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Rob and Monica got married. It was lovely, the weather more than cooperated. It was a gorgous day. Everyone had a great time at the reception (some people had TOO good a time) and I even made a toast. They got a bunch of stuff from their registry, but most importantly in the eyes of Man and God they are husband and wife. Congratulations, you two. May the years of your lives be as long as they are happy. Mazel tov!
Now to the important stuff. The Bengals lost to Tampa Bay, but they beat Carolina! So, we're 4 and 2. Tied with the Ravens. But I'm not impressed with the Ravens yet. So, we'll see what happens. The best news is how shitty Pittsburgh is. They're 2 and 4 and rapidly playing their way out of contention. And Roethlisberger is hurt, again. He's going to play, but he probably won't play very well. Things are proceeding nicely on that front.
Erin McKeown's new album came out (on iTunes) and it is awesome! There are one or two songs that are a little too slow and boring for me, but a solid 10 of the songs are really enjoyable. And at least 3 of those are positive keepers. "Sing You Sinners" is the name of the album and the title track, which is excellent, it's one of those top three. Get Happy is a fun, bouncy song, full of energy. My favorite song on this album, though, has to be "Rhode Island Is Famous For You". Just an awesome, awesome song. Very clever, and Erin performs it absolutely brilliantly. The performances are never a drawback on any of these songs, sometimes the song just isn't my personal preference, that's all. Great, great album. I can't stop listening to "Rhode Island Is Famous For You".
Jesus Camp was very disturbing.
Mills lent me The Kite Runner and it was pretty good. I saw several of the author's plot points well in advance, but the writing itself was well done and the characters themselves, even if a bit cliched, were very likable, even when they shouldn't be. A very good job of showing each character to best advantage at some point. Characters that start out as unsympathetic manage to redeem themselves. Except for one particular pyschopath. The book is nothing new or startlingly original, but that's hardly a crime. If you like coming of age type books, this might be one to check out.
Anyway, small political section. I think it is hilarious how the Bush Administration is now starting to change history again. Now our plan in Iraq is not simply "Stay The Course" but a constantly shifting menu of options customized and tailored for each evolving set of circumstances. Oh really?! Well, good. I guess. Except so far it sounds like the same bullshit with a new coat of paint and possibly a bunch more troops, from somewhere. Don't know where they'll find them. If they're not just rearranging the deck furniture on a certain famous ship that met with a tragic end, then this sounds like they're positioning themselve for a phased pull out of troops. The explanation should be itneresting, since they claim that Iraq is a vital front in the war on terror and that we're fighting there, so that we won't have to fight here. Logically, doesn't that mean that if we pull out of Iraq, we'll end up fighting in the streets over here? That sounds retarded to me, but I'm not the one that peddles that BS. Shouldn't they have to explain why it's now okay to pull out of Iraq? Why it is no longer an essential battle in the war on terror and how they plan to keep the jihadists out of the U.S. without Iraq to distract them? I mean, the truth is that there is no jihadist capability to fight in the U.S. the way they fight in Iraq and that our invasion of Iraq created the very force we're now fighting and that it was basically the equivalent of putting big glowing neon targets on our troops' backs' and shoving them into a pitch black room. While our military is here, guarding our shores, there's no way for jihadists or terrorists to reach them, or us, on any basis more frequent than once every 5-10 years. And that's if we stop paying attention. If we send our whole army to the Middle East of course... well, they're sitting ducks then.
But we won't hear that from Bush of course. Most likely they'll just pretend they never said anything like that. Ugh. Post Over.

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