as a teenager i was annoyed by the expression “youth is wasted on the young”, now that i’m older i’m annoyed that its true.

i spent a lot of time with the public over the weekend and i don’t think its possible cleveland could be leading the nation in poverty because none of the people i saw looked like they were missing any meals.

i have climbed maslow’s hierarchal ladder of needs and would now like to find the chute that takes me back to a simpler place.

i used to want the bose quietcomfort 2 acoustic noise cancelling headphones, but now that we’re weaning the baby off breast milk, i need the acoustic noise cancelling headphones.

when vice president dick cheney the following completely ignorant comment to 350 supporters in an iowa city town hall meeting: “it’s absolutely essential that eight weeks from today, on november 2nd, we make the right choice, because if we make the wrong choice then the danger is that we’ll get hit again and we’ll be hit in a way that will be devastating from the standpoint of the united states” – did he not realize that his argument indicts president bush for being the cause of the attacks on september 11, 2001?

i’m so ready for regime change at home.

setting: 5pm, air canada center, two hours before canada & russia faceoff in a world cup of hockey match

me: are there any tickets left for tonight’s game?
ticket agent: no, they sold oot in june.
me: really?
ticket agent: ooh yahh, they could sell oot the center all twelve moonths if they played hockey all year roond.

happy labor day.

i’m very confused by last night’s television coverage of the republican national convention. the cameras would always cut away from mr. bush when he reached down under the podium to get a drink of water as if drinking water were unseemly. but both times that protests of mr. bush erupted and secret service goons escorted the offenders from madison square garden, that they were quite content to show…

i wish i had a mother’s reaction to a baby crying instead of a father’s.

one of the most honest explanations i’ve ever heard for having a child is: it’s a part of the human experience i would not want to miss.