spectacle

As I was driving back from lunch with a friend in web development I listened to “Carnival” with fresher ears. It speaks a lot of truth. I’m curious how others read or (re)read the “wild and mystic prophet” character, but none the less pretty descriptive of our times:

R. Neal wraps up his coverage of the Democratic National Convention:

Anyway, Obama rolls like a rock star and his well-run campaign has done an incredible job of energizing a new generation of voters and attracting working-class Americans who are willing to at least take a look at the long-overdue change Obama is selling.

Here’s a grab-bag of items and thoughts I’ve not had time to post during the past week, which, according to tradition is supposed to be one of the slowest of the year. Not so for me.

The Other McCain lays it on the GOP’s doorstep:

We love us some Olympics around the Williams household. My wife and I have always been fans, and it appears the fruit is not falling far from the tree: the other day my oldest daughter rebuffed a request to do Something Kids Love To Do by saying, "I'm watching women's beach volleyball and it only comes on in 4 years!" In our family, the Olympics is almost like 14 Super Bowls in a row.

Desperation, frustration, mental illness, drugs; who knows what causes an individual to step outside the bounds of "rational behavior"?

Bridge climber disrupts downtown traffic | www.tennessean.com | The Tennessean

Tonight we went to see a dance group from South Africa at a venue just down the street from our house. It was beautiful and fun, and our daughter danced and clapped and babbled right along to the music.

Tony G.

Edwards was caught trysting with Rielle Hunter in a Los Angeles Hotel last night by the National Enquirer. ..Said reporter Hitchen: "After we confronted him about seeing Rielle, Edwards looked like a deer caught in headlights!

"He was clearly surprised that we had caught him at this very late hour inside the hotel.