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Mystery Meme

1. wickedthought (and I’m very grateful)
2. echristo 
3. (no-one, really)
4. sweetchili 
5. mnight 
6. memento_mori 
7. talentlessclod 
8. stannex 
9. mctony522 
10. oshiah 
11. amanofhats 
12. (all of you)
13. mforbeck 
14. (huh?)
15. fallentyrant 
16. savageplanet 
17. stevilgenius  (in an "eyes full of wonder" way)
18. (nobody on my friends list)
19. freeport_pirate  and iamnikchick 
20. (all of you; otherwise you wouldn’t be on my list)
21. (a gentleman doesn’t discuss such things)
22. (ditto)
23. oshiah (because he was for months)
24. (nobody I let close to me)
25. (all of you)
26. (again)
27. thelastmehina 
28. (the whole world)
29. (you)
30. Almost all of you fit almost all these questions. Except for the ones you didn’t.

Promise to re-post and receive the questions.

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WickedCon 2008

December 10, 2008 marks an auspicious date. It’s my birthday.

December 11 – 14 will be WickedCon: a weekend of gaming, partying and magic. And you’re all invited.

More very soon.

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Got a Secret

I was writing the Slumming sourcebook and stumbled across this little poison pill and it haunted me for hours. I finally broke down, opened iTunes and found it. The song is now swirling around my head as I type.

Perfect.

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Lieberman and Thompson make misleading claims about Obama on Day Two of the party in St. Paul.

(from Factcheck.org)

Joe Lieberman and his former Senate colleague Fred Thompson both made misleading claims about Obama in their prime time GOP convention speeches on Tuesday. We’ve heard two of them before – many times.

  • Lieberman said Obama hadn’t "reached across party lines" to accomplish "anything significant," though Obama has teamed with GOP Sens. Tom Coburn and Richard Lugar to pass laws enhancing government transparency and curtailing the proliferation of nuclear and conventional weapons.
  • Thompson repeated misleading claims about Obama’s tax program, saying it would bring "one of the largest tax increases in American history." But as increases go, Obama’s package is hardly a history-maker. It would raise taxes for families with incomes above $250,000. Most people would see a cut.
  • Lieberman also accused Obama of "voting to cut off funding for our American troops on the battlefield." But Obama’s only vote against a war-funding bill came after Bush vetoed a version of the bill Obama had supported – and McCain urged the veto.

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VS

I’m a registered Libertarian. I believe in less government.
No, less than that.
No, less that that.

To be clear, I am neither a Liberal nor a Conservative. My political beliefs are not that simple. I’ve voted for both Republicans and Democrats based on what they promised me and whether or not they’ve kept those promises.

Last week, I watched the Democratic National Convention. I caught a few things that sounded wrong, checked with my suspicions over at Factcheck.org, and generally enjoyed the speeches. I disagreed with some of the stances, but otherwise found Obama and his supporters to be positive and trying to uphold a sense of dignity.

This week, I began watching the Republican National Convention. I nearly puked after the "USA! USA! USA!" chants. Sounded like a pro wrestling PPV.

(Fair notice: I’m a pro wrestling fan. That doesn’t mean I want my political discussions sounding like a smackdown between The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin.)

I listened to Republicans say things like, "The Democrats are scared of our VP choice!" Ugh. No, they aren’t. They’re laughing at you. The spin was making me sea sick.

After a while, I stopped watching. It’s just too sad. Watching the Republican party lie to itself and try to lie to me.

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Dueling Pastors

If you thought Obama’s pastor was scary, wait till you get a load of Palin’s.

critics of President Bush will be banished to hell;
questioned whether people who voted for Sen. John Kerry in 2004 would be accepted to heaven;
charged that the 9/11 terrorist attacks and war in Iraq were part of a war "contending for your faith;"
and said that Jesus "operated from that position of war mode."

Yikes.

Anybody else wanna justify breaking down the wall between Church and State?