Oh Dear..

Well, there goes the basketball season. The Raptors limped out of the post season, being nailed 1-4 by the Magic in Orlando. They just weren't ready for the play-offs and blew the first two games by going up to 20 points down in the 1st quarter of each. Then they won the first ACC game but fell apart in the 4th in the second game. And tonight, they collapsed in the second half. A sad way to go out.

And talking of which...

This really should do it for Obama. And you can't really say that this is all about this stupid, arrogant, egotistical preacher man. Clearly Rev. Wright has fallen in love with his own image as the 'righteous firebrand', but Obama has not dealt with it. He just won't disown this idiot. This presents two questions - does he, deep down, kind of agree with this nonsense, or is he just lacking the ruthlessness to lay into Wright. And, if it's the second then he's applying for the wrong job, frankly. Because if you can't dump a twit like this, what the hell are you going to do when the sh*t really hits the fan? And if it's the first answer, then, hey, that's not we what all signed up to when we first got excited by this guy.

So, I guess the issue now is Hillary or McCain. And how depressing is that as a choice. I guess you gotta go for Clinton, if only because of McCain's total blind spot on the economy (a bit of a major blind spot right now). But, jeez, the Clintons back - really, is that what anyone wants?

Oh, and after two weeks of glorious, 20+ sunshine, the winter coats are out again this week. Good times...

Goldfrapp and the Smurfs

I decided that this new Goldfrapp hippy folk thing sounded like it could be better than many people were saying. So off I trotted (well skidded - snowing again...sigh) to the record store to buy it in quaint old CD format. And it's a very, very lovely thing. So lovely I got to the end and listened to it again. Yes, it's not the amazing quirky pop we all love her for but, hey, she's Goldfrapp. It's still pop, still has choruses, still has beats - it's just quieter. That's all. Is that so bad? Go buy it or 'borrow' it. I like it a lot.

So back to the election (sorry, I'll be brief). Hillary, bless her, put out a terrible attack ad on Obama. Weirdly, can't find the original on YouTube but did find this spoof of it:  

Doesn't it show out of touch campaigning that when you search for 'Hillary phone ad', you get this? On the day the original ad first airs? It's all a bit sad. Obama has made a much better counterattack ad but Hillary is really dragging the whole thing into the gutter. She's still winning in Ohio though...

Let me leave you with this - when charity gets it very, very wrong:

Apparently, you're not supposed to laugh. Oh.