The way that the Democratic primary campaign ended was a solid letdown. As any of my regular readers know, I’ve said that this was over a long time ago and time has shown that I was roughly correct. The last primaries have been very much like watching a football game in which one team was up by 5 touchdowns at the half; leads like that are rarely blown and a Prevent Defense is really pretty boring to watch.
Monthly Archives: June 2008
The Obvious
Barack Obama paid my neighborhood a visit last night. I’d have offered him something to drink, maybe a dog on the grill if he was up for it, but it wasn’t that kind of visit. We watched the motorcade of 5 rolling disco troopers, two buses, and some number of cars from the bluff overlooking the Mississippi just where they all turned towards the large Xcel Center arena and the bubbling crowds.
Hung T-Bar Ceiling
Like anyone, I have a few small things that bug me more than they should. But as fits my status as a curmudgeon, mine is nearly impossible to avoid while being hopelessly esoteric. You see, nothing bothers me more than a hung T-bar ceiling with drop-in acoustical tile.