Electric Josh

Oh man, this space needs to stop reading about politics right before posting. One just gets annoyed.
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A (recently former) Bush administration official actually said this:

The distinction between 'political' and 'performance-related' reasons for removing a United States attorney is, in my view, largely artificial,'' Kyle Sampson told the Senate Judiciary Committee. ''A U.S. attorney who is unsuccessful from a political perspective ... is unsuccessful.''

Demobilizing America.
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Lib points us to The Wisdom of Children, thereby simultaneously entertaining us and reminding us that it kind of sucks that we don't much read the New Yorker anymore:

MOM: Pass the wine, please. I want to become crazy.
DAD: O.K.
GRANDMOTHER: Did you see the politics? It made me angry.
DAD: Me, too. When it was over, I had sex.
UNCLE: I’m having sex right now.
DAD: We all are.
MOM: Let’s talk about which kid I like the best.
DAD: (laughing) You know, but you won’t tell.
MOM: If they ask me again, I might tell.
FRIEND FROM WORK: Hey, guess what! My voice is pretty loud!
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Were I a healthier guy this week, I'd go enjoy more of the freakishly excellent late-season conditions at Mad River. Several weeks ago I enjoyed my nicest day of skiing in at least five years up there, and I returned to Massachusetts with a sore back and a bumper sticker that will go on the black car just as soon as I can get it clean enough to stick things on.
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Medical update: the kidney stone continues not to be fun, but folks have been coming out of the woodwork to help with the random kid-watching and other logistics surrounding my random work outage and the extra 48-hour weekend trip to the hospital. (Thanks!) All informed accounts are that normalcy will return "soon".
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This space has a kidney stone. Holy fucking mackerel it is not fun.
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Pete says, "I'm in a rock band."
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So the older kid proved her overall excellence during storytime tonight when, after I told her that polar bears growl—grrrrrrr—she asked, "Are polar bears pirates?" When I looked puzzled she explained that pirates say, arrrrrgh, too. Three year old humor, but an actual joke; we both laughed for real. Highlight of the evening so far.
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So when you find that your workplace is surrounded, as mine is today, by an fighter-covered aircraft carrier, a Navy hospital ship in drydock, and one or two large cargo ships, you, gentle reader, must admit that your mind gets around to wondering how hard (or suicidal) it would be to attempt to steal a ship and drive it around the harbor. Well, wonder no more. Boingboing (in the sidebar, as always) points to the L.A. Times' presentation of the repo man who drives off with ocean freighters. How completely awesome.
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