Unleash The Flying Monkeys!
There is still time this week...
There is still time this week...
She has just been dropped off at college for her Freshman year, circa 1961. Kids looked so much older then. They look younger than that now.
The relationship between candidates and babies on the campaign trail has always been fraught with pitfalls, as this photo so wonderfully demonstrates. What should the caption be?
1. The Wall Street Journal is read by the people who run the country.
2. The Washington Post is read by people who think they run the country.
3. The New York Times is read by people who think they should run the country, and who are very good at crossword puzzles.
4. USA Today is read by people who think they ought to run the country but don't really understand The New York Times. They do, however, like their statistics shown in pie charts.
5. The Los Angeles Times is read by people who wouldn't mind running the country, if they could find the time -- and if they didn't have to leave Southern California to do it.
6. The Boston Globe is read by people whose parents used to run the country and did a poor job of it, thank you very much.
7. The New York Daily News is read by people who aren't too sure who's running the country and don't really care as long as they can get a seat on the train.
8. The New York Post is read by people who don't care who is running the country as long as they do something really scandalous, preferably while intoxicated.
9. The Miami Herald is read by people who are running another country, but need the baseball scores.
10. The San Francisco Chronicle is read by people who aren't sure if there is a country or that anyone is running it; but if so, they oppose all that they stand for. There are occasional exceptions if the leaders are handicapped, minority, feminist, atheist dwarfs who also happen to be illegal aliens from any other country or galaxy, provided of course, that they are not Republicans.
11. The National Enquirer is read by people trapped in line at the grocery store.
12. The Northwest Florida Daily News is read by people who have recently caught a fish and need something to wrap it in.
I can't wait for the Convention to begin!
I consume news and information electronically now, instead of reading print. But it's on the rare morning like this that dead-tree media really shine.
I went to Summer camp this morning, in Foxborough MA, with about 10,000 other New England Patriots fan(atic)s.
It was very hot, and free, and absolutely wonderful to see football back for another season.
And Tom Brady was already in his teammates' faces to push harder. He even chewed out a ball boy for getting in his way.
A WBZ-TV reporter interviewed me on camera about my expectations for the team during TB12's four-game regular season suspension.
"3-1" I replied. No hesitation.
It's on...
Joey - you coulda been a contender. You coulda been somebody
Pretty slick, if I must say so myself.
DWS in the house tonight. I think she is still DNC Chairwoman until the end of the week. Or is she now an HRC campaign advisor? I'm so confused.
Well, that was fast.
Passes to political conventions are always much in demand by collectors of political ephemera. I suspect that this 2016 Democrat Convention pass, the Wasserman Schultz one, will see a lot of bidding activity.
...and nobody gets shot! Who would have thunk it?
Bruce Campbell and Lucy Lawless at ComiCon 2016 in San Diego CA.
This time next month, it will be Patriots pre-season!
While everyone works furiously this morning to out-do everyone else in sharing or structuring the perfect plagiarism meme, my takeaway from last night's proceedings in Cleveland is nicely encapsulated in a comment from the always-reliable Republican strategist Steve Schmidt:
"What we’re seeing tonight is the weaponization of grief.”
Sometimes, there is inspiration. Always go with it...
Seems legit, given the circumstances. (Thank you to my friend Jonathan Roses for the photo.)
In the words of Colonel Kurtz, "The horror. The horror..."