I believe I have, and yet . . . eat sh*t and die, Monday. (Just in case.)
Somehow, my computer at work refused to change my password and I ended up logging five calls with the Help Desk of Ye Olde Financial Firm as they tried, over and over, to fix it. Only took an hour and a half, yay!
Oh, and how’s this for unfair? I get to sit on my hands and fight with my computer (yes, while sitting on my hands. I’m cool like that) while Mike ends up with a day at home. Hmph. (Just kidding, he’s making me dinner and baking bread and vacuuming and doing manly things like getting rid of an old coffee table. It’s just that . . . why couldn’t MY building lose power too??)
Enough griping. I’ve got a busy few days coming up because an old friend from NYC is coming for Thanksgiving. It’ll be awesome to see her, but Much Cleaning must be done!!
P.S. I know, this was an extremely boring post. Go here for something more interesting. Then write over and over again, “I shall not hotlink nor plagiarize. I shall not hotlink nor plagiarize.” (H/t Cold Fury)
Good morning! Boy, what a difference a week can make; this morning it’s chilly and cloudy and threatening rain and dark. A week ago today it was about seventy degrees and sunny. Who says change is so great, again?
Speaking of which, did y’all watch the 60 Minutes last night with McCain and Obama? I did — but only because I was assembling chili and thus was afforded distraction. (I’d much rather have tears in my eyes from chopping onions, than from banging my head against the coffee table while moaning, “Politician talking! Politician talking! Blah-blah-blah OH FOR THE LOVE OF GOD SHUT UP!!” Isn’t that how you watch speeches?)
Anyway, I was pleasantly surprised by the show; at this point, I’m conditioned to believe that McCain will not get a fair rap, but he did. You might even classify the coverage as friendly, or at the least neutral. I thought they hit Obama at least as hard as they did McCain; Mike thought the Obama coverage was actually harder. True, there were some questions I’d have liked to see develop further — e.g., when Obama pointed out that Phil Gramm is McCain’s financial advisor, I’d have liked to see the reporter counter that another co-sponsor of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act has formed the Republicans for Obama group — but it was NOT all flowers and unicorns.
Truthfully, I think both candidates held up well. The background on McCain was respectful without being nauseating (I thought the convention coverage was a bit over the top, but I know I’m not the intended audience) and McCain came across honestly. Obama answered with less details and more platitudes than I would like (although I’m not his intended audience either), but I thought he carried and expressed himself well.
You can call this presidential race many things, but boring is not one of them
