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 Big
Brother is Boring!
I stopped watching the show, but I am updating a page about
it for my Internet friends. I originally made a chart for
my pal Irwin to track the shifting alliances and strategies
in the US Big Brother house. You can see it HERE.
Seems that BB4BBQ.com
found it and put a link on their site. Besides getting a HUGE
boost in traffic to quartknee.com, I got the satisfaction
of knowing that the Internet's largest and most popular Big
Brother fan site appreciates my work. Because I'm so grateful
for the props, I've decided to return the favour and stop
my recaps and commentary in my blog and just send you all
to the BBQ
for that type of thing... not that they need more traffic,
just that they have all the Big Brother info one would ever
need.
Heat Wave
I love hot weather. Hot dry weather is my favourite and this
week, Mother Nature didn't disappoint. It's so rare that one
gets the opportunity to wear short pants in SF (Unless you're
a German tourist) and I enjoyed it to the utmost. My pal Irwin
and I even went to the beach on Saturday and played tennis
in the park. Yes I did kick his ass in both sets, but I still
think he had a good time. Sunday the fog and cold were back,
I got caught unprepared, but my pal Puppy saved me with his
extra jacket stashed in the trunk of his car.
September 11th
I think I've seen the towers fall at least a thousand times
over the past two years. I'm so glad that this year there
were other things to watch instead of the endless nattering
and tragic rehashing. To commemorate the event, I participated
in my church's world day of prayer and had a special rememberance
of my pal Mark. I did see a documentary about the towers and
in the two hour programme, only the last ten minutes were
about their destruction. I cried when they showed the people
jumping out of the windows and realized that it's still a
tender subject for me.
DEAD STARS
Johnny Cash died this week after a long illness. John Ritter
died unexpectantly from an undiagnosed heart condition. Both
transitions rekindled the shock and sadness of 2001, and both
men will be greatly missed.
SF leads the Nation
Reports released this week by the office of labour &
statistics reveal that San Francisco leads the nation in book
purchases and alcohol consumption. This USA
TODAY article chronicles the report. While I don't think
the two are directly related, I do think they are indications
of the lingering tech bubble. Really smart techies had to
read a lot to get their Bay Area jobs, so why wouldn't they
read for fun too? And the close proximity of Nor Cal's great
wine producing regions and a never ending calendar of art
openings, festivals, street fairs and other cultural events
all support alcohol consumption. Lord knows I've often felt
quite alienated from people hell bent on getting drunk at
various events around town... but the upside is being the
sober one in the nation's biggest lush-spot means that if
I can't laugh with drunk people at least I can laugh at drunk
people.
Swedish Assasination
Sweden was rocked by it's first political assasination in
the modern era. Last year, it was Pim Fortyun in the Netherlands
and now it's the Swedish foreign minister (US Equivalent is
Colin Powell). She was a woman, but this wasn't about that...
seems she was targeted for her support of the EU and the common
currency. While it's really a sad state of affairs, I'm just
glad it wasn't their right-wing, conservative and openly gay
finance minister and that the Swedish people are sensible
enough to vote for inclusion in the Euro.
New Palestinian PM
The US appointed PM stepped down saying that he doesn't have
enough US support and that Arrafat still has too much power.
They get a guy to replace him that has even stronger ties
to Arrafat and smartly, dude begs the US to see him as a legitimate
PM before he agreed to take office. Of course Israel's response
was to float the idea of exile for Arrafat as if making him
more of a martyr for the Palestinian cause could some how
weaken his support.
Election '03
Uberroth is Out
Sadly, Peter Uberroth dropped out of the race this week. While
I abhor is reactionary and regressive approach on several
key social issues, I feel that he was the best Republican
in the race for California governor. His experience with the
LA Olympics and US Baseball seem well suited to dealing with
the social and economic problems facing the planet's fifth
largest economy and my home state. If it was a two party race,
with him against Cruz Bustamante, I probably would have chosen
Uberroth. Seeing that even Arianna Huffington has a better
shot of beating him at this point, Pete was smart to drop
out.
Election '04
Wes is in... sort of.
People close to retired four star general, Wesley Clark have
been intimating his desire to run for president. Talking heads
and pundits have been weighing the pros and cons of his decision
all weekend, but I guess we'll have to wait until next week
to see if he's going to enter the race as the tenth democratic
challenger to the Bush regime. While he has been a vocal opponent
of Bush's gossamer-strength foreign policy, Clark has no political
experience beyond playing office politics at the pentagon.
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Age of Imperialism
Death Toll Higher Than Ever
This week more Americans died because Bush lied.
Straw votes "NO CONFIDENCE"
A damaging report was released in the British press this week
that the UK's foreign secretary Jack Straw (US Equivalent
is Colin Powell) told the Blair administration that action
against Iraq would heighten the threat of terror attacks and
increase the political instability of that region. Blair was
again embarrassed by another indication that his only reason
for endangering the lives of British citizens was to curry
favour with the American regime.
Priorities
Republicans are far more interested in fixing schools, roads
and infrastructure in Iraq instead of fixing schools, roads,
and infrastructure in America.
"Peace be with you."
~John 20:26
And as a special feature of Latino Heritage
Month:
"¡Paz a vosotros!"
~Juan 20:26
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