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Updated 10/6/08
Welcome to Bogworld.com. I’m here working hard at my desk trying to make this an even better webpage. You keep clicking on the ads. I’ll keep the cartoons flowing here.
The new site is on its way. Tyler is working hard to bring a mush bigger and better Bogworld. More cartoons. More features. More fun. And lots of surprises. I am very eager to roll it out. Hopefully you will see it here soon.
I am hoping to have the new Bogworld calendar ready for sale soon. My photographer friends are being a little slow about getting their images to me. And of course the calendar does not work without the great photography. Hopefully this week we can get the images and I can have the whole thing put together in a week or so.
Onto what’s on my mind this week...
THE VICE PRESIDENT DEBATE
I am sort of sad that last Thursday’s debate between Joe Biden and Sarah Palin will be the last meeting these two have. In fact, it’s being reported that it will probably be the last time before the election we will see Palin do any free form verbalization. Though, as she stated in the debate, she really “wishes she could do more appearances where she just talks from the heart straight to the American people”.
The problem with that statement, and precisely why they are now going to lock her away from the press, is that when Sarah speaks from the heart she ends up inserting her fashionable pumps right into her mouth. Instead of propping up her party she manages only to provide Saturday Night Live with more material.
The fact that she somehow managed to not overtly embarrass herself during Thursday’s debate does not make her the winner. Though the Republicans are working really hard to try to convince you all of just that.
MSNBC did something interesting this weekend. They re-ran the debate with all the statements both debaters said fact checked. Sure, both people on that stage made mistakes. But Palin’s mistakes came as a steady stream. What’s worse is they often came even when she was dodging the actual question to say something that was clearly coached and prepared.
Numerous times Palin literally refused to answer the questions posed to her because she would rather talk about a topic she had prepared. That’s not a debate. That’s someone making short speeches.
Sarah Palin might well believe she is actually as good a speaker as she thinks she is. She has that weird psychotic look in her eyes that those bad American Idol contestants have. The ones in the early rounds of the auditions who are so sure they have so much god given talent that they get mad when Simon tells them the cold hard truth.
I am glad that the polls reflected accurately what I felt. Early on, Palin seemed charming in that folksy way. But by the end I felt like she was doing a bad imitation of a character from the movie Fargo. By the time she started saying “Say it aint so, Joe.” and “Dog gone it.”I was cringing. It was no longer folksy. It was full blown pandering.
Why did this tactic not work for her?
Because she spent part of the debate showing she could use big sophisticated words. She spat out facts and figures, wrong as they were much of the time, with a look like she had no idea what she was saying. Then she would shift to her “Gosh golly gee” lines.
Those two extremes made her look like she was faking both.
Biden may have stumbled here and there. But he did answer the questions he was asked. And he did so with the voice and the poise of a statesman. A statesman who would be easy to see in a leadership role. Palin’s mugging and winking made her look like one of those soccer moms you secretly want to slap down for screaming at the referee too much. Not a Vice President. Certainly not a President.
And that’s the problem the Republicans now have. They have a charming, under informed, folksy hockey mom. Not a Vice President.
NICK AND NORAH’S INFINITE PLAYLIST
The autumn can be a pretty dreary time for movie goers. Its the dead zone between the summer blockbusters and the big holiday movie season. Its the dumping ground for movies that are perhaps just a step better than direct to DVD releases.
Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist is a movie that defies all that. Its a quirky little movie that could have come out any time of the year and succeeded. Maybe by making it a oasis in the middle of an entertainment desert will just make sure this is the hit it should be.
Michael Cera from Super Bad and Juno seems an unlikely candidate to be the anchor role in any movie. But in a weird way this skinny kid who has made a lack in self confidence into a bona fide movie career. Using the same charm... or lack there of... succeeds again in his role as Nick. Norah is played by Kat Denning, probably best known for her supporting role in the 40 Year Old Virgin. The two have undeniable chemistry in this odd little youth adventure. If they cast any other two young actors out there, I am not convinced this movie would work.
This adventure takes place in New York as several groups of teens meander in and out of clubs trying to find a little known band with a cult like following who is rumored to be playing a gig somewhere in the city. These groups bounce off of each other throwing Nick and Norah together. Just like any movie that follows the formula of just about every successful romance movie, the two don’t seem to like each other much in the beginning. Though its clear to everyone, including the audience, that they are destined to find love by the end. Hey, It’s an old formula but the it still works.
Though be warned. You may never chew gum again if you see this movie.
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Joseph
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