Why I'm angry all the time and in most of these posts...

I don't know.

And fuck you for asking.

In other news, I thought I'd post the Web site for the paper I've been work at for the past semester.

There are some good stories on there, including one giving background on Olympic-sensation Michael Phelps' visit to Columbia.

Check 'em out if you're bored.

ALSO: Check out the comments of the Clemson-Carolina post. Some good discussion going on there.

Best Week Ever!

Last week we had the most visitors to this blog since its inception.  Thanks to all 15-20 of you.

The next week or so will not be as interesting, I'm sorry to say.  With no internet at home, and only a few days of work (Thanksgiving), this blog will go relatively dormant.

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Sports

It appears we are heading into BCS controversy, with the 10-1 Sooners, Longhorns and Red Raiders clogging up the Big 12 South.  I'm not sure there is any way to rationally argue one team over another, except to say that Texas Tech lost major points by not even competing with Oklahoma.  But, then, USC only has one loss.  And if Florida beats Alabama in the SEC Championship, that will be two SEC teams with one loss.  It's a fine mess, but one that has made this season one to remember. (Unless you happen to be a Clemson fan, in which case this season has sucked royally.  Ditto Notre Dame and their Sweaty Coach Charlie Donuts.)

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Politics

Bo-Oring. Wake me Jan. 20.

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Other stuff

I organized my room the other day.  It was an odd experience, as I had all of my things strewn about my floor, organized according to their similarity (e.g., books, CDs, etc.).  Later I may post a chart of some kind to give you insight into my "Stuff."

The only reason my "Stuff" really had any special significance to me is that I've been watching DVDs constantly, as my house is currently without cable or internet.

And one of my DVDs is called "Carlin's Best Stuff" and features this skit, titled "Stuff"

And that's enough stuff for now.

Elsewhere...

First this...



Now this:

O. J. Simpson Found Guilty in Robbery Trial

Jesus is a friend of mine...

I'll link to a site I often visit for some righteous outrage, humor and awesome cartoons.

Or just watch the vid below.

Elsewhere...

Credit where it's due, not where it isn't.

Just to change things up, a little praise for Bush & Co. A great short piece by George Packer gives 43 some credit, then goes on to explain why we should be fearful of McCain-Palin (and yes, perhaps, Obama-Biden).

"A lot has been written lately about the dishonest tactics of the two tickets, especially McCain-Palin. The problem with a campaign based on relentless message discipline, repeated falsehoods, and the habitual perversion of language is that none of it stops after election day. You can’t be indifferent to truth for months on end and then suddenly return to straight talk. If McCain should win, Steve Schmidt won’t be in charge of the new Administration, but his spirit will. Prostitutes hardly ever go straight: the mental atmosphere of a campaign becomes the mental atmosphere of a government. And the results aren’t pretty—ask any Iraqi."

Even though I'd rather cut off my own foot than vote for McCain, I am worried that Obama is coming of age as a campaigner, not as an elected leader. I still feel he is capable of great things, but I hope he knows how to pivot from campaigner to leader in January 2009. As I wrote once when I was fed up after another Clinton victory, "The qualities needed to be elected president, and the qualities needed to be an effective president once elected, are at best mutually exclusive and unrelated, and at worst wholly at odds with one another."