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Goodbye Seattle

I just finished watching the Frasier series finale. I doubted that I'd like the ending, but was proven wrong. Two thumbs up.

Last of the E-Mail Fallout

I received a reply to my reply about the Bush e-mail this morning. The sender was very reasonable in his response, and I rightfully felt like a jerk for my outburst yesterday. He came across as very calm and collected, in stark contrast to my bitter and angry tone. I sent a note back saying thanks and apologizing and included a few questions I was hoping that he could answer for me so I could get a better view of his positions and opinions. Hopefully I have not burned this bridge too badly and can engage in a dialog and learn something in the process. I'm hoping to pinpoint the roots of our differences in opinions and understand a bit better about the sharp divide separating the two. Just out of curiosity, is there anyone who is fairly neutral towards Bush and the current administration? People seem to either support him strongly or oppose him strongly.

World Gets Dark

Strange, but true.

Early Morning

It's 5:30 AM and I can't seem to get to sleep again. Barbara came over last night and we hung out for the first time in around two years. It was nice. I also had a talk on the phone with my father about the e-mail I'd sent out the day before. I was quite nervous before the call as I know that my tone was inappropriate when sending the thing out and he'd call me on that. After a cool down period, I wasn't too happy with the thing later on in the day myself, and I sent an apology for any perceived disrespect or bad feelings seeded by the whole thing. Arguing politics online is something that frustrates me quite a bit and this frustration makes me into a not-so-nice person. I'd signed off some of the sites for a while, but the prison story, FDA banning OTC sales of morning after drugs story, and a few others sucked me back in. New personal policy - easy on the political news, simply delete all political forwards I receive, and remind myself that getting worked up over this stuff is not worth it. I gave Steve a hard time about his apathy towards the whole system, but his approach to ignoring it all does present a certain appeal. Of course, I care too much to disengage myself completely, and I need to simply keep my views in check. Alienating good people who have opposing views is just not worth it.

Too Easily Frustrated

Early this morning, I received one of the Bush worship pieces of e-mails that seem to circulate quite a bit in my family's e-mail circles (when you are the target of forwards and are not the least bit interested in them). This one was from an old neighbor in New Mexico talking about how Bush was not the worst president and criticism of the president on "The War on Terrah" is a product of misguided liberalism. I shouldn't have, but the piece was so blatantly false in its facts and conclusions that I fired off a rebuttal. Of course, I tend to become less than civil when writing about politics and flamed a bit. (I basically called the piece sent to me unresearched bullshit.) The message was CC'ed to my parents, so their reaction will be interesting. I seriously need to become a sharper and less cumbersome writer when faced with these things. The thing is though that the sheer audacity of the message just hit me wrong. For those curious, I've posted the message and my response below. Let time (and family) judge me as it may. Continue...

Still Twitching

Despite my extended hiatus, I am still alive and well. I haven't been up to too much that would be considered interesting, so I haven't written anything. I've been chugging along on Books, working my way through Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Season Two, playing a bit of Starcraft (though the addiction seems to be fading), and working my way through the Dark Tower books. (I read ALL of "Wolves of the Calla" yesterday.)

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Goodbye Seattle
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World Gets Dark
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