While I avoid getting political on this blog, today I found an article that echos my sentiments exactly: Reasons for Republicans to Vote Paul.

Now hear me out here. Ron Paul might come off as a nut-job, but it's an interesting thought to have someone in office that - while he's obviously a little power-hungry (running for President), it sounds like his respect for the Constitution reins that in.

If Giuliani is the R. candidate, I don't think the base will like that. A lot of their thought process will be "Mayor of NYC... a liberal capital of the world... with poor family values because he's been married all those times... and he's just too liberal for me, thanks".

If Clinton is the D. candidate, Rs turned off by Giuliani won't vote for her... if it was Clinton vs Satan himself there would be a lot of soul searching... and my money would be on Satan to win.

But Clinton also appears too left for a bit of the Democratic party, I think (or maybe too "business as it is now, but with more rules and corporations!"). So you've got some people unhappy there.

Paul, on the other hand, appeals to both the conservative (fiscally and Christian) sides of the Republican party, and to the Democrats turned off by Clinton. Imagine (parts of) two parties getting together on a candidate. Paul would add an extra feather in his cap to choose Kucinich as his running mate.

Whoever is the R candidate will get a lot of "Never Hillary" vote from the right... but I think only Paul can get any of that vote from the left.

My prediction for a Clinton v Giuliani election: record low turn-out. Bargain Basement low.

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2:51:20 PM    

The Next Generation Gap: Xers vs Ys: A Gon Xer looks around at the Gen-Xers in the office and looks back when she was the young upstart in a room full of Boomers.

Its an interesting look at Gen YMillennials (I thought the "Millennial" label was for those say born in ~1995-2008, but wikipedia has an interesting article on the topic including some vagueness on the start dates).

Now Iâo[dot accent]m getting a dose of my own smugness because a lot has changed in ten years. I am not always the slick up-and-comer in the room with a strikingly new perspective. Sometimes I am just the Gen-Xer bombarded with the extreme optimism and potential of the Millennials. (Another insult: These people used to be called Generation Y, but they donâo[dot accent]t like to be associated with Gen Xers, so they prefer the term âo[ogonek]Millennials.âo[caron])

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7:11:38 PM    

Last night I heard fire engine sirens and all kinds of commotion around midnight. This morning I got up and found an email from my mom (a school teacher at the local elementary school).

The email said that last night her building had a fire!

Luckily someone was there to trigger the fire alarm (teachers keep funny hours too maybe???!!!), or I'm sure it would have been worse.

The fire was on the opposite side of the building as where Mom works, but if there was smoke damage I suppose her room could be affected.

Just Wow.

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8:43:44 AM    

(Wouldn't it be weird to write "President Of the United States Of America" on your tax forms? Wouldn't it be weird to processes such things?)

Anyway, mildly interesting, and probably close to right.

The IRS 2005 Tax Schedule says to take $94727 + 35% of (gross adjusted income - $326450) = $237,719. So, there's a slight difference ($50,000, but remember the amount of money we're talking about here. Also remember that when you go to the tax man there's all kinds of deductions and everything. So, like I said, probably close to right.)

It's just interesting, anyway.

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7:14:53 PM    

Now we just have to figure out term for a group of them. (A bunch of platatod).

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12:57:07 AM    

• Top Ten Reasons Why Geeks Make Good Friends
• Top Ten Reasons why you should date a geek (although this is very tongue-in-cheek, or well hidden satire. I'm not sure. But it's written by Robert Scoble's wife, so, well, maybe she has a point.)
• Dos and Don'ts of Dating Geeks
• And from horsepigcow (Wolf Ram and Hart?): More reasons to date geeks
• Ten Reasons why it isn't always easy being married to a geek
• Top ten reasons Geeks make good fathers

Ok, now back to work.

Update: 10 Reasons to Love Having a Geek Mama. Because that was a very male oriented bunch of lists



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