-Samuel Beckett. Read some books.
Hey losers. Looks like you’re actually lost on the internet if you happened to stumble upon this. Things are pretty seedy back here. Kind of like that immigrant neighborhood on the other side of the interstate from you.
Well, today I was feeling nostalgic, so I got out my little ol’ notebook [...]
Archive for the ‘Current Events’ Category
Little is Left To Tell
Posted in Current Events on April 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Tom Waits on Youtube: Amazing.
Posted in Anecdotes & Observations, Current Events, Faith, Music, tagged Tom Waits, Youtube on November 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There is one man who is currently walking on our planet whom, though I have never actually met, will one day tell my great-great grandchildren that I met in a bar in Istanbul over apple tea. That man is Tom Waits. He makes me proud to be an American and I consider it a joy [...]
Healthcare Perceptions
Posted in Anecdotes & Observations, Current Events, tagged Conservativism, Healthcare, Obama on November 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If you count the number of times that Fox News speaks about Obama’s Universal Healthcare plan, you could travel from hear to the moon on hot air. And yet Obama is not advocating a Universal healthcare system, and to think that he is advocating that, you are sorely deceiving yourself: read the policy for yourself.
Obama [...]
Reasons to Vote for A “Socialist”
Posted in Anecdotes & Observations, Current Events, tagged Add new tag, Election 2008, Elitism, Henry V, McCain, Obama, Shakespeare on October 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
George W as Henry V
So an elitist brother of mine is studying Shakespeare at Oxford and he’s currently reading Henry V and was referred to this article by a lecturer on Shakespearean Criticism.
The election of an “elitist” president has been decried on both sides of the aisle in this absurd quest to appeal to joe-six-pack/joe [...]
The Not-So-Secret Secret Crash That Happened Not-So-All-Of-A-Sudden-But-Kind-Of-Quickly Crash
Posted in Current Events, tagged Crash, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac on July 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Consider for a moment Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. These are the two institutions in America that have been chartered by the American Government to purchase mortgages. Investment in these corporations has previously been thought to be secure. Almost as secure as purchasing bonds. And it should be. These are people’s homes that we are [...]
Dobson & Conservatives
Posted in Current Events, tagged Election '08, Focus on the Family on February 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In an interesting but predictable twist Huckabee (not McCain) has been endorsed by the head of Focus on the Family. How exactly did it happen and what does it mean? Can we see if we can do an entire post in questions?
If McCain is anti-abortion, isn’t that good enough to earn the endorsement of [...]
Cloverfield = Clusterfuck
Posted in Current Events, tagged Cloverfield on January 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Cloverfield is AAA grade junk. It is entertaining AND frightening. I know. I can’t believe that there is actually a movie that has finally successfully combined these formerly mutually exclusive film achievements. Cloverfield requires no intellect, just a stomach capable of handling a whole lot of dark bumps, huge explosions, and cheesy lines. But don’t [...]
Words With a Bee
Posted in Anecdotes & Observations, Current Events, Music, tagged Ben Bernanke, Estebrook, NY Times on January 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Well, since it appears that no one is reading this, and I don’t really have much to say to the ENTIRE WORLD, I am going to say that Moment of Deck’s days might be numbered. Big apology to all you earnest fans.
Anyway, in what will anticlimactically NOT be the LAST Moment with B, I thought [...]
Poems at Work
Posted in Anecdotes & Observations, Current Events, tagged Estebrook on January 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Today I worked at the cafe. There was an inordinate amount of dancing going on amongst the various personnel. I was personally involved. Is that a redundant statement? (yes) Am I retarded? (smack me and paint my green, yes).
Today’s Moments of B on Moment of Deck is going to feature the following excerpt from our [...]
Democrats
Posted in Current Events, tagged Election '08 on January 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I try to be fiercely independent, kind of like how the dwarfs in C.S. Lewis’ The Last Battle are “for the dwarfs.” When they get to heaven in the story, they tell themselves that they are still just in a stable in Narnia. The Pevensey children realize that they have actually died and gone to [...]
