Archive for December, 2007
Barack Obama makes his closing pitch
More later… on vacation with the family right now.
I need your help!
We moved to California in July. We moved into a new house, and of all the things that have been a challenge with this move, one was particularly unexpected: getting our mail. We’ve entered a wormhole, one in which mail never predictably gets to us. It’s not our old post office in Naperville – they’re […]
Predictions for the ‘08 primaries
No real time to write a long post about this, but here are my predictions for Iowa and beyond:
Barack wins Iowa, with 30%+ of the vote. Edwards comes in second, with 20-25%. Hillary comes in third. Barack wins NH, Hillary comes in second. Barack wins SC, Edwards comes in second. Going into Super Tuesday, Barack has the momentum […]
Randy Pausch got a role in upcoming Star Trek movie
A few months ago, I (along with most of the rest of the blogosphere) was moved by Randy Pausch’s last lecture at Carneige Mellon. Pausch, you may recall, has a terminal diagnosis from an aggressive cancer, and has just a few months left.
Not surprisingly, many people were moved by his lecture. Here’s the transcript, it’s […]
Your Republican nominee
My immediate reaction to seeing Huckabee’s answer to the “Do you believe every word in the Bible?” question at the YouTube debate last week? He’s your Republican nominee:
A home run answer if ever there was one. He’s someone who, though I disagree pretty fundamentally with many of his positions, I could easily see supporting as […]
