From Time: McCain Pool Report

McCain now boarding plane at DCA with Cindy, Salter, Rudy Giuliani, wife Judith, and other aides plus pool.

Heading to Memphis, 1:50 minute flight, then motorcade to site

General atmosphere is utter confusion.

Heh. Report: McCain Aides Complain That Palin Is "Clueless"

Radio talk show host Ed Schultz reports:

Capitol Hill sources are telling me that senior McCain people are more than concerned about Palin. The campaign has held a mock debate and a mock press conference; both are being described as "disastrous." One senior McCain aide was quoted as saying, "What are we going to do?" The McCain people want to move this first debate to some later, undetermined date, possibly never. People on the inside are saying the Alaska Governor is "clueless."

On Friday, conservative columnist Kathleen Parker said that after seeing Palin in interviews, she thinks the vice presidential nominee should drop out.

eta: Of course, the above stuff from the McCain campaign might just be calculated to lower expectations on Palin (so they can then say she met or exceeded the expectations, and thus won the debate, etc).

I hate everything today, FYI.

I don't hate everything today. I had a cheeseburger (with bleu cheese) for lunch and it was nummy.

My lunch was unsatisfactory. I think my picker is broke! I had fried calamari and pumpkin tom ka from the thai place around the corner. The calamari wasn't bad but fried, so unhealthy, and the tom ka was bland and disappointing.

I'm going to make myself nachos for dinner so that should be good.

The question now is do I go out for afternoon snack?

Jesse, I gave you Matt Damon video.

ION, the Naked Protein Smoothie I got is NAST. I failed to look at the label closely. I saw bananas, but it is banana and CHOCOLATE and yuck. Still it has lots of protein and iron and I need both right now, so I am sipping and chasing with coffee.

I had some bulgogi situation, which was fine, but expensive, and I wish I had had something more spicy and/or soup-like.

I guess I will handle that desire with chili for dinner.

Seriously, people need to (a) get off my case, (b) stop annoying me, and (c) leave me alone. Also, this day needs to end. I'm seriously contemplating writing off the rest of the afternoon and working over the weekend.

Did you know that if you call FEMA for disaster assistance, and all their operators are busy, they just hang up on you? Isn't that funny! Ha. Ha ha.

(No, I don't need disaster assistance, but I need some fucking form so we can sell the house.)

Jesse, I gave you Matt Damon video.

OK, I do not hate you or Matty D.

Actually, I am not cranky with any of you people here. It's just stupid work. Stupid work!!!

I had a great little quesadilla with an absurdly expensive organic corn tortilla with jalapeno and cotija cheese. And some candied ginger.

I love candied ginger, so yummy.

I don't even know what to think about the election anymore, it's just gone completely into crack!fic land. I am half expecting Rodney McKay and John Sheppard, as dueling political consultants, to show up and start necking on the Daily Show.