STRIPPER RANT

Bachelor party rule: The night is over when the first guys says:"Hey, I think that stripper is really into me."

And more on the subject for Vixen Blue on CraigslistNewYork.

KERRY IN SF

I ran out of tape as I attached the podium sign yesterday.
I meant to get more tape and secure it. I forgot.
I was sure it would fall slowly, sagging as the Senator spoke:


It didn't.

And San Francisco raised over $3 million for the Kerry campaign last night.
It was a good party.

PROOF

Further evidence that God is paying attention:

1) Josh A Cagan sold his first screenplay! A serious sale to a great production company. I always knew it would happen - which doesn't make it any less fun to see!

2) JFK '04 - Kerry's coming to town and the kids in DC have asked me to help plan a little party (exciting indeed.)

3) This is my wife:

Maybe you run like a girl, throw like a girl, catch like a girl. But there's one more thing you do like a girl, and no one's complaining about that. here

THAT'S MY LADY

Maggie's next article in her vitrue series for The Morning News is now on-line. She's a do-good-er!

You planned to spend the morning hammering together a shelter for the homeless, but your hangover is better suited to a cup of coffee and the Sunday paper. In the second installment of her Virtue series, Margaret Berry shows you how to get off your duff without leaving the couch.

SATURDAY

After breakfast today, I walked down to the anit-Iraq War protest down by city hall. I walked with the thousands-long stream of protesters for a while, then peeled of after a while and went for a bike ride.

I guess things got a little out of hand for some folks a few blocks after I left:


Thanks to

SF Chronicle for the photo.

GOOD OMEN

Maggie and my cabbie on the way to the airport in Austin:
"You know, I voted for him twice as Governor and once as President, but this time he can kiss my wide, cabbie ass!"

As we talked to him, we found the cuts in Labor Department overtime for paralegals and the sending of National Regard troops *back* to Iraq will cost GWB his second term.

One item at a time, Bush is losing votes..

FINDING WORK

The Mrs. and I are heading to Austin again this weekend for the annual Margarita drinking contest that is The SouthbySouthWest Conference. We're there for the Interactive and Film portion and I'm on a panel Monday morning: Finding Work.

The thing both Maggie and I are most looking forward to: The San Jose Hotel.

MY BIKE

I love those crazy Dutch. CNN.com - GPS bicycles used to bait thieves.

SUPER TUESDAY 1.0

Last night I got home form the Information Architecture Summit in Austin, TX (a lot more fun than it sounds.)

I was going through my mail and found an envelope from Vermont - a thank you letter from the Dean Campaign along with a personal, hand-written note from Gov. Dean. Because he's doctor, I couldn't read a thing that he wrote - but I'm going to assume it was very nice.

To see today that he won his home state, two weeks after dropping out, really makes me happy. Governor Dean, and his supporters, can be very proud of the principled, energized, ground-breaking race they ran. This is a good way to finish the campaign. This is a sweet, last note.

And now, I look forward to doing all I can to put Senator Kerry in The White House. The Senator is terribly intelligent, with an admirable career of public service and a strong record with which to go after Bush.

Here we go...

CBC: Bush helped rebels oust Aristide

From The Hill.com:

CBC: Bush helped rebels oust Aristide: "Members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) yesterday accused the Bush administration of deliberately exacerbating the violence in Haiti to hasten the ouster of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide."

The Hill.com is reporting that the 18 members of the Congressional Black Caucus want the White House investigated in connection with yanking Aristide out of power and sending him into exile.

Did the writers of the West Wing and Bush's senior staff switch roles for a few weeks? This is the kind of story line one wouldn't believe if it were on TV.

True or false - just the accusation is pretty amazing.