Can the Tea Party not make me want to blow my head off this morning?
So the Virginia TP is lobbying hard for Don't Tread on Me license plates.
This will allow Commonwealth residents to indicate their disapproval of overtaxation by...paying a higher fee to the Commonwealth.
This will also allow me to get a headstart on my holiday drinking.
"Mind you, I quite agree that twice-two-makes-four is a most excellent thing; but if we are to give everything its due, then twice-two-makes-five is sometimes a most charming little thing, too."
10 November 2010
09 November 2010
8 Bits O' Nevsky - 8 Bit Trip edition
Because with last week's elections is there a better time to retreat into a fantasy world?
Wii owners need to rejoice and buy all the games of the Bit.Trip series yesterday. Never mind justifying Wiiware (though it does do that), the five games of this series is part of a very small handful of downloadable games that you can throw back in the faces of those HD-owning bullies (along with Cave Story, World of Goo, and the Lost Winds games).
Bit.Trip Fate is the fifth, and in my humble opinion, the best of the series. All of the games have great music and aesthetics but some (Void) play better than others (Runner). While playing along to the music is the point, my faves, this one and Void, do allow the player a slight bit of flexibility. Of course, all of them are also as hard as fucking fuck and would drive most gamers to controller-throwing fits. Not me, though, I just give up.
Got through the first two worlds in this one, though. Hope does spring eternal. Anyway, the five games will set you back $34 total so far, which is a bargain. Here are some videos...
Because with last week's elections is there a better time to retreat into a fantasy world?
Wii owners need to rejoice and buy all the games of the Bit.Trip series yesterday. Never mind justifying Wiiware (though it does do that), the five games of this series is part of a very small handful of downloadable games that you can throw back in the faces of those HD-owning bullies (along with Cave Story, World of Goo, and the Lost Winds games).
Bit.Trip Fate is the fifth, and in my humble opinion, the best of the series. All of the games have great music and aesthetics but some (Void) play better than others (Runner). While playing along to the music is the point, my faves, this one and Void, do allow the player a slight bit of flexibility. Of course, all of them are also as hard as fucking fuck and would drive most gamers to controller-throwing fits. Not me, though, I just give up.
Got through the first two worlds in this one, though. Hope does spring eternal. Anyway, the five games will set you back $34 total so far, which is a bargain. Here are some videos...
02 November 2010
Of course, I can't help it...
Furiously refreshing the Virginia Election returns website like an idiot...
Frankly, I'm surprised it's this close, with C-Ville only a third counted and Albemarle still to go (as of this posting). Still, from everything I can see and hear, I have a sinking feeling it's going to be one of those Pyrrhic victories, my least favorite kind of victory...
Furiously refreshing the Virginia Election returns website like an idiot...
Frankly, I'm surprised it's this close, with C-Ville only a third counted and Albemarle still to go (as of this posting). Still, from everything I can see and hear, I have a sinking feeling it's going to be one of those Pyrrhic victories, my least favorite kind of victory...
Sick as a dog, but going out to vote...
Can't not vote for Perriello, after all.
I'm still hoping against hope that he'll be able to pull it out, that the Obama visit energized the base, that the debates illustrated what a superior candidate Perriello has been, that the residents of our district might not be so quick to dismiss a congressman whose constituent service has been a vast improvement over Virgil Goode despite not being affiliated with the dominant party here.
But whatever the result, Tom has done it his way, and a victory here would offer a blueprint to Democrats in Republican districts (rule 1: stop being such a fucking pussy).
And win or lose, Robert Hurt is finishing up his campaign his way too, by being a whiny jerk.
UPDATE: Oh, and Hurt's supporters stayed classy to the end, too.
Can't not vote for Perriello, after all.
I'm still hoping against hope that he'll be able to pull it out, that the Obama visit energized the base, that the debates illustrated what a superior candidate Perriello has been, that the residents of our district might not be so quick to dismiss a congressman whose constituent service has been a vast improvement over Virgil Goode despite not being affiliated with the dominant party here.
But whatever the result, Tom has done it his way, and a victory here would offer a blueprint to Democrats in Republican districts (rule 1: stop being such a fucking pussy).
And win or lose, Robert Hurt is finishing up his campaign his way too, by being a whiny jerk.
UPDATE: Oh, and Hurt's supporters stayed classy to the end, too.
29 October 2010
Of course Barack Obama and Tom Perriello were great...
I mean, would you expect any different?
We got there at about 5, with the line already winding through the entire Downtown Mall, around the Ice Rink, and back down to Second Street Gallery, where we stayed. We got in about 7, and according to our friends, they shut the lines down five minutes later.
Once I get the video on my computer, I'll download the last four minutes. It was awe-inspiring. Now let's just hope it's enough to put Tom over the top.
I mean, would you expect any different?
We got there at about 5, with the line already winding through the entire Downtown Mall, around the Ice Rink, and back down to Second Street Gallery, where we stayed. We got in about 7, and according to our friends, they shut the lines down five minutes later.
Once I get the video on my computer, I'll download the last four minutes. It was awe-inspiring. Now let's just hope it's enough to put Tom over the top.
26 October 2010
Well, this is a big get for Tom...
...lessee, how about an endorsement from, I don't know, President Obama? Honestly, it's the least Barry could do, and maybe some of Tom's populist touch can rub off on him.
...lessee, how about an endorsement from, I don't know, President Obama? Honestly, it's the least Barry could do, and maybe some of Tom's populist touch can rub off on him.
24 October 2010
No one can say Tom's not earning it...
Doing a whirlwind tour of the district for 24 hours straight? That's kinda cool.
As for Hurt, I think if you added up all the appearances he's made throughout the campaign, you'd get 24 hours. If you included the primary.
Doing a whirlwind tour of the district for 24 hours straight? That's kinda cool.
As for Hurt, I think if you added up all the appearances he's made throughout the campaign, you'd get 24 hours. If you included the primary.
22 October 2010
Another debate, another curbstomping...
I'm not naive; if debates made THAT big a deal we'd be in the middle of the second term of President Kerry. But watching Perriello ring circles around Hurt time after time is definitely redundant, albeit still enjoyable.
Watching Perriello pwn Hurt at the end to raucous applause (in an ostensibly pro-Hurt part of the district, no less) is delicious. But what's more telling is the painful middle part where Hurt draws out the comment that Perriello won't accept money from corporations. Um, that's the point Tom's been making all campaign. Way to create ad copy, senator.
But maybe I'm being hard on Hurt, let's leave it to the judges:
I think Republicans can agree on this point: if Perriello pulls this out, Hurt will have a lot to answer for from the Repubs.
I'm not naive; if debates made THAT big a deal we'd be in the middle of the second term of President Kerry. But watching Perriello ring circles around Hurt time after time is definitely redundant, albeit still enjoyable.
Watching Perriello pwn Hurt at the end to raucous applause (in an ostensibly pro-Hurt part of the district, no less) is delicious. But what's more telling is the painful middle part where Hurt draws out the comment that Perriello won't accept money from corporations. Um, that's the point Tom's been making all campaign. Way to create ad copy, senator.
But maybe I'm being hard on Hurt, let's leave it to the judges:
I think Republicans can agree on this point: if Perriello pulls this out, Hurt will have a lot to answer for from the Repubs.
21 October 2010
Well, I might have to start listening to NPR again...
...since Breitbart's going off it.
Now if they fire Roberts I might even give them some cash...
...since Breitbart's going off it.
Now if they fire Roberts I might even give them some cash...
Christ, Palin's an idiot. Or, to be fair, whoever tweets for her.
I am, obviously, not the Constitutional scholar that she is, or Christine O'Donnell is, for that matter, but I don't understand how firing Juan Williams is a violation of his First Amendment rights, unless the First Amendment says private companies don't have the right to fire people...
Update: Hee, beat John Cole to the punchline, though his font is funnier...
I am, obviously, not the Constitutional scholar that she is, or Christine O'Donnell is, for that matter, but I don't understand how firing Juan Williams is a violation of his First Amendment rights, unless the First Amendment says private companies don't have the right to fire people...
Update: Hee, beat John Cole to the punchline, though his font is funnier...
20 October 2010
Another debate, another victory for Congressman Perriello...
And again, it isn't even close...
I thought Robert Hurt represented a portion of the 5th District, so why can't he seem to answer questions about it?
No wonder he keeps mentioning Nancy Pelosi. Maybe he should try debating her, he couldn't do any worse, and he's probably just as knowledgeable about her district as he is about this one.
And again, it isn't even close...
I thought Robert Hurt represented a portion of the 5th District, so why can't he seem to answer questions about it?
No wonder he keeps mentioning Nancy Pelosi. Maybe he should try debating her, he couldn't do any worse, and he's probably just as knowledgeable about her district as he is about this one.
18 October 2010
8 Bits O' Nevsky - I Obviously Suck Edition
You can beat Demon's Souls in under an hour? You're a god to me.
And the game is going to Pure Black Tendency for the rest of the month, so now's the time to finally see what's beyond all those closed gates...
You can beat Demon's Souls in under an hour? You're a god to me.
And the game is going to Pure Black Tendency for the rest of the month, so now's the time to finally see what's beyond all those closed gates...
14 October 2010
Owwwww, that's gotta Hurt...
Our congressman pwning State Sen. Robert Hurt...
Just so you know, Bobby, if you do win, there's a lot of reading in the job...
Our congressman pwning State Sen. Robert Hurt...
Just so you know, Bobby, if you do win, there's a lot of reading in the job...
12 October 2010
8 Bits O' Nevsky - Party Like It's 1989 Edition
* I've been bouncing against the walls for Dragon's Lair Trilogy for the Wii, which was supposed to come out last week but when I asked about it at Gamestop they looked at me as if I had lobsters crawling out of my ears. I don't care. I've waited 20 years for the two DL games and Space Ace to come out on one moderately-priced disc, and I'll be damned if I'm denied. It's long past time I've confronted my nightmare fuel.
* Oooh, speaking of wasting quarters in the late 80s - early 90s. I've got Colossus.
* I've been bouncing against the walls for Dragon's Lair Trilogy for the Wii, which was supposed to come out last week but when I asked about it at Gamestop they looked at me as if I had lobsters crawling out of my ears. I don't care. I've waited 20 years for the two DL games and Space Ace to come out on one moderately-priced disc, and I'll be damned if I'm denied. It's long past time I've confronted my nightmare fuel.
* Oooh, speaking of wasting quarters in the late 80s - early 90s. I've got Colossus.
09 October 2010
Happy Birthday, Congressman Perriello!
It was mentioned on his Facebook page and it really made me wonder something; of course you're going to get idiotic trolls on almost any blog, but what sort of sociopathic asshole do you have to be to troll a Facebook page? Don't you have to ask to be a friend before you can comment on those pages?
Anyway, some articles have been coming in showing the race is neck-and-neck, which I guess you can call a huge surge on Perriello's part, except of course those other polls were ridiculous to begin with.
But seeing the VFW's endorsement of him in Danville was especially touching; notice the one guy who remarks how Perriello looked out for veterans when the other guy didn't. If the congressman manages to pull this off, it will be due to the excellent constituent service he's provided for the past two years.
Let's just hope this election will be about our district and not about punching Pelosi in the ovaries.
It was mentioned on his Facebook page and it really made me wonder something; of course you're going to get idiotic trolls on almost any blog, but what sort of sociopathic asshole do you have to be to troll a Facebook page? Don't you have to ask to be a friend before you can comment on those pages?
Anyway, some articles have been coming in showing the race is neck-and-neck, which I guess you can call a huge surge on Perriello's part, except of course those other polls were ridiculous to begin with.
But seeing the VFW's endorsement of him in Danville was especially touching; notice the one guy who remarks how Perriello looked out for veterans when the other guy didn't. If the congressman manages to pull this off, it will be due to the excellent constituent service he's provided for the past two years.
Let's just hope this election will be about our district and not about punching Pelosi in the ovaries.
04 October 2010
For fuck's sake, give it up, Cooch...
You're such a goddamn embarrassment.
I'm not sure why you think you should be governor if this is how you treat the taxpayers' dime.
You're such a goddamn embarrassment.
I'm not sure why you think you should be governor if this is how you treat the taxpayers' dime.
03 October 2010
For all of you that cried at the end of Babe, 'cause I know it wasn't just me...
The fam all had a great time yesterday at the Fall Fiber Festival out on Montpelier yesterday, and the weather's so awesome, so if you're looking for something to do, get a blanket and a couple of canvas chairs, pack a picnic, and head out there. Really reasonable rates ($5 per adult) and nice idyllic fields full of noble border collies. I can't think of a better way to spend a nice Sunday afternoon...
The fam all had a great time yesterday at the Fall Fiber Festival out on Montpelier yesterday, and the weather's so awesome, so if you're looking for something to do, get a blanket and a couple of canvas chairs, pack a picnic, and head out there. Really reasonable rates ($5 per adult) and nice idyllic fields full of noble border collies. I can't think of a better way to spend a nice Sunday afternoon...
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