Solstice Watch, Tin Men, and Assorted Other Topics

[billroper]

Multiple things that I've been thinking about:

In 11 days, the days will start getting longer here in the Northern Hemisphere. I'm looking forward to this.

Regardless of the merits of Howard Dean's candidacy, Al Gore's endorsement of Dean reminds me of one of the reasons that I couldn't vote for Gore: the man has no heart. I can't imagine not giving a call to Lieberman if I were Gore, so that he'd know about this before he heard it in the press. And for all of Clinton's trumpeted moral failings, I can't imagine him not doing so either.

I bought a new used ADAT XT-20 yesterday, so that I'd have a full 24-tracks rack-mounted in my studio. Got it home and it had a strange power-up problem. It's back at the shop and they're looking at it. I have the other machine that they had in my trunk, which appears to power up ok -- so far.

Connie, my father's widow, will apparently sign the paperwork on Friday that will allow us to give her my father's house, so that I am no longer responsible for it. Keep your fingers crossed.

Gretchen is worried about Bilbo, the older of our two cats, because he didn't show up this morning to get his head rubbed. He seemed ok when she found him sleeping in a chair downstairs, but he may get a trip to the vet this afternoon.

And that's the news, Wednesday, December 10th, 2003.

Comments

[jrittenhouse.livejournal.com]

Agree 100% on the "no heart" part. I'd add "no class".

Whatever you think of Joe Lieberman politically, the man has a noble, good heart and didn't deserve this. Even John Kerry was reproaching Gore for this in the debate last night...I'm finished with Gore. He lost the last one by his own fskups, and he's doing what he did to pull a Nixon and go for it again in 2008.

I'd rather vote for Silent Bob than Al Gore at this point.

Dean, Gore, Lieberman

[markiv1111.livejournal.com]

Hello to Bill and Jim. (Jim, you know me as Nate. When I first signed on to LJ, I felt a bit mysterious and wanted to use a pseudo-nym. This only lasted a few days.) All I can say is that I agree completely and totally about Gore. It's sort of unfortunate that I can't turn Gore's total lack of sense and diplomacy into a reason for me to oppose Dean -- I am going to vote for whomever the Democrats field, because I believe so totally that Shrub needs to be ousted from office -- but my opinion of Gore has dropped considerably.