Random Thoughts 10/16/08

• I had to watch the debate standing up, pacing back and forth, pausing the debate after each response to give the missing conservative answer. Not since Reagan have we had a "conservative" candidate that was remotely capable of articulating his own side. The Bush's were big government and inarticulate; Dole was outshone by Clinton. Good grief. I felt I could have answered every point significantly better than it actually was. ARGH!!! In hindsight, Romney, Huckabee, Thompson, or Giuliani are all better communicators than the grimacing, clinch-teethed, hissing McCain.
  
• World of Goo is the best and perhaps strangest puzzle game I've played in a long time. What a quirky, Tim Burton-esque game. It's amuzing to no end and challenging too. What a great brain-teaser.
  
• You must read this letter from black concert pianist, Huntley Brown: Why I Can't Vote for Obama.
• Top 50 Star Wars characters you never saw in a movie. Characters from comic books, novels, and video games that make up the extended universe of Star Wars lore. Mostly forgettable, a few are from the Force Unleashed video game (good story, so-so game). Personally, my exposure to extended universe content is limited to a handful of Star Wars video games and the current The Clone Wars show on Cartoon Network I watch with my boys.
• Let's vote Jindal/Palin in 2012.
• Most Chiefs fans were talking about getting rid of Larry Johnson a year and a half ago. Instead the Chiefs gave him a boatload of money. Brilliant. What a malcontent miscreant.
• The Screen Actors Guild could vote to strike this Saturday, much like the Writer's strike last year. You've got to be kidding. I almost hope they do, there's so much rotten TV out there, a lot of it deserves to go away. It would just be a shame to hurt the few good shows.