I know that the use of language in today’s mass media is geared toward a fifth-grade (or thereabouts) comprehension level. Surely, though, the folks we elect to serve in the highest offices should be at least a little smarter than a fifth grader. Perhaps we should have Jeff Foxworthy come and test the entire lot [...]
Posts Tagged ‘america’
It’s beginning to look a lot like pre-school…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged america, bush, congress, gay marriage, news, obama, politics, religion, wtf on November 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Happy Fourth!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged america, britain, independence day, july 4th, king george, liberty on July 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Happy Fourth of July to all my fellow Americans!
It still feels very weird to type ‘my fellow Americans’. Sort of like a new pair of shoes, which are very comfortable and look great, but due to their newness still seem a little awkward and tend to squeak if you turn around too fast.
Independence Day is [...]
Nice going, USA!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged america, soccer, wtf on June 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »
In the furore over Sanford, I had forgotten to mention something rather amazing.
Yesterday the US men’s soccer team defeated the world’s #1-ranked team – Spain – to reach the final of the Confederations Cup.
Spain were undefeated in the last 35 games (a joint world record), and are the reigning European champions.
Congrats to coach Bob Bradley [...]
Weekend Round-up
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged america, citizenship, constitution, cranial trauma, dollhouse, eliza dushku, family, gay marriage, joss whedon on May 9, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Just a few bits regarding some of my favorite posting topics:
Dollhouse: The season finale of Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse last night was amazing, astounding, astonishing, and quite possibly a lot of other words beginning with A.
For those of you who are interested in the show, but haven’t yet caught last week’s episode or last night’s, I’m [...]
I’m officially American!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged america, citizenship on May 8, 2009 | 14 Comments »
At 10:37 this morning, I was officially sworn in as a citizen of the United States.
While this doesn’t change very much in terms of my day-to-day life, it still represents a new chapter, the completion of a process which began with my moving over here eight years ago.
The last time I was in this room, [...]
LIVEBLOG of Giant Robot Day!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged america, humor, citizenship, asl, work, coffee, commuting, wtf, liveblog, giant robot, robot, snoring, shower, compliments, visualization, on your feet, bunny, xml, javascript, voda, hiccups, dr pepper, rush limbaugh, distructor, lucinda, circuits o'toole, mister sexypants, giant robert, crush limbaugh, fred the robot, heimlich maneuver, blankie, peanut butter, macarena, bizarre copier incident, papercut, electromagnet, terminator on April 24, 2009 | 6 Comments »
I’m following some unusual advice today, from the good folks at On Your Feet:
“Go through your entire day visualizing that you have a personal giant robot that protects you, defends you and gives you outrageous compliments.”
It sounded like fun. And I’m going to liveblog it so you can see all the action as it happens.
7:00am [...]
Free Verse Friday: America
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged america, fvf, poetry on April 10, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I’m borrowing the tradition of Free Verse Friday from francoBeans at the Change I Wish to See. I may or may not manage it every Friday, but we’ll see. As far as some of the other traditions out there, I haven’t yet come up with anything for TMI Thursday, and I would do Wordless Wednesday [...]
Cinches, cakewalks and Paris Hilton
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 31days, america, citizenship on April 9, 2009 | 4 Comments »
What to these have in common? They’re all easy. In the last case, this is only allegedly, in case her lawyers are reading. ‘Cause, you know, this little blog would be a major threat to them.
But what of it? Why am I talking about easy things?
Oh yeah – my citizenship exam. The guy didn’t bother [...]
Do I have to change my accent?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged america, citizenship, government on April 8, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Tomorrow is my interview for naturalization as a U.S. citizen, along with the testing of my literacy in English and my knowledge of American history and government.
It’s been a long road to get here (Interstate 90, actually, back and forth to Buffalo a gazillion times) and for a long time I wasn’t going to bother [...]
You say I’m a liberal like it’s a BAD thing
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged america, conservative, ideology, jesus, liberal, politics on February 4, 2009 | 2 Comments »
It’s a loaded word – these days, it’s usually loaded with poison and lobbed from a safe distance (e.g. Limbaugh’s microphone or Hannity’s desk), but is it really so bad to be liberal?
What does it even mean? Literally, it means that you allow stuff to happen. As such, it has become the favored antonym to [...]
