And You Wonder Why I'm Afraid of Hilary Clinton as President

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Choose Your Own Adventure

I had one of those 'choose your own adventure' books as a kid (still do) called Middle-Earth Quest: A Spy in Isengard. It was the sweetest book ever. You could flip through the pages and make the main character's decisions for him at major plot points, then skip ahead to see if your decision saved the day, or dropped you down a well, just like Bon Jovi.

Anyhoo, this web site I found is sort of the same thing, except you have to write what comes next. Most of the writing seems to have been done by angsty teens, but a couple of the short stories are enjoyable.

If anything, at least it's better for you than watching that new Brett Michaels show.

This is Amazing

For those of you with weak stomachs, I'd steer clear. The truly hardcore will watch until the end.

Guest Book for Mark Major

For anyone interested, a colleague shared this link with me for an online guestbook for Mark. Read it, post memories on it, whatever suits your fancy.

Barack to the Future

Barack Obama apparently hasn't spent much time in the rural Midwest.

"You go into these small towns in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing's replaced them...And they fell through the Clinton Administration, and the Bush Administration, and each successive administration has said that somehow these communities are gonna regenerate and they have not.

And it's not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations."

Because that's what small town America's all about: Praisin' our Lord while we be shootin' our guns at them what ain't White.

Sorry Teterbot, I don't think I like the cut of your boy's jib.

THE City of Columbus Cares Too Much About Football

This is not news.

I really don't care about the changes in facial hair patterns of Ohio State University's football coaching staff. How in the name of Walter Kronkite does this merit a frickin' news story? There's a war going on, people!

And yeah, I left the 'The' out on purpose, as I do in all of my news stories. Pretentiousness, downright pretentiousness!

Keep Your Fingers Crossed, Patrick J's