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I kind of hate the new version of Firefox.

Bill Clinton didn't pull any punches tonight. An unequivocal endorsement of Barack Obama that I think went a long way toward healing some wounds. I was actually surprised by how straight-up it was. Then again, I've never bought this bullshit that the Clintons are after themselves more than the party -- they like power, sure, as do all politicians, but they are both policy wonks to their CORE. It is All About the Party. And I'm right there with them. He's lucky he ever got a chance to speak considering the reception he got, hee! He's such a rock star. And you know he was loving every minute of it. I love how eventually he was basically like shut up already! Anyway, a good speech, and he's always a pleasure to watch because he's so damn comfortable up there. "...when people were impressed by the power of our example, not the example of our power." Great line. Oh, 90s prosperity, I miss you.

John Kerry ROCKED IT. Damn that was a good speech, well-delivered. He's grown so much and I only wish we had seen more of that fire when he was running. Sigh.

Joe Biden did very well, although he didn't blow me away or anything. The short film was lovely (as was the Spielberg-produced/Hanks-starring film on the soldiers) and his speech was both passionate and grounded. And then the man himself shows up, that was pretty great. Soaking it all up and loving every minute of it. I'm looking forward to tomorrow night even though I'm going to have to go to bed the minute it's over since I have a 7 AM flight the next morning. Eeeep.

This Daily Kos diary has a nice selection of quotes from speakers who weren't covered on channels other than CSPAN or PBS this week. (My favorite? "John McCain calls himself a maverick, but he votes with George Bush more than 90% of the time...that's not a maverick, that's a sidekick.")

On another note, guy gets roughed up by police for trying to go to the bathroom during "God Bless America" at Yankee Stadium. Apparently "God Bless America" is now the national anthem and we now all live in a fascist police state. Who knew?

Project Runway was great, I thought the right person won and the right person went home, and it's rare both of those things happen. And I got some more icon ideas, too. I hope I have the chance to make them at some point...

marakara alerted me to some great Chuck casting: Bruce Boxleitner and Morgan Fairchild will play Captain Awesome's parents, and Carl Lumbly will appear as a mentor for Casey. That is...dare I say it...awesome!

oeilade told me about this crazy news -- four songs from U2's new album leaking because Bono plays his music too loud. I'm glad I'm not his neighbor!

croberson shared this great link: the X-Men reimagined as Victorian Extraordinary Gentlemen types.

I am so busy I feel like I'm drowning, you guys. Looking forward to having some silly fun this weekend.

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Off to Dragon Con tomorrow! I won't have my laptop but my cohorts will, so I may check in briefly. I'm a little worried about leaving the kitty but I left her for this long last year and she was fine, so I'm sure she'll be okay. *deep breaths*

alissabobissa, if you see this, send me a message through the LJ inbox and we'll see if we can meet up!

Am watching Obama on a TiVo delay, and he's doing quite well. Yay.

His speech will be re-hashed to death, so I have to share a great quote from Bill Richardson's speech instead: "McCain may pay hundreds of dollars for his shoes, but we're the ones paying for his flip flops!" Hee.

Also, during Al Gore's speech (yay!), PBS showed Daniel Dae Kim in the audience. Awesome.

So, David Duchovny has entered rehab for sex addiction. O.o

You know what folks, I'm late and busy, so you're on your own with this one. Have at it.

Damn, I have some good links to share too....here's a couple....

Best fake Twitterers on the web.

NYT Michael Kors article.

Chuck already renewed for full season.

Oh, so I've mentioned before that my neighborhood sees a lot of TV and movie filming. As I'm walking home today I see the familiar alert flyers. I check, and guess what's filming a few blocks away from my house on Tuesday morning? FRINGE. I was going to sleep in following Dragon Con, but now I may have to get up early and attempt some stalking just in case Josh Jackson is there. HMMMMM.

OK, am just leaving you with this and then rushing off to finish Obama's speech and finish packing:



I got it from someone on lolobama and they didn't know who made it, so if anyone does let me know! It's mesmerizing.