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Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

One Million Served

Some time around 9:00 p.m. Central tonight, May 3, 2008, my Sitemeter is going over the 1,000,000 visitor mark. These meters are an inexact science, but that does give me some gratification. There are sites out there that get hundreds of thousands of visits per day, so I definitely don’t have the big […]

13 Comments » - Posted in Navel-Gazing by Mark

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

Intermittent Internet Connectivity…

…has been killing my attempts to blog over the last couple of days. If my connection will stay persistent for more than a few minutes, I’ll put up a real post later…

No Comments » - Posted in Navel-Gazing by Mark

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

Life Is Strange

Way back in February, 2005, when my blog was about three months old, I wrote a slightly-embarrassing-in-retrospect bit of triumphalism crowing about how bloggers had pushed Eason Jordan out of his senior position at CNN when it was revealed that he had accused the American military of, incredibly, targeting journalists(!!). Imagine my surprise when […]

3 Comments » - Posted in Navel-Gazing, NY Times/Media Watch by Mark

Monday, March 24th, 2008

News Of The Weird

A review of my Sitemeter logs reveals that the number one result when a person Googles the phrase “why do i break out in certain areas in my face” points to this blog…I don’t know whether to laugh or cry…but try it yourself!…

No Comments » - Posted in Navel-Gazing by Mark

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008

That’s What I Said!

Here was my official write-off of Hillary Clinton on March 8th:
Every analysis I have seen indicates that Barack Obama will lead the delegate race going into the convention. This holds true even if Hillary gets a do-over in Michigan and Florida. And the Democratic Party simply cannot afford the long-term […]

18 Comments » - Posted in Navel-Gazing, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Democratic Candidates, Election 2008 by Mark

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

Sorry For The Access Issues…

If you had a hard time getting to the site today, it’s because I had to update my domain name servers (translation: my address changed). Looks like things are back to normal now.
Of course, Hillary and Obama are debating in my fair city at this moment, but the big story of the day was definitely […]

27 Comments » - Posted in Barack Obama, Navel-Gazing, NY Times/Media Watch, John McCain, 2008 News, Hillary Clinton, Republican Candidates by Mark

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

While We’re Waiting For The Polls To Close In Wisconsin…

…I might as well tell you that early voting in the Texas primary began today. I voted - though I leave it to you to guess the party and candidate.
I’ll also enlighten you to my status as ‘big loser’ - I know, you’re shocked. But this time, I mean because I was an early adopter. […]

8 Comments » - Posted in Mike Huckabee, Barack Obama, Navel-Gazing, John McCain, 2008 News, Democratic Candidates, Republican Candidates, Election 2008 by Mark

Monday, January 14th, 2008

Cedar Fever Has Struck Again…

…and I’m too tired to blog much, even though we have the big Michigan primary tomorrow (if you’re fortunate enough to not know what cedar fever is, count your blessings. Austin is one of the worst cities in the country for allergy sufferers, and though it usually doesn’t get to me quite this bad, this […]

10 Comments » - Posted in Navel-Gazing, Mitt Romney, John McCain, Republican Candidates, Election 2008 by Mark

Monday, December 3rd, 2007

Ahh, Sweet Nostalgia!

One of the great moments of my life was seeing my favorite band U2 (sorry, Stones, you’re a strong number 2, but still number 2) on the 4th show of the Joshua Tree tour in Houston on April 7, 1987 (you can see the setlist here). What I remember more than anything was the total familiarity […]

8 Comments » - Posted in Navel-Gazing, Celebrities / Pop Culture / Sports by Mark

Thursday, November 29th, 2007

Been On Vacation…

…so posting was on hiatus, too. I had a couple of comped nights at Caesar’s Palace in Vegas, and Caesar’s seldom offers me free nights, so it was an offer I couldn’t refuse, all apologies to the late Don Corleone. A word of advice - if you have an opportunity to stay at Caesar’s, ask […]

1 Comment » - Posted in Navel-Gazing by Mark

Thursday, November 22nd, 2007

Happy Thanksgiving!

Just a quick note to thank you all once again for your readership, and I hope you and yours have a wonderful, safe, healthy Thanksgiving. I’m in Lubbock right now, and it’s snowing (always a welcome sight for an Austinite)…winter weather at last!…
Enjoy it, folks, and don’t worry about those diets today…today is for eating, […]

1 Comment » - Posted in Navel-Gazing by Mark

Thursday, November 15th, 2007

A Little Minor Housekeeping

In this period of reduced blogging, I’ve paid precious little attention to my blog’s template, but I have added a little goodie off to your left. Thanks to the good folks at Add This!, I’ve got a couple of nifty widgets that will put Decision ‘08 automatically into just about any bookmarking system you might […]

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Thursday, November 1st, 2007

For The First Time Since I Started This Blog…

…I am not a finalist in any category for the Weblog Awards. That’s okay…I didn’t earn it, and I didn’t lobby for it. This was, of course, the year that I decided to pull back a bit from blogging, and it showed. I have a very interesting set of loyal readers who comment frequently, and […]

4 Comments » - Posted in Navel-Gazing, In Praise Of by Mark

Sunday, October 28th, 2007

The “Attempt To Avoid Being A Total Hypocrite” Post

I made no secret of my outrage over MoveOn’s “Betray Us” ad, and my contempt for Hillary’s cowardly response when questioned directly about it (she is running for Commander-In-Chief, after all). I’ve seen the apologetics MoveOn’s defenders have brought forth and have been unmoved - when you used loaded language, such as combining […]

46 Comments » - Posted in Progressive Nonsense / Nutroots®, Navel-Gazing, NY Times/Media Watch, Hillary Clinton, Republican Candidates, 2008 News, Democratic Candidates by Mark

Saturday, September 15th, 2007

Deep Thoughts

This is the bumper sticker I would most like to see (inspired by all the insipid drivel I’m forced to read in Austin traffic):
Nothing profound has ever been written on a bumper sticker - including this one.
My favorite(?) of late I spotted on the way home yesterday:
Earth Citizen For Peace
Now think about that for a […]

6 Comments » - Posted in Navel-Gazing, Progressive Nonsense / Nutroots® by Mark

Friday, August 31st, 2007

Goodbyes…

…to Larry Craig…
…to Tony Snow…
…to John Warner…
…to Karl Rove…
…and to me! I’ll be otherwise indisposed most of this Labor Day weekend…I hope to see you back here on Monday, and here’s hoping this is a fun, safe, enjoyable weekend for you and yours! Later, gang…

10 Comments » - Posted in Navel-Gazing, Elephants by Mark

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

Annoying Blogger Habits, Part 73

Now that I have stepped back from my former 6 or 7 posts a day, and am basically blogging once a day, I look back at some of the craziness and am frankly a bit embarrassed. One very annoying thing bloggers do, and I did it myself on numerous occasions, is to breathlessly trumpet […]

3 Comments » - Posted in Navel-Gazing by Mark

Saturday, July 14th, 2007

What Is A Blog, Anyhow?

The Wall Street Journal pays tribute to blogs on their (more or less) tenth anniversary, and asks some famous folk, from Newt Gingrich (loves ‘em) to Tom Wolfe (hates them, but spends most of his short piece running down Wikipedia - huh?), to weigh in.
As for myself, I’d like to turn back the clock a […]

6 Comments » - Posted in Navel-Gazing by Mark

Saturday, June 23rd, 2007

Weirdness Watch

A heads-up to my much-beloved readers: some time tonight or tomorrow I plan to upgrade this blog from WordPress 2.0.5 to WordPress 2.2.1. I don’t anticipate any problems, but there’s always a chance things will go wrong.
So, if you can’t reach the blog, or if you can but it’s obviously having problems, hang tight…and […]