Going Blue with cold

I have to admit that I had the same thoughts as this guy when I looked at the electoral map yesterday. There's a perverse appeal to it.

Hope is slowly seeping in

The blogs I have links to on the right are there for news updates and commentary. They are also there for occasions when I need moral support, and this is definitely one of those times. The following quote that was posted on Kos was itself taken from another blog, which seems to have the right attitude at this moment:

"In 1964, the Lyndon Johnson beat Barry Goldwater by 23 points. Goldwater managed to carry just 6 states and Johnson won the electoral college 486-52. But the conservatives didn't give up. They didn't spend a lot of time wringing their hands. They regrouped and fought back. By 1968, Nixon crushed Humphrey in the electoral college 301-191 and won the popular vote by a million votes. If you oppose Bush, now isn't the time to feel sorry for yourself. Now is the time to get to work."

Tomorrow, we're going back to making the doughnuts.

Appomattox

I am still not in any shape to be verbose and intellectual about today. My preference remains pure naked emotion. In that spirit, I refer to a quote by Confederate General Henry A. Wise to a Union officer after Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox. Our causes are very different, but we both share a devastating moment of defeat and a desire to express our feelings to our counterparts. So, with that in mind, I would like to say this one thing to George W. Bush:

"There is a rancor in our hearts you little dream of. We hate you, sir."

Since I'm out of sheets, I'm three bagels to the wind.

Ugh.

That pretty much sums it up. I've been trying to think of a post to express all that I'm feeling right now, but it would end up being a big, meandering mess.

Perhaps something more coherent will come later. Until then, I'm off to get another cup of coffee.

Ignoring the big, shiny object in the corner

Criminy. It's not even Noon yet and I'm on my second cup of coffee and tired as all hell.

It's going to be that kind of day. So for Acrentropy, I'm not going to post anything about Politics (or Film or Chicken Caesar Salads, for that matter). Instead, I'm going to post five random links for yours and mine enjoyment. I'm not saying that I myself won't be glued to the TV coverage, but it's nice to have somewhere to take a sabbatical, if need be:

The Medieval Technology Pages, The Brick Testament, Public Domain Resources, Illustration House, and Stone Pages.

Yaphet Kotto Quote of the Month: November 2004

"Brubaker" is one of Kotto's biggest films as he gets second billing under star Robert Redford. In it, Kotto plays one of the prisoner trustees that acts as guard over the rest of the population inside Wakefield Prison. Most of the other trustees are dispicable types, leading his character to make a comment to his roommate after encountering one of them:

Richard 'Dickie' Coombes: I'm getting ready to be angry, Abraham. I'm getting ready to be real angry.