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Archive of entries posted on June 2008

For once I picked a winner

When I worked on Howard Dean’s 2004 campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination I think, deep down, I knew he didn’t really have a chance in hell. When I joined the Obama campaign online several months ago I had some inklings of the same feeling. I really liked Obama, despised Clinton and really hoped that [...]

For the second time: No, no, no, NO, NO, NO!!!!

New Kids on the Block video

Coincidence?

In reading a humorous article on Guardian about why animal sex is boring I noticed for the first time the fact that the word congress can also mean sex. Dictionary.com says congress can be one of eight different meanings, including the national legislative body of the U.S., consisting of the Senate, or upper house, and [...]

Yep, that’s why

Some may have heard that the London underground network is now booze-free. As of midnight Sunday 1 June you can no longer have an alcoholic beverage open on any Tube train. Some rather interesting people decided to get together Saturday night to ‘celebrate’ the last evening you could freely drink on the train. Seventeen of [...]