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Par for the course during the first week of mid-shift is an inability to sleep throughout the “night.” I only got four hours of sleep and I’m wide awake now. There is no going back to sleep and I will be exhausted by the time I go to bed tomorrow. Luckily, day two always turns out better and I’m able to get a solid six hours of sleep.

This guy (video below) has far too much time and talent on his hands. Bravo!

Jessica and I had our party and we dressed as zombies for Halloween. The makeup took quite a while but I think the effect was pretty darn good. Yes - we like brains!

Its far too easy to make fun of her. She does all of the work on her own. I cannot, in good conscience, vote for McCain because he put this woman on the ticket. She is an absolute freaking moron. Don’t believe me? Watch her… these are her words… what a f’in joke

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The defining moment for me came shortly after Palin and her family stepped down from the stage to uproarious applause, looking happy enough to throw a whole library full of books into a sewer. In the crush to exit the stadium, a middle-aged woman wearing a cowboy hat, a red-white-and-blue shirt and an obvious eye job gushed to a male colleague they were both wearing badges identifying them as members of the Colorado delegation at the Xcel gates.

“She totally reminds me of my cousin!” the delegate screeched. “She’s a real woman! The real thing!”

I stared at her open-mouthed. In that moment, the rank cynicism of the whole sorry deal was laid bare. Here’s the thing about Americans. You can send their kids off by the thousands to get their balls blown off in foreign lands for no reason at all, saddle them with billions in debt year after congressional year while they spend their winters cheerfully watching game shows and football, pull the rug out from under their mortgages, and leave them living off their credit cards and their Wal-Mart salaries while you move their jobs to China and Bangalore.

And none of it matters, so long as you remember a few months before Election Day to offer them a two-bit caricature culled from some cutting-room-floor episode of Roseanne as part of your presidential ticket.

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I respect John McCain, but, the republican agenda and machine has gotten involved. If he could have ran the race as an independent he could have had my vote any day of the week. He turned this race into a circus. Shame on you if this is your vote. This is BAD for America.

VP candidate Palin struts her stuff in this ancient video. Remember, she takes over when McCain dies.

This has got to be the best catch I’ve seen in a year - probably better than the catch made during the Giants game winning drive in the super bowl.

Someone made this model of air traffic across the globe. Quite cool to watch. You’ll notice a surge across the Atlantic heading in opposite directions twice per day.

If this information in this video is correct I’m probably not the only one that is confused. According to her report, an active duty army unit is going to be assigned to northern command and will be specifically stationed within the US Borders. They will respond to domestic threats as required. Don’t we have a national guard that is designed specifically for that purpose? Don’t they fall under the command of their respective governors for such a purpose? Are we stretching the guard units so much that we’ve got to draw a unit from active duty units? Some think this could be a precursor to martial law - that’s going a bit far but it is an interesting thought.

He’s got a good point - well worth the 3:41

Yesterday was a bad day in the financial markets. It was also a bad day for taxpayers - hello $85 billion dollar loan! I hope we get a good return… well… just a return on our investment. Some people had some fun with the plethora of reporters hanging around the financial district. Watch and laugh.

A few months ago we had a few “problems” with the dogs trying to escape. I rigged an elaborate and probably excessive enclosure around and above the kennel to thwart any further escape attempts. I can’t imagine trying to stop the dog in the following video from escaping. This dog has done the impossible. The feat is Houdiniesque.