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Since Palin’s VP acceptance speech, she has been tutored by McCain’s assistants and handlers on the topic of the wide world beyond Alaska.  Teaching her how to think like a 72 year old POW enthusiast is a monumental task. As you read this, the poor lady is likely going through a sort of My Fair Lady exercise in ideological cramming. 

— “The bombs in Iraq fall mainly in the north”

It’s like cramming for the LSAT in two weeks, except in this case, the LSAT is “the entirety of foreign and domestic United States policy,” which has nothing to do with The Law. (Wonkette)

But what if she rebels? What if upon considering the fate of the nation under McCain she is allowed ten minutes of bedtime youtube exploration. Say she watches a Cindy Sheehan video, or perhaps stumbles upon McCain’s faithfully documented failures. Would she run away? Return to Wasilla? 

Perhaps the tutoring will turn her into a Republican dream machine….

In short, Palin’s ideological carburetor needs an overhaul. It’s a big job, and she has a long way to go before she’ll be allowed to form an original sound from her monumentally ignorant mouth. The 1964 film My Fair Lady inspired me:

I can only censor myself so much on my flickr account, so I’ve put together a very small collection of photos at moneydick.com/photo which exemplify the images I try to make.

I added a shiny new Vassar gallery with some hand picked photos from my time within the gates (2003-2008). This album will likely shift as I feel differently about the 39 images in there. Here’s a sample:

I had a feeling that McCain might assemble Obama’s quasi-religious self exuberance against him. 

But I’m more worried about the Corsi book ‘Obama Nation.’ For some perspective, read the latest talk of the town (New Yorker).

As I found it strange that Microsoft Word 2008 brought in new fonts to our lives (and changed the default from Times New Roman to Cambria), it seems many others share my confusion. The following keywords direct to an article I wrote about Cambria and Microsoft’s assumed role as typographic trendsetter. Those who are confused search for: 

Continue reading “A new Font for Microsoft Word 2007 and the World“

Tonight I met a U.S. navy submarine mechanic who was on the submarine (Los Angeles class) that fired the first tomahawk missiles on Iraq on the first day of the invasion on March 19, 2003. He danced at an 80s night in Century City. 

I met a med school student who tried to convince me to take Xanax. He swaggered and had trouble speaking while trying to convince me that people from Los Angeles were plastic but that people in Boston were ‘genuine.’ 

I heard a story about a group of guys who were handcuffed and told to stand against a wall while 5 cops tried to look up the law code for ‘open container.’ Those who overheard had their own police stories. 

If you ever want to develop an unhealthy bias against cops, search for ‘police brutality’ on youtube. But I recommend against it. When I learned that tasers were classified as ‘less lethal’ weapons, I didn’t find “don’t tase me bro” funny.

awesome exhibits at Otis’ galleries. 

Looky See: Looky See: A Summer Show - July 26 – September 13, 2008

and

Two Madmen: The Art of Clive Barker and Myron Dyal June 24 – August 30, 2008 

photos here.