narrative

A series of poorly-edited action scenes tied very loosely together by a mostly-incoherent narrative. For gosh sakes, go to a matinee so you don't have to pay full price. This movie is as dumb as a box of rocks.

A series of poorly-edited action scenes tied very loosely together by an uninspiring narrative. For gosh sakes, go to a matinee so you don't have to pay full price. This movie is as dumb as a box of rocks.

Lintilla and I were lucky enough to be able to attend Friday night’s performance by “Rain” at TPAC.  The Beatles tribute band was, unbeknownst to me, something Lintilla had been dying to see.  She is a huge Beatles fan, especially the pre-1968 version of the band. 

They pull me back in.

60s radical William Ayers writes of his relationship with Barack Obama in a new afterword to his book being reissued this month:

If you are a marketing-type, feel free to fill in the blanks and send this around to the folks in your “group.”

Subject: What our marketing and communications team can learn from Obama’s campaign

Date: [The sooner, the better]
To: [Name of your group here]
From: [Your name here]

"Every national tracking poll has the McCain-Obama race at between 3 and 8 points. This is a considerable tightening in favor of John McCain."

Daniel Larison explains the hope, wisdom and happiness in pessimism:

Unfortunately, it is usually negative:

Barack Obama’s major campaign message–in fact, really his only message–is that John McCain = George Bush.