Remember when Juno was still a functioning viable email system? Oh the days of dialup!
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Could Obama Be Another Gipper? by Mark Shields on Creators.com – A Syndicate Of Talent
Interesting thoughts on the likability of Obama being a major political asset, especially as he is going through some serious fights these first days in office — worth reading for the quote at the end of the second paragraph.
The change in that mood is almost magical: In late October in the Journal-NBC poll, 12 percent of respondents believed things in the nation were “generally headed in the right direction,” while some 78 percent judged things were “off on the wrong track.” In the latest poll, completed on March 1 after four moths of worsening economic numbers, 41 percent of us now see things “headed in the right direction,” as opposed to 44 percent answering “off on the wrong track.”
What we do not yet know is whether Barack Obama is blessed with Ronald Reagan’s famous Teflon coating, which enabled him somehow to deflect blame for bad times or policy. Of the Gipper, political philosopher Dan Buck once noted: “If Ronald Reagan drove a convertible with the top down through a car wash, Jimmy Carter would get wet.”
What we do know is that voters today — just as they did with Reagan — like Obama more than they do his policies. And that’s good news for Democrats.
via Could Obama Be Another Gipper? by Mark Shields on Creators.com – A Syndicate Of Talent.
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Sketchy… | Joe McNally’s Blog
This post on Joe McNally’s blog is a lot of fun to read. He gives 3 shots and explains how he lights them up along with the napkin sketches he did to set do the schematic design.
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leader or martyr?
I don’t remember the episode, but a funny little quote:
If you’re one step ahead of the crowd you’re a leader, if you’re two steps ahead you’re a martyr.
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Pankun & James
This Japanese show is super cute, with Pankun and James – a chimp and his dog – doing human things. There are Chinese dubs (both from Taiwan and Hong Kong) and one with udon was a lot of fun even even though James, the dog, doesn’t play a role in that one. Another one with both of them doing sit ups was also quite amusing.
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Mao Mao in Alhambra
It was kind of blah in color, but taking it to black and white gave it a stronger pattern and a bit more visual interest.
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Welcome
You know you’re in Texas when…
You are at an photo critique and when a picture of two bullets come up in a slide show, the a couple audience members debate which caliber they were.
I think they settled on “22 longs”. In any case, it was a lot of fun. I didn’t bring any work, but it started with a lecture by a copyright lawyer about best practices in maintaining one’s rights. After that, was an hour of open critique. There about 12 of us and each person had 7 minutes to show their work/get critique and it was on to the next one. There was some interesting stuff, and some not so interesting stuff, but that’s they way it goes. People were very nice but constructive.
