Here in Somewhere

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Why Did the Wild Turkeys Cross the Street?

I don't know, but there were about a dozen, and they held up traffic for a bit. Maybe they were trying to get to the library?

Monday, October 27, 2008

I Am Going to Fix This Myself

Notice the left side is longer than the right.

How long it is in the front ...

... compared to the back.

This is with my hair "spiked." Normally, it is the front that sticks up, not the back.

It couldn't be worse.

Lesson learned: don't fall for the $5 haircut coupon. Stick with the more expensive stylist that actually gave you a good haircut.

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

"He Needs to Get Educated ... That Was Disappointing"

Just got out of a teleconference between an Obama spokesman and the NA-YGN (North American Young Generation in Nuclear). Some highlights:

The three Westinghouse people to attend were myself (Republican), a woman I didn't know (presumably a Democrat), and my coworker who invited us (undecided, "probably going to stoop to vote Republican").

- Obama is opposed to Yucca mountain, the current storage facility of nuclear waste. To this, the presumdem said "Wow. He really needs to get educated." It reminded me of an Alec Baldwin HuffPo article.

-- Obama is also against recycling nuclear waste as he believes it will put out more weapons grade material. So it seems like he doesn't want to store the waste or reuse it (and our current nuclear methods mean there will be waste).

-- The spokesman kept saying "if it turns out nuclear is the best source of energy ... ". Keep in mind this was to an audience of all nuclear industry workers. This would be like saying to autoworkers in Detroit "if American cars are actually the best ... ".

-- McCain has pushed for at least 45 new plants, but the spokesman said they questioned his sincerity. When asked how many the Obama camp wants, the question was unsubtly dodged.

-- Several studies since 9/11 have shown that these nuclear plants we want to build are safe, but when this was mention, the spokesman said that Obama still wasn't sure and mentioned Three Mile Island (which, mind you, wasn't the catastrophe it was made out to be, and nobody suffered from radiation effects).

Update more later ...