Archive for July, 2008

Bless His Heart

17th July 2008 by RPorter No Comments

The “bless his (or her, or their) heart” meme has finally made it into national politics. Nancy Pelosi busted it out in response to some White House whining today.
The whole article is pretty interesting. Apparently the Democrats have decided they don’t have to be afraid of w anymore on account of his lame duck status [...]

Criticism?

14th July 2008 by RPorter 2 Comments

I don’t really write critiques much, so maybe I’m confused. But aren’t critics supposed to do more than say, “Ah, they’re overrated” when delivering a negative review? Isn’t that just snark?
Just askin’. No reason.

I’ve broken LiveJournal

14th July 2008 by Robert Porter No Comments

Just posted something over there, and now the entire site is down. Beware my awesome power.
Also: Gosh, isn’t it weird how stuff is different now that I’m not in my twenties thirties anymore? Can’t you just taste the significance?

My co-op gets great write-up

13th July 2008 by RPorter 2 Comments

Our local paper has a fantastic feature on the food co-op where my wife works. We are very excited about next month’s big move to a newer and bigger location, which will make it one of the biggest co-ops in the state.
Chicago, on the other hand, has to limp along without any food co-ops, relying [...]

Get out there and promote some damn democracy!

11th July 2008 by RPorter No Comments

This is a shout-out to my friends who are attending the Green Party National Convention this weekend. The Greens have slate of four potential presidential nominees (none of whom is named Ralph Nader, btw). My personal fave is former congresswoman Cynthia McKinney.
You may not like the Greens. You may think of them as spoilers. You [...]