I Don’t Mean to Ramble
As I sit on my couch, in the midst of a good ol’ central Ohio tornado watch, I realize that June has gotten off to a hectic start. At least as far as the world at large is concerned. Me? I’ve actually been taking time off from the craziness and contemplating a life as a semi-hermit. I say semi-hermit because there are some things that I simply cannot miss, but others that I can absolutely live without. I need to go to work (duh), I refuse to miss a Crew game, ComFest is coming up, and certainly not least, I’m getting a bike tomorrow. How many hermits do you know that go on bike rides?
Anyway, here’s a list of some things that have drawn my (somewhat limited) attention since June 1st:
The government (read: taxpayers) now own a car company. And, as usual, Michael Moore has an opinion. And 25% of it almost makes sense.
Know what I think? I think that we, as taxpayer-owners, should get a say in the operations and reinvention of GM. They have this fancy new website where we could have forums and discussions and votes and, gasp, a say in how our money is spent. Imagine that: having a voice in the “reinvention” of this old-school corporate behemoth. There are some (read: the Executive and Legislative branches) who think that Americans are less than smart, but let us have a shot. We can’t do any worse than a long string of CEO’s, can we? The technology is here, the interest is there (tell me how many NASCAR lovers wouldn’t kill for a say in this), and the need is there.
This theory, called Crowdsourcing, has actually been done before, succesfully, in sports and relies on the wisdom of crowds. Sure, this plan has its flaws, but again, we can’t do much worse than whats already been done, right? So, c’mon all you fat cats in Washington, let the people have a say! I mean, if we can’t have a say in government can we at least control our own corporations?
Next there’s Meghan McCain (yes, of that McCain family). I discovered her a few months ago during the campaign and I had forgotten all about her until today when I happened upon something that cited something that she said and I was like “Hey! I remember her, she’s pretty cool, what’s she up to these days?” So I googled her and read a couple of blog posts and hit me: I kinda dig this chick.
And then I followed a link over to something called The Daily Beast and then after 5 minutes replaced TPM with it in my bookmarks. I like it because it’s got a more conservative voice (like me) but its not stuffy and holier-than-though (like my parents) and it’s, well, cool. Kind of like a one stop shop for the tech generation of conservatism. They have contributors from all schools of thought, and cover more than just what’s up on Capitol Hill. Right up my alley seeing as I’m young, I’m hip (depending on who you ask), and I’m not a liberal. I have some liberal views, but I’m most definitely not a Democrat. But I wouldn’t classify myself as Republican either. But i’m not going to get into that right now…
Oh, and this McCain chick, she’s pretty cute. Here’s hoping that she’s not the only one of her type out there. (I’m currently taking applications for a neo-conservative with a non-medical degree, who isn’t afraid of corporations, sports, pickup trucks, or guys who wear boots and doesn’t mind to sepnd 6:730 every night watching the news and Jeopardy! while eating dinner)
[Photo via GQ]
And now, the fun stuff:
You won’t believe this. Talk about keeping a cool head…
MotoGP Racer Raffaele de Rosa Falls Off Bike Then Makes Brilliant Save
The newest addition to my wish list can be ordered here. Hint, hint.
I wish I had a $250k to spend, on a date.
But then again, if I did have that kind of money to blow showing a girl around town, it would probably take a few dates. NYC = way cooler than Columbus. Although, for a quarter mil, we’ll take a Learjet to NYC for the night. Yeah, that’ll impress her!
So, yeah, that’s what I’ve noticed the past two days. And, as you can see, I have a few opinions, too.
