Well, if it's in the New York Times, it must be true huh? First linked article of the day is about how some lucky bloggers are getting book deals. When you wish upon a star indeed - no, I'm just blogging for King and Country, fame money pfft LOL. First off, I am too scattergun in my approach of subjects, secondly I don't think I'm that good a writer, thirdly when I do write well I'm too cynical I think - fourthly, there's too many LOLs, and fifthly, most of my random traffic is looking for Twigley pics rather than Random House publishers or anything.
Although these things take time, for SOME people LOL. Just was visiting my fave 'adult' blog, and her lowest monthly readership was 862 - I would KILL for 862 a month. Well, maybe not kill, and I don't like blog whoring, but you know what I mean?
Last night's episode of Seinfeld repeats was the carpark one, one of my fave installments. Especially the ending, rrr rrr rrrr rrr :)
Geez, it's been a long year hasn't it? It was only in January that Janet Jackson got into trouble with her Superbowl show (picture 7 of this BBC slide show) - didn't the Patriots win, or have I got the wrong year LOL. What on earth will they do for Superbowl halftime this time around? Bet you the ratings will be huge in anticipation... with a five second delay LOL. Was going to write out loud whether the religious right was anti sex or nature, but then realised it would be a pretty circular paragraph LOL.
Hmm, from Janet Jackson's breast and the culture wars in the USA, to the REAL war in Iraq. The bloodiest attack on US troops since the invasion began, a probable rocket attack killing 22 in a barracks canteen near Mosul. And from the journalistic point of view, Jeremy Redmon of the Richmond Times-Dispatch and his photographer, were so in the right place at the right time, with the bonus of surviving the bombing. He writes well, and I am sure he will be ramping up the rankings of journalists after this - not quite a Woodward Bernstein breakthrough moment, but like I said, right place right time...
One of the tragic things about this war is the fact (from a guy point of view) is how many women are getting killed over there. Military women sure, and many many more Iraqi civilians are dying, but from my point of view women shouldn't be dying in uniform in war - call me 19th Century if you will, but it just strikes me as very very bad...
I dunno, I keep waiting for a Mogadishu Black Hawk Down or Beirut Marines Barracks Suicide Bombing moment in this war where the cost gets to be too much and the US cuts and runs. Remember, I'm too young to remember the last pigheaded let's stay in there just cos war, Vietnam. Was talking to K on the instant messaging the other day, and said that 9/11 could be my generation's Kennedy assassination, Iraq could be the equivalent of Vietnam. Thank god we haven't had a Cuban missile crisis style moment - although Al Qaeda with nukes, thanks for that thought Mr VP LOL...
Although, now that the US is in there, it would be worse if they were to cut and run. As Tony Blair kind of disingenuously said on his flying visit to Baghdad and Basra, it is now a fight between democracy and terror. Now, if Mr Bush and Mr Blair and Mr Rumsfeld had drawn up contingency plans eighteen months ago, maybe the insurgency wouldn't be as strong as it currently is... and I'm not sure what sort of democracy will emerge if they insist on holding the elections in the midst of a civil war...
Mmm, talking about the positive side of the US military, A Few Good Men is just starting on TV here. Mmm, drill competitions - and the ONLY good Demi Moore movie EVER LOL. One two three four, United States Marine Corps :) and one of the many many good Tom Cruise roles :)
Oh gods, here's a story with the headline Jewish settlers in Gaza are using the Star of David badge to bring back memories of the Holocaust. Now, I'm not advocating the intifada or anything, but don't these settlers look out their windows and see the huge open prison that Palestinian Gaza is? You got your homeland guys, withdraw a few settlements and we can have a Settlement of affairs hopefully... reading deeper into the article, it seems like the silent majority of Israelis are horrified with the comparison as well.
Another good report from a US reporter in Mosul (Portland Press Herald this time, how do these regional reporters get these assignments? Oh, the two main units at the camp seem to be Virginia and Maine National Guard) who wasn't in the canteen, but just a couple of buildings away. Not pleasant reading, but one of those you have to read to get an idea of what's happening in the world thing - and I can't believe people that don't read the news.
Although my first ex is apparently like that, and if she wasn't so goddamned sexy I could see her lack of news reading as an issue. She reads this blog occassionally and we have gotten to the point where we are moving towards good friends again - only took umm almost four years, but there ya go :) there is hope on the K front...
- I'm going to Cuba with you tomorrow - And the hits just keep on coming - LOL dialogue from A Few Good Men - one of the few movies I know the dialogue almost back to front, with Pulp Fiction and the Matrix - how on EARTH did A Few Good Men get up to that exalted level LOL.
Funny link of the day - those crazy Germans with their beer at the World Cup. Very Pythonesque in the sense of the ridiculous way...
"We never gave up hope that there would be a happy ending to the German beer question," said Grittner.
Seeing Noah Wyle on the box now, hmm when is ER due back. I go in and out of ER watching modes, I missed most of the last series - now I'm in one of the I wanna watch it moods - although hmm it has gone past it's golden age, ie when Anthony Edwards was on there...
Told you my writing wasn't for the book deals LOL - more later
Pauly
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