Archive for January, 2008

Catching up on Flicks

18 January 2008 at 2:50 pm · Filed under Movies & Entertainment ·Tagged , ,

I have not watched as many movies as I normally do, but thought I would take time to talk about a couple of the ones I’ve seen. Awards season is upon us!

No Country for Old Men
Like many others, I found this movie to be good but not great. It is less then I have come to expect from the Cohen Bros., but then again what can compete with Fargo. I liked the feeling of desolation and desperation that they created in the depths of Texas; the feeling of a life without meaning until a bag of money appears. I didn’t expect the ending

Gone Baby, Gone
Absolute drivel! I saw the movie several months ago and found it lacking any redeeming quality. In watching a suspense drama, I expect the movie to be suspenseful and dramatic but not so with Ben Affleck’s latest load of crap. A person with half a brain can figure out what will happen halfway through the movie and can predict the ending in its entirety.

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Obama, Post NH

11 January 2008 at 9:31 pm · Filed under Election '08 ·Tagged , , ,

So this past weekend I completed another trek to the frozen wastes of NH to campaign on behalf of Barack Obama. In brief, I love campaigns. There is something exciting about going out into a community and asking people for their vote, asking people to stand up to be counted, asking people to check back in. Of all the things I’ve done on campaigns, field is probably the hardest because the ask you make is for someone to actually take physical action. It’s strange to ask people for money but, usually, they get a little quid pro quo for the cash they give, as in time with the candidate. Field is all about getting people to take action on behalf of your candidate and that’s never easy because to most of us time is more valuable than money.  Think about it $25, $100, $500, is easier because you’ll always make more; in fact in the time I write this I’ll make more than $25.  But asking someone to donate their time on a weeknight or god-forbid a weekend, well let’s just say, most people would rather a root canal.

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