{"id":753,"date":"2006-11-07T23:20:04","date_gmt":"2006-11-08T04:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.m-dnovember.com\/?p=753"},"modified":"2006-11-07T23:20:04","modified_gmt":"2006-11-08T04:20:04","slug":"im-m-d-november-and-i-approve-this-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.m-dnovember.com\/?p=753","title":{"rendered":"I&#039;m M-D November, and I approve this message."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"right\" style=\"width: 182px; height: 146px\" title=\"Extreme closeup.\" alt=\"Extreme closeup.\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/96\/249537252_5ef955c6bc.jpg?v=0\" \/>So, October happened.  More specifically, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.siemens-foundation.org\/\">Siemens Competition<\/a> happened.  And while there might not have been any travel in October, it was still a long, exhausting month.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not looking to do a half-assed &#8220;catching up&#8221; type post here, but here &#8211; in bullet form &#8211; is what&#8217;s been on my mind lately.  (With detail to follow in later posts.)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Today was (mid-term) Election Day, and it looks like the Democratic Party is going to claim at least one house, if not both.  (As I type this, <a href=\"http:\/\/politics.msnbc.com\/\">MSNBC<\/a> is calling the House of Representatives for the Democrats.)  This is a good thing, if for no other reason that it fucks with the Bush administration&#8217;s plans.<\/li>\n<li>The other upside to today being Election Day?  No more negative campaign ads.  NJ&#8217;s own dark, dark Senate race between Tom Kean Jr. (R) and Robert Menendez (D &#8211; incumbent) was quite enough for me, but we also get the spillover from NY and PA.  It&#8217;s enough to make you swear off TV.<\/li>\n<li>That, however, won&#8217;t be happening anytime soon.  This TV season is rocking my fragile little mind.  <a title=\"Save the cheerleader...save the world!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nbc.com\/Heroes\/\">Heroes<\/a> and <a title=\"FRAKING FRAK!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scifi.com\/battlestar\/\">Battlestar Galactica<\/a> are totally satisfying my inner geek, while <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbc.com\/30_Rock\/\">30 Rock<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbc.com\/The_Office\/\">The Office<\/a> bring the funny.  (I&#8217;m also digging Aaron Sorkin&#8217;s latest, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbc.com\/Studio_60_on_the_Sunset_Strip\/\">Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip<\/a>, although I&#8217;ve discovered that not everyone shares that opinion.)  And that doesn&#8217;t even take into account series 28 of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifi.com\/doctorwho\/\">Doctor Who<\/a> and the now complete season 2 of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adultswim.com\/shows\/venturebros\/\">The Venture Brothers<\/a>!  (And, for that matter, the episodes of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/torchwood\/index_nonflash.shtml\/\">Torchwood<\/a> I&#8217;ve gotten through&#8230;um&#8230;well, let&#8217;s just say it&#8217;s not on US air yet and leave it at that.<\/li>\n<li>Got to the movies for the first time in months this past weekend.  Wanted to see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boratmovie.com\/\">Borat<\/a>, but ended up seeing <a href=\"http:\/\/thedeparted.warnerbros.com\/\">The Departed<\/a>, which was outstanding.  The moral of The Departed, by the way, seems to be that whether you&#8217;re a cop or a criminal, you&#8217;re gonna end up getting one in the head.<\/li>\n<li>On my way into work the other day, I passed a Toyota Prius with a license plate that read &#8220;54 MPG&#8221;.  There was one huge-ass smug cloud hanging over that car.<\/li>\n<li>Three friends (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.accidentaljulie.com\/?p=4565\">two<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alargehead.com\/randomthoughts\/past\/index.php?i=002995\">online<\/a>, one IRL) have lost people close to them.  My condolences to all of them&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thankfully, November (the month, not the&#8230;um&#8230;me) will also be reasonably quiet &#8211; at least through Thanksgiving &#8211; so I&#8217;ll have plenty of time to get this blog back in sync with my silly little mind.  More soon&#8230;I swear!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, October happened. More specifically, the Siemens Competition happened. And while there might not have been any travel in October, it was still a long, exhausting month. I&#8217;m not looking to do a half-assed &#8220;catching up&#8221; type post here, but here &#8211; in bullet form &#8211; is what&#8217;s been on my mind lately. 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