Hope

Here’s hoping 2009 is a better year for the nation and the world.

Update on Steven Tyler At Trans-Siberian Orchestra Concert Post

I’m just noticing that I received a number of hits on my post about Steven Tyler as the special guest at the Trans-Siberian Orchestra concert this past weekend.  The hits surprised me a bit, since I don’t write here for hits really. If I did, I’d stop writing, because I don’t get hits. It’s just a fun place for me to put some thoughts down, make fun of Bush or post some items I find amusing. Mostly, it’s just so that I can have an easy repository of these things to go back and look at. The hits also surprised me because it was just something I threw up from my iPhone as I was driving out of the  Izod Center parking lot — a quick line and a snapshot I took with  my phone.

If had had known people were interested, I would have added more. For instance, Steven Tyler was fine  during his two songs. I’m not entirely convinced he wasn’t  under the influence though. Paul O’Neill, who created the group said some especially kind things about Tyler before introducing him, but then was completely blown off as Tyler was leaving the stage after the second song. O’Neill walked up to him and went to shake his hand. It struck me as really difficult for Tyler not to notice unless he was drunk, or he’s  just a rude bastard. I’m not sure what this says about me, but either way I find it funny.

Roger Daltrey was the special guest at last year’s concert. One of the things I like best about Daltrey is his need to be on stage. He did more songs that Tyler did this year and appeared to be way  more into the whole thing. He just wants to perform — always has. I can remember him complaining when he couldn’t get Pete Townshend to go out on tour with him. It’s what he loves to do, and it really showed.

If anyone out there went to TSO concerts prior to last year I’d love to know who their other special guests were, as well as anyone you might want to see as a special guest next year.   Also, I do have more pictures from the concert this year. If anyone is interested, leave a comment and I’ll post some of them. They’re just from the phone, but they’re not bad, as you can see from the pic in my prior post.

More Erudite Words of Wisdom from Dear Leader

“the excesses of the past have caused a lot of folks to hurt when it comes to, like, their 401(k)’s or, you know, their jobs.”

–President Bush

It’s only a shame this quote is too long to make it my Bloomberg greeting.

How Soon Until That World War?

The Onion’s 2008 In Review: The Economy

The Dow Jones Industrial Average has fallen nearly 6,000 points since reaching its all-time high of more than 14,000 last year. What do you think?

Curtis Langford,
Systems Analyst
“I’m sure that’d be even more terrifying if I knew what the points represented.”

Cindy Greenlagh,
Systems Analyst
“C’mon, I’ve seen this happen a thousand times. The stock market crashes, and then twenty years and a world war later, everything’s fine.”

Ryan Timms,
Systems Analyst
“This sounds like a perfect time to hatch my poorly conceived, undercapitalized business venture, so that when it fails I can blame the economy.”

Whubble!

Whubble!

Steven Tyler at TSO Concert

Just left the trans Siberian orchestra show. Steven Tyler was the special guest. He did two songs — dream on and sweet emotion (forgive the lack of caps… Writing from iPhone.).

In honor of my newfound ability to post comics as is, here’s another one from OVERCOMPENSATING!

Pluses and Minuses

Well, the new theme gives me plenty of room to fit in a comic. That’s a plus.

None of the links in my posts work any more though. That’s what you might call a huge minus!

Also, am I the only one to notice that wordpress has slowed to a  crawl in recent days?

…..gotta fix the link problems or I’ll be looking for yet another new theme. aaarrggghh.

update: Ok, don’t know what the problem was, but the links are working for me now.

Happy New Theme Day!

I’d like a little more color, but I’ve been wanting a better theme since I began this on wordpress. Mostly, I just wanted a wider main column so that I could fit in the occasional comic strip without having to shrink it down. I think this will do that, and I’m ok with the boring grey. Hell, I’m a boring guy.

Let’s test the comic capabilities!

Recent Onion Headlines

Bush Passes Three-Pound Kidney Stone

Bush Dragged Behind Presidential Motorcade For 26 Blocks

Bush’s Eyelid Accidentally Nailed To Wall

Is The Onion trying to tell us something here?  The stories are pretty detailed and somewhat graphic.   I’m curious to see where they’re going with this…

He Makes It So Damn Easy

“You’re getting me way out of my lane here. I’m just a simple president.”

–Guess who

The Man’s a Complete Idiot

GIBSON: Is there one more deal in you? Is there one more thing you really want to achieve?

BUSH: That’s an interesting question. I’m confident — look, first of all, you don’t get to be President unless you’re a “Type A” personality who’s driven to do things. And I am confident I’ll be driven to do something; I just can’t tell you what it is yet.

Steve Hadley and I were sitting around — he’s the National Security Advisor — sitting around; I said, wouldn’t it be interesting for baby boomers not to retire in nice places, but to retire — during their retirement, go help people deal with malaria or AIDS. In other words — and I’m not suggesting that’s what I’m going to do, but it is the kind of thing that intrigues me.

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