Political junkies ahoy!

Yes, I'm still here.  But I'm listening to the State of the Union address, which renders me unable to blog anything beyond the State of the Union...

8:15 - it would be nice to have a balanced budget.
8:19 - really?  Health savings accounts and tax breaks for people that aren't covered through their employers?  That would be nice, too.
8:20 - OH HELL NO TORT REFORM BAD BAD BAD KILL.
8:21 - NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND NO WAH WHY BAD BAD!
8:22 - faith-based grants are also not something I enjoy.  Ahem.  300 million dollars?  From the Pentagon's $500 billion request (which doesn't include monies for Iraq or Afghanistan), perhaps?  HA HA I KEED.
8:24 - Made in the USA - what about the Northern Mariana Islanders?  Products from there can say "made in the USA" but the workers don't yet have to be paid minimum wage...
8:26 - And, there's the first nukular.
8:30 - no buying, selling, patenting, or cloning of human life.  The patenting one may throw a wrinkle in my "make a million by age 30" plan.

Nah, I won't liveblog the whole thing.  I'm sure angrier bloggers than I are already out there doing it.

And here's the fact-checking, for you geekazoids!  I include myself in this category.  You'll have to move from that post to NPR's main blog page for updates.

Hey, if you get bored waiting for a new post, check out my new photo project.  A picture a day, every day, for the 366 days of 2008.

So far, I seem to have an unhealthy fixation on alcohol.  And farmers' markets.  And putting things on my dining room table and taking pictures of them.  28 days in!

Here's a Project 366 picture from this weekend that I particularly like.  Who says I'm not a quivering bundle of neuroses, topped off with a dash of obsessive-compulsive disorder?

If you click on this picture, it will take you to the page on the flickr photostream - on the right you can click on the "Project 366 - here goes nothing" set to see the rest of the pictures.  I promise there are some cool ones.

Or, you could just follow this link, where all the shots will be arrayed in chronological order.

 

Now, back to your regularly scheduled yelling at the TV.  Or radio, if you're me.

8:32 - YAY NEW ORLEANS!  He mentioned it.  Not that he's been particularly helpful in rebuilding it...

uh-oh, immigration.  Here's where I'll bow out.

Comments

[michelle of bleeding espresso]

You lasted longer than I could with that State of Union. One nukular pretty much does it for me.

Also, I completely eat so that I have exact amounts of everything left--you know, when I eat "American style" with it all on one plate ;)

[girlie]

Thanks, sognatrice! I'm starting to think this leaving little bits of food thing is more common than I thought...

I think it helped me with the State of the Union that I was toying with Flickr when I was writing last night.

[Paolo]

I'm so impressed that you did this AND Facebook-status-liveblogged it at the same time. Impressed, and a little freaked out.

[Su-Lin]

Hi Girlie and Mr Pants!

Just to let you know that I've tagged you for a meme here!
http://tamarindandthyme.wordpress.com/2008/02/01/7-things-about-me/

[Donald]

Found you thanks to Su-Lin. She tagged me as well.

I am an ex Airborne Ranger who served at the pleasure of the President. At the time it was Clinton. For what it's worth, I would have rather served under Bush, despite his spend money like a drunken sailor mentality; and his inability to pronounce nu-CLEAR. :-) I like tax cuts!

I'll be back for more here though. Great site.

[girlie]

Thanks for the tag, Su-Lin!

Donald, thanks for commenting! Yeah, the spend money like a drunken sailor mentality doesn't so much fit with the tax cuts... hence our enormous deficit. Definitely one of the odd things about this particular President!