Painfully accurate

Sometimes, efforts to be "balanced" and "fair" by big media are nothing more than attempts to appease conservatives (I am not talking about Fox News). Maybe, just maybe, a few major networks have learned something since 2004 about the role they play in American politics. This election should not be a close call.

(Notice, if you can stand to, that CNN's coverage is largely about how the candidates go about "attacking" one another, and how they respond to these "attacks.")

Like it or not, Jon Stewart and Tina Fey are really important figures right now, as cable news ratings climb and print newspaper circulation continues to fall.



Here is the real interview:

Saturday Evening Post (yeah, I did it)

There was this blonde kid, in high school, who played basketball for the rival team, the North Dickinson Nordics, and he also wore #13. We were about the same size (I was faster, he was stronger), and we played the same position so we were matched up against each other quite a bit over roughly 5 years, going back to junior high. After high school, I'd see him in a dining hall near my dormitory at NMU, and he'd wave and I'd nod my head but I didn't even know his name after all that time. He stood out a bit because he was one of the only students who would cross himself and pray before eating outside of Wildcat Willy's. Tonight the gym was filled with incoming freshmen lifting weights, many not really knowing how, and I saw #13's face maybe 5 or 6 times. After a few sets I started to lose energy, to "hit a wall," and eventually I quit mid-row, swore to myself, and weaved my way out through the crowd, making sure to watch for falling dumbbells. These past couple weeks have been crazy. Classes begin on Monday, and I teach on Tuesday. I'm not entirely sure my mind is where it needs to be.

There's a lot I've wanted to blog about. I plan to get to some of the topics:
Orientation week for teaching WR 121;
Josh and I will be brewing our own beer within weeks;
The Starfucker album release show at Doug Fir was amazing;
So was the OSU-USC game, and we witnessed the #1 team lose in our stadium;
Spanish starts again Monday at noon. I have not prepared;
New clubman handlebars are ready to go on my motorcycle!;
My thesis readings are rolling along very, very slowly--will share;
Made many great friends lately, new TAs in the program;
Went on a one-day adventure to the Three Sisters and Sahalie Falls (photos);
The Rays won the AL East. The RAYS;
Tim Lincecum should win the NL Cy Young;
"Frozen River" is a fantastic film;
Election worries;
The Great Depression v. 2.0;

There's more, I know, but I can hardly remember what I need to remember to blog about. So much to do, such short lives we live...

Tina Fey glasses

So much to say about Palin, and about this SNL skit. But not now.

Greg Oden karaoke

There's so much to appreciate with this video: the singing without reservation, the push for youth mentors by Oden and the Blazers, and, sure, the T-shirt.