I am hoping that someone in the White House anticipated this ironic headline when they decided to nominate the new secetary for the Department of Education. So if Margret Spellings makes a mistake in the future as education secetary, can we call her Bad Spellings or Misspellings?
Revival
When I was a teenager living in the middle of nowhere in the U.K. in the early 90’s, my then best friend introduced me to Pearl Jam and their great music (Ten and Vs. which I still think are their best work thus far). But I lost interest in them after the release of the Vitalogy album which, at the time, I thought was not really Pearl Jam anymore.
However, back in October when Pearl Jam’s iTunes exclusive album, Live at Benaroya Hall, was released I found myself listening to the preview tracks and liking them. I bought that album soon and now I am in a Pearl Jam revival mood. I’ve just previewed and bought their No Code album and iTunes is downloading the tracks as we speak. Strangely I already have the Yield album (which I thought was OK) that was released after No Code. Somehow I skipped that album without knowing until this evening…
Perhaps as I mature from teenage to adulthood, my music taste matches (with years long delays) Pearl Jam transformation as well? Or is it a case of nostalgia?
Xbox
So I’ve succumbed to the game console temptation after Halo 2 was released this week and bought a Xbox this evening. The main reason is that a group of us in the office decided that we should setup a team to play online. And since I loved playing FPS game online I couldn’t really resist with playing Halo 2 on Xbox Live! with team speak. I am still getting used to the game pad control with its very different way of movement and POV. I miss my mouse for aiming!
Which File Extension Are You?
Apparently (and may be accurately) I am:
Not unexpected
No winner so far with the race hinges on Ohio and New Mexico. Not the sort of morning I was hopping for but I wasn’t entirely surprised either. I guess I kind of misunderestimate the level of political and social policy awareness in American public.
Now, where can we get a banner or t-shirt with Bartlet for America on it?
And to Ron, New York is not ungrateful. New York is politically aware that Bush is not the president we hoped him to be. We are able to separate his talk from his walk. We like his talks but disagree with the way he walks.
Lost in Colonisation 