Okay, I'm fed up with DailyKos. They aren't interested in solutions to problems. They are only interested in being very partisan. They like to pick any bit of news that helps their 'progressive agenda' (what that means, I don't know. They won't tell me. I think it might be doing nothing because they don't seem to want to do anything that the republicans want to do). They find tiny unflattering bits of information about random conservatives and try to pretend that is what all conservatives are like. Granted that isn't completely unlike what I'm doing here but nobody reads this blog, which is fine.
So I'm done reading DailyKos. If I'm interested in whether Lieberman is liberal enough to fit in their new progressive party, I'll go back but until then, there are better blogs to read.
I've added Talking Points Memo which is not related to Bill O'reilly. It is a liberal blog. I haven't read too much of it yet but so far it feels like it was written by an adult. I like the writing style.
I'm also adding two more conservative blogs, Right Wing Duck which is usually pretty funny and the National Debate which is simply a conservative news site. If your worried that I'm reading more conservative blogs than liberal blogs, I'd be surprised. Because I don't think anyone reads this.
mwz
Monday, January 31, 2005
Sunday, January 30, 2005
Like children
Okay, so I wanted to get these thoughts out before the Iraqi election unfolds. I really hope that it goes well there.
But that isn't wasn't what I want to write about. I've been reading DailyKos and I have been struck by how they like to throw out the news that people died in Iraq (examples: here, here and here). Every time there is an attack or an accident they use it to say "See we told you so".
Maybe they are sincerely trying to make sure that we know what the cost of the war really is. But it really comes off like they are little children saying "Ha. Ha. We told you it wouldn't work" or like they are a characature of an old woman who isn't happy until she can complain about something. I mean real people are dieing and they get to throw their hands in the air and say "I knew this would happen if I wasn't running things. Hurumph". Actually, they get to revel in the statistics as in this quote, "The situation is untenable. 1,578 dead. $300 billion in treasure. Another two hellish years for our troops." Maybe they really care about about the troops or maybe they just hope to score political points.
DailyKos has also been quite active in declaring the Iraqi elections to be doomed. They like to point to sources that will say that people will not be participating in the election (examples: here and here). Of course they ignore any sources that would speak the contrary (I'm to lazy to find sources that would say that there will be high voter turn out, maybe they are too). We'll find out what happened when we wake up in the morning.
Part of it is that it's just iritating that they keep neigh saying. They might (rightly) say that someone needs to remind us that everything isn't okee-dokee. Fair enough. But now that I've written about it, it won't bug me so much. When they say "X people were killed trying to vote" , I can just know inside that I was right about them.
mwz
UPDATE:
Aparently, I'm not alone in these thoughts. A post today (Jan 30) on DailyKos says this "I have been accused of gloating by people right HERE because of my focus on the continuing violence."
Michelle Malkin points out "With the exception of Sullivan, the top bloggers on the left side of the blogosphere have decided to mark this historic day by hiding under their bedcovers."
But that isn't wasn't what I want to write about. I've been reading DailyKos and I have been struck by how they like to throw out the news that people died in Iraq (examples: here, here and here). Every time there is an attack or an accident they use it to say "See we told you so".
Maybe they are sincerely trying to make sure that we know what the cost of the war really is. But it really comes off like they are little children saying "Ha. Ha. We told you it wouldn't work" or like they are a characature of an old woman who isn't happy until she can complain about something. I mean real people are dieing and they get to throw their hands in the air and say "I knew this would happen if I wasn't running things. Hurumph". Actually, they get to revel in the statistics as in this quote, "The situation is untenable. 1,578 dead. $300 billion in treasure. Another two hellish years for our troops." Maybe they really care about about the troops or maybe they just hope to score political points.
DailyKos has also been quite active in declaring the Iraqi elections to be doomed. They like to point to sources that will say that people will not be participating in the election (examples: here and here). Of course they ignore any sources that would speak the contrary (I'm to lazy to find sources that would say that there will be high voter turn out, maybe they are too). We'll find out what happened when we wake up in the morning.
Part of it is that it's just iritating that they keep neigh saying. They might (rightly) say that someone needs to remind us that everything isn't okee-dokee. Fair enough. But now that I've written about it, it won't bug me so much. When they say "X people were killed trying to vote" , I can just know inside that I was right about them.
mwz
UPDATE:
Aparently, I'm not alone in these thoughts. A post today (Jan 30) on DailyKos says this "I have been accused of gloating by people right HERE because of my focus on the continuing violence."
Michelle Malkin points out "With the exception of Sullivan, the top bloggers on the left side of the blogosphere have decided to mark this historic day by hiding under their bedcovers."
Saturday, January 29, 2005
Drummer Baby
Hot off the heals of Francis pulling down the CDs, she has hit another proud moment milestone. Arial (my wife) is all into the "developmental milestones" like her pulling herself up by herself (which she can do) but I'm more into the fun things.
Anyway, I have a drum set. I got it partially because I wanted to play and partially so that Francis would grow up with a drum set. About once a week or so, I set Francis on my lap, stick the sticks in her little hands and lightly drum with my hands over hers. It usually entertains her for a bit and then she starts chewing on the sticks.
But today, She held onto both sticks on her own and started hitting the snare. She didn't look that coordinated but she did have a good rhythm going. I was so proud.
mwz
Anyway, I have a drum set. I got it partially because I wanted to play and partially so that Francis would grow up with a drum set. About once a week or so, I set Francis on my lap, stick the sticks in her little hands and lightly drum with my hands over hers. It usually entertains her for a bit and then she starts chewing on the sticks.
But today, She held onto both sticks on her own and started hitting the snare. She didn't look that coordinated but she did have a good rhythm going. I was so proud.
mwz
Friday, January 28, 2005
Baby blogging
So this post is going to be about my daughter. To keep her anonymous, I'll call her Francis. She's cute as a button... a really cute button with kittens and puppies sitting together wearing hats.
Anyway, Francis is learning to crawl. She's taking lessons at the YMCA. Well no. She's actually just learning to move. Today is the first time that I have seen her propel herself with a destination in mind. It was really cool to see. She only moved like a foot but I dig it.
Of course what is the first thing she goes to? The CD cases. She played with the floppy disks (that I wedge under the fronts of the cases as extra insurance that won't fall over). She can't move them, so there was no danger. But then, (when her mommy left), she started pulling CDs off the botton shelf. I was so proud. That was her first "Make a mess of our stuff " experience. So proud, I thought I would blog about it. As long as she never throws CDs into the toilet, I'll be okay.
An observer might argue that since she only moved a foot, we put her down that close to the CD Cases. Well that's right. I didn't think she could move that far. Plus we were hovering right over her. Even when she was pulling the CDs down, I was right there. She only grabbed three. So there.
mwz
Anyway, Francis is learning to crawl. She's taking lessons at the YMCA. Well no. She's actually just learning to move. Today is the first time that I have seen her propel herself with a destination in mind. It was really cool to see. She only moved like a foot but I dig it.
Of course what is the first thing she goes to? The CD cases. She played with the floppy disks (that I wedge under the fronts of the cases as extra insurance that won't fall over). She can't move them, so there was no danger. But then, (when her mommy left), she started pulling CDs off the botton shelf. I was so proud. That was her first "Make a mess of our stuff " experience. So proud, I thought I would blog about it. As long as she never throws CDs into the toilet, I'll be okay.
An observer might argue that since she only moved a foot, we put her down that close to the CD Cases. Well that's right. I didn't think she could move that far. Plus we were hovering right over her. Even when she was pulling the CDs down, I was right there. She only grabbed three. So there.
mwz
Thursday, January 27, 2005
Food
I miss food. Not just any old food. I miss grahm crackers, chocolate and milk. I miss excesses of food. I miss having a bowl of ice cream every night. I miss walking to the kitchen at 10pm and making myself a snack... a big snack.
Basically, I'm on a diet. Not a specific diet. More of an attempt at life style change.
Last month, my doctor told me that I should get my weight down to 190 lbs. I was 220lbs (although their scale said 230, it was with clothes and shoes on). I'm not obese but I'm not the thin guy that I used to be. The extra fat really iritates me. It bugs me that I have this layer of fat that covers me.
Anyway, so I'm on this diet, which just means that I am trying to eat a sensible breakfast, lunch and supper with no snacking in between. It's a lot harder than I thought. The problem is that I control the food supply. When I was in high school, I only had the food that was around. My parents aren't big snackers, so there were never any chips around. My mom did make desert things but I didn't want to hog it. Ya know? Then in college, I started controlling the food supply but I was still young enough that it all burned away. Plus stress can do a lot for burning calories.
Unfortunately, when my wife got pregnant, my body decided that it needed to store up energy. Maybe it knew that we would be awake the whole first couple weeks and that I would need the energy. In any case, even though my wife's belly got flat after the birth, mine didn't.
So now here I am. Down to 215 lbs. Fat man blogging.
mwz
Basically, I'm on a diet. Not a specific diet. More of an attempt at life style change.
Last month, my doctor told me that I should get my weight down to 190 lbs. I was 220lbs (although their scale said 230, it was with clothes and shoes on). I'm not obese but I'm not the thin guy that I used to be. The extra fat really iritates me. It bugs me that I have this layer of fat that covers me.
Anyway, so I'm on this diet, which just means that I am trying to eat a sensible breakfast, lunch and supper with no snacking in between. It's a lot harder than I thought. The problem is that I control the food supply. When I was in high school, I only had the food that was around. My parents aren't big snackers, so there were never any chips around. My mom did make desert things but I didn't want to hog it. Ya know? Then in college, I started controlling the food supply but I was still young enough that it all burned away. Plus stress can do a lot for burning calories.
Unfortunately, when my wife got pregnant, my body decided that it needed to store up energy. Maybe it knew that we would be awake the whole first couple weeks and that I would need the energy. In any case, even though my wife's belly got flat after the birth, mine didn't.
So now here I am. Down to 215 lbs. Fat man blogging.
mwz
Wednesday, January 26, 2005
Whatever
I've really been taking this blog way to seriously. It seems like it was more fun to write on my old web page. I think it was because I always referred to myself as plural. You should try it.
Saturday, January 22, 2005
GTA-SA again
There has been much playing of San Andreas since my last post. My worries were for not. I haven't had any problems since the first night. Granted that the machine is never on for more than 3 hours but that really hasn't been that bad. I'm still saving often but I'd be doing that anyway.
The game is still a lot of fun. There was a small stretch where the story was transitioning that was kinda boring. The missions seemed to consist of 'drive for 5 minutes, do something, drive for 5 minutes'. I never thought that I would think a game was too big. When I was first really getting into video games with The Legend of Zelda, I really wanted more places to go. I would have dreams that I unlocked a new continent. I guess you should be careful what you wish for.
I really do like the size of the map. I just wish that there were fewer "Drive to the other side of the continent and back" missions.
On a side note, I've added a counter from site meter. I was curious to see if anyone visits this page. The answer it no which is for the best really. ;)
mwz
The game is still a lot of fun. There was a small stretch where the story was transitioning that was kinda boring. The missions seemed to consist of 'drive for 5 minutes, do something, drive for 5 minutes'. I never thought that I would think a game was too big. When I was first really getting into video games with The Legend of Zelda, I really wanted more places to go. I would have dreams that I unlocked a new continent. I guess you should be careful what you wish for.
I really do like the size of the map. I just wish that there were fewer "Drive to the other side of the continent and back" missions.
On a side note, I've added a counter from site meter. I was curious to see if anyone visits this page. The answer it no which is for the best really. ;)
mwz
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