The Funniest Thing I've Read Since the Davinci Code

Ridiculopathy.com: "Disappointed Fans Say DaVinci Code Movie Not Quite As Moronic As Book"

"Jaya! Jaya!"

Rama lay on his face upon the earth and kissed it; Lakshamana and Sita did the same. They climbed back into Sumantra's chariot and he bore them away toward the inscrutable future. (Ramayana, Book 2, Chapter 17).

More on the Ramayana later--maybe. If you haven't read it, I suggest getting the prose translation by Ramesh Menon. I'm sure purists would have a fit at his manner of translation, but I kind of dig it. I can finally understand why they make all those great Bollywood epics the way they do. Although no one has broken out into song and dance in the Ramayana yet, if they did it would fit quite well.

All in all it beats the daylights out of any religious literature I've ever read.

Oblivious

See what happend when you aren't paying attention: a fellow former blogger's film (Way of the Puck) wins a Gold Remi. Congratulations, Sleepy E!

Hey! I've been busy:

Four day neck ache

1) Ok--the neck ache is fading--slowly, but it is still there.

2) J'refuse!

3) I highly recommend the Dandy Warhols "The Last High." I shall listen to it about 20 times tonight.

4) Utah Power and Light needs an enema and an introduction to how to be a real business in the our modrun age. By the way didn't Newt Gingrich promise I was supposed to have utility competition by now? If they can't pull it off in Utah, then they can't pull it off anywhere.

5) Neck aches are really distracting.

What would you say if I sang out of key?

Well I'm glad that political mumbo jumbo of yesterday is over. Did I tell you how much I dislike politics? I'm dealing with a bunch of politics right now in my professional life and have developed a two-day neck ache. "What is a two-day neck ache?" you ask. It is a pain that starts deep in the middle of my right shoulder and travels up the spin to my right ear. The right side of my face seems strained by it as well. So I've found another reason to be a misanthrope: people literally are a pain in my neck.

Word of the day, in case you missed it: misanthrope. MISS-AN-THROPE. In case you don't know it means, a misanthrope a person who has a general dislike for human beings.

I've put it on Insipid. You remember Insipid, right? You should really join up.

Umm pah pah

Quite a few folks have hopped on the Ashdown band wagon:

Why I Support Pete Ashdown For US Senate- Obiter Dicta By Steve
Why I support Pete Ashdown- Gary Thornock
Senator Pete goes to Washinton- The Utah Amicus
Pete Ashdown for U.S. Senate- One Utah
Fat Pete Ashdown: Quote of the week- The Utah Amicus
I'm with Pete- Formaline
Mr. Ashdown- Utah Democrats
Pete Ashdown- Innisfree
A Senator from Utah for Utah- Jeremy's Jeremiad

and

Jen's Green Journal
Dee's Dotes

sarahbellum

Mr. Wiki Goes to Washington

Let's face it: I'm not the most politically interested person in the world. Politics are important, of course, but politicians mostly just end up turning me off as self-important blowhards who get a hold of power and are quite reluctant to give that up. I prefer a government of interested citizens rather than a government of political hacks. (Ok, yes I am a bit idealistic when it comes to government, but idealism is the basis of democracy, after all.) My preference to see new folks taking on important government positions is the main reason that I'm supporting Pete Ashdown's campaign for the U.S. Senate.

Orrin Hatch (Arn in Utonic) has been in D.C. for as long as I can remember and his atttitude of entitlement to the job (write to him on an issue he opposes and you will get a fine dose of Hatch snottiness) seem the opposite of Ashdown's more approachable and public-minded sytle. I am particularly interested in how Ashdown has made use of a wiki to define his campaign issues (unfortunately vandals have hit it regularly so that it is more "locked down" than other wikis). For those of you who don't know (is there anyone left?) a wiki is basically a community-based database/encyclopedia/whatever in which everyone shares in the authoring. For a politician the wiki becomes a way for the community to define issues and discuss those issues. By making his basic information source on his site a wiki, Ashdown shows his commitment to involving his potential constituents in developing his positions on the issues.

Now, of course, like any politician who serves far too long, Ashdown could develop the attitude of entitlement that Hatch displays. One would hope that unlike selfish Hatch, a Senator Ashdown would realize that our goverment works best when we have a diversity of voices.

Other folks are supporing Ashdown too and writing about it today: Ethan over at SLCSpin is the only one I have at the moment, but since he is the one coordinating this blogalicious campaign experiment, you might be best to visit him.