-German cyclists, particularly Lance and the other Americans? Fuck you, you cunts. And Nutella so kicks Winsenia’s ass, you dumb Kraut fucks.
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What I’m Doing This Summer
I’m now a few weeks into my summer research sojourn in the wilds of suburban Ohio, here are a few things that I’ve learned so far.
Pax River NAS is way more choice than Wright-Patterson AFB. I’ll take F-18’s taking off right next to my building and Maryland crab shacks over tanker planes taking off on the opposite side of the base and the suburban hell of Dayton filled with Olive Gardens and Chili’s. Boo.
Much love to Joss Stone for making a traffic jam during a thunderstorm in Tennessee actually quite enjoyable.
A big fuck you to my hotel for forcing me to use a dialup internet connection. It’s 2004, you’re a hotel that caters to engineering-type business travelers. Are you kidding me with no broadband connection? It’s a good thing I’ve got OLN and FX on the cable to watch the Tour and Nip/Tuck, or I’d have burned the damn place down. And it’s a very good thing I didn’t get an Xbox or Playstation2 to bring here, since the television has no input plugs. Bastards.
Operation Survival To Six is well underway. Not so sure if the results will be as good as I’m hoping (genetics are a bitch), but I’ll be lean and mean for my return to Atlanta, and hopefully, my return to the rugby pitch.
I must say I’m kind of shocked that most of the contenders in the Tour de France got dropped so badly in the Pyrenees this weekend. Good thing I didn’t put any money down on a lot of these guys. Of all the riders to give Lance a ride for his money, I’m glad it’s Ivan Basso, he’s good people. And OLN’s Tour coverage has been awesome, especially the Travelogue segments with Paul Hochman. I’d almost forgotten how ridiculously gorgeous France is. And the Credit Lyonnais podium girls too.
Yes I’m a moron, but finding out that the Meijer Fresh across the highway stocks Ryvita crispbread and Marmite made me a very happy man. So sad.
Read Learning How To Die, the new Wilco book by Greg Kot, over the weekend. Not worth it if you’re not a Wilco freak like me. It should have been a very interesting book, but Kot just isn’t objective enough. I found it mostly pretty boring. A missed opportunity, definitely does not match the level of the fantastic film documentary about Wilco, I Am Trying To Break Your Heart.
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