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1.29.2004
coast to coast
1.28.2004
nose count
mickey kaus:
"why does a democratic candidate have to win a primary somewhere. sometime to be viable? with the proportional allocation of delegates, it's possible to actually win the nomination without ever winning a primary. all you have to do is finish second in a lot of contests and accumulate delegates while the other candidates perform inconsistently. (that result wouldn't be undemocratic--sometimes everybody's second choice is in fact the candidate who should win. such a plodding-but-widely-acceptable candidate might also be the strongest opponent for bush.) ... why would someone who has a perfectly legitimate shot at winning be expected to drop out?" plow me down
yikes: a columbus man was almost run over by not one, but two snowplows. the story is here.
(video feed requires flash and windows media player or realone player, apparently -- quicktime won't get the job done...) 1.27.2004
it's an honor to be nominated
2004 academy award nominations:
best picture the lord of the rings: the return of the king lost in translation master and commander: the far side of the world mystic river seabiscuit directing fernando meirelles, city of god peter jackson, the lord of the rings: the return of the king sofia coppolla, lost in translation peter weir, master and commander: the far side of the world clint eastwood, mystic river actor in a leading role johnny depp, pirates of the caribbean: the curse of the black pearl ben kingsley, house of sand and fog jude law, cold mountain bill murray, lost in translation sean penn, mystic river actress in a leading role keisha castle-hughes, whale rider diane keaton, something's gotta give samantha morton, in america charlize theron, monster naomi watts, 21 grams music (score) danny elfman, big fish gabriel yared, cold mountain thomas newman, finding nemo james horner, house of sand and fog howard shore, the lord of the rings: the return of the king writing (adapted screenplay) robert pulcini and shari springer berman, american splendor braulio mantovani, city of god fran walsh, philippa boyens & peter jackson, the lord of the rings: the return of the king brian helgeland, mystic river gary ross, seabiscuit writing (original screenplay) denys arcand, the barbarian invasions steven knight, dirty pretty things screenplay by andrew stanton, bob peterson, david reynolds; original story by andrew stanton, finding nemo jim sheridan & naomi sheridan & kirsten sheridan, in america sofia coppola, lost in translation ### wow. of that list, i've seen... three movies. need to do some catchup work if i'm going to catch pr this year in the oscar pool. 1.26.2004
vote your dollars
want to contribute to a political campaign but don't feel like calling anyone to ask them how to do it? amazon.com to the rescue.
where you can help support candidates like:  al hamburg, independent
 lucian wojciechowski, democrat
and of course, the perennial favorite:  lyndon h. larouche, jr., "democrat"
hahahahahahahahahahaha syndicated
in an attempt to keep up with this newfangled internet technology thingy, i have added an xml site feed to dahlbergcentral -- the link's up there in the corner, under the archives. i guess this is a good thing to have, if you use a newsreader to check a lot of blogs at once. i don't.
but, as is par for the course with me, i've had it on the site two minutes and i think i've already broken it.
1.20.2004
tuesday-morning quarterback
some thoughts on yesterday's iowa caucuses:
while my wife is pleased with the outcome, i still think that john kerry's victory will be remembered as a great day in the history of robots -- even unemotional mechanical beings posing as humans can win! (it's not that i think kerry is plastic, phony and forced, but... well, yeah, i guess it is.) i found it interesting that, at approximately 9:15 or so, cbs (and probably the other major networks) decided to call the winner of the caucus with less than half of the precincts reporting in. isn't that, you know, pretty much what got us into the florida debacle in 2000? granted, iowa's system is such that you're not looking at the popular vote, and i suppose that one could earn enough delegates early on to mathematically make oneself the winner without having to wait for the rest of the state to weigh in. still and all, is that a road you want to travel? wait and see if it happens next week in new hampshire, i guess. (note: turns out some of the news networks were calling it as early as five after eight. and don't get me started about the false utility of "entrance polls"...) a note to dnc chair terry mcauliffe: i know you think the party will choose its nominee by march 10, but you don't mind if the voters in, say, kansas or illinois or pennsylvania or new jersey or a dozen other states cast their votes first, do you? 1.19.2004
smart guy
1.16.2004
1.15.2004
cityscape
george eastman house - photo collection - andreas feininger - new york city:
found via mike dietsch's blog. battle of the blogs
again, because it amuses me to do so -- 2004 presidential candidates try and figure out this whole internet thing:
sharpton gets style points for not jumping on the blog bandwagon. gephardt's site also has this little gem, which makes me laugh: 
the rise and fall of ant-man
because it amuses me:
marvel comics has followed up the cancellation of daniel way's gun theory book for the now-stillborn epic line and the cancellation of daniel way's deathlok: detour book for the marvel max line with the cancellation of daniel way's ant-man miniseries for the same. this probably is in no way related to way's obscene-but-hilarious response to comic book site the pulse's impersonally cookie-cutter email interview questions -- happens all the time in the land of the superhero comic book -- but it's still a shame. i actually was curious to take a look at the ant-man book after reading that interview... 1.14.2004
s.w.a.t.
from signal to noise:
music industry puts troops in the streets okay. while the riaa ought to be combatting bootlegging, i don't think using goon-squad tatics like this is exactly kosher. and the reason they're getting away with it is because [t]he pink incident sheets and photos that langley�s teams take of vendors are meant to establish a paper trail, particularly for repeat offenders. because you figure that "jose rodriguez" or "raul something or other" probably isn't going to complain to the real police or file a lawsuit against you. 1.13.2004
dc/humanoids/gus freaks out
pardon the comic geekery of the following, but holy crap:
dc forms alliance with humanoids "in a move that will increase its bookstore presence and direct market share, dc and humanoids have today jointly announced an agreement which will see dc act as the english language publisher for humanoids. the agreement calls for the publication of 36 books per year." ... humanoids publishing is the american arm of les humanoides associes, a juggernaut of european comics, probably best known here in the states as the publisher of french comics artist moebius and heavy metal (or metal hurlant, as it was originally known. yes, that heavy metal -- the inspiration for that bizarro cartoon flick.) comics in europe are more than a little different than they are in america; more serious, more varied, more adult. superheroes don't have a hold on the medium in the same way as the american direct market, and so as a result, you get more things like the metabarons, an outlandish and over-the-top generational sci-fi action saga; the hunting party, a political thriller set in the last days of the soviet union; or son of the gun, a twisted take on westerns, killers, biblical metaphors, and redemption. they've suffered a bit with the current form of the western direct market for comics, as most american comics readers don't typically buy their books because (no surprise here) american comics companies and american comics specialty retailers tend to focus the majority of their time and efforts on the superhero franchises of american comics. so, needless to say, putting the weight and power of dc comics, a subsidiary of megamediaconglomerate aol/time warner, behind humanoids's books makes the future a lot brighter for one of the best comics companies around. and probably means that the average barnes & noble customer might chance upon a humanoids book in the near future... music crit
found at rob duffy's donewaiting.com: san francisco bay guardian's jeff chang takes on what he believes is the overwhelmingly white / new york / rock'n'roll bias of the da capo best music writing series and its attempts to summarize and encapsulate the state of music criticism and journalism.
(disclaimer: i have a rock-geek love for these books, but even i have to admit that chang's not wrong -- there definitely is an emphasis on rock over hip hop, which given the state of album and single sales today would seem to be more than a little bass-ackward.) best part: "now, as then, a generation of old white males has become comfortable in its floating world ? in this case, the one bounded by the hudson and the east rivers. and now, as then, a new generation of writers is creating a critical mass of writing that cries out to be read, enjoyed, and debated. only problem is, they aren't doing that debating in the new yorker (nine citations of the publication in the series in the past four years), the new york times (nine citations also), or even the village voice (seven citations). in the case of the latter two publications, they just aren't being read. (and by the way, when did the new yorker and the times, outlets hardly bursting with alt cred, become the gold standard of music criticism anyway?) in any case, a new generation of writers goes unnoticed by white dudes lost in space (manhattan) or time (ye olde rock paradigm)." go read more. in da club
in other news, the photo gallery is starting to take some shape... 1.07.2004
a deep sense of trust
forgot to blog this earlier: watching the news last night, it appears that the serial shootings task force tracking the mysterious "sniper" here in columbus have received more than 3,100 tips to date. they have distilled those 3,100 leads into a list of approximately 750 separate and individual names, 750 people who (so the tipsters believe) either know something about the shootings worth reporting or are, in fact, the shooters themselves.
so, apparently, there are at least 750 people living in the southeastern columbus area who are shifty or suspicious enough to warrant being turned in by the people around them. yeah. that makes me feel better, let me tell you. finders keepers
the smoking gun does some interesting legwork regarding elicia battle, the woman who claims she purchased and lost the sole winning 12/30/03 mega millions lottery ticket (worth approximately $162 million) -- despite the fact that another woman produced the ticket itself, along with the receipt for its purchase and a prior ticket in which she played the same exact numbers.
god bless dennis
des moines, iowa - federal spending was the topic and democratic presidential hopeful dennis kucinich came prepared with a pie chart to argue his point about a bloated pentagon budget.
but although many listened to tuesday's presidential debate, few could see the ohio congressman's prop. the debate was broadcast only on national public radio. npr has the debate archived here. 1.06.2004
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