meanwhile, in "giant squid" news...

[rmd]

did a giant squid hang out on the keel and rudder of a cruising yacht for a while? the pictures and article seem to suggest as much

if so, it's a big fuckin squid. there are pictures of suckermarks. they're big. (the suckermarks, that is. i mean, for suckermarks.)

other randomness...
a while back, the hood air intake scoop on the mini broke off (or was torn off. whatever. i walked by the front of the car one day and it wasn't there, and wasn't laying nearby.) i bought a new one, which comes in "primer" colored. so i'm thinking of painting something whimsical on it before i install it. maybe teeth. maybe something abstract with black and white and red. (the mini's red, but i'm not sure the red body paint i got is a perfect match. i've got a little bit of matching touch-up paint for a smoother transition, tho)

a conceptual successor to "things my girlfriend and i have argued about": things my boyfriend says"

also, dear hillary clinton: stop running for president; just fuck off and hang around in the senate being a senator for a few decades and get some senior charimanship or something. your could-be-campaigning energies will be much better spent distracting the knee-jerk hillary-haters and taunting people like drudge who are all "OMG HILLARY" like the weekly world news is about batboy.

Comments

Hillary

[hammercock.livejournal.com]

Yeah, as much as I think she'd probably be a good president, I also think there's still way too much "OMFG SHE'S NOT JUST A WOMAN SHE'S A CLINTON" going on in this country for this to be a good idea right now. *sigh* If she'd at least finish her second term (to which she just got re-elected, hello), there'd be some more time for all that bullshit to die down, plus she'd have even more experience under her belt.

I mean, should she be nominated, of course I'll vote for her, but my fear is that she will galvanize the most obnoxious of neocon fundie wingnuts into doing their best to put the uppity bitch in her place, and that's just gonna be ugly.

Re: Hillary

[fich.livejournal.com]

> she'd have even more experience under her belt.

OMFG SHE'S NOT JUST A WOMAN SHE'S A CLINTON

Re: Hillary

[hammercock.livejournal.com]

*snerk*

[llachglin.livejournal.com]

My only real problem with Hillary is that she's a Clinton and I've had it with American political dynasties. If your name is Bush, Clinton, or Kennedy, try acting instead of politics next time.

[klingonlandlady.livejournal.com]

she just seems like another wishy-washy, politically savvy, say-anything-to-get elected player who would wind up just as much in the pockets of the special interests. What this country needs is someone with real progressive principles and a coherent vision for the future.

[rmd.livejournal.com]

aw yeah.

PENDULUM, YOU CAN SWING TO THE LEFT NOW, REALLY, IT'S ABOUT THAT TIME.

[lillibet.livejournal.com]

My political nose is twitching this morning with NM Gov. Bill Richardson (D) throwing his hat in the ring. That finally has the ring of plausibility to me that neither Clinton nor Obama have had--like 'em both though I do. He's Hispanic, but with a nice boring Anglo name. He's a Westerner, which I think is going to be a playing point in this cycle. He's got both foreign and domestic political experience.

I think that, like with Kerry in 04, we'll see the press froth over the more colorful characters, and then be shocked, shocked I tell you when the primary voters actually pick someone a little more boring.

As for what the hell Hillary thinks she's doing, I have no idea--she's not the next president, she's the next Ted Kennedy.

[bikergeek.livejournal.com]

What, did they put the air inlet scoop on the bonnet with Whitworth screws or something?