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Sep. 8th, 2004 02:17 pmAs I sit hear and studiously avoid actual work.
A fairly reliable group has reported that Joss Whedon is in fact in negociations with Fox to direct the next X-Men movie. Major hurtles include the lack of a script, the fact that none of the talent has currently signed for the film, and a short deadline. However, the fact that they are talking could mean his next project after Serenity will be X3.
http://www.chud.com/news/sept04/sept7x.php3
Blood is spilling again in the American election coverage. The big 60 Minutes piece on Barnes, and how he got Bush into the National Guard coincides with a discovery of Dubya's service records that detail a six month gap in his sercive in 1972. The Texans for Truth, a new 527, has launched a major campaign in the battlefield states attacking Bush's AWOL months in Alabama. Now, while I agree that the current president likely ducked his service to drink and snort blow in a cushy 'consultant'
spot for a campaign (and that's exactly what I'd rather be doing than going to war), I doubt it's going to catch hold like the SBVFT thing did against Kerry. Mostly because we've heard it before, and that's when Bush was up against a POW of five years.
Still, the clusterfuck of stupidity that is this circus of an election, it might be the next big thing. The thousand plus deaths has hit, and already the post-convention bounce is eroding. The Gay Republicans (Does a gay Republican have to beat himself up in the parking lot?) have refused to endorse Bush, which while not crippling, will carve a half million votes out of his base, including 45,000 or so in swing states. Bush still has the momentum, and baring a debate knockout, if things stay basically the same for the next eight weeks, Bush will take the popular by about 5% over Kerry, and about 22 electoral college votes.
Now, in politics, eight weeks is a lifetime, so don't assume anything.
Starting back on the gym again. After almost five years. They ran all sorts of tests to determine that, yes, I am out of shape.
Money well spent, I say. Still, I shall be annoying all of you with regular updates of my progress. As of right now, I am officially BRANDO level in my workout goals.
This is judged based on certain signs of being out of shape, like getting winded after you comb your hair, and lifting your plate is heavier than the first rack of weights. I also have a heart the size of a Honda Civic. I plan to mac it out in purple neon and hydraulics.
Fear my pimpdaddy heart!
A fairly reliable group has reported that Joss Whedon is in fact in negociations with Fox to direct the next X-Men movie. Major hurtles include the lack of a script, the fact that none of the talent has currently signed for the film, and a short deadline. However, the fact that they are talking could mean his next project after Serenity will be X3.
http://www.chud.com/news/sept04/sept7x.php3
Blood is spilling again in the American election coverage. The big 60 Minutes piece on Barnes, and how he got Bush into the National Guard coincides with a discovery of Dubya's service records that detail a six month gap in his sercive in 1972. The Texans for Truth, a new 527, has launched a major campaign in the battlefield states attacking Bush's AWOL months in Alabama. Now, while I agree that the current president likely ducked his service to drink and snort blow in a cushy 'consultant'
spot for a campaign (and that's exactly what I'd rather be doing than going to war), I doubt it's going to catch hold like the SBVFT thing did against Kerry. Mostly because we've heard it before, and that's when Bush was up against a POW of five years.
Still, the clusterfuck of stupidity that is this circus of an election, it might be the next big thing. The thousand plus deaths has hit, and already the post-convention bounce is eroding. The Gay Republicans (Does a gay Republican have to beat himself up in the parking lot?) have refused to endorse Bush, which while not crippling, will carve a half million votes out of his base, including 45,000 or so in swing states. Bush still has the momentum, and baring a debate knockout, if things stay basically the same for the next eight weeks, Bush will take the popular by about 5% over Kerry, and about 22 electoral college votes.
Now, in politics, eight weeks is a lifetime, so don't assume anything.
Starting back on the gym again. After almost five years. They ran all sorts of tests to determine that, yes, I am out of shape.
Money well spent, I say. Still, I shall be annoying all of you with regular updates of my progress. As of right now, I am officially BRANDO level in my workout goals.
This is judged based on certain signs of being out of shape, like getting winded after you comb your hair, and lifting your plate is heavier than the first rack of weights. I also have a heart the size of a Honda Civic. I plan to mac it out in purple neon and hydraulics.
Fear my pimpdaddy heart!
