I’m off to try to pick up Nagila Lawson’s Feast, an autographed copy from Barnes & Noble. P- made coq au vin yesterday for dinner — very tasty! More cooking would be more welcome.
I had some problems finding the book, but it was eventually found under the first name after frantically going floor to floor.
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I’m at dfw airport right now waiting for my flight to board to jfk. There are a lot of military shipping out to Iraq here. They seem to be going by 1’s and 2’s. Outside was ugly – the (non-Asian) speaker at Saturday’s luncheon, the robbery of some law students’ auction items. My time here ultimately was great for what was inside – our people, the people there, the beautiful art interiors. Ok, we’re boarding – more writeup later.
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Dallas is really a pretty hard place to tour around, especially if you don’t have a car. Yesterday I was at the Sixth Floor Museum, a.k.a. the former Book Depository, which was actually quite fascinating. There is no one walking around on the streets – everyone drives. As for the moot court competition, unfortunately our teams didn’t win this year either. It’s UC Hastings vs. Chicago Kent. Had BBQ yesterday — ribs were good, but the chopped beef was not so satisfying. The hot links were fine, though.
I’m going to try to wander around today and see what I can find.
The race is on again… On my way to LGA in car service. On these early departures, I can never sleep until I’m on the plane. I think that I have everything. I’m travelling way light – only a duffle bag and my laptop.
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I’m heading to Dallas tomorrow morning to judge a moot court competition and pick up some BBQ. I think that I have the mobile blogging setup all ready, so posts will be more concise and more rapid for the next couple of days….
I’ve upgraded the WordPress software to version 1.2.1; seems to be without a hitch, but let me know if you find anything wrong.
In “cover-up” news, Band Aid has announced that they will have a third remake of “Do They Know It’s Christmastime?” to raise money for African famine relief. The remake will have some of the original artists, such as U2’s Bono, but will also feature the musical styles of current artists such as Coldplay and Dido.
What a bruising week! Staying up until 4 in the morning, furiously at the computer, being stressed out about politics… No, wait, that’s talking about work.
OK, if you really want to talk about the election, ultimately in my mind the process is more important than the candidates. Both Bush and Kerry would have been constrained in what they could do once elected, regardless of what “political capital” either one may have: Kerry vs. a Republican Congress, Bush with the reality of Senate filibustering and a budget full of maxed-out credit cards. I think that overall the participation and interest have been the strongest it has been in recent memory (not counting the dismal 17% showing for the 18-24 range), and right as it should be.
Unofficial draft dodging is now in vogue in the news. For those who rather be on the sidelines, Marrying a Canadian-American is an comical option. Canada is looking for 250,000 qualified men and women next year….
Well, it’s some time past 3 am and Ohio is poised to being the new Florida due to provisional ballots. 130,000 are outstanding and Bush’s lead is 144,000. Bush is planning to claim victory. At least the doomsday scenerio will probably not come to pass, where Bush wins Ohio and Kerry wins the remaining states, resulting in a 269 tie. In any event, the lawyers will have at it tomorrow. Good night for now.
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Why am I blogging so often in the last day? I want to make it to the polls early this morning, but I just can’t go to sleep. As potents such as baseball and football games, and eclipses and other means of prognostication have made their appearance in this year’s campaign, it is truly fitting that Election Day falls on All Souls’ Day, a.k.a. El Día de los Muertos. The day in Mexico and other Latin cultures is celebrated with parades, special desserts, and prayers and remembrances. The traditional prayer ritual to help spring a soul out of purgatory is six Our Father’s, six Hail Mary’s, and six Glory Be’s.
The11th-hour campaign ads, especially the chain letter ones, are really annoying me.
Quoting from the ad:
Capital Punishment killed 98 Americans
War in Iraq killed 100,000 people
Abortionists murdered 1,750,656 American infants
P-Diddy’s “Vote or Die” slogan actually accurately describes the balancing act among various varieties of life or death issues: 1. War, 2. Abortion and 3. Capital Punishment. You would think that you would have to be all for or all against all three to be intellectually consistent. But the candidates are not. Bush is arguably reluctantly for 1, against 2, and enthuastically for 3; Kerry is arguably reluctantly against 1, backs 2, and against 3.
What is the rationalization? Taking both candidates’ positions, either all three should be justifiable for specific reasons, or all forms of death infliction are always wrong, no matter what the form or reason. Yet, we have this relative picking and choosing, or even worse, the Machiavellian calculus in the ad of pitting a lot of deaths against a lot of lives. No wonder we can’t collectively make up our minds. Not at least until we can put everyone through a college level ethics course.
On a more somber note, a friend’s wife had a miscarriage yesterday. I was in their wedding party a year and a half ago. My mother had a miscarriage before having me; I always wondered how things might have been different. Pray for their souls, and pray for ours. The Latin word for hope, prayer, or wish has carried into English as the act we will do today: vote.
The battle is finally drawn. Literally legions of lawyers have gathered to descend on polling places at sunrise for the final showdown. I know I will be there. Bring a copy of your state’s Voting Bill of Rights with you in case. If there could be only one wish, please make it that someone, anyone, wins big!