DougJ is in an undisclosed location so he asked me to remind those of you in the Seattle area that there’s a meetup on March 10 at Sazerac at 6 PM.
Readership Capture
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Traffic’s been way up here the past month or so. We’re probably do 3 million page views this month, and I’m hoping that we’ll get up over 4 million during the run-up to the general election.
What kinds of new features, not in terms of the blog lay-out but in terms of topics and discussions, would you like to see over the next few months, to make this place into one-stop shopping for all your election needs?
Goodbye, Super Tuesday
What’s the Ohio equivalent of the I-4 corridor? Why can’t Romney close the deal with Catholic, college-educated single dads?
(title h/t Brachiator)
Open Thread
Here’s an open thread for you all. The running count of companies that have dropped sponsorship of the Rush Limbaugh show in one way or another is up to 28, according to Media Matters blog.
Baby Monkey vs. Kitten No cute animals were harmed…but several observers have suffered virtual diabetic seizures.
Tweet of the day–Andy Borowitz, @BorowitzReport–I’m going to call Super Tuesday early and predict that the winner will be a massive douchebag. #SuperTuesday
The Dangerous Veteran: An Inaccurate Media Narrative Takes Hold
Balloon Juice Seattle Meet-Up on Saturday
No FPers (as far as I know) will be there but Yutsano and some other commenters will. Here’s the details.
I’ll post on this again as the day grows nearer.
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You know the drill
We’re 900 and 96 thou short of a mill.
Remember: it’s this guy versus a guy who likes to fire people.
Either I’m too sensitive or else I’m getting soft
That earworm thread was one my all-time favorites, especially these two comments, so I thought I’d try another one like it on this crappy, rainy afternoon.
My favorite genre of music is songs that give you that kicked-in-the-gut, can’t-move, can’t-breathe, something-awful-is-happening kind of feeling: stuff like “Love In Vain”, “I’d Rather Go Blind”, “Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground”, “I’ve Got It Bad”, “I Loves You Porgy” (“don’t let him touch me with his hot hands” gets me), and, even though I’m not such a high-brow guy, the ending part of “Madame Butterfly”. (My second favorite genre is the “I’ve been kicked in the gut and I can’t breathe, but fuck it, I’ll try to have fun anyway” type.) But there are some songs like this I literally cannot get all the way through, because there’s too much of a gut kick — “For The Good Times” (I can’t get past the “tomorrow and forever and ever and ever” part) and “Simple Twist Of Fate” (I can’t listen to “I still believe she was my twin”) are the two main examples.
What are your favorite kicked-in-the-gut songs and what songs are you unable to get through?
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