Today was long and eventful. First, the episodic psychosis of my office computer's Microsoft Outlook took a turn for the worse. The computer was seized with a mighty shudder from Outlook, the latter of which then refused even to acknowledge its own responsibility for sharing messages and appointments and telephone numbers with me.
After several bouts with 'fix' tools and other forms of attempted repair (including an attempt to reinstall Outlook), all of which were useless, I came to realize it was time to call in the experts. They finally came and announced it was not Outlook, at all but, rather, the impending death of my hard drive. So, they 'ghosted' the hard drive, put in a new one, transferred the 'ghost' back to the drive and, Presto!, a working computer. After running more fixes on Outlook (which I abuse by letting far too many messages accumulate), my computer is now working again.
All of this took place as I danced my way around clients wondering "where is thus and such that you promised would be available early today?" Snarl, snap, bark! Dammit, don't they know I generally play Mr. Fixit on my own computer and only after hours of fruitless labor do I call in the experts?! I don't have time for them! Yikes, I hope they don't hear me...they could react badly.
So, after a long day, my wife and I left the office at around 7:00 pm. We stopped in at a Tex-Mex spot near the office, had a good, filling dinner, and now, here we are. It's after 9:00 pm.
I noticed today that Phil is commenting on the Oscars and Al Gore and the assertions that he is using too much electricity. If, indeed, Gore is not practicing what he preaches, I will say I am half upset with him. But, at least he preaches it, while others among us don't even acknowledge our responsibility to the planet or to ourselves and (for some of us) our children and grandchildren. Mind you, if he is the environmentalist-equivalent of the right-wing abstinence-blathering preacher who's impregnating every egg-producing female in the church, I'll be among the first to suggest a swift kick in the teeth. But not yet...I have my doubts about the stories that suggest Gore is an electricity hog.
My blogger friend Kathy is not a Gore afficionado, judging from this post. One of her readers posted a response, suggesting that Kathy's information was not complete. This is all interesting, isn't it? I'm personally in favor of someone completely new in 2008. I don't know who that would be just yet, but I've not seen many candidates that really grab my attention. I'm still wondering about Richardson...don't know him well enough...but I'm just not sure I'm ready to cast my lot with any of them.
Somebody, please convince me that any of the candidates who have already announced their intentions to run for president are worth my time. I need convincing. I'm not half happy with the Democrats and I'm absolutely disgusted with the Republicans (though I don't know enough about Giuliani...but he seems to be socially progressive in some ways, yet I sense a true Republican lurking deep within).
2 comments:
The story about Gore came from a partisan right-wing group. They may have had the numbers, but not the underlying information about gore's energy habits. Gore buys his power from green sources and pays about 50% more for his energy. He uses about what is to be expected for the size of his home, plus an office for him and one for Tipper, a guest house, and Secret Service. He's really a green guy!
I don't know who to support yet for 2008. There's time. I like Richardson, but it's been hard for him to distinguish himself. Rudy Guiliani is a social progressive on some things, but he really is a very creepy conservative.
Actually, I was aware of the information about Gore's energy sources. It still doesn't excuse a huge energy bill like that, nor does the fact that it's his home office. Like I said, if we don't include conservation as part of the mix, all the wind energy and solar in the world isn't enough to save us.
And Gore knows this.
As for Richardson, I really hope he doesn't slide through the primary process. He's got way too many skeletons in his closet to play in the big leagues. Just an FYI. (Note: I've volunteered for Richardson, and voted for Gore, so it's not like I'm completely not in favor of these two--just hoping something better comes along.)
I'm liking Obama the best of the bunch so far. But I'll vote for any Democrat when the time comes, so take that for what it's worth.
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