This Blog Wishes He was Trick-Or-Treating

Instead, he is recovering from a taking a whole freaking 8 days to move 5 blocks.

Man, we did that wrong. Next time it's all about the movers and the trailer, and doing it in two days, tops.

Though I hope I don't look as bad as Clinton here.

Looks kind of like he should have kept that weight on, huh?

This Should be Funny

Instead, I just find it really sad.

No-one should have let him on a stage in the first place.

This is Good Stuff

This article here has it all:

Women-on-women action, mud-slinging, a look at the well-oiled nastiness of the Republican machine, and, my personal favorite, Lynne Cheney being caught in an out-and-out lie.

It starts out with a whimper, but read to the middle passages to see how this came out. It's priceless.

Just a Reminder

Neal Pollack is funny.

I'm Not Sure Who is Lamer

Owen Wilson was paid $100,000 to attend a Mercedes-Benz-sponsored Hamptons polo match. When other guests tried to speak with him, he reportedly said, “That’s not my job.”

The way I see this:
Owen is lame for taking the money, cool for fucking with Mercedes Benz, and lame for blowing anyone off, but cool for blowing off a lame-o sponsored polo match attendee.

I'm confused.

This Blog Would be Jealous of That Blog

If I didn't have to go out and kill people with my bare hands, handle nuclear waste, bench press 495 pounds, sexy dance with my woman, write a Holocaust book, run my charity organization, and be a CEO of a major investment firm.

Because I am Aleksey Vayner.

Seriously, start at the bottom. It's worth the work.

Two Wildly Divergent Posts

And the basic message is, if we are screwed, we might as well go down laughing.

Here's why we are screwed.

Here's why we will laugh as we go down.

Courtesy of a certain singer with her finger on the pulse of this sinking ship.

We All Know Someone Who's Peed in Someone's Mouth

So what's the big deal here?

It IS Kind of Chilly

I just discoverd that Jersey City's nickname is "Chilltown."

As eighties as that sounds, it ups the cool-level a tiny bit.

At least the nickname is better than this boring flag.



Another tid-bit, which is part of the actual appeal of the place:

Jersey City is one of the most ethnically and culturally diverse cities in the country, with an almost equal mix of non-Hispanic whites, non-Hispanic blacks, Asians, and Latinos. Of all cities in the United States, it has one of the largest Arab and Muslim populations and proportions, one of the largest Asian proportions, and one of the largest proportions of various Latino and Hispanic ethnicities outside the southwest. It also has higher-than-average numbers of Jews, Italians, Cubans, Filipinos, Indians, and Irish than most cities in the nation.

Jersey City at the Culture Wars

So, at first I was going to post about how embarassing it was that Jersey City tried to ban rock and roll. It was the 50s, but come on!!!


However, upon review, I have decided that it was probably a good thing to ban something that could be labeled a "Whiteman Frolic."

That phrase just conjures up strange visions of dancing sprites in dockers and boat shoes, prancing around a fire under the Jersey City moon!!!

People Often Ask Me

What does Jersey City look like?

Well, like this:



Okay, no-one ever asks that, but I usually volunteer it because I'm so defensive about it! Nice block, right?

Since Jersey City is part of the namesake of this blog, I'll be posting snippets about JC, its history, and its future.

Things are changing around here.

There Doesn't Seem To Be

Much to argue about this quote, from the NYT Op-Eds today:

The current Congress has shown no inclination to investigate the Bush administration. Last year The Boston Globe offered an illuminating comparison: when Bill Clinton was president, the House took 140 hours of sworn testimony into whether Mr. Clinton had used the White House Christmas list to identify possible Democratic donors. But in 2004 and 2005, a House committee took only 12 hours of testimony on the abuses at Abu Ghraib.

Apparently, this is the major power up for grabs in the mid-term elections. With a simple majority, you can call an investigation that holds the power of subpoena.

I still can't believe the juxtaposition of the White House Christmas List v. Torture in Abu Ghraib.

Ergonomics are No Joke

It took me a torn teres minor muscle in my shoulder to understand the true value of a $300 keyboard tray. The muscle tore from my mouse usage, combined with basketball and working out.

That torn muscle, and the carpal tunnell issues I started getting were enough for me to "insist my will" as my Japanese co-workers put it.

I recommend one of these keyboard trays for everyone.



Try to sit like this guy. I guarantee the majority of you don't. And it's comfy.

Maybe watch out who's reading over your shoulder

Cause chatting with Mark Foley like this could be misunderstood quick-like.

News in the Morning

BBC America has the best news from 8 - 8:30 in the mornings.

Unless you think Soledad is hot enough to keep watching CNN, through all the stupid health and business updates that barely scratch the surface.

Oh, and Corey Lidle died in a plane crash people. Let us cover this topic for another couple of days.

And then we can all ignore the fact that China is still not agreeing that we should impose sanctions with teeth, or even say anything mean to North Korea. It is amazing to me that China lists North Korea as an ally and is worried about the world isolating them. Oh yeah, we are the ones isolating that crazy-ass dude. Sure.

And it's all Clinton's fault, by the way. Because all the things he negotiated with North Korea were ignored. Bush will be able to negotiate well, as the uniter that he is, where Clinton failed. Sure.

Let Me Be Clear

I am not saying that I didn't think diddling little boys was a big deal.

But I did believe that this whole Foley thing was being politicized, and that it was about a little slightly-less-than-harmless email asking a young dude for his picture.

And I thought it was just more politics that everyone was getting all up in arms about Hastert and should-he-have-known.

But maybe I was wrong.

Turns out foley cruised for young dudes and went to their dorm repeatedly.

One quote, from the page that saw Foley come to their dorm:

The former page, who spoke to ABC News on the condition he not be identified, said he then began receiving instant messages and e-mails from Foley which became sexually explicit immediately following his 18th birthday.

And he patted a page's butt on the floor of the house.

So I guess I change my mind. Maybe someone should have said something. Maybe this is a little like the Catholic Priest coverup...

I'm baaa-aack

And I've decided to never, ever, brush my teeth again.

Sauerkraut and Wurst

I'm off to Germany for the International Book Fair.

If you are in the NYC area, and want to see Asheru at a house party my friends are throwing, email me or post here. I'm going to miss this and I'm pissed.