So let me see if I understand this: When health care reform is discussed behind closed doors, pundits and GOP talking heads declare Obama is breaking a campaign pledge for transparency. But when he wants to meet with GOP opposition to discuss health care in a public venue, then pundits and GOP talking heads say it’s a trap.
Captain Kirk may not believe in the No-Win Scenario, but that’s because he was never President.
PAD
Originally published August 21, 1992, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #979
There is definitely a perverse aspect to my nature.
Okay, not really. The snow, I assume, had nothing to do with our host server having–by the owner’s own account–“strangled itself” last night around 1 AM. After laboring mightily, they’ve obviously managed to get things repaired, although anything posted in the previous 24 hours is no longer.
We’re getting hit fairly badly out here, but a lot of people have it worse. How’s everybody on the East Coast holding up?
PAD
Originally published August 14, 1992, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #978
There are no comic-book conventions.
And we could really use one.
UPDATED FEBRUARY 8th: Having taken the evening to reflect, plus after doing some research, I have decided that the best commercial of the evening was: The Dave Letterman Show ad. It was incredibly memorable. It was laugh-out-loud funny. And apparently they really were all together in the room. It was filmed at the Ed Sullivan studio and kept completely under wraps. The fact that they were able to pull that kind of national surprise in this day and age of spoilers and leaks gives it, as far as I’m concerned, the edge.
The place where I’ll be live blogging the commercials during the Super Bowl, the season’s final game of football.
Football, the one hour game that can run two, two and a half hours or more, making it the TARDIS of sports: You go into it thinking it’s one size but once you’re in it, it just seems to go on forever.
Football or, as fans of rugby refer to it, that game like rugby where the players are such pûššìëš they have to put on helmets and padding. (Have you ever seen rugby? Seriously? All the brutality of football except they’re dressed in shorts and t-shirts. It’s literally like they just rolled out of bed and started careening into each other.)
As always, the focus of this blog will be on the most interesting part of the evening: The commercials. Comments will be below the cut. Plus I may decide to comment on the game here and there, using my copious expertise on the subject.
So get ready. The first inning will start at 6 PM, in just 25 minutes. Or, in football terms, in an hour and ten minutes.
PAD
There was a slim chance this year that I might give a dámņ about the outcome of the Super Bowl, and then the Jets lost and I’m back to not particularly caring. (Not that I’m especially a Jets fan, or even a football fan, but I have plenty of friends who are, and I wanted to see them happy.)
But, as always, I will be doing running commentary on the commercials, which are typically the most interesting part of the game.
Feel free to cook up some nachos and join me tomorrow.
PAD
If you’re going to Portsmouth, England, you might want to stick to walking or public transportation rather than flagging a taxi. NPR reports that would-be cab drivers are allowed to take the written test in Braille.
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