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February 28, 2007

Anonymous is a Dog

He needs a name. Current finalists are August, Julius, and Franklin.

Please send your voter or any additional ideas to me - mike [at symbol] carpetblogger.com

I need it by 5 pm today because he's getting his tags made up at 5:30.

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February 20, 2007

JJ, Vista

We held the JJ Dinner on Saturday night (my birthday). The event went phenomenally. Most of the details have been covered in other places. I had a great time, and I present this photo of me at the podium while Greg checked out the composition of what became our main shot.

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Certain functions on my laptop such as hibernate have ceased to function recently. This is a cause of great concern. And I now realize that it's probably time for a fresh software install. This now creates a conundrum. I have recently acquire a license of Vista Business. Do I reinstall with XP Pro, or do I go up to Vista? The only cost difference is I would have to buy a new Norton license since Symantec Corporate doesn't work on Vista. Then there's the iTunes issue - as a devotee of Apple's various products, any upgrade would be on hold anyways until the compatibility issues are resolved. I cannot survive without my music. How would my respective games hold up? Do I really want to subject myself to what really is Beta software for the first-person-on-the-block factor?

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February 14, 2007

Additional Proof That Republicans Don't Know How to Be Funny

A few months ago I remember hearing about Fox putting together a response to The Daily Show. Trying to "tap" into a youth market that only knows Fox for The Simpsons or Family Guy.

So they copied the Daily Show. Like a Xerox copies a Monet. They got the shots right, the composition and angles right, the delivery right. But they forgot one thing.

THEY FORGOT THE FUNNY!

Republicans don't understand satire. A fart joke about of Barack Obama is not satire, nor is it particularly funny. A fart joke about Charles Watson-Wentworth could be funny.

Additionally, the race baiting in the piece linked above is despicable.

Part of their problem is their target audience. TDS and Colbert work because their target audience has a chance of getting the joke I made above. Fox's audience probably finds Epic Movie and The War at Home to be the pinnacles of modern American humor. What makes Stewart and Colbert work is subtleness. A parody news show devoid of subtleness or satire doesn't have anything left.

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