A contrarian view

Most of the analysis I've heard so far is based on who scored the most debating points, and who looked most assertive.
However, Obama's biggest asset in this race has been that people like and trust him much more than they do Romney. While Romney's bullying may have at first glance come across as assertive, it may in the long run reinforce the prevalent view that Romney is neither empathetic or trustworthy, which will have more effect on how people vote.
Also -- see FactCheck.org. Romney probably provided more ammunition for future Democratic SuperPac ads featuring his easily contradicted quotes.

The Frozen Blogger

Another parody waiting to be written.

Work in progress

Long, long ago
in a galaxy far, far away
there ws a gaseous star named GOP
around which circled (in a somewhat eccentric orbit)
the planet Romney
and its moon Ryan.

Gallagher and Shean

Gallagher and Shean were probably the best known of the classic vaudeville acts.
I first heard of them when I was about five years old when my Grandfather taught me parts of their routines.
They were the basis for Neal Simon's The Sunshine Boys, although the title itself may have been derived from another vaudeville team: The Happiness Boys.
And Groucho Marx was Al Shean's nephew.
And finally, I've been reading Joseph Heller's Closing Time, the sequel to Catch 22.  He spends a couple of pages having a few characters doing a takeoff on Gallgher and Shean's classic lines:
   "Absolutely, Mister Gallagher?"
   "Positively, Mister Shean!"

On the Marriage Amendment

There’s a simple answer to the gay marriage question:
Take the State out of the marriage business entirely.
Let any group (spiritual or otherwise) award the status of marriage according to any standard it chooses, but separate this status from any civil considerations.  The moral aspects of marriage should be a private concern.
Civil issues such as inheritance and benefits would be covered by some sort of certification of civil union, which would not involve any sort of moral judgement.
On this basis, the amendment should fail, not because gay marriage is or isn’t desirable, but because marriage should not be a government concern.

Flink

Why aren't words there when you need them?
There ought to be a word 'flink', defined as something between a flash and a blink:
"The fireflies are flinking around the back yard".
And yes I know it's in the OED, but the meaning is all wrong; who needs a flink of cows?

Viola redux

Tried one today -- I am definitely viola compatible (if not violant).
It fit me better than a violin does, and a bit more keyboard spacing was good.
I was able to play it about as well as a violin.
Shall have to think about converting.

Watch what you post!

The headline says it all:
"Homeland Analysts Told to Monitor Policy Debates in Social Media"

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/23/us/house-questions-homeland-security-program-on-social-media.html

Hoops

It it true the Hoopster-in-Chief is going to go one-on-one against Jeremy Lin?

Inversion

Has any noticed that transposing the second and third letters
of Mittens last name makes it
Rmoney ?