I was not entirely sure I wanted to go see the new Bond film, despite being grudgingly impressed with Casino Royale.

But I definitely do now.

I don't know whether I ever posted this here, but I got a call last week I consider very unethical from the other side. It started off "Hi, this is Mary, from your union." (Neither my wife nor I are in a union-- in fact, I'm out of work-- and when one of my workplaces voted to unionize, I walked off the job. Yeah, I'm a little on the anti- side of that equation.) Went on talking for a while, and then got to the crux-- "and we want you to vote for Barack Obama and any other candidates your union endorses."

I grant you, it was a ham-handed attempt at best, but it was a pretty obvious attempt to at least get the most stupid of us to believe that this call wasn't from the Campaign to Elect Barack Obama or whoever...

(I think I'm writing in Dennis Kucinich again this year. I find all three major candidates loathsome.)

Heh... I wonder what they would have said if you asked them which union they were from?

"What union is that?"
"YOUR union!"
"What union is that?"
"You don't know what union you're in? How funny!"
"I'm not in a union."
"Oh. Is there anybody else there I can talk to?"

Eh, it was a recorded message, naturally. I screen calls, so I let the answering machine pick everything up, so I can tally. (Right now I'm 4 to 4. Ah, the joys of living in a swing state!)

OIIILLLLLLL FINGAAAAAA!

Hehe....

Are they remaking Goldfinger with a chocolate-crazed villain?

I wish!

Oh, love that album! I used bits of the lyrics in one of my stories.

It's a good album, but the one I really love is The Golden Age of Wireless.

I just want to jump in on the Thomas Dolby-love here. *swoons*

bin laden is running for president? dude! I missed that one! is he going to promise me better food in the us? cause terrorists have awesome food...

Did you hear that story about how the Feds wasted all this money trying to track down terrorists by looking for spikes in hummus consumption?

really? are you serious? woooow. thats hilarious.

Sad but absolutely true.

apparently humanity really is getting dumber. or maybe its just the ones in charge...

Damn, I was hoping for dark chocolate before I went and spoiled it by reading.

I thought it was latex until I read.

Did I ever tell you about my experience with a can of red latex that I found on sale at a shop in England? It was discovered that putting it on unshaven skin leads to pain. That was fun.

Strange... do you know why?

Why there was pain? I know why now!

Or is this a trick question?

Well, I mean I know that the body can suffocate if mostly covered in paint, but I've had small amounts on my skin before and not experienced pain.

Oh, I getcha. It wasn't the application part that hurt, it was the removal. The peeling off part. The hair came with and it didn't want to.

Ah.... now I see!