Sex and politics

After several weeks of everything from exploding HVAC systems to unplanned trips to intestinal upsets, I finally managed to spend an evening with Delightful Date.

Like many other socialist, America-hating liberals (yes, I'm being sarcastic), the runup to the election almost has us in a padded room with finger paints. Thankfully some of the baser pursuits in life take one's mind off the Winky and Wrinkly Show.

However, our pillow talk quickly became a discussion of what the $700 billion bailout was really about, and how we should have simply told the overgrown frat boys on Wall Street to make love elsewhere and learn how to live within your means. I think it would have been ultimately beneficial to let karma take its course.

Now, if Obscure Object of Desire will follow through on his suggestion that we meet up next week - he's off the marital leash for a few days - my life will be what I want it to be: that of a romantic anarchist.

Fresh from Pundit Kitchen

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Haiku in honour of Joe McCain

In honor of Joe McCain's latest:

Commie traffic jam
Old man red as cherry blooms
Sorry! Wrong number.

I'm beginning to feel sorry for his brother. He must feel as if he's in a room full of banana peels.

Pre-election haiku

During a chat with Delightful Date earlier this week, we ended up composing some election-inspired haiku.

Here are my efforts - DD liked the last one the best.

Seemed a good idea -

A woman for running mate.

Hillary laughs last.

Failed old man rolls eyes

A terrorist rules his land

Joe the Plumber bombed.

As autumn leaves fall

A lone hockey mom stands at

Neiman's Returns desk.

Miscellany

I'm beginning to feel like a highly paid hamster on one of those little squeaky treadmill wheel thingys. For several weeks now, most of my working hours have been spent rewriting everything to sound like the new owner, and not like the former owner.

Plus, I'm having to redo every single loan officer's business bio so it can be loaded into a new intranet application. The intranet thingy will eventually save my department from having to produce some of the loan officers' collateral, and the loan officers will be happy as they can customize what they order. But this doesn't mean I don't have to write all the initial versions. I'm suffering from a dreadful case of adjective fatigue. I mean, there's not a lot you can say about what a loan officer does, no matter how successful they are.

Anyway, enough whining. My friend in NJ who shares my passion for Japanese shoot-em-ups (or, if it's a samurai film, Japanese cut-em-ups) has redone his Japanese movie blog, To check out the new and attractive Cherry Blossom Eiga, just clicky here.

Last but not least ... will someone please explain the role of a Vice President to Sarah Palin? I mean geez, it's fairly obvious she parrots anything her boss says. You'd think she could have memorized the right answer in the last few months. I'll be really glad when this election is over.