What Katie says Norman Mailer Says So I'm visiting Katie Laris in Santa Barbara. It's beautiful here. We had a lot of fun at the beach today. While our children were screaming for us to join them in the water, no doubt seriously in danger of … [Continue reading] about
Hoping for disappointment Drew Liebert lifted my spirits with this (seemingly continually updated) electoral math website. When you look at it you can't help but believe that John Kerry is going to win (even if you factor for the obvious flaw of … [Continue reading] about
Death of a legendary colleague Steve Thompson died early this morning as a result of an advanced cancer of the liver; he was 62. As the lobbyist for the California Nurses Association, I worked closely with Steve, who was, for the past 12 years, the … [Continue reading] about
One more thing... When you get to the Prairie Home Companion site, you have to scroll down to segment 2 and click on it to listen to Bush v. Kerry--I forgot that part. … [Continue reading] about
Political Humor These two bit(e)s of political humor really tickled me so much that I'm taking the liberty of posting them on the blog. One you may have seen--I certainly heard about it, but hadn't been sent it--it's the Will Farrell as Bush … [Continue reading] about
Craig v. Kerry This week I have been avoiding blogging a bit because all I want to talk about is Craig's List at www.craigslist.org. I knew about Craig's List (you probably do too) but I didn't know they had it in Sacramento--I thought it was just in … [Continue reading] about
Origin of Snouts Up (:) Faithful reader David Allgood writes to ask where the snout concept comes from, so I answer: It comes from the fact that I used to be obsessed with pigs and a lot of my old friends know that. I wanted to do something other … [Continue reading] about
3 Snouts Up for Crow Lake (:)(:)(:)* for Crow Lake by Canadian author Mary Lawson. Billed as the "best novel he read this year" by one of my brothers-in-law, I dove heartily into this self-proclaimed "shimmering tale of love, death and redemption" … [Continue reading] about
Cultural Losers Probably most of you have been aware for some time of the crucial glue that the culture wars form to bond working class voters to the Republican party. But do you know about the book What's the Matter with Kansas? by Thomas Frank? I … [Continue reading] about
According to good friends at Arnoldwatch.org Weblog August 6, 2004 2:00 pm: Questions Jay Leno Should Ask Arnold Tonight Jay Leno has a tradition of using viewer-contributed material on the air. In honor of Governor Schwarzenegger's return to Leno … [Continue reading] about
Bill and his children in the news today It's a busy day in the Magavern household--trying to handle all the press calls. Here's what the fuss is about: Both kids made all local evening news and online sources today by appearing at a press … [Continue reading] about
Why Kerry will Win Okay, this'll be one of those little headlines I stand a decent chance of wincing about next year, but here's what comes to me like a flash when I watch these candidates on the trail: Kerry wants to win and Bush doesn't. Really. … [Continue reading] about