... If you are ever looking for a reason to disbelieve everything political, pay close attention to the rhetoric regarding the deficit debate. Apocalyptic language everywhere. I literally don't believe a single word from either side. Somewhere the sides will meet in compromise, and I'm content right now to wait for that to happen. I do not doubt terrible consequences for allowing default, but I think the game of chicken is both disingenuous and sad. The President seems to be the only one willing to cut through the BS, and he's getting hammered for "lecturing." Well, (and I know this makes me an unabashed homer), someone has to lecture those jokers.
... I have grown so unbelievably tired of all forms of Internet reporting. There is almost no cost to reporting events wrong when the speed of information is both fast and real-time. For example, Twitter exploded with dozens of tweets from "reporters" to my modest account about how labor peace in the NFL had been reached. Not but MINUTES later you have the "hold on... we don't have a deal yet" corrections by those same "journalists." So, where are the consequences of being wrong? It's like real-time gossip. I'm not sure how this can be fixed without disabling the Internet, and that obviously isn't going to happen. Buncha crap is what it is.
... The War & Peace book club will be meeting and my inability to properly schedule my own calendar means I won't be there. A major drag and I can't blame anyone but me. Talk about a bummer, and yes, I know this makes me a big-time nerd.
... I'm re-watching Battlestar Galactica, but in HD. So, really, I'm just watching it for the first time. And it's awesome. It was No. 1 all time for me until the Wire took it over, but I'm giving it a closing argument. There may end up being a tie at the top. I mean, the Wire isn't available in Blu Ray and I'm officially a Blu-Ray snob.
... Back to working on my story, but with a bigger scope. I'm debating whether to release it in parts on here so people can trash it and I can finally give up the foolhardy thing. Either that or I'll turn it into the book I have been imagining lately and will waste a phenomenal amount of time and energy.
... Created my memory palace for the first 1/3 of the Probate Code and then got into trying to meet my War & Peace deadline, so I kinda put it aside. I need to get back to it. That being said, that first third is becoming well placed and remembered.
... I'm becoming perpetually tired and crotchety.
Good night.
Thursday, July 21, 2011
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