And, honestly, Clinton and Obama have nearly identical policy plans, and neither one has any executive experience. So talking about who would make a better President has to be on the basis of their campaign rhetoric.

This was what I was trying to say, but more eloquently and succinctly.

What can they say about Hillary that's new?

You mean outside of the clusterfuck surrounding the release of papers between her and her husband? Or you know, the fundraising for the library that neither she nor her husband will discuss? Or, you know, that she's just a front for her husband to take over the country again.

YAY baby is back asleep. Too bad I need to wake him in 20 minutes!

Also, ita, I hope the blood clots resolve. I worry that they will tell you that they don't know what is going on. I seem to be encountering that a lot these days, so I hope you can avoid it.

Also, remember that the Swift boat thing came up very late in the campaign.

Job-ma for meara and health-ma for ita (again).

I am very unimpressed with the way the west coast is treating our Buffistas today.

Very much this. Lots of health~ and job-finding/unemployment-getting~ma winging westwards!

Back in the day, the "loonies" claimed that we could build shields to block out the sun and save us from global warming. Respectable scientist scoffed at this notion, and set out to prove that it couldn't be done. Unfortunately, they couldn't. The discovered that there was some feasibility to the notion, and are now pursuing an avenue of related research.

"We don't know who struck first, us or them. But we do know it was us who scorched the sky."

My other fear about Obama is what they are going to dig up on him. I think it's fair to say they can come up with something.

So far they haven't come up with much at all. He preemptively revealed the cocaine thing - maybe that's the worst of it?

Anything a candidate reveals him- or herself, preemptively, that *sounds* like the "worst" is almost guaranteed to not be close to the worst. They preemptively reveal it in the hopes that it will sate the masses/media in their search for dirt, and then the *actual* worst dirt won't come to light.

Plus, he doesn't want that whole "gave-a-dirty-look-to-a-girl's-puppy" incident to come out.

Back in the day, the "loonies" claimed that we could build shields to block out the sun and save us from global warming. Respectable scientist scoffed at this notion, and set out to prove that it couldn't be done. Unfortunately, they couldn't. The discovered that there was some feasibility to the notion, and are now pursuing an avenue of related research.

Pfft. Monty Burns proved it could be done LONG ago.

Um...Allyson, when you said this:

I have to take off work and stand in line at the Hollywood Office to pay a city tax/fine for something that I had no idea existed, and apply for an exemption for the same tax I had no idea existed. I need to register with the city as a Creative Artist.

Did you mean today? Because it seems Hollywood is a bit of Presidential Campaign mess today.

Oh no, meara! I'm so sorry. How completely shitty is that? Completely completely, is how.

Also, there have been rumors he used to be called Barry,

Nah, that's a fact. There are awesome high school yearbook pictures of Barry Obama playing basketball.

ita, don't die from a blood clot, please.

I have always intended to die from a stroke, so maybe this is it.

After last night's MythBusters, where they tested whether or not an airplane on a conveyor belt can take off, (and it did)

Straight Dope column about same. What were the conditions of the Mythbuster test? How rigourous were they?

okay, W. T. F.

I just called Best Buy's geek squad for my computer issue. I describe the problem, guy claims that I have to pay $199. Upon further inquiry, he admits to a $29 process that I don't have to pay for if they don't fix it. he then says "well, we charge for a 1/2 hour of labor, but if we can't fix it on 10 or 15 minutes, then we have to charge you more." I was silent for a second, hoping that he would see the illogic of the statement. He apparently did not, so I said "you charge for a half hour, but only allow 15 minutes?" He said yes.

The, he admitted to a $59 "diagnostic", where they would tell you what was wrong, but wouldn't fix it. For the $199, they will reinstall the operating system, but only if I provide the disc.

So I said "Okay, what if I just want you to transfer everything from the old computer to the new one", they'd charge $199 to fix the old one PLUS $99 to transfer the data. Just data, no programs. Who goes for this shit?

W. T. F.