here I am!
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Vancouverite; music-lover; small-time foodie; some kind of news/politics junkie; new wife!! You will often find me at a computer or peering into my iPhone.
The name of the blog comes from the song "Reckoner" by Radiohead. I've seen them in concert eight times in five countries, which is really negligible by the standards of some of my friends.
Tag Archives: Obama
John McCain
A subject I’ve largely avoided. I was reading what David Foster Wallace had written in Rolling Stone about John McCain in 2000, and he seems to have had a pretty good opinion of the man as a man. A lot … Continue reading
OK, OK, OK
Mud mud mud. Fake mud, since there isn’t a lot of real mud to throw around. Lies. Shrill. Yes, I agree. It’s an unfortunate physiological fact that Gov. Palin has a nasal and shrill speaking voice. Edie McClurg redux. I … Continue reading
Why is it
…that a country which prides itself on having some of the greatest educational institutions in the world, whose universities are a magnet for the best and brightest all over the planet, takes such perverse pleasure in nominating (and sometimes electing) … Continue reading
Well OK.
The thing I’ve noticed about 95% of the pundits in my relatively-infrequent bouts of CNN-watching is that they listen to each other to a point, but don’t tend to actually answer the given question or respond to the point made, … Continue reading
Dilemma (for some)
Tonight at 7 pm Pacific, you can do one of two things: 1. Watch Radiohead broadcast their last North American show of the In Rainbows tour, or 2. Watch Obama give his biggest speech ever. I love you, Radiohead, but … Continue reading
Sexism?
I don’t watch enough TV to judge their coverage…I caught some CNN and I caught some CBC, and aside from that I mostly read the wire stories and the New York Times online. I may be too post-feminist for my … Continue reading
Yayayayayay…
I have two pieces of good news! 1. My Main Distractor is coming to visit in TWO WEEKS! Wheee! 2. I feared I would not fit my gorgeous red linen dress these days, but in fact I’m a bit slimmer … Continue reading
I’m enthralled by this…
Shepard Fairey image: GOBAMA!
Battle of the Bands
OK, here’s where they stand, a small sampling: Clinton Merle Haggard Elton John Janet Jackson Madonna Barry Manilow Ricky Martin Barbra Streisand Obama Bruce Springsteen Arcade Fire Kim Gordon Russell Simmons Oh and non-musicians, she has Jack Nicholson, but he … Continue reading
How many more times…
Will Hillary Clinton mis-speak or blunder, and expect a free ride? She’s issued an apologia to the press to explain her tedious need to drag and drag and drag the race out, and rip and shred any pretense of dignity … Continue reading
