http://joel-junior.com/wp One man's quest for digital clairvoyance Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:21:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Posted to Virginia Beach Progressives: Last night in my initial blog post summarizing the debate, I mentioned how Obama countered McCain's edginess with a coolness that aided him in the debate. After thinking about McCain's behavior a bit more, I'm... [Continue Reading] http://joel-junior.com/wp/2008/10/08/745/ Posted to Virginia Beach Progressives: Tonight's presidential debate between Senators Barack Obama and John McCain once again left much to be desired. Neither the first presidential debate or the vice-presidential debate, provided any real moments where a candidate stood out far above their opponent. I suppose this is something that should... [Continue ... http://joel-junior.com/wp/2008/10/08/debate-long-answers-little-new-information/ Obama campaign attempts Keating Five attack This morning, Obama supporters received an e-mail from Barack Obama's campaign manager, David Plouffe, introducing an online documentary that is supposed to show how McCain's connection with the infamous Keating Five saga makes him partly responsible for the financial issues we are currently enduring. Gilmore and ... http://joel-junior.com/wp/2008/10/06/new-posts-on-virginia-beach-progressives/ Maureen Dowd of The New York Times shares Aaron Sorkin's account of what a meeting between West Wing's President Josiah (Jed) Bartlet and Senator Barack Obama would be like, and the advice Bartlet would give to the presidential candidate: GET ANGRIER! Call them liars, because that’s what they are. Sarah Palin ... http://joel-junior.com/wp/2008/10/02/jed-bartlet-to-barack-obama-get-angrier/ Drink coffee, support your candidate! http://joel-junior.com/wp/2008/10/02/7-election-2008/ Shannon Dunlap calls the show, "more humourous than hilarious". The play gets off to a slow start, but the production gathers speed as the number of actors on the stage increases. The group chemistry lends a more relaxed feel, and the players seem more comfortable in large numbers. There are definite ... http://joel-junior.com/wp/2008/09/29/portfolio-weekly-review-of-laughter-on-the-23rd-floor/ Senators Barack Obama and John McCain had their first debate at the University of Mississippi on Friday, September 26th. I wasn't able to catch the debate live, or for the next couple of days, due to being involved in other activities. Much has been written about this debate, so I'm ... http://joel-junior.com/wp/2008/09/29/the-first-debate/ I had read some good stuff over at Lifehacker about Windows Live Writer. I've avoided Windows Live like the plague, seeing it at mostly a bad attempt at consolidating web services into one badly designed package. After reading about Live Writer, I thought I'd give it a try. ... http://joel-junior.com/wp/2008/09/26/windows-live-writer/ From Bearing Drift: "The latest assault on Christianity and the ability of human beings to profess their faith publicly comes from the state police. Earlier this month, Col. W. Steven Flaherty, the State Police superintendent, made a decision that is supported by the governor that state police chaplains will no longer be ... http://joel-junior.com/wp/2008/09/25/mandated-universal-prayer-is-not-an-attack-on-christianity/ Celebrations for my birthday started last night at Guadalajara's. Sara took me out to dinner, where after eating and one jumbo margarita each and the ordering another round we were joined by other friends from the theatre. We had a great time sitting around eating, drinking, and generally being...well...dramatic. This morning, I ... http://joel-junior.com/wp/2008/09/25/happy-birthday-to-me/