Rock on.
Sunday, October 19, 2014
Saturday, October 18, 2014
I Hate Readers
Did you know that the people who buy my books can "express" "opinions" about them even if they clearly lack the proper education and credentials to do so?
I so should be able to sell a million copies to justify my big advance by just having my smart and well-connected friends buy them. Why doesn't it work that way???
I so should be able to sell a million copies to justify my big advance by just having my smart and well-connected friends buy them. Why doesn't it work that way???
Midtermia
A lot of money goes into election politics, yes even the Team D side of elections. People get paid a lot of money to recruit candidates and run campaigns. There are professionals whose job is to get people to vote for their team. And then as we near election day, and the preblaming begins, the supposedly unenthusiastic Democratic voter who always sits out midterm elections, perhaps because of nattering nabobs of negative liberal bloggers, will be to blame.
I pay attention to this stuff. As was the case in 2010, a few weeks before election day I still can't fill in the blank of "Vote team D because _______!" Don't get me wrong, I know why people should vote team D (mostly, but not entirely, because team R is much worse), but there is no narrative out there. No simple storyline of "Dems will do this" or even "Dems will try to do this."
There's some improvement. They seem to have finally decided that abortion and contraception access might actually be winning issues in some places. But overall... I couldn't give a bumper sticker pitch to my neighbor if I tried. And, again, I pay attention.
The people who get paid a lot of money to run campaigns need to figure out how to get people to vote. It's their job.
I pay attention to this stuff. As was the case in 2010, a few weeks before election day I still can't fill in the blank of "Vote team D because _______!" Don't get me wrong, I know why people should vote team D (mostly, but not entirely, because team R is much worse), but there is no narrative out there. No simple storyline of "Dems will do this" or even "Dems will try to do this."
There's some improvement. They seem to have finally decided that abortion and contraception access might actually be winning issues in some places. But overall... I couldn't give a bumper sticker pitch to my neighbor if I tried. And, again, I pay attention.
The people who get paid a lot of money to run campaigns need to figure out how to get people to vote. It's their job.
Drive Until You Die
Mobility issues aren't going to be the same for all people as they age, but too many people live in areas where not being able to drive will essentially be a home prison sentence. Obviously walking and public transit might not be great options for some of those same people - inability to drive might be due to reasons that make those activities impossibly hard too - but living in a place where calling a cab won't bankrupt you, and where many needed things are a short cab ride away, probably would be.
Friday, October 17, 2014
Courageous Enough
He's actually right. In some sense it doesn't really matter if humans are causing Global Climate Change. The important thing is what we can do about it. Obviously in the real world the "what we can do about it" involves trying to reverse the "what we did to cause it" part, but the latter isn't really important. If it's happening, we need to do something about it.
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