It's stupid.
I'm gonna go state by state and see if I can remember each of their Senators. Here are my guesses:
Maine: I think it's Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins, both (R).
New Hampshire: Don't Know. One might be D'Amato (R)
Vermont: I know one is Bernie Sanders (I) and I think the other is Jim Jeffords. I think he was originally a (R), but may now be (I). Those crazy Vermonters!
Mass.: Ted Kennedy and John Kerry, both (D), both (D)
New York: Chuck Schumer and Hillary Clinton
Conn.: Chris Dodd (D) and Joe Lieberman (?)
R.I.: I think the Sr. is Jack Reed and the Jr. is Sheldon Whitehouse, both (D)
New Jersey: Is one Frank Lautenberg (D)? The other one I'll know when I hear.
Del.: Joe Biden and Ben Cardin, both (D)
MD: Damn, I can't remember.
VA: John Warner (R) and Jim Webb(D)
NC: Crap, can't remember. Oh, wait. I was working on TX and I remember that one is Elizabeth Dole (R). Maybe.
SC: Nope. One might be Saxby Chambliss (R), but he might be from GA. One might be Lindsey Graham (R).
GA: See above. I don't know the other one.
FL: I think one's name is Criss, and I can picture the other guy (D), but don't know his name, maybe Graham (R).
Penn.: One is Arlen Specter (R) and the other?
WV: Robert Byrd and Jay Rockefeller, both (D)
KY: Mitch McConnell and Jim Bunning, both (R)
TN: The one guy's name starts with a C and he's (R). The other I forget.
Ala.: Richard Shelby (R)? Not sure, though.
Miss.: Trent Lott and Haley Barbour (It took me a while to remember this one), both (R).
LA: I forget.
Ark.: I forget, but I bet they're (R).
Ind.: Richard Lugar (R) and Evan Bayh (D).
OH: Sherrod Brown (D) and I forget the other.
Mich.: Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow, both (D)
IL: Dick Durbin and Barack Obama, both (D)
Wisc.: Herb Kohl (I think) and Russ Feingold, both (D)
Minn.: One is Norm Coleman (R), the other is a woman (D), but I forget her name.
IA: Tom Harkin (D) and I think Charles Grassley (R).
MO: Claire MC Caskill (D) and I forget the other, but I think it's a male (R).
TX: Kay Bailey Hutchinson and John Cornyn, both (R). Fuckin' Texas...
Okla.: You know when you have to snap your fingers to remember a name. I had to to remember...FUCK...I can picture his weasel (R) face. He's a big dick. I'll come back to this one. Oh yeah, James Inhofe (R), but he might be from Kansas.
KS: Pat Roberts (R) and I know the other is a (R) asshole.
Nebr.: Chuck Hagel (R) and I think Ben Nelson (D).
SDak: Tim Johnson (D) and the other is a (R).
NDak: Sorry, North Dakota.
Mont: One is a (D) who was recently elected, big guy... The other I forget.
WY: Nope.
Colo: I think one is Ken Salazar (D). The other might be a (R).
NM: Pete Domenici (R) and I forget the other.
Ariz.: John McCain and John Kyl, both (R).
Cal.: Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer, both (D).
UT: Orrin Hatch (R) is one. Don't know the other.
NV: Harry Reid (D). I forget the other.
ID: I got nothing. Wait, one might be Mike Enzi (R).
WA: Don't know.
OR: Nothing.
AK: Ted "Series of tubes" Stevens (R), my most despised senator. The other is a woman (R) whose name ends in -sky.
HI: Daniel Inouye (D) is one. I forget the others.
I think I posted something about this before, so if it's a rerun, my apologies.
That is a lot of fucking snow!
"The Gleaners And I" by Agnes Varda is a neat, slightly weird look at various types of scavenging, whether it be out of necessity, enjoyment, or some sort of ethical stance. It's French and subtitled, in case there are those who can't handle that sort of thing. I quite liked this one.
It's stupid.
I have the urge to write a really profound post.
Does Chuck Norris go to the fucking bathroom with Mike Huckabee?
Cold. Really motherfucking cold.
Finally! I have been waiting forever to see this movie. I love docs about the making of movies. "Hearts Of Darkness" did not disappoint. It is the story of the making of the Vietnam epic, "Apocalypse Now", a film that went WAY over budget and took WAY longer to shoot than originally expected. It was shot by Eleanor Coppola, director Francis Ford Coppola's wife and includes taped conversations that were made without Francis' knowledge. In them, he talks about how he is convinced the movie is no good. At one point he considers suicide. There is some great stuff, including the insane ad-libbing of Marlon Brando. One of the things I could've done without was all the footage of Coppola's hairy man-boobs, but it was still a great movie.
For the very first time, I have joined a ski racing league. Last night was my first race. I have never skied competitively before, so I was a little nervous about wiping out and embarrassing myself in front of my new team. Luckily, I kept it together and made it down without looking like too much of an ass. This week's race was just to set my handicap. The way it works, you're really racing against yourself rather than another person. I'm awarded more points the better I do against my previous time.
I'm the kind of person who wakes up early, even if I don't have to work. Since I was up at 7 and knew it'd be a few hours before Megan would be up, I decided to watch a Netflix movie on-line. She's not as into movies as I am, so it worked out well. I watched "The Devil Came On Horseback" which features the first-hand account of an American observer taking pictures of the atrocities in Darfur and how seeing what he saw affected him. It is an extremely sad, but important film. It'd make a great companion piece to another great doc, "Lost Boys Of Sudan". So my morning is off to a rather depressing start. After the movie ends, Megan gets up and suggests lunch at a place we like in town.
I order my old standby, a delicious meatball sub
Then we took a walk to the lakefront.
Here I am demonstrating my best crane technique.
The snow was good packing, so I did a little snowman.
His head fell off when I tried to put the arms in,
There we go.
We added a little seaweed toupee for good measure and left it like this.
Do NOT fuck with Bea Arthur.
"A Time For Burning" is a cinema verite film (no interaction between camera and subjects) that was nominated for Best Documentary Feature in 1968. It follows the pastor of a Lutheran Church in Omaha, Nebraska as he tries to help bridge the racial divide in the community by implementing an exchange program with a nearby African American Lutheran church. His efforts meet resistance from those who think this will divide the congregation.
This picture used by Fox News on their website right after they announced she took New Hampshire is just plain unfair. They've made her look terrifying, like she's about to dine on baby flesh. McCain, on the other hand, looks confident and, well, normal.
For those who don't remember the rules, they're HERE.
I know I post about poo a lot. Most of the time it's for childish or disgusting purposes. The frequency with which I did scatological posts was beginning to concern even me and I think it may have had something to do with recent decline in my readership. I had become a one-trick pony (or poo-ny, as the case may be)..
Whatever you do, do NOT get behind this jackass in traffic on your way to work.
I know, I know. Money can't buy happiness. But if I had a lot of money, I wouldn't feel like I had to come to work when I'm still sick.
Dude!
"Let's get ready to RUMBLE!"
"Let's kick it up a notch! Bam!"
"Seize the day!"
"Just do it."
"Git'r Done!"
"Stinky poo!"
