Archive: November, 2008

Daniel’s Tweets for 2008-11-11

  • Cheddar JalapeƱo Cheetos are still freaking awesome. #
  • Stupid PDFs. #
  • Small problems solved, now to change out a failing workstation. #
  • Put out the bigger fires, and now to work on some back-burner projects. #
  • So much computing, so little time. #

Now that the election has subsided…

Some are happy, some are sad. Stereotype spam is flowing everywhere. I can’t keep track of all the black-stereotyped emails, sms, and mms messages I have gotten over the past week. Some were pretty funny, and some were just mean.

I have to say that with Obama as president, our foreign image will improve greatly. The man has an awesome personality and relates to most anyone. As Kevin is fond of saying, he is “One smooth brother”. He’ll probably even give us warm fuzzy feelings as the economy continues to spiral downward.

John McCain might have been able to get the same results, but his campaign was over at least when he picked that tart from Alaska as his running mate. There are elections when you can just tell that the party has already conceded the election, and this was conceded by the republicans a long time before November 4th. It is sad but true.

Unfortunately, I think that Obama’s policies, given his inexperience, stand a good chance of disaster. I hope I am wrong.

My point with this post is that we can’t seem to get a well-rounded candidate. We need a president who is a great leader, listens to the people, and has the country’s interests at heart. As it stands now, we elect the lesser of two evils. Whatever happened to the president being a leader, and using a support cast (cabinet, etc.) to help with foreign policy, ambassadors to help foreign relations, and all of the other positions of the executive branch?

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Daniel’s Tweets for 2008-11-10

John Garrett Comedy

Friday night Emily and I were fortunate enough to be sans-kids. Don’t get me wrong, we love the little tax-write-offs, but mom and dad need some time together without deciding who hit who first. Luckily, my parents agreed to keep the little shenanigans so such an evening could happen.

Once we discovered we were free, I called Hooch and Ashley to see what they were doing and if they wanted to get together. Ashley (I called her first, any man in a relationship knows they are really in charge) said she didn’t care, but that they were going to some comedy show in Highland, IL. After Ash gave the thumbs-up, I called Hooch. We worked out the logistics and met at their apartment in Salem at about 8:30.

Up to this point I was expecting a trip to a real comedy club in the metro-east of Saint Louis or something. Nuh-uh. We wound up in a small bar in a town of small bars. The place wasn’t trashy or anything, just not what I had expected. We chatted for 20 minutes or so, and then the show began at 10.

First up was the morning guy(?) from one of their local stations. He wasn’t bad, and we found out after his set that it was his first time. For his first time, it REALLY wasn’t bad. That was the opening, then came John.

I didn’t expect much of anything as Hooch had billed him to me as ‘a local guy’. At that point, I gave up on Drew Carey, and settled for B-list entertainment. Still, it was better than Em and I watching MASH and going to bed early.

John was very good. He had great delivery, timing, improv (bar crowd), and the stage presence to pull it all together. His set lasted about an hour, and kept us out-of-towners entertained the whole time. Even when he was pulled off his routine by a boisterous crowd, he improvised and we were still able to follow local references (John is from the area).

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Daniel’s Tweets for 2008-11-08

  • At a comedy show in Clinton County. #
  • John was hilarious. #
  • Had a blast last night with Ashley and Hooch. #
  • Nice, calm, kid-free day. #